3 Weeks!

We have official dates! We will be leaving for China on February 15th and will be meeting Katelyn on February 18th! We will be home on February 29th. We are so excited!

Travel approval!

We received our travel approval yesterday which means that now our agency can request a consulate appointment. Once we get the consulate appointment (which is when the adoption becomes official in China) then we can figure out the date we leave. It may be as early as February 15.

We move back to MN in the next month and will be living in a temporary townhome in Eden Prairie. They boys are going back to their former school and are very much looking forward to that. It will be good to be back.

Please pray that our house sells quickly and that our little Katelyn is safe, healthy, and ready to meet us. We have an exciting month ahead! Thanks for joining us in this adventure!

Name meaning

We received the translation of Katelyn's Chinese name today and I find it quite intriguing. Her name Qian, is considered her family name, and it is actually a nickname for the province where she is from, Guizhou. The name "Yun" means Share and the name "Nan" means Evergreen Trees. The reason that this is interesting is that Justin's family has been in the forestry business for 2 generations and continues to harvest trees and provide a sustainable forest in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan. We will keep Yun Nan as Katelyn's middle name.

Introducing Katelyn

Here she is! The moment we've all been waiting for. Isn't she beautiful??? She looks healthy and has a beautiful smile! We can't wait to meet her!

Referral time!

We finally have exciting news! We received "the call" from our agency yesterday that we have a referral. Our daughter, Qian Yun Nan, was born on September 10,2005 in the Guizhou province. We should receive a photo and more information tomorrow (Jan 2) and can't wait to introduce you!