Friday, December 07, 2007

Introducing Sophie Swan!!!

The doctor was late getting to the hospital!!! Sorry everyone!

Here she is:




Lin Yan Xi (means : gorgeous, colorful, bright (as in brightly colored))
DOB: 5/13/07 (Mother's Day!!) and yes, she's almost 7 months...eeks!!!!!
She's from Linxiang City, Hunan

That's all we have right now. We'll get another package tomorrow...and hopefully see a smile!

We get to travel with our friends that we're in Sarah's group with us and that is almost as exciting as Sophie herself. Their daughter, Lia, and Sarah were roommates for the first 14 months of their lives and this will be their first reunion!

God is good!!!!!! Indeed we rejoice!!!!

Here are our final stats:
Started papaerwork: 6/8/05
LID: 12/14/05
DOR: 12/7/07 (23 months 3 weeks)
Age at referral: just shy of 7 months (requested AYAP, qualified up to 2 years)
Requested Hunan province

5 comments:

Sungja said...

Kim, she is so beautiful. I have been looking all day to see her picture. When will you bringing her home? Let us know.

Anonymous said...

And once again, God proves Himself as faithful, providing, fulfiller of promise, and master of hope! She's soooo beautiful and I'm so happy for y'all! Blessings upon blessings...that's what He promised! Love you guys!

Cathy said...

I am so excited--now I have 2 favorite nieces! She is gorgeous! What a wonderful Christmas surprise. I know you all are sooo happy! Congratulations!

Leigh said...

She is precious!! I can't wait to meet her in person. I bet everyone is doing the happy dance at the Swan house!!

Anonymous said...

Just had to tell you: my two year old granddaughter, Hannah, is here and I showed her your blog pic of Sophie. She leaned in close to the screen and in a very soft, gentle voice said, "Hello, So-py". Melted my heart!