We were in Florida on Jan. 31, but I wanted to post this now.
Two years ago on Jan. 31, we received a referral from China of Jin Yan Yi. All we knew that day was that she was born in Guiping City, China, in the province of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. We were told that her birthday was Feb. 17, 2004, so she was just turning 11.5 months old. I received the phone call from our Social Worker, Andrea, that morning and I was just shaking with excitement! What a day it was. We were to receive the pictures of Jin Yan Yi the following day, but did not, due to a mix up. So, on Feb. 2, we received three pictures of our beautiful daughter. Hard to believe that it has been two years! Jin Yan Yi became our Anna YanYi and will be celebrating her third birthday very soon. We were ready to hop on the next plane, but had to continue to be patient and wait. Two months later, we left for Hong Kong and China to bring our little Anna home. She was 13.5 months old when we met her.
The referral pictures make me a little bit sad, but looking at her now makes me happy. She had little life and joy in the referral pictures and she is so full of life and joy now. She has brought so much happiness to our whole family. We do not know much about Anna's first 13.5 months, but we are forever grateful to her birth parents and God for allowing Anna to have a second chance in life here with us.
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