Friday, August 24, 2007

Our referral from Ayudame

We received a referral from Colombia on August 15, 2007 for a baby boy!!! He was born May 19 and we are naming him Joshua Danford Theis. Our travel plans are coming together quickly, and we plan to leave on September 9. We will meet Joshua on September 11 at Ayudame (the adoption home), and then the three of us will have 3 to 6 weeks together in Bogota. What fun it will be to get to know our son!! Joshua will stay with us the whole time. During our time in Bogota, we have many court appearances and paperwork appointments.

Yesterday we received our FBI clearance (yes, Chad passed again!) AND our Colombian visas. I also booked our plane tickets. It was a big day!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jason & I are so thrilled for the three of you!! Can't wait to meet Joshua and introduce him to his cousin Kyle who is so close in age. Looking forward to following Joshua's (and YOUR) journey over the weeks to come. Congrats mom and dad-to-be! Joshua is an incredibly lucky boy to have such a great set of parents!!!

betsy said...

Reading this makes my heart absolutely soar! These days are precious, dear friend, and I celebrate this little life coming to us so soon!
full to the brim, bets

Kristin Davis said...

Chad and Kristin we are ELATED for you!!!! Congratulations! Please come into school and introduce your little angel when you are all settled in! Best wishes for a safe trip, and have a wonderful time getting acquainted with your son!
Kristin and Andy Davis

Unknown said...

Totally awesome! Great news for all three of you. Looking forward to hearing about all the excitement and adventure. Joshua is a lucky boy!

Anonymous said...

Joshua Danford is one blessed boy to be coming home with you! We are beyond excited for you and look forward to hearing all about your trip and meeting Joshua soon! He and Kaitlyn are only one month apart and will be great pals as they get older! With hearts full of joy for you and lots of love, too, The Hook Family

Anonymous said...

Wow! What awesome news. We couldn't be anymore thrilled for you!
As a friend said to me before we left for Ukraine (to adopt our daughters) "this has been a long long LABOR and looks like a very short PREGNANCY!" The same is true for you guys ... enjoy every minute of it!!

Anonymous said...

Ron and I are so thrilled that soon Joshua will be home and will be a part of our family. Can't wait to see the little guy and give him lots of hugs and kisses. His cousins, Jack and Sam, will show him the ropes. We have told them they need to be excellent role models, as they are his older, more mature?? cousins. Love you guys!

Anonymous said...

Hi Chad and Kristin! We are so excitied for you!!!!! What a blessing! Please let us know if there is any way we can help over the next couple of weeks! We can't wait to see you guys come home with Joshua! Take care!

The Wisniewski Family said...

We are so excited to hear and read all about your journey! We LOVE Joshua Danford's name and we have been praying for him and his wonderful parents!!! Try to get some sleep over these next few days until you hop on that airplane! :) We love all of you!

Anonymous said...

Hi Chad and Kristin! Joshua is beautiful! I am so happy for you guys. I can't wait to meet him. I know Cameron is excited as well to have a little play buddy. :-) Please take care and know I (we) am thinking of you.
Love, Angie, Craig and Cameron