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So last Sunday, I get a phone call after I dried my tears from reading about the Chapman family and it was my agency. They had been trying to reach me all day. Rowan had the phone off the hook most of the day. They had also sent me mulitple emails, which I don't check on the weekends. For some reason I imagined adoption agencies only worked Monday through Friday.
Why were they calling you ask? To tell me they had a baby girl to refer to me. Layla exists! I'm still waiting for pictures, lab results, and that official letter from the head of the adoption unit in Vietnam to make the referral official in the eyes of INS.
Layla was found on June 3, which they've decided to use as her birthday. So my baby will be 11 weeks old on Sunday. At nine weeks, Layla was weighing 10.4 lbs and was a little over 22 inches long. So Layla is big by Vietnamese standards and is in the 10 - 25% percentile on the American charts for both height and weight.
It's all a little surreal. This has been a journey that was started back in 2002, but God is good and everything comes together in His perfect time.
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Congratulations I'm so happy for you I know this has been a long hard journey. I hope everything goes smooth and that she's home as soon as possible.
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arubagirl and keekee, thank you so much. It has been a very long journey with more waiting ahead, but I'm sure once Layla is in my arms it will be forgotten. Sort of. Mostly. LOL!
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Yash
So last Sunday, I get a phone call after I dried my tears from reading about the Chapman family and it was my agency. They had been trying to reach me all day. Rowan had the phone off the hook most of the day. They had also sent me mulitple emails, which I don't check on the weekends. For some reason I imagined adoption agencies only worked Monday through Friday.
Why were they calling you ask? To tell me they had a baby girl to refer to me. Layla exists! I'm still waiting for pictures, lab results, and that official letter from the head of the adoption unit in Vietnam to make the referral official in the eyes of INS.
Layla was found on June 3, which they've decided to use as her birthday. So my baby will be 11 weeks old on Sunday. At nine weeks, Layla was weighing 10.4 lbs and was a little over 22 inches long. So Layla is big by Vietnamese standards and is in the 10 - 25% percentile on the American charts for both height and weight.
It's all a little surreal. This has been a journey that was started back in 2002, but God is good and everything comes together in His perfect time.
WOW!!! CONGRATS!!! That is soo exciting. How soon until you can travel?
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Wonderful, Yash. Congratulations!! My prayer for you is a smooth and uneventful process!
Layla, what a beautiful name...
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Kat-L and vernellinnj, thank you so much. I, too, pray its smooth sailing until Layla is placed in my arms. I'm so ready for a different experience than foster care.
I'm thinking spring of 2009, Layla should be home with the troops after having mommy to herself for 2 weeks.
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