We are so pleased to announce that we have officially accepted the referral of a little girl that we will for now call "H." H is 10 years old and absolutely beautiful. We would love to show you a picture of our newest little girl, but blogging guidelines for adoptive parents prohibit us from showing her off via our blogs until we pass court. For those followers from AAI, you can see our H on the last waiting child video (2009)....she is the first little girl!
H already has something in common with her sisters....swimming is her favorite activity! While I know that she shares something in common, she also has a completely different life experience than Sarah and Hailey. We are preparing for a little girl that has suffered a great deal of loss and trauma in her 10 short years. We are praying that as we are preparing for her, that God is preparing her heart for joining our family. We are lining out doctors, reading on attachment, have a plan to visit the school to talk about learning options for her and looking for a therapist (just in case).
I am so excited and at the same time sad. I won't get to meet her and hug her and really get to know her for several more months. We're hoping--best case scenario--that we will be able to travel to meet her in late July and she will be home with us by October....but the world of international adoption is unpredictable. We'll keep you posted as we know more. Right now, we'd love prayer! Pray about everything or anything related to this adoption, there isn't any part of it that we couldn't use God's hand in :) It seems so far that he's been pretty involved! We hope to keep it that way!
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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