What a day! :)

Well, all the Contracts and fee and the I-600A and fees were all delivered and signed for this morning! YAY!!! :) So prayerfully we will hear some news back on each of those very quickly :) Also, today at 12:50 pm I got our FINAL notarized homestudy with supporting documents in my hands!!!! YIPPEEEEE! FINALLY :) I am so so happy :) doin a happy dance beyond belief. So many major steps bein taken this week. Noah we are getting closer baby boy! :) Mommy loves you. Catch the kissses in the wind baby boy! :)

Contract and I-600 and Fees on their way!!!!

EXCITING DAY!!!!! :) Bobby and I went to the credit union and got 2 Cashier's Checks and then went to FedEx Kinkos and we FedEx'd off our contract and a check for a lump sum payment to Heartsent!!! YIPEEEEE!!!!!!! Thank you JESUS! :) We also FedEx'd off our I-600A and those fees!!!! GOD IS SO GOOD! :) It is soo nice to have those 2 things done! YAY! :) We are 2 steps closer to our precious baby boy!! Please pray that these will arrive by first thing tomorow morning as promised! :) We are waiting for word on what other things we need to gather for the dossier and what the next steps are :) Also, our homestudy agency folks are back in town and are tryin to get our final draft done and notarized today for me to come get copies tomorow. Praying that happens. We need to get copies to Heartsent of the final and also to USCIS and for a few grant and loan places. That is a huge step once the final copies are in our hands! :)

Noah honey we are working so very hard baby boy! :) We love you and we cant wait to come get you!!!!!

BBQ Plate Sale a Success!

The BBQ Plate Sale was an awesome success today!! YIPEEE! We had so much wonderful help from our Church family and things went off very very well. The day did not begin so good when Bobby's Van broke down on the way to the sell. We had to leave it on the side of the road, squeeze Bobby and as much as we could fit in the car with Celeste and I and all the stuff we had and go on to the Church. A dear friend loaned her van for Bobby to go get the rest of the stuff in his van and then also for him to use for his route of BBQ plate deliveries! :) We sold a total of 279 Plates and delivered the marjority of them with 7 drivers! :) Yipeee :) We ran out of beans and had to go to the restraunt that had donated them and buy some more and so that was kinda a kink but worked out and we also ran out of desserts and a friend ran to a store and bought some more. Not quite sure how it happend but there ya go :) We had quite a few donations so we did not have as many expenses coming out of the proceeds! :) The baby fund is growing and growing, praise God!! We still need continues prayers for it to continue on and on. We have a long way to go but God is faithful! Thank you Jesus! :) Praying for other fundraisers to keep the money coming in and just prayin in general that God will send it one way or another! I know that my God is Able!

Thanks so much to all my friends and Church family who helped us today. We could NEVER have pulled this off without you guys! :) May God richly bless you for your help and love and care of us and our sweet baby boy Noah! NOAH, mommy and Daddy are gettin closer and closer to you sweetie! :) Catch my kisses in the wind little man! WE LOVE YOU!

BBQ PLATE SALE IS HERE

Well, the BBQ plate sale is here tomorow, well actually it is today since it is after midnight as I write this. I am up working on the routes and directions and though I should send out a prayer request! :) Please keep the sale in your prayers. It should prove an interesting day. The water is out or messed up in Shreveport and some places are closed because of it so I am not sure whether everyone who ordered will be there! Anyways, I do not have the total final numbers just yet because I have not added in the newest batch but I believe it is over 250 plates sold. We had some donations of food and supplies and then I got some good deals on what I did buy so I prayerfully did not loose too much of the profit towards the baby fund. I should have more info on the amount raised tomorow night. Anyways, I best get back to work so I can get a little sleep :) I am excited and a bit overwhelmed and nervous at the same time :) Noah Baby, this is one HUGE step closer to coming to get you my prescious baby boy! I am blowing you kisses in the wind sweet baby! :)

Prayers Please for BBQ Plate Sale Fundraiser and donations and such

Hi everyone,

PLEASE be in prayer for us this whole week. We are preparing for our BBQ plate Sale fundraiser this friday (January 11, 2008). We are trying to get as much food and supplies donated as we can and that is not goin as well as we need so far. Also we need to sell tickets. We are selling for $5 a plate which we are told is a very good price by some friends why buy lunch each day. We have a few friends who are also trying to sell. Please keep it all in prayer, the donations, the ticket sales, and also the physical help to box up plates and to deliver. One friend who works at a hospital has had several coworkers as if we were goin to do alot of these sales, so please pray it works out well this time and maybe we can do a spagetti plate sale or something the next time, but for now we just need to get through this one. I KNOW that I KNOW that God is blessing us with Noah as our son and I KNOW that God can do this, HE can provide all the money that we need. This is so overwhelming to me but to God nothing is too much. I am praying for God to show off somemore :) Please also be in prayer for the things we are trying to sell to sell, and for donations, and for us to sell all this World's Finest Chocolate we have to sell so we can pay the invoice that has come due. Anyways this is a crazy week with Celeste and I running all week trying to sell tickets and get donations. Thank You Jesus Celeste is home to be a part of this :) Please also be in prayer as we have to take her back to Dallas January 13 for her 2nd semester. As always please keep our sweet baby boy Noah in your prayers. Feels like forever we have been waiting and I know we have a long way to go still. Thanks for all your prayers and help!

in His Love,
Tami

We got NEW pics of Noah!!!! :) YIPEEE :)

Well, we got new pictures of Noah! :) They sent 3 pictures :) They were taken on December 20, 2007! Noah was 8 months and 1 day old! :) He has grown and changed in 2 months time since the last pictures were taken! :) Here is one of the pictures :) Isnt my little man a doll? :)

GUESS WHAT...GUESS WHAT...GUESS WHAT

HI ALL :)

I had to write and share!! GUESS WHAT I HAVE??????

I have the rough draft of our APPROVED homestudy!!!! :) YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEe!! I am so crying!!

They said they like us!! :) They approved us!!! :) So now they make corrections we needed them to make, and they send to the international agency and they tell them if they want anything else and they fix that and then we have it notarized!!! :) YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I am so so so so happy! I am sure you cant tell can ya??? :) heehee

Lookie:

"
Bobby and Tami Sisemore are a warm, loving Christian couple who has a loving, caring and stable marriage. They are intelligent, open minded and compassionate people who care for others. They are wise and loving parents to Celeste. They have excellent family support as well as many loving friends and a supportive church family.
I approve Bobby Lynn Sisemore and Tami Carol Sisemore for certification as adoptive parents. They present an excellent level of maturity, marital stability, individual strength, financial security, and with positive attitudes regarding the adoption. They have a close family and an active family lifestyle with a real commitment for the adoption.
I approve Bobby Lynn Sisemore and Tami Carol Sisemore for the placement of one child of either sex from Taiwan between the ages of new born and twenty-four months, preferably as young as possible and preferably in good general health or with a treatable or correctable medical condition. This family has experience in dealing with special needs children in their own church. This examiner feels that Bobby and Tami Sisemore are adequately prepared for this task. I hereby approve Bobby and Tami Sisemore for a special needs child in addition to my previous approval."
I have asked them if we should put more than 1 child, so that this can be used at another time in the next 2 years if God brings another one along :) I am waiting on word back for that :)

Can you believe it???? :)