Our adoption adventure...

• Summer of 2005...

We began looking into the possibilities of international adoption and God led us to China.

• Late 2005 and early 2006...

We began our paperchase and assembling our dossier.

• March 2006...

Keith traveled to the Chinese Consulate in NYC to process paperwork. This was the last thing on the to do list in preparation for mailing our dossier to China.

Our dossier was mailed to China.

• April 2006

We received our LID - April 24, 2006. China accepted us. What a great day!

• May 2006 through June 2010...

We wait like a bird sitting in a nest.

We update paperwork and dream and pray for a little girl.

We updated paperwork again.

Ditto...

Ditto...

Ditto...

• June 7, 2010...

12:20pm - We got the call notifying us of our little girl Lu Lou. Life changing!

1:30pm - Keith got the email with Lu Lou's picture and personal information.

2:30pm - Keith and Amy opened the email together and saw Lu Lou's photo for the 1st time. We fell in LOVE!

• June 8, 2010

Keith waited for the FedEx truck to deliver the referral package. Exciting! We received two pictures of Lu Lou and personal information, all in Chinese.

• June 9, 2010....

We completed the Chinese Acceptance Form and begin processing more paperwork in preparation of traveling to China to meet our future daughter, Lu Lou.

We are so excited!