Exactly 1 year ago today, we received our long, long, awaited call!
But even though we had waited almost 6 years for this call, we were still caught off guard, scared, excited, and relieved.
At the time, China had only been referring just a few Log In Dates at a time, so given its pattern, we were not expecting our referral call until June.
Needless to say, when we did receive our call, first thing on a Monday morning, we were overwhelmed with emotion.
And then a few minutes later, we received these 3 precious little photos via email, and our hearts instantly knew that this was our Daughter, the one we had hoped for, prayed for, and loved in our hearts, long before she was even born.
Ning Xing Yao was her given name, and we were told she was residing at an orphanage in Ningdu County, Jiangxi, China, and had just turned 1 year old at the time. Little did we know at the time that it would be yet another 6 more months before we could meet her in person & kiss her sweet face, but for the time being, we held on to these little photos very tightly & counted the days until we could finally be together as a family.
Adoption is a beautiful thing! Not only do we get to enjoy the gift of becoming a family, but we also get to adopt many new beautiful traditions, anniversaries, and celebrations, like today -
May 21
Happy Referral Anniversary to us!
( and to all those families throughout the world with babies from China
who also received their referral on this date )
( and to all those families throughout the world with babies from China
who also received their referral on this date )
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