September 29th, 2015
Puzzle Fundraiser

 THE PUZZLE FUNDRAISER

 Every person that purchases a puzzle piece will become a part of our adoption story!! Here is how it works:

*  We have made a customized 500 piece puzzle
*  Every piece will symbolize someone who is helping us bring our baby home from China.
*  Each piece is $20.
*  You may choose to be one piece of the puzzle or several pieces of the puzzle.
*  Your name will be written on the back of each piece you represent.

After the puzzle is complete we will frame the puzzle with glass on both sides and hang it in our child's room. She will be able to see how many people helped bring her home from China!!!!

 Here is our puzzle:

Some day we will be able to sit down with our child and read all of the names of the people who loved her and prayed for her while she was still in China.

To purchase a puzzle piece just click on the Donate button at the top of the blog.  You can specify your donation amount.  I will then get an email about your purchase and write your name on the back of the puzzle pieces!!

Thank you all in advance for your  love and support throughout this process.  We would not make it without each of you.

The Barnett Family
John, Sterling, Sydney, and Claire

September 4th, 2015

We are so excited to have our final home study visit today. We met with our social worker through Dillon and finished visiting with her about all of the information that will make up our home study portion of our Dossier (official application to adopt a baby from China). We now have to wait for several weeks for her to write everything up!! Praying we have it soon.

August 11th 2015
We had our second home study visit today.  We continue to work with our social worker and complete all of the necessary paperwork to complete our home study.  We are also completing a lot of education learning about the adoption process and what to expect when we get home with out little one!  Each document we collect and item we check off our list is 1 small step closer to our baby girl!!

July 13th-July 21st 2015
We received our login information to start our home study!!  We are so excited to begin this process.  We immediately started on our home study application through Dillon.  This again is mountains of paperwork and getting documents from lots of different places.  On the 15th we submitted our application for our Home Study.  On the 20th we got contacted that references were in and we were ready to begin our Home Study.  On the 21st we received a phone call from our social worker through Dillon and will have our first home visit on Monday the 27th!!  Each step forward is 1 step closer to our precious little one!!  We continue to pray and trust in God's perfect plan and perfect timing.

June 2015
We continue to work on paperwork and visit with both agencies about the next steps for the adoption.  We speak with Lifeline and Dillon multiple times and continue to move forward.  We sent of 2 big packets of paperwork:  1 to Lifeline and 1 to Dillon.  We are using 2 agencies because we chose Lifeline as our adoption agency and they do not have offices in Oklahoma.  We have Dillon as our home study agency because they have offices and social workers in Oklahoma.

May 25th, 2015
BIG day for us!  We submitted our application to adopt a baby from China.  We are so excited to officially begin this process.

May 14th-May 24th, 2015
We continued to do research and work on our application.  The application involved lots and lots of paperwork!  Through visiting with our agency we were given the process of adopting a baby from China.  We are adopting a little girl with special needs from China.  This means that our baby will have some sort of special need and will probably require medical attention when we get home.  A lot of the special needs in China are correctable here in the US.  The process takes about 18 months total and our daughter will probably be around 2 when we get to bring her home.  We are praying for her, her caregivers, and her birth mom.  We are praying that the process goes smoothly and that we can get her here as quickly as possible.  We are praying that we are home with her in the Fall of 2016.