Gracie Update

I received a new update on Gracie this week! I am hoping this will be the last update we will get before we go to China...but I guess, it might not be. She is Miss Personality, as usual. These pics seem to be taken on 3 separate days. In 2 of the 3, I can see that she is wearing the pink pearl necklace I sent her. I can't believe it! I bought that thing at Tarjay for $1. I went back to see if they still had them, but didn't find any. I'm going to try to find some more before we travel. It's only a matter of time before it breaks.


This seems to be her signature pose.


These are the pj's I sent her. Not quite sure if they knew they were pj's or not :)




I love this because everyone else is looking where they're going. Not Gracie...she's posing for the camera :)


They took the Pearl River kiddos to Seaworld :) Looks like they all had a great time. (She has on the shorts of the pj's)


This is the first time I've seen her hair like this. I am anxious to see what her hair is going to look like when I get it out of the pony tails.


I just think she is the most beautiful child. She looks so much bigger and older than Wesleigh to me. I can't wait to see them side by side.


Her update this month had some very interresting information in it :) It stated that she likes boy toys. She plays with toy planes, cars and popguns!!! Seriously?!?!? If she had been my first girl, this would have been great news. I am very comfortable with "boy toys". However....I am thinking my girly girl here at home will not be very pleased with a sister who would rather shoot her with a gun than have tea!!! Hopefully, those are just the toys she has to play with and she will love a tea party as much as Miss Wesleigh. I am thinking...anyone who wears a pink pearl necklace all the time, can't be that much of a tomboy :)

So....where are we in this waiting game? My article 5 has just been delivered to the CCAA. The next step is our travel approval. Some of these approvals have been coming very fast (2 weeks). However, we could end up waiting much longer. I have no control over when it comes. We are prepared to turn around and travel pretty quick, if we can work out the details...we'll see. I am still hoping to be in China in August.

I also wanted to share how I get these updates. Gracie has been sponsored in the Pearl River Outreach program. One of the things this program does is send monthly updates to the families who sponsor the children. I am blessed to get monthly updates because of it! The birthday parties and trips they are able to take are because of a very generous donor to Pearl River. What a blessing!