Well there has been so much to do these days!!! Duplicating our China Pearl's picture a million times and passing it to anyone interested!!! We met with Deborah at Open Arms on Sunday night and got the first sight of little Mercy. We fell in love right away. She is about 17 lbs. or so already and no doubt will be at least 20 by the time we get her. The report on her was great and I noted on her medical for ears and blood pressure that they stated "no cooperative". I assume she doesn't like the fussing and just wants to play!!!! That's ok there will be lots of time down the road to see a doctor and I am sure she will be given a good going over then!

We got our final paperwork done and it's going back for the Ministry to approve etc. The next thing will be our travel meeting with our group. We are all so pumped now. The children are all so cute. Can't wait to meet them all. We have had so many people congratulating us about our daughter Mercy and asking about a baby shower etc. It is a bit overwhelming. It is just starting to sink in now. The first few days were a big foggy!! It will be a very special Mother's Day for me, as technically I am a mom right now. Yippee!!!

I appreciate everyone's well wishes and support and trust that I can share in other's moments as well when you all get your referrals. You just can't imagine how you will feel.

Looking forward to our MIW dinner this Sat. This time I won't be "mystery mom" as the word is out now. Can't wait to take and be in the pictures this time. I'm so looking forward to meeting some new MIW and some old friends from previous. We are getting to be quite the group now. We may have to reserve a whole restaurant next time!!! It's amazing how many people are in the same boat as us. Who would have thought that there would be so many other people interested in receiving these precious little ones from China!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!

Well on Wed. May 2 we finally got the call. We were so excited to hear a message left from Deborah at Open Arms. When we finally spoke with her we still couldn't believe the moment had finally come. We learned that her name was Fu Bao Hao and that she had a birthday a week before mine on Aug. 7, 2006. We couldn't wait for the translation to be done and to get our package from Open Arms. We finally get to see her!!!!

We got our package on May 6 and are starting to roll on the paperwork that needs to be signed, reviewed and returned to Open Arms. Lots to do in the upcoming week. All our group got their package as well and the babies are all adorable. Three boys in the lot!!! Quite a blessing to have that many boys as well. The children are all from the Fuling Social Welfare Institute and when we looked it up on the net we saw that it looks like a wonderful facility that is quite equipped for children. We were very happy to see that she has been taken well care of. Will post more info as time goes by.