Would You Like to Meet Her?

Well now that we've officially been "matched" with our little girl, we want to share a little more about her with you!  We were hesitant to share details at first because we didn't know how the meeting in her country would turn out.  They could have turned us down.  But they didn't!  After loads more paperwork, fees, travel, tears, and prayer, she will be ours!

Please meet our future daughter, "Bianca".

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First note: Her name is not really Bianca.  But we cannot use her real name, and will be giving her a new name anyway.  So for now we're referring to her as "Bianca".  

Second note: This picture doesn't do her justice.  We have newer ones of her and she is SO BEAUTIFUL!  

Do you see how small she is?  Look at how tiny her arms are.  :(  She is SEVEN years old.  When this picture was taken, she was 19 pounds and 30 inches long.  And so, so sad.  She's smiling in the new pictures we have.  She's gained a little bit of weight and looks like she's being fed a little better.  Her medical report says she even smiles and laughs!  Oh how I can't wait to hear her laugh!  

We will have a long road ahead of us once we are able to get her home.  But I KNOW that God will provide for us as we provide for her.  He loves her more than we ever could and HE will be our strength through this process.  

By the way: the kids have seen her new pictures.  Alex has no idea what she's looking at other than "it's a baby", but Nathan sees her picture and says "she's my new sister!"  He wants to name her Twinkle Star and bring her home now.  :)  We're working on it as fast as we can, Buddy.