We are the Arbolino's!

While many reading this blog know our background some new readers may not. A quick version of who we are stems back to my own version of a fairytale. In 2009 I was blessed to become a mom by way of international adoption through Kazkahstan. Little did I know that our family would become a family of 3 when we got married October 17, 2010. Imagine two grown ups, never married, joining forces to become not just husband and wife but an instant family. Certainly wasn't all roses but for us it was a match made in heaven. As we navigated our family, we openly discussed growing our family through adoption and well you know timing is everything. So fast forward to April 2015 and we were finally ready to complete our family. International Adoption was our answer. We had already started there so why not continue that way. Kazkahstan is closed to adoptions for Americans, so after some searching China was the right option for us. Luckily we were able to start with our original agency Little Miracles and for us that was a great and secure starting point. As luck would have it we started reviewing files and then this momma got cold feet. Should we grow our family? We had a great thing going and we were at an age that Finley was growing up and things were getting easier. Thankfully I overcame my fears of upsetting the apple cart and here we are today.

We started the process and moved swiftly through all the paperwork and we secured our sons file At the end of October 2015. He had just turned 2 and we figured for sure he would be home by the time he turned 3, but as we all know things don't always go the way you want. So while we navigated some bumps and slow downs we were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief when our invitation to travel showed up just a few short weeks ago. This blog is to document our story for our son and for our family. Join us as we venture to Nanjing China, November 2016.