On December 10th, we received a gift from God, an early Christmas present, the news we had been waiting 9 months for! There is a sweet little girl whose name is "Ning Si Qi", waiting for us to bring her home from Jiangxi province China! These first two photos are our first glimpse of our beautiful baby girl. We are so thrilled we can't describe how full our hearts are right now.
We have chosen the name Grace, and will keep Grace's given Chinese name, Ning Si Qi, as her middle name, just as we did with Georgea. Grace turned 18 months on December 18th and her special need is cleft palette. We were incredibly blessed to receive our LOA (letter of approval) in just 11 days (while some are waiting over 100 days). We turned our I-800 around immediately upon receiving our LOA and received I-800 approval just this past week on January 12. So, we have just a few more steps until we receive travel approval. If all goes smoothly, even factoring in the Chinese New Year holiday, there is still a good chance we can travel in March, which would be record time. We can't wait to wrap our arms around our sweet, beautiful baby girl!!
Ann at Red Thread China ROCKS!! Just 2 days after placing our order for Grace Ning Si Qi's care package, Ann was able to have these photos taken by Grace's CWI (Children's Welfare Institute) and forwarded them on to us. WHAT A GIFT!! We knew the first pictures we saw were dated, and how amazing to see current photos, and to see that Grace looks so incredibly healthy. I also loved seeing her standing on her own. Isn't she GORGEOUS??!! (spoken like a true Mama, I know!) Oh, I can't wait to kiss THOSE CHEEKS!!
