Monday, August 13, 2007
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!
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!
Welcome...
Matt, and I have been thinking about adoption for a long time. We have one wonderful little girl named Maggie who is 5 years old and starting kindergarten in August. This is sure to be harder on mom and dad then on little Maggie. She can't wait to go! She even cut all of her own hair off for the occasion. After much medication mom is fine - although I am weeping over her custom made bow collection. I know... "someday you'll laugh" ... not yet...:)
After completing all of the paperwork for China, we decided to change programs and adopt from Taiwan. We are very happy about the decision. The wait for a referral is fairly excruciating and much longer than what we were originally told to expect -- but MUCH shorter than China's wait.
So, welcome to our blog. We think this is a good way to keep everyone up to date about what is going on. We feel very blessed and appreciative of all of you that have listened to us throughout this process, are supporting us going forward and have been such great friends and family.
After completing all of the paperwork for China, we decided to change programs and adopt from Taiwan. We are very happy about the decision. The wait for a referral is fairly excruciating and much longer than what we were originally told to expect -- but MUCH shorter than China's wait.
So, welcome to our blog. We think this is a good way to keep everyone up to date about what is going on. We feel very blessed and appreciative of all of you that have listened to us throughout this process, are supporting us going forward and have been such great friends and family.
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