A Long Wait Coming To An End

After several months of paperwork, 11 to be exact, we can really start getting excited about adding Cam to our family!  But first let me back up some, the little guy we are adopting from China is Cameron Jude.  We came across his profile back in January of this year and on Valentine's Day we decided yes we are ready to make this adventure again to add to our family of myself, Christina and Lainey.  Valentine's Day was significant because Cameron or Cam has some heart problems.  He was born with tetralogy of fallot.  Simply parts of his heart weren't formed right and were in the wrong places.  He had surgery to repair his heart in Shanghai in 2013.  From all the medical reports we were given the surgery did what was needed and he could grow up to be a very healthy man.  Some further surgeries could be needed as he grows and things move around, but we were and are ready for that when it comes! 

 

Tomorrow we should get final approval from U.S. authorities to adopt Cam and then we can send that to the Chinese authorities and we are one step closer to getting a final travel date to take that long flight and get him in our arms!  Its been much more difficult this time as compared to adopting Lainey.  We were matched with her profile in October 2009 and in January 2010 we held her for the first time.   With Cam we found his file and then had to do all the paperwork and home studies and document processing.  So we've had just 6 photos of him for nearly a year to dream about and its been rough!  We think we will travel in early to mid January but six months ago I would have thought we would have him snuggled in his new room by Thanksgiving or early December at the latest!  Paperwork delays and holidays seem to have pushed us back.  He will turn 2 in January and we certainly plan to be taking pictures of his face covered in whatever icing he wants! 

So just like we did for Lainey I will try to post as often as we can with pictures and I see video is now even available for this blog, so sit back and enjoy our next adventure right along side us!