On May 30th, 2011 I had a call from our agency about a file of a little girl that they thought we might like to see.....a few minutes later, we saw her face for the first time....and she was beautiful!

We had an hour and a half to decide.....well, it took all of 5 seconds! We said "YES". We then had to send a letter to China to indicate our wish to adopt this little girl. On June 13th we received our 'pre-approval' from China, and the paperchase became more urgent, as we looked at her face each day!

In May 2011, we began our homestudy, with the most awesome Social Worker....'Ms Laurel'. We were so nervous about her first visit to our home....would she think we were fit parents, was our home suitable? So, we scrubbed, cleaned, polished, and scrubbed some more! The house sparkled! Then Laurel arrived....and we nervously opened our front door......there was a very vivacious, bubbly 'Ms Laurel'. We immediately felt at ease, and enjoyed all our visits with her. We later had playdates with her and her three beautiful girls.