This is our beautiful new daughter!!!! We got a call from our agency on Tuesday with this referral, and were so excited because we had just been waiting for this call. I almost immediately said no because she is about a year younger than what we thought we wanted. I struggled for several hours with whether or not to even accept her file so that we could see her pictures and information. Right before I went to bed, I went ahead and emailed our social worker to tell her to go ahead and send the file. I felt like I couldn't say no without at least looking. When Chad and I saw her yesterday, it did not take us long to decide that she was the one. We looked at her little face and just saw our daughter. Chad was in love immediately and just wanted to get on a plane and go get her! I have thanked God a number of times that He prompted me to look at that file, and that He also provided other confirmations in different forms that all worked together to accomplish His plan for this child to be a Reelfs.
We looked back through our photo albums of when Jenna was that age, and especially at her 2 year old pictures. We were both just so overwhelmed with how fast the time has gone, and how absolutely adorable a young 2 year old is. This helped to put things in perspective for us, and to realize how blessed we would be to be able to have this extra year with her. She is completely perfect for our family and we felt a total peace about saying yes. I think I have looked at her pictures about 200 times in the last 2 days. I can't even describe what I feel right now, and how I am already thinking of her as "my baby girl." We are ready to move forward with the next set of paperwork and everything else that needs to be done in order to bring her home. It will most likely be another 6-7 months which is so difficult to even think about. We want her now!
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