The Reveal of EMR!

Last Christmas break, Dane and I began our adoption journey. When we signed on with our agency, we were told a timeframe of 12-18 months from match to bringing our child home. Just this past summer, we saw that the timeframe had extended to 24 months (2 years). We had been looking at children who needed adopted on various sites, as this was another way that we could possibly find our daughter (Either we would wait for our agency to "match" us or we could find her on our own). After seeing 4 little girls and being put on their waiting lists without ever getting an opportunity to view their files (other families accepted their files before it ever got to us on the lists), we didn't get discouraged and kept looking. I'll never forget coming home from work on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd, and seeing the picture and video of a sweet baby girl on our agency's waiting children profile page. After showing Dane, we went ahead and emailed our agency contact, requesting to be added to the list to review her file. We figured that what ever was meant to be for these children and for us, would be. We were in shock when we received the call to review the file of this little girl on October 9th. After consulting with experts in the medical field about this little girl's listed medical conditions, we officially accepted our daughter's file on October 16th. We wanted to make sure that we could meet her needs and provide the medical attention/ surgery (surgeries) that she will need. The defining moment was when we were on a conference call with the head doctor at Children's Hospital who informed us that the doctor who invented the procedure that our little girl will need works at our very own Children's Hospital. This little girl could not be placed in a better area for her medical condition. Right away, I thought back to when my Dad had his brain surgery this past Feb/ March. The doctor who performed his surgery was the one who invented that procedure. It was so very clear, this little girl was meant to be placed with us. Dane and I just keep asking ourselves, "How did we get so lucky to have found and soon will welcome this little girl into our family and call her our own, our daughter." As for her name, we picked out this name for our future daughter years ago. Her initials are EMR, her first name has the meaning: Horse Lover. Ironically, our little girl was born last year, which was the year of the horse in the Chinese Tradition. We are thankful for God finally sharing his plan and vision for our family with us now. His timing could not be more perfect! We are beyond excited to share our daughter. Just click on the link below her little footprint, "Our Adoption Journey" for the reveal.

Our Adoption Journey