It was too quiet...

....and when I went to find out why, here's what I came upon!

J/Concierge In Training

For those who don't know what I do (when I am not being a wife, mom & stepmom!), I manage a small business that caters to the sailing industry, specializing in event management for regattas and rendezvous'. One of the activities that we do is at one of the largest regional regattas - Long Beach Race Week. We set up breakfast on the dock on Saturday and Sunday morning, and have refreshments on Saturday afternoon when the racers come in off the water. The regatta was this past weekend, and Becky, her dad and her big brother came to help......

Welcoming all the races back to the dock and letting them know where the refreshments are!

She's So Beautiful!!

Great things come in big brown trucks around here!

We received our referral package at 11:00 am this morning - praise God for Saturday UPS Delivery! The UPS guy thought I was absolutely out of my mind (which my husband would agree with!) as I was taking his picture as he walked up our driveway...and our two neighbors across the street were a little worried as I was jumping up & down & screaming!

Doug was out washing the car...and I immediately summoned him home! He opened the package and saw her precious face first - and broke out in the biggest smile! You can see why for yourself....

Isn't she just about the most beautiful baby you've ever seen?? We are so in love with her already!

For those who have asked - what will happen next is we have sent back to our agency our acceptance of her; we will then wait about 3-4 weeks for the US Consulate in Guangzhou to schedule our visa appointment; we generally travel about 6-8 weeks after referral date, so we anticipate that travel will be in mid to late May.

We are thankful to God that He has blessed up with this child; while the next weeks will be difficult for us with our daughter so far away, we trust our Lord to watch over her and keep her safe while He prepares her heart for her new family!