Eli

Eli is from the same orphanage as Emma and he is now with his forever family!  He is only about a month younger than Emma, so they have probably spent their days in the orphanage together.  As you can imagine I am following their journey very, very, very closely.  If they are able to visit the orphanage, they are going to try to take a picture of Emma for us.  They also took a photo album for us to deliver to the director or the ayis when they met Eli.  We are hoping that the ayis will take the album back to the orphanage and show Emma her album as much as possible so that she can see what we look like and what our home looks like.  I made sure to label all of the pictures with the Chinese characters, so that they can tell her who we are.  Back in March, I sent a small care package via the BlessedKids.com website, and we were able to include 2 pictures with that. This little album has a lot more pictures in it.  It is just one of the cheap $1 albums from Target, but it sure holds a lot of love! 

Comment posted by
at 5/28/2007 1:35:00 PM

Wow, somehow reading Eli's story and seeing his pictures makes it seem even more real that in less than a month, you will be doing the same thing with Emma!!! I think its really awesome timing that you are getting her while Katelyn is not in school. You will have close to 2 months to just be together at home. I like Eli's parents' request to give them 3-4 weeks after they get back to have visitors. Have you guys thought about a timeframe for introducing Emma to all the others who love her? As long as you keep posting pictures and entries, we can wait as long as you need us to! I'm praying that Emma will get to look and look at those pictures full of love and that Jesus will help her to understand who you are and prepare her heart for you! This really is like labor; you know that this baby is coming, but you just don't know exactly when, and its getting intense!!!! Love to you all! Tracie

Comment posted by
at 5/28/2007 9:20:00 PM

I don't know if you're still lacking blogging inspiration, but I do have a question...

When do you actually GET Emma? I know I've heard other adoption stories where they go to the orphanage to meet them a few times before they take them... so what will your experience be like? When in the two weeks will Emma be able to leave with you, or spend the whole night with you???