Sunday, December 9, 2007
Somewhere in China
Today I sit and think of a mother in China. A mother who gave birth to our beautiful little girl. A woman who had to make a decision that would not only change the rest of her life, but ours also. I look at the picture of our Mei-Li Lynn and cannot imagine the pain her Mother had to feel when she laid her baby at the gate of that orphanage and walked away from her. I feel for her deeply and wish I could tell her thank you and that your baby will have the best life we can give her. I cannot imagine the torture of having to make the decision she made. We are so very thankful for her decision, yet still cry for her. Somewhere in China there is the mother of our baby girl, and I hope that somehow she knows that her baby will be fine.
Friday, December 7, 2007
PICTURES!!
We are so excited and proud to introduce our DAUGHTERMei-Li Lynn Hunt. Isn't she adorable.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
WE HAVE A DAUGHTER !!!!
We got the call finally. After all this time we can say that we are officially the parents of Mei-Li Lynn Hunt. We got the call at 12:33 p.m. Here is the info that we know as of now. We will get the pictures and all of the information on her tomorrow.
Given Name - Jin Xiao Lan
Date Of Birth - 2/5/07 (10 months old)
Province - Jiangxi
Orphanage - Ruijin SWI
Health - Said to be normal
Given Name - Jin Xiao Lan
Date Of Birth - 2/5/07 (10 months old)
Province - Jiangxi
Orphanage - Ruijin SWI
Health - Said to be normal
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tomorrow We Hope
Well, the referrals have started showing up for some people. We are hoping we will get the call tomorrow sometime. If we get the call tomorrow, then we will get her pictures and all of the information on Friday. Hope to have an update with age and name real soon.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Didn't make it
Well they got to the 8th of December. Will we be next? We should be in the next batch, but we have been disappointed before so we do not know.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
A Poem we love
Daydreaming
I stepped into her room today
Knowing she's not there
This waiting for referral
Is more than one can bear
But taking in the moment
I sit down on the floor
And dream of her here with me
When waiting is no more
A little giggle fills the air
As I rub her feet
I place my hand upon her heart
To feel its every beat
A song is sung so very soft
Her eyes begin to close
She's meeting me in dream land
A place where love still grows
My vision now is very blurred
The tears stream down my cheeks
I've dreamed of her quite often
Throughout these past few weeks
Suddenly a sound is heard
The phone rings in the hall
Waking up I quickly pray
Please let it be "The Call"
I stepped into her room today
Knowing she's not there
This waiting for referral
Is more than one can bear
But taking in the moment
I sit down on the floor
And dream of her here with me
When waiting is no more
A little giggle fills the air
As I rub her feet
I place my hand upon her heart
To feel its every beat
A song is sung so very soft
Her eyes begin to close
She's meeting me in dream land
A place where love still grows
My vision now is very blurred
The tears stream down my cheeks
I've dreamed of her quite often
Throughout these past few weeks
Suddenly a sound is heard
The phone rings in the hall
Waking up I quickly pray
Please let it be "The Call"
A Poem I Wrote For Mei-Li
Daddy's Little Girl
You are in a country so far away
Yet I see you in my mind every single day
You are the little girl I dream of each night
And the first thing I think of at dawn's early light
I can't help but wonder if you are happy or sad
Are your caretakers nice, or do they make you mad
Do they feed you enough? Are you cold? Are you warm
Do they look after you and protect you from harm
Will you like me as your Daddy or will you want to go back
Am I what you deserve, or is there something I lack
One thing I can promise is that I will do my best
To remember each day that I am truly blessed
You are the missing piece in my puzzle of life
I was meant to have three children and a wonderful wife
So enter my life Mei-Li and you will see
Just how good of a Daddy that I can be
And when you are older, no matter what age you might be
Remember, you are always "Daddy's Little Girl" to me
Love, Daddy
You are in a country so far away
Yet I see you in my mind every single day
You are the little girl I dream of each night
And the first thing I think of at dawn's early light
I can't help but wonder if you are happy or sad
Are your caretakers nice, or do they make you mad
Do they feed you enough? Are you cold? Are you warm
Do they look after you and protect you from harm
Will you like me as your Daddy or will you want to go back
Am I what you deserve, or is there something I lack
One thing I can promise is that I will do my best
To remember each day that I am truly blessed
You are the missing piece in my puzzle of life
I was meant to have three children and a wonderful wife
So enter my life Mei-Li and you will see
Just how good of a Daddy that I can be
And when you are older, no matter what age you might be
Remember, you are always "Daddy's Little Girl" to me
Love, Daddy
Are we next?.......Who Knows
We have spent the last 22 months reading rumors and then seeing that they are wrong. Well today we have finally made it to the rumors. The latest is that the next batch is going to go to December 12th or 13th. Our LID is the 12th. Do we believe the rumor? We are trying not to, but we cannot help ourselves. We are just excited to be included in a rumor. If we are not in this batch then hopefully the next one. Wish us luck.
LID - 12-12-05
It is December 12, 2005 and we are officially logged in. We are told that the wait till referral is about 6 months from now. They were obviously mistaken.
November 22, 2005
Today we got our paperwork back from the courier. We put the dossier together, made copies and mailed the dossier.
November 14, 2005
Today we mailed all of our paperwork to a courier. She will take it to the Secretary of State and the Chinese Consulate Offices in Chicago. After that is finished, it all gets sent back to us.
September 6, 2005
We received our Passports today. We also received our receipt from CIS showing they received our paperwork.
August 25, 2005
Today we both went to the doctor to get our physicals done. One more step towards our dream.
August 23, 2005
Today we had our last Home Study visit. Our social worker, Kristen Krebs, came to our house.
August 11, 2005
Today we mailed the "Peach Form" which is the Application For Advance Processing Of Orphan Petition.
August 8, 2005
Today we went to the court house to get copies of our marriage license and Cheri's birth certificate. Then we went to apply for our Passports
Flea Market
We sold so many figurines at our Flea Market store. We met so many nice people who were so willing to help us out. We learned that there are still nice people in this world, people who would walk by our store and drop a donation in our jar or look for a figurine they could afford just to be able to help. We made almost $7,500.00 profit in 17 weekends. We cannot thank our customers enough. I hope they all realize what their kindness means to us.
We picked a name.....or did we???
We decided on a name for our little girl. She will be named Rylie....well that is what we thought. (Many many months later we changed our minds and now she will be named Mei-Li Lynn) We opened up a booth at the flea market in Pevely Missouri selling our collection of Precious Moments figurines to raise the money for the adoption. We named our store "Rylie's Way Home" which made sense at the time.
March 31, 2005
Today we met with Melanie Kera from Lifelink Adoption Services. We discussed the China program and was given the formal application.
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