We want to welcome all of you to our adoption blog. As some of you already know, Sheila and I plan to adopt a baby girl from China. We have created this blog as a way to share our progress through the adoption process. We have just begun filling out some of the extensive paperwork. We have our first appointment with the local social worker on Monday, January 9th. We plan to schedule our first of the two required homestudies at this time. Please join us on the blog periodically to check the progress. Feel free to post comments as well. Special thanks to all of you who have already shown support for this wonderful journey we are beginning and to the Lowery's for the great idea for this blog.