May and June photos

When Kevin and I read our referral e-mail at 3:30am on May 21st, we read all of the referral documents before looking at her pictures. After reading about a 2.6 pound baby born at 28 weeks, we were so worried about her gaining weight and growing. Then we opened the first picture and saw that little double chin. We were so relieved to see that the nannies have been taking good care of her... and getting her to eat enough that she had a little double chin.

I refer to the photo to the left above as Hannah's "Tai Chi" photo.

And this one is the, "How do my nails look, Mama?" photo.

She's grown up so much in just a month, hasn't she? If you look really closely, you can see the reflection of the person taking her picture in her eyes. I love those little expressive eyebrows, those little kissable, and the fuzzy head. I could go on all day about wanting to love on her.

I can't imagine being matched with any other child. Ching-Ling's won our hearts. Loving her is already worth all of the tears, nervousness, hoops we jump through, and heartache of wondering if we'd ever find her.

My friend KB (private blog) and I have had referrals and approvals in the same batch. She's started calling me her future mother-in-law as well. I know, my girl's so cute and will have such great parents that the boys are circling already. (joke) Anyway, KB has challenged us to a race to see who can get their contracts notarized, authenticated by the secretary of state, TECOed, and back to the agency first. I asked Kevin tonight if he's up for a race, and he says we can take 'em. The race is on!