Are you ready for some fun?????

Ok friends!  So, things keep moving forward and I am so very excited!  We are looking at being about 6-8 weeks away from traveling to China to pick up our baby girl!  This is so exciting!  This post is going to tell you 2 things.  First, it's going to tell you about our fundraiser that is starting NOW as one last push to try to fund bringing our little girl home and Second, I realized that I keep calling this little girl by every title, except what her name will be!  I can't post her sweet face, but I can share what her name will be!  So, keep reading and you'll find out!!!

Ok, so as promised, I am first going to ask you to please participate in this fundraiser!  The fees for the actual adoption have pretty much been saved, raised and paid!  YAY!!!  Now, we are working hard to find the funds for the travel costs!  These final costs include things like Chinese Visa's for all of us, airplane tickets, hotel and food costs, and the very final fees in China to bring our girl home!

So, here goes!  See this bag?



This bag is going to spark a friendly family competition while hopefully helping us bring home little peanut! This is how it's going to work!   First, we are asking for donations to fund our travel and if you donate in the next 30 days, your name will be written on this bag that will accompany us to China!  But, who will get to pack and carry the cool bag with all the names of the people that love us?

Momma?

Ecrissa?

or Jaryse?

YOU decide!!!!  So, when you make your donation, let us know who you are voting for!!!!!  Whichever one of us raises the most money and gets the most donations in our name will be the one who gets to travel with this bag and the constant reminders of all who care for us!  There are a few different ways you can donate:

*Paypal (cherikay_sessions@yahoo.com) or
*GoFundMe ( https://www.gofundme.com/fromhaititochina )
*Send a donation to (3745 Benjamin Ave NE, Grand Rapids MI, 49525) or
*If you see one of us, you can give us the donation personally!

 Just remember to put a memo of who you are voting for to get to carry the bag!   At the end of 30 days, we'll announce the lucky one of us that gets to use this bag during our trip to China!!!!

So, will you help us raise the final funds by tagging this bag for DAHLIA JANE!  (yep, there ya' have it, our baby girl will be named Dahlia Jane!  Oh, and we love her so much already! Cannot wait to get her home and give her a beautiful sign name to go along with all the rest of her beautiful little self!

Thanks friends and please join us in Tagging the Bag for Dahlia Jane!
(ps, thank you so much to my friend Shannon B. for the idea!  YOU ROCK FRIEND)

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