Adding to the madness...

Well, here she is... our new daughter! Her name is Wan Jin Pei and she is almost 11 months old; she will be 1 in March. She is currently living in the Wanzai County SWI (orphanage) in the Jiangxi Province of China. She is from the same province as Brynn. We were chosen as her family in the beginning of December but we just received PA (pre-approval) from China yesterday so while the kids knew we were going to adopt again since our meetings with the social worker this fall, tonight we "introduced" them to their sister... all three pictures and her birthday and that she lives in China was about it. Evan asked if we were going to get her a new haircut. The kids were thrilled. Doug and I are very excited but, of course, the adoption route is far from predictable, so we are nervous too. We are waiting for one final paper from U.S. immigration before we can send our documents to China for review. We are hoping to travel in July but it may be September... no one is really sure what effects the Olympics will have on adoptions for the month of August but I am thinking airflights might be quite limited and expensive. So pray for early summer for us!

I've started a new blog for Jin Pei and it is listed over on the right. I probably won't post much there until we travel but if I do, I'll let you know on this blog. I do have a few things to blog about, like her new name and why we chose it, and a picture of her from when she was less than a month old, and a bit about her personality based on the report we received, but I have to spread that information out so I don't run out of things before we travel since there is the chance we will not learn much more. But we certainly are going to try!

Kate