The finishing Touches!!!!!

Dadda putting up the light fixture

Momma helping put together a toy shelf for the closet

Madisyn's Room

Christmas

                  Me, Jason Klaus and Eleanor

                              Jason and Myself

                  Brandon ,Antia, Matthew and Rob Motz

Renate

                                  Tony & Susan

Schraud Family Christmas

                                      Rob and Anita Motz, Jason , Me and Grandma Schraud

Christmas Eve Pics

Just waiting for the family to arrive

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Just wanted to wish my princess a very merry christmas!!!Next Christmas things will be different.

First Appointment For Madisyn with the Cleft Team in Hamilton

Our first appointment is very soon..January 6, 2011 @ 9:00am in Hamilton. We are meeting with a lady by the name of Sue Eastman and she seemed very patient and soft spoken on the phone today. Gotta love the calmness in her voice. Jason is the one that will be doing most of the follow up appointments , which I am nervous about him passing all the information on. He is a wonderful man, will be a wonderful baba (dadda) but sometimes he fogets "important " information. we will see what they have to say. A little excited...a little nervous as well.

This is how I feel...please listen

4 weeks Today!!!!

It's been four weeks today that we first seen our sweet baby's face. Wow, time is sure flying but not fast enough. We'll be there soon baby girl.

Christmas Present

Today was a funny day for Jason. He was given a present from his lead hand at work and was told to wait until he was home to open it. He had to drop all the baby's medical information off to Dr. Neary and made a detour to starbucks and then came home. After arriving home , we opened the present together and this is what it was. Her name is Maddison. We spell it Madisyn. She has hair extensions and everything. LOL Too cute Brad. It's great.Thanks.

Getting close to Christmas!!!

As time is creeping a little closer to Christmas, my heart is a little sad. Now knowing who and what my daughter looks like and she is not here with us , makes us a little sad. I wonder if they celebrate Christmas where she is living right now? Not having mom here is another reason that I can't enjoy the holidays, I wish she had never moved away from us. She'll never know how much that hurts. Being a mom now, is killing me to be apart from her. I can imagine how my mom feels right now.
     Something that has made a a little happier is that Jason's dad and Eleanor saw their granddaughter for the first time on friday. Knowing that we can be in the same room and be a family does put a smile on my face. We love you dad and Eleanor.
     I have all my christmas shopping done and wrapped. Jason is getting harder and harder to buy for. He has everything and golf balls just dosen't cut it for me. The tree has been up for a while and I am almost done all the baking I am going to do. This is the last Christmas as a family of 2 and can't wait to be a family of 3.

To everyone to reads this post, We wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The new year will bring us great joy.

More Information About Our Little Girl!!!

So, I have busy trying to find out anything and everything I possibly can about our little Angel in China. I found this website China-research.org. This is a man by the name Brian Stuy, who himself is an adoptive parent from China, collects newspapers and whatever he can get his hands on from China. He has the newspaper and all the information about Wang Feng Yan and the day of her arrival at the orphanage. He is sending me whatever he has from that June 2,2009. Just a little excited to get her finding ad. We love you little girl.

3 Weeks today!

Today has been 3 weeks since we got the wonderful news and seen our sweet baby's face for the first time. Time is now going slow and we are wanting to travel now. We are waiting for TA and hoping to travel late February or early March.

Also, we are expecting to hear something back about her MRI this week. Please pray that is everything is perfect with her results.

December 7th Already

    Jason and I are a little happier today. We got a sweet surprise from Jason's dad. Thank you Klaus!

    Well, as time keeps passing , Jason and I keep wondering what our little princess is doing and what she looks like 4 months after her lip being repaired. I am not sure if she can get any cuter. I am so in love with her. We also wonder about her well being. Is she warm enough, are they treating her different now that they know that she is going to be leaving soon, is she getting enough food, is she happy. These things keep me awake at night. I can't wait until we have her 24/7.

    All I can say is "Madisyn Feng yan Schraud , we love you and we can't wait to be with you!

Dr. Margaret Lawson's Report

Has we wait for travel approval, Jason and I are going to enjoy our last christmas as a family of 2. We are over the moon about becoming a family of 3. We just received Dr. Margaret Lawson's Report about our sweet little girl. Here is what she had to say;

* she looks lovely ( We think so too...LOL)
*She is small....in the 4% ile
*proportionate for her height is 1% ile
*head circumference is good...23% ile
*Development reports looks within range expected for her age
*Speech delays would be anticipated given her cleft palate

That all sounds really good but we are still a little worried about the MRI yet to come. God knows best but We love this little girl so much. Please pray for her as time goes by. She is in for some huge changes in her life and I am a little sad for her, her biological mom and her foster family. Please keep all of us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel to bring her home.