On Thursday, January 23, 2009 at 11:00 am I received a wonderful phone call from our adoption agency saying they had a referral match for us. There was a little girl in China, Xia Quan He, waiting for us to bring her home. I was so excited that I could barely speak. This is what was known about you. You were placed at the side of the road at the back gate of Xinxiu park in Nanning City and your date of birth, August 1, 2007, was written on a piece of note paper and placed with you.

You were premature when you were born and were a little less than 4 lbs. Our adoption agency sent us 3 photos of you and I knew right away you were our daughter and that we belonged together as a family. Your Dad, Mike, was at the dentist office the day I received the call. I called him right away. The dentist office said he would be done in one hour. I called back exactly one hour later and told him the wonderful news – we had our little girl. We were so excited! Our best part of our journey has just begun. Hailee we told everyone about you…we can’t wait to meet you, hold you and bring you home. You’re our Hailee Bear :) Adorable, Sweet and Strong.