Sappington Update

Hello Everyone,

Happy Sunday!  While our Eli recoups from the tummy bug, we are enjoying a peaceful (so far) afternoon around the house.  We had a sports-filled weekend up until this point.  All 3 kiddos had a game yesterday.  Eli was supposed to have another game today, but has to sit this one out after he said his stomach hurt at church.  We made it home just in time as the flood gates in his tummy let loose on our garage floor and door to the house.  Poor guy!  So far, he's feeling much better and hopefully that lasts!

Check out Team Sappington from yesterday's sports games.

Asher scored his first ever soccer goal! He jumped up and down with excitement then turned to me and gave me a very big thumbs' up! 

Eli loves playing baseball and he has been happy to have back to back games the past few days!

Jadyn in center field takes a second to rest with one of her BFFs in between plays.

Since we are now chilling at home, I took a moment to update our remaining adoption costs and posted them below!  I'm hoping that tomorrow we will receive a much anticipated email from the NVC (National Visa Center) with our GUZ# so we can move on to the next step in the adoption process!  We are hoping and praying these last few steps fly through and we can have a November travel date to bring home our Annika!  Team Sappington is ready to grow by one more player. :) 

In-Country and Travel Fees:

Orphanage donation: ~$6,000 (PAID)
Provincial Civil Affairs Child documents: $350
Provincial Justice Office Notary documents: $650
Annika's Passport: $150
Annika's Medical Exam Fee: $275
Domestic Flights In-country: ~$4,000
Hotel: ~$1,500
International airfare (3 people Roundtrip): ~$4,500
International airfare (Annika's 1-way ticket): ~1,000 (PAID)
In-country driver/Ground Transportation/Guide Service Tipping: ~$600
Beijing 3-day tour: ~$1,700

APPROXIMATE total cost left: $13,725

Happy Sunday!