Loving our Lila

This post has been seven months in the making. It is the one I have been wanting and dying to write since we started this process. I have wanted so many of you to see the face of the one you are help to bring home.

I guess I should start this post telling those of you who may not know-China granted us our Letter of Approval today. That is the single most important approval of the entire process. LOA is China saying yes-she's yours. I can not tell you what an amazing feeling that is. I don't want to draw this post out so I'm going to start with the very first picture we saw of her and end with the most recent. Here is Luoka Hong soon to be our little Lila love.

May 2016

November 2016

March 2017

 May 2017

Lila's birthday is coming up (the day before Thad's) and we hope to see pictures of her smiling with the birthday cake we get to send her. I am in love with this face and it is so awesome to see my kids talk about her and pray for her. 

What's next? I wish I could give a simple answer for this question but I'm not quite sure myself. We are hoping for travel within the next two months. Most all of the next several steps are working towards getting her US visa. 

I also wish I could put into words how emotional and overwhelming this last month has been. I cry every other day because of the amazingness (that's a word) of you. I will never be able to express these feelings to you. Please know I love each of you. 

If you want to keep up with more of the daily updates of the adoption just request to join our FB group. Here is the link-Loving Lila.  

Love you all.