Referral

We accepted the referral of our little girl on August 8, 2007. I, of course, missed the call -- keep those cellphones with you! But, came home and Matt was waiting with pictures, and just a little tear in his eye. We were incredibly overcome and happy, excited, anxious, laughing, crying, celebrating. Our necks were so sore from looking at the video the agency sent us (it was sideways). Maggie said "I am a big sister...almost."

Her name is Sarah Hsin-Yi Emmendorfer. She was born on June 25th , 2007 - the same day as another little girl that was referred to a friend on a Taiwan adoption message board. And also the same day as her Godfather J.P.'s birthday. She was 8 1/4 pds and 21 inches long when she was born. A beautiful, healthy baby...we are truly blessed. I am going to post the video and pictures so that you can see her. Check out that hair - perfect for bows.

We celebrated at a local restaurant called Taipei - we thought that was pretty appropriate.

They say we will be traveling in 5-7 months, but I have seen 3 months and I have seen 7 months. We just don't know. Everything in this world seems to work out for a reason for us, so when its time, it will be the right time. But for right now I am going SHOPPING!