The Referral - Amelia

The phone call came this morning at 11:20 AM (our anniversary BTW). I was sitting my desk preparing for paternity leave when the agency called. I half expected the call but it was still a thrill! Meg, the coordinator from the adoption agency asked first about how Sue is doing before we got into the details of referral. Once we got through the formalities she told me about our daughter. Her name is Qiu Yi Ning, she was born on 10/16/2006 in Guangdong and she lives at the Guangning Social Welfare Institute.

Later today, after the 38 week appointment with Sue’s doctor, we went to the agency where we were given details of her health. All of her tests were normal and at 6 months she weighed 16 pounds and was 24 inches long. They say that she’s quiet (she will fit right in with this crew!), likes to play with rattles and her favorite thing to do is play in her walker.

As you can all imagine, we are thrilled with all that has happened today and now we patiently await the birth of our son and then the trip to China to pick up our second daughter, Amelia.