Love at First Sight

 Almost one year ago I fell in love with a sweet little face.

Her picture was on a Chinese adoption advocacy site on Facebook.

Here are the words that accompanied her photo:
"Meet Anibel!
Anibel is a cutie who wears sweet little mini pony tails. She is almost three. Her favorite play activity is coloring with crayons. She has so much fun coloring that she does not want to stop. The caregivers describe her as a happy girl. They also say that she makes everyone around her happy. She can be determined and has a strong personality. She is saying single words and she imitated hand motions to a poem. Anibel’s special need is Downs Syndrome. Could this little sweetie be your daughter?"

On that day last December I left the following comment:
Oh my goodness! She is perfect!
And that began our Journey to DouDou.

It is with great thankfulness that we would like share with you that God has given us the privilege of becoming parents again.  We would like to introduce you to our soon to be daughter Dou Dou (pronounced Dough Dough). Dou Dou is 3 years old, turning 4 in February. 

Three years ago, we would have never imagined that this is what our family would look like.  But we would not change it.  Anne, Isaac, Clara and Josiah are all very excited and have many questions about Dou Dou--most of which we cannot answer.   Pearl says 'Dou Dou' when we point to her picture but honestly, she has no idea what is coming.  It will be a big adjustment that we are already praying about.

If paperwork and process follow the usual timeline, Adam and Isaac will be traveling to China around June of next year to finalize her adoption and bring her home. We appreciate your prayers for Dou Dou  (to whom we do plan on giving an American name....eventually) and for our family as we adjust and prepare ourselves.

 

Here is a more recent picture of our sweet DouDou.