First time we saw your face 2 year anniversary

Can you believe it's been 2 years since we first laid eyes on our sweet referral photo of Jolie Elise FanWen? I remember going to bed on the 19th  knowing that we could possibly be matched by morning. Karl handed me the lap top the morning of the 20th and I scrolled the emails and found one from our agency "POSSIBLE MATCH" we opened it and saw 3 cute little photos. We immediately read the referral pages, and sent the YES email back  within moments. We then preceded with the next steps of letter of intent and then our journey became very real...SO to celebrate the event I grabbed the referral photo and told Jolie it was time to make a photo with the very first photo I saw of her. I said, "Look how much you've grown!" She says, Now I have hair!!! She is very proud that she can now have pony tails like Karlie...

What a cute first photo for us to see 

See how much she has grown, especially her hair? There is one other photo of her with a crew cut, so her hair is not actually shown the shortest it's been.

Happy Referral Day to us...So glad that GOD allows us the wonderful awesome opportunity to be your parents, sweet girl!

First time ever we saw your face anniversary

It's been a year! A whole year has passed since referral day. I remember going to bed anxious this time last year. My agency had emailed that week that a new list was coming out and that they would try to match us on the September 20th list. We woke up early the next morning and while Karl got ready for work he handed me the laptop and we checked our email ...and what do you know...

There was an email saying possible match....We saw several photos of Jolie and read all of her info...we knew she was the one God chose for us or a better way to put it we were the parents HE chose for her...we have been so blessed...

So while she's sitting on her dad's lap tonight still getting over cleft palate repair surgery, I grabbed the referral photo that is framed on the wall and mentioned what today was and that I needed to take a photo...she immediately got ready with a "cheese"....

Jolie and dad pose with the referral photo that we saw a year ago!

 hugs.

It's been a year...Seems like you've been in the family forever.

Happy Referral Anniversary to Us!

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