A Special Visitor on Lillie's 2nd Birthday

On her second birthday, I sent Lillie a cake and hoped that she would have a chance to share it with her friends. She was, however, blessed with some special company I knew nothing about at the time. A woman named Melissa and her beautiful daughter were in Fuling for a visit. Marie is also a Fulinger and had come to spend some time at her first home. These are just a few pictures I received a few weeks later after Melissa inquired about who Yun's family would be.





A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Melissa asking about how Lillie was doing. I replied, telling her that Lillie was full of energy... and quite the drama queen. I told her about how funny she is and how she loves to play with her
dolls and to dance and sing. Her response was:
' I can't believe that is the same child!!!??? She was always so sad when I saw her, but clearly she has found profound happiness and joy. "
It was a powerful moment for me. A moment when I knew just how little I knew about my daughter's life before, and how much it has changed since we became a family. I thank God for the many people that have been in my daughter's short life...and for the many Fuling families that went before me and have provided support the the SWI. I only pray I can also make the same impact on another family!

Happy Birthday - The Party!

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Happy Birthday - Part 2

Saturday, Lillie had a birthday party. She had friends and family surrounding her.
I can't help but think about the contrast of this birthday as compared to her first two. I am thankful that she was with nannies who loved her and that she had friends and the cake I sent, but it does not begin to compare to being with her family.

I think these pictures tell the story....








I thank God for my daughter and for the chance to be together for her third birthday!

Birthday Girl...part 1

Saturday, April 19th was Lillie's birthday and we had a wonderful day! Here are a few pictures from the early part of the day... pre party! Lillie was ready to open her presents as soon as she woke up! I can't believe my girl is now a 3 year old!

Lillie's Birthday at the SWI

For Lillie's 2nd birthday I sent a package from Blessed Kids. They sent a cake, a gift and a camera. These are the pictures from the camera (I finally got them digitized) What a blessing to have these pictures! Looks like quite an ordeal!

April 19th, 2007

Here are a few pictures I recieved from Lillie's birthday. There happened to be someone visiting on her special day! Melissa said that the nannies also took pictures that day with the disposable camera, so there should be a few others that I will get when I pick her up! There are other pictures from Melissa's visit that I will post soon.
In the picture of Lillie with her "birthday" sucker in her mouth you can see Melissa's daughter Marie. The Fuling SWI was Marie's first home...and now she is meeting other children who are starting their life there! Lillie seems to be very fond of her new friend!





Okay, some of the pictues are sidways, but i also wanted to post a few pictures from the birthday party friends had for Lillie at the village...complete with Chinese food, a little cake and new soup bowls from China!

Confirmation of my LID on Lillies 2nd Birthday!

Today was a blessing in so many ways...first, I had a great surprise "birthday party" for Lillie with some wonderful friends at school. They had a cake, balloons, gifts and Chinese Food! It was so thoughtful on a very hard day and I am very greatful! There was also a wonderful PA system version of the happy birthday song!
However, I must admit that as big a blessing as all the above were, the greatest gift I received today was confirmation that I was logged in on 3/13/07. I have been logged in for over a month! It is still a wait, but the stress of needing to be LID before May 1 can now be traded for the anxiety of knowing that in time, it really will occur!
Thanks to everyone for their prayers.... and please keep 'em coming!

Lillie is almost TWO!

It is hard to believe, but my Dossier was sent to China over 65 days ago...but I am still waiting for my LID. I pray that all is okay and that it will come very soon...with a Letter of Acceptance to follow soon! In preperation for her birthday, we have started her quilt (it was a family affair over Easter weekend...with a lot of prep work done) and I have ordered a birthday cake and care package through Blessed Kids. As part of the package, Adele's contact in China calls the SWI to see if he can retrieve the pictures from a disposable camera they send and then (for a fee of course) develop them and send them to me. The Director told them they would hold the camera's for me instead, but when Adele's dad said I would like to see some recent pictures, he sent her the two above. So...i guess these pictures are my connection to Lillie's second birthday...at least for a while. Please continue to pray for Lillie..for her safety and her care...and that she will come home soon!