College Move-in Success!

Hello peoples!

I made it! I am moved in to college and have been experiencing  my first day on my own. Ok, it's a little scary.

Yesterday dad and big bro helped me move in and get settled. Though I guess it was more "help" and "settle". When they left I still had two totes to unpack and my room was a mess because nothing was where it needed to be! But I managed to get everything settled this morning, mostly. And, as annoying as they can be at times, I'm very grateful to dad and big bro for helping me move in. I don't know if I could have done it on my own.

Today has been pretty chill, all the big activities will be tomorrow or Sunday. I had time to do register my bike and just relax. I have a feeling I won't have much time for that for awhile.

Well that's about all I've got for now, time to find the bike paths on campus.

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"Commander Hoops"

Hello peoples!

I want to talk today about one of my precious little buddies from the orphanage.
Meet "Commander Hoops".

She was one of my friends in the feeding room and here in the Angel room. Now the reason for her nickname is because one of her favorite toys was a little rubber ball that looked like a basketball, and she had the fastest little army crawl I've ever seen!

I know it's not super easy to see in this photo but my little "Commander Hoops" has a limb difference.

But she never let that stop her! She would play and crawl around the Angel room to her hearts content. She can't walk on her on yet. As I'm sure you can imagine she has some balance problems, but if you hold on to her she is more than happy to try her best at toddling. 

We had very confusing information about "Commander Hoops" because before we left we were told by AWAA that she did not have a family yet, but while at the orphanage the Assistant Director, Mrs. G, told us she had been matched with a family while we were there. Now being home we haven't gotten confirmation either way. And while I desperately hope Mrs. G was right about her having a family, we just don't know yet. And if she doesn't have a family, then I hope someone is ready to snatch up this precious girl.

While I was playing with her one day I decided that I would just start recording and then just play. I know the camera isn't super steady most the time but I wanted to have something. Be listening at the beginning because in the first few seconds I captured one of "Commander Hoops" infectious giggles.

 

That was just one of the moments I had with her. "Commander Hoops" and I had a lot of fun together. Here are a few other lovely photos of here!

Eating the ball because why not

Reaching out

Hi there girly

Always very somber

Not happy to be interrupted from play time

Such sweet eyes

Nannies showing her standing

The nannies wanted me to have a good pic of her precious arm

So in review "Commander Hoops" is a very sweet, very playful, and very independent little girl who needs the love of a family. I pray that if she's already matched that her family brings her home soon. If she's not matched now I pray that she will be soon.

It's midnight in China as I type this. I hope my baby girl is sleeping well.

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Catching Up & `Mazing Day

Hello peoples!

I don't even know where to begin with today!

I feel like I've gotten very behind on my blogging and I have kiddos I want to talk about and many topics I want to address. But for now I just want to praise God for all He has done today!

My mom has been getting a lot of blogs posted on individual kids that we met at the orphanage. You can find her blog here. But today someone recommended that she join a Facebook group for those advocating for orphans. She joined the page and shared her posts and people couldn't stop asking her questions! Many families now want to pursue some of these kids!

It was so incredible to watch God at work today and see all these kids that I fell in love with are finally getting close to having families!

I  have plenty of other things to say but I want to put them in separate posts. So until then...

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