Announcing Our Long-awaited Daughter!

Meet our little blessing, Fu Wen Lian, age 7 1/2 months, from Fuzhou city in Jiangxi Province. She is so adorable! We're thrilled!

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We got the call at 1:08 p.m. today. I had been following the referral announcements and arrivals on my favorite site Rumor Queen. News came about a Spanish site, then a Scadanavian country, next was Denmark. Then all of a sudden, I saw the first person in the U.S. reporting that they were called. I literally got up from my chair and the phone rang! It was The Call! What a surprise. Then they e-mailed the photos.

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Doug's first response: Yep, she's beautiful. And chunky as all get out. Check out that last picture. She looks mad.

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Natalie's first response: Ohhhh, she's cute. I'm a big sister.

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Natalie on Phone to Grandmom: I can't wait for little sister. I should put rocket shoes on and just go there myself. It would be faster than a slow old plane!

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It's been a whirlwind around here all weekend since I learned Friday afternoon that our referral was likely in the batch arriving on Monday. Lots of name discussions, crib setting up, beginning of rebabyproofing. After waiting just a month and a week shy of four years, there were a few things we'd put on the back burner to avoid thinking about the wait. Boy, we're busy now!

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I had warned my class that I was getting an incredibly important phone call today -- more important to the doctor. They were all ears when I took the call. The little detectives were whispering back and forth figuring it out. When I got off the phone, they called out, "You're getting a baby!"

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We're all excited. Tomorrow we go to the agency to get our more information about our little Fu Wen Lian.