We are home!!!!

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We made it. Its 8:30 and we are in our house and all 3 kids are in bed and fast asleep. How long they remain asleep remains to be seen, I'm sure we will be awake at some point tonight. We've been told by friends that it takes 4 or 5 nights to recover from the jet lag. Tonight is night 3 and we're praying for a miracle!  Even if they wake up it will be so nice to be at our own house. 

Ava lovd her room, and was really loving the crib too, until it was time to go to sleep. 

 

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Zoe and Alex have loved this!

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So how are Zoe and Alex doing? They are loving China! They want to move here and live in a hotel. A really nice hotel in a really nice, new part of Guangzhou. The part of Guangzhou we are staying in has all been built within the last 10 years. There are no motorbikes, no honking, and everything is very clean and well organized. It is the very opposite of Hefei.

Zoe and Alex have been amazingly helpful at times. They've pushed the stroller for us, held Ava's bottle (although she really prefers to hold it herself), fetched numerous items for us in times of stress, and been very loving towards Ava. It's been

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We have another daughter....almost!

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We are very pleased to announce that we have been matched with a one year old girl in China!

 

Her name is  Ding Si Xiu - and she was born in Septermber of 2010.  She has a cleft lip and a cleft palate. The lip has already been repaired, and we will do what is necessary to repair the palate in the next few years when we bring her back to the USA!

We think we will name her Ava SiXiu Bonesteel, but that isn't in stone yet, more like wet cement.

As best we know, we will be travelling to China to bring her home sometime in March, but that could change as well.  

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We are thrilled to be matched with this little girl and our whole family is anxious and excited to travel to China and bring her home to be a part of our growing family!

Thank you so much for all of your prayers, love, encouraging words and support!

There is more to this story, and in the next few days I plan on writing it up so you can hear about God's work in our lives and his provision for bringing Ava to our family. 

 

The Amazing Sand Dunes

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The Great Sand Dunes are in Colorado, not too far from the town of Alamosa. It is one of the most amazing places I have ever seen.  Surrounded by mountains, from this vantage point it looks like we are in a massive desert, or on the set of a Star Wars film. Those black dots behind us are people!  I want to go back early in the morning in the early summer and climb these jokers. Click on the picture to see a much bigger version.

 

 

 

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