Referral Day -- ONE YEAR LATER

Hard to believe one year ago we met Little Miss Sassafras for the first time via the Internet.  She was not the first referral we received but she was the RIGHT one.  We pondered long and hard about the SPECIAL NEEDS option China had to offer and weighed the effects it would have on Luke, our extended family and US.  SPECIAL NEEDS was EXACTLY for us (within certain parameters). 

That said we got the referral and fell in love.  WE DO BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.  (David and I wouldn't call our first meeting each other Love at First sight but we both agree that there was a spark there that had more meaning than love at first sight as we were best friends for almost four years before we started "REALLY DATING").  Our daughter was just adorable and just looked like she wanted to be loved, hugged and adored. 

So with LOVE in abundance we accepted Long Si Hui. (Avay Maran) ....... and the rest is history.

Our Referral Picture (WE LOVED  how she was nibbling on her lip... those eyes... such a deep story, a wealth of knowledge and a cry for love all in one.

One of our favorite pictures... taken 5 months before we got her.

Lil' Miss Maran today.  She dressed herself (Happy Goat shirt made by Aunt Patti).  She knows that Daddy loves it when she puts her fingers in her dimples so she does this quite often to pacify daddy and make  him melt.  She is so full of love.  She loves her cousins and asks for them all the time (as does Luke) and adores her Nammy and Pop Pop.  She has really taken to Nammy and loves the hugs and kisses she receives from her.  What a JOY it is to have her in our lives and have her be a part our family....even more so to be able to call her our DAUGHTER.  What an HONOR!