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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 WOW! Where did time go?? I am so far behind on my updates. Linzhi is doing just wonderful, blossoming everyday. We are so in love with this precious baby girl. I am still in awe of the entire adoption process. I still can’t believe God chose US to be her mommy and daddy. I am so grateful the Lord hand picked this sweet little flower for us to love for the rest of our lives. I am so sentimental when it comes to my all of my babies and Linzhi is no different. We have reached so many milestones over the last 5 months. Every day gets better and better. Linzhi is now sleeping in her bed!!! This is HUGE!!! Mommy couldn’t take much more of tucking my baby into her bed on the floor. She felt safer on the floor when we came home from China but now with her move to the bed, I know she is feeling much more at ease with her new family. Now, we moved her bed right next to Rachel’s so they can look at and talk to each other as they fall asleep. I love listening to them chit chat in bed, it brings me back to my childhood. Rachel and Linzhi have a sweet, tight bond. They are true sisters, no question about it. What I think is so beautiful to watch is how Rachel handles Linzhi’s disability. I never knew my little 4 year old had such genuine patience. It has brought me to tears many times when I see Rachel take time to help Linzhi with eating, bathing, brushing her teeth, even changing her diaper! Yes, I walked into Rachel changing Linzhi’s diaper one morning and she did a fantastic job! Rachel takes her job as big sister VERY seriously! Now, if we could just get Miss Linzhi to potty in the toilet that would be another miracle in itself (all in time). Trevor continues to fall in love with his littlest sister. She adoringly calls him “beber” and gets so excited to see him walk up to the car after school. You can see on her face how happy she is to have a family; she really feels we are hers….And that’s because she tells us… “My mommy, my Rachel, my daddy, my beber” Too cute! I have to tell this story because it touches my heart. Last week we finally started to get warmer weather so one day I took the girls to a local farm that has quarter horses, Billy goats, turkeys, pigs, etc… Last June, I took Rachel to this same farm, just the two of us. As I recall, I felt very emotional because I knew Rachel needed someone special to walk through life with, she needed a sister. I was especially emotional because we had just heard back from our agency that we were not selected for the three girls we applied for that were on the Waiting child list, Linzhi was one of them. We were heartbroken to say the least. Our agency encouraged us to stay positive and all will work out. Within one week Linzhi’s file went open again!?! I just couldn’t take the emotional roller coaster ride again that would come along with reapplying for her, I just felt defeated and hurt that we weren’t chosen the first time. I knew we were good, capable parents that had a lot of love for a child with or without a special need but trying to convey that in an online application is very difficult. I second guessed all my answers to their questions, I questioned my own abilities, basically I was full of self doubt. That’s why I packed Rachel up and left for the farm, I just wanted to get away from the paperwork, Rumor Queen, Yahoo groups, etc… Despite my heart ache, I really enjoyed my sweet time with Rachel Catherine. So when we were finished, I buckled Rachel in her car seat and turned the car on and sat there in complete silence. All of a sudden I wasn’t heart broken, I was on a mission! I wasn’t going to sit back and feel sorry for myself, I needed to get busy and get my baby! That is the day, the wonderful warm farm filled day CJ and I reapplied for Linzhi Rose and three days later we received the call that would change our lives forever….” Hi Amy, this is Kim from Great Wall”…. We saw Xiao Li’s face for the first time that same day. I still tear up when I think of that day because it’s the day I became a mother for the third time, CJ now had two daughters to fuss over and Trevor and Rachel had a little sister and somewhere in China a little girl became a daughter after waiting a LONG two and a half years. What a wonderful day! So this year, when I packed up my TWO darling little girls for a fun day at the farm, I was especially sentimental as I watched my babies run hand in hand down the big hill as sisters! Both squealing with excitement about feeding the horses…Well, they watched mommy feed the horses… Don’t tell them but mommy thinks Quarter horses are a little scary too! To God is the Glory! Blessings, Amy Ps… if you’d like to see the daily adventures of our family, feel free to visit us here.

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