Here we go again :o)

Hello everyone!  For those of you who are not aware, Marty and I are in the process of adopting again.  We have identified a little girl by the name of Lin Mei who is waiting for us in Weifang, Shandong province, China.  Marty and I found Lin Mei on a special focus list at the end of July while visiting with our adoption travel group (thank you Angel and Ashton).  Marty and I were both instantly drawn to her, following is the first picture we saw of her - isn't she beautiful?



Lin Mei is six months older than Lana and she is almost exactly the same size, she is 42 inches tall and weighs approximately 41 pounds (Lana says that she is going to have a twin sister).  Lin Mei has bilateral Microtia and Atresia (this means that her outer ear is not completely formed and she does not have an outer ear canal).  The information that we have receicved so far states that she does have some amount of hearing, they are telling us that she likes to sing children's songs and recite Tang poetry.  Of course we will not know for sure how much hearing she has until she is home with us, but based on this information we are very hopeful..  We received the following updated photo just a few days after submitting our Letter of Intent (LOI) to adopt. 

So here we are, paper chasing for daughter number 2, and we are all so very excited!  Lana asks us almost daily if we can go get Lin Mei next week - I keep thinking about the movie 'Are We There Yet' - it may turn out to be a very long road trip. 

Currently we have completed our home study and are pareparing to file our I-800A with US immigration, hopefully that will occur in the next few days.  Based on current time lines we are hoping to travel to bring her home in either April or May 2012.  We hope that you will follow our journey as we answer His call to bring another child home!