Introducing Joshua XiZe Kinzinger

Here is our first picture of Boa Xi Ze, born February 23, 2004 in the Guangdong Province of China. We started the process last fall, accepted his referral to our family in early February of this year, and China approved us as his forever family a few days later. The paperwork part of the adoption process is daunting, but nothing compared to the waiting! For pregnancy there is a defined "end point", but not so with adoption, which can be slightly maddening at times--for both the waiting family and their poor social worker, I'm sure! :>) He is described by his caretakers as smart, social, eager to please, and a favorite among his friends because he is "easy to share his toys".... They also say he is handsome and they tell him so! :>) He is not much bigger than Jeremy by his latest measurements, so no hand-me downs for Jeremy for a while, I guess! As of today, we have been informed that our travel approval has arrived in the U.S. and we will HOPEFULLY be meeting our new son in a few weeks!

I am totally new to this blogging thing, but thought I would give it a try this time, so bear with me! Nothing fancy, but hopefully it will keep those who are interested updated while we travel, and give us a chance to share our excitement as we meet our new son, Joshua XiZe.