Introducing Ella....

Last Thursday, May 12, we were shocked when we received our first phone call and referral. As it turns out, God was more than ready to hurry up and introduce us to our 4th little love. We are so thankful for that and His timing- we thought we would be waiting for a very long time. We have a lot of amazing details of how God worked that entire day, through the weekend to lead us to accept this sweet girls file. That is a whole other post when I have more time to sit and write! We sent our Letter of Intent on Monday, May 23 and we received Prior Approval from China on Wednesday, May 18th! And just like that- she's ours!!

 But for now, without any further a do...meet our Ella.

She is 3 years old and all smiles!!! We are so completely in love with her. You can probably tell why by those beautiful eyes and precious smile. We are so thankful for her and we have only known about her for 1 week today! We have watched the same video we received in her file over a million times...soaking in each and every feature of our sweet girl- and she is absolutely more than we could have ever dreamed up! We are hoping optimistically for an August or September travel date.

Dear Ella Katherine,
From the moment we laid eyes on you we knew you were ours. So many beautiful instances of God drawing you to our family. You are absolutely gorgeous- we cannot wait to be the reason behind that big smile. You are in our every thought, almost every conversation, and all our dreams. Your sisters keep your picture by their beds at night and pray for you...they no longer call you "our China baby" but now "our Ella". God whispered that name to me as I lay awake last week pondering our life with you- and we think it suits you perfectly. We love you so much and cannot wait to get to China. We would be gone yesterday if we could. You are such a special part of our family- already apart of our hearts.

Love,
Mommy