A Thanksgiving to Remember!

What an amazing week this has been!  Saturday the 20th we worked for our friends the Bishops as they did an adoption fundraiser through Both Hands Foundation.  William was there all day and went right into work that night, and back to work on Sunday night.....even into Monday.  Monday the 22nd was when the new special needs list was coming out from China.  It was the first one we were able to be "matched" possibly.  BUT, we ended up with our first trip to the ER in a very scary night for our middle son Ben.  He was accidentally hit in the side of the head at soccer and was stunned....pale, sleepy, and just out of it.  It takes a lot to scare this Momma, but he succeeded, and we were off to the ER.  FORTUNATELY, he improved while we were there and became "normal" Ben again....it was just a concussion, and he has to sit out of soccer for about 10 days.  That night, I had to wake him two times.....so I kept refreshing Rumor queen and my email JUST IN CASE a referral came to us.  About midnight, a big file came through....and I thought THIS IS IT!  It is happening....but, instead, it was from my dear friend Amanda at Starfish, and was a blog to post for her since she cannot do so from China.  (It was for sweet FAITH.....who has a port wine stain...).  For me, I felt like God was telling me just to keep my faith in Him...he knew who our daughter would be, and just to keep trusting.  That Tuesday, the 23rd, two of the boys were home from school....it was a busy day around the Boger house.  I had not checked my email in awhile and did so shortly after noon.  That is when IT came....the referral from Xiaoqing at BAAS.  She had called our house, but I had missed the call.  This is what I saw:

FLORIE!

Her eyes are so bright, and I just knew it was HER....we even share the same birthday.  She is 17 months old, from Beihai SWI in Guangxi province.  William and I did not have a lot of time to talk until we went to Arkansas for Thanksgiving.  Even though I had my thoughts, she needed to be BOTH of our daughters.....when we talked, he said that we were the family for her, and she was the daughter for us!  So we sent our LOI on Thanksgiving day, and were able to tell the boys who were over the moon excited!

I have a really cute video of them when we told them...but will have to get that on You Tube first to post on here.  Also have two more pics of Florie that I need to cut and paste! 

We are so thankful.....for ALL of our kids!  We received our PA dated 11-28-10, and are now on to the LOA (Letter Seeking Confirmation) wait....I do not want to guestimate too much when we will get her.  RQ has all kinds of charts and averages, but until the paper is in my hand, nothing is "certain."  Our hope is that we will have her in our arms by her second birthday.

Praying for Florie and for the Bishops' who leave in less than 36 hours for China to get Maggie!

THANKFUL For our BLESSINGS!

Love,

Eve