BIG SURPRISE!

We were so surprised to get a call with a referral to consider. We accepted the referral with a BIG YES! She has a genetic condition called Thalassemia or Mediterranean anemia. Check out http://www.nohandsbutours.com if you want to know more. Look under the heading special needs and then look for the disorder Thalassemeia on the side. By going over the very little medical info that was sent in the referral it seems as if she has it to a mild to moderate degree...but there are also many variations to the disorder that she could have which we do not know. We are hoping to get more information. Hoping being the operative word.

Her Chinese name is Jin Yutian (soon will be Lauran) and she was born June 24th, 2006. She is 14 months younger than Megan. I will be using my blog to keep everyone posted on the progress of the adoption and when we will be traveling! We are Guessing the end of April...using the timeline our agency gave us for paperwork we now are waiting for....Pre-approval letter, letter of approval, Travel approval, etc..

All of us here are obviously very excited and feeling very thankful this Thanksgiving! We do ask all of you to pray for us. There are many unknowns with adoption and even more with special needs. She will be almost 3 when we get her and I am sure that will be hard on her. She was abandoned at 18 months and her referral noted her difficulty with strangers. So if you feel at all led to pray for us we would really appreciate it!! Specifically pray that God will help prepare her for the transition and for our kids and us to be prepared! Please also pray for her medical condition and her health!
Thanks so much!! Now for the pictures of our little cutie pie!!