4 Years

4 years ago today we got that phone call every adoptive parent longs to receive...."Jay and Emily, we have a file of a little girl we'd like for you to consider..." I will never forget a single thing that was said in that conversation for as long as I live!!

Our dossier had been in China for exactly TWO WEEKS and we weren't expecting a call like that for several months. But God.

And I'll be transparent...I didn't see her picture and melt and say, "that's the face of my daughter!!"

I was scared. Phrases like "never walk" and "never potty trained" are just scary. Period.

So we made some phone calls. Got some wisdom. And one of those calls was to the only person I had met, and had any longer than a 10 minute conversation with, about adoption. She lived in Fl. All I could get out when she answered was, " I don't know what to do....*tearssss*"

She listened. She prayed. And then said, "Emily, out of the millions of baby girls in China, God has chosen her for your family...." And as she said those words, I got a peace from head to toe. Jay and I prayed with our faces on the floor, as my heart rate slowly returned to normal. Then we began frantically getting paperwork together to fax to our agency.

4 years and many miracles later, she's our beautiful, amazing, Ashley Mei!

We love you to the moon and back, sweet girl!!! You are a vision and a promise, fulfilled by the Lord. And He has great.big.plans for your life. It was and is a honor to be chosen as your family.

Psalm 139:16

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.


"Mama...HOW did they get that picture all the way from China? WHO sent it? Why did they send it??" 
*whole new era of adoptive parenting here, folks!*