The phone call that changed our lives...

One year ago today...the phone rang at 11:12am and our lives were forever changed. It was the "call" that we had been waiting for 2 years. Edgar was working from home, so he got the news first. After several text messages back and forth, I called him at home and that's when he told me the news...
"WE HAVE A DAUGHTER!!!!"

Some brief information that was given...14 month old female from Kunming, Yunnan. She is currently in Foster care. Her Chinese name is Pan Liang Chen. And then the VERY first photos that we saw of our daughter, via e-mail...talk about nerves going wild!! Tears flowing!! Hearts racing!! And then we saw these 3 beautiful pictures...
Yep...we were in LOVE! We were mommy and daddy to a little girl on the other side of the world. We couldn't wait to go and get her. All we wanted to do was just hug and kiss her and give her so much love.

One year later from that amazing phone call...

We hug and kiss our little girl and give her so much love, everyday!! We thank GOD every day for allowing us to be her parents. She was specifically chosen just for us. I now know why we had to wait so long. Crystina is such an amazing little girl. We are so proud to be her parents.

If you are reading this and are in the adoption process...Yes, the wait can be really hard...and I mean, it can get REALLY hard...BUT do know, that it will happen. And when it does, all the wait time really does disappear. I remember reading those words "the wait time just disappears" and thinking, "yeah right, whatever. How could it, it's been SO long?" But it really, truly does. The moment YOUR child is placed in your arms...all that waiting and waiting...is gone. So have faith because when your phone rings, and it's the "CALL"........your life will be changed, forever!

GOD bless!