This morning, at 9:30am, we received a call from our adoption agency that would change the lives of six people....Troy, Becky, Lily, Colby, Landry and a precious baby in China.
This morning, we received a referral call for our daughter...Laney Kate!!!
We expected to receive that amazing call in late 2008. I had a different trip to China planned for this summer. We had a cruise planned for next spring. Everything was organized...The God crashed in with a plan far better than we could imagine.
This morning, we were referred precious Jin Yu Rao...age 13 months. Her name means Beautiful & Charming.
She was born in Guiping City, Guangxi, China, March 21st, 2006. We hope to fly and bring her home as soon as this August or September!
She was only 5 pounds when she was born and was considered premature. She has yet to catch up weight-wise...still very small (10# at 6 months old), and so she was placed on the Waiting Child list -- considered special needs. But developmentally (mentally and physically) she is completely on target. Pulling up, standing when holding on to someone's hand, babbling appropriately, etc. She is 100% healthy... still just very petite. Petite is FINE with us. :)
We got the call this morning. Quickly made calls to my sister & parents. And then at 4:30pm we called CCAI and confirmed that we would love the honor of being her mamma and daddy!
Tonight, we enjoyed a dinner of Chinese food (in honor of the day!) and red velvet cake for dessert. :) Then we showed our three sweet munchkins their new sister's picture! They were so excited they were singing and dancing!
Here is a picture of our baby girl....
We would love any and all prayers for the following:
~ That Laney would sense in her spirit, even now, peace and hope
~ That she would remain healthy & safe
~ That we would have grace poured over our remaining paper work & travel plans
~ That the finances would all come together smoothly
~ That our family would feel a collective excitement and we would remain in good humor and grace-giving to each other...even if things get stressful ;)
