I did a good job of staying away from the computer. I only took the time to check the sites every one to one and a half hours. I had just checked it and made a post congratulating the new parents plus a statement that IF we received our referral today, it would be late afternoon before we knew.
2:10PM
The phone rang soon after that and when the person on the other end asked for Mark or Anna...I said "This is Anna." "Is this THE CALL?" She said "This is Patty and YES, this is the call!" I headed up the stairs to get the list of questions I needed to ask. I started shaking a little as she started telling me the stats, but I held it together pretty well.
Huai Feng He was born on 3/7/2002 and entered the Huainan Children's Welfare Institute on 3/10/2002. This is in the Anhui province. We will more than likely stay in the capital city of Hefei about 2 hours from Huainan. Much of the rest of the info is being translated still. Patty said our packet would be sent FedEx tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, since New Year's Eve is Wednesday we will probably not receive it until Thursday. So my plans of the family all being here and present for the first glimpse sort of disappeared. I asked Patty if she could email us a photo and she did about one hour later. In the meantime, Daddy and I decided that as long as the translation was the same, we would name her---KaeLynn FengHe VanCamp. I think my feet were off the ground!
I started sending our referral news to all the egroups, family and friends. I was checking my email every few minutes it seemed, waiting for the picture. Then when it came, we hesitated only briefly deciding if we should get out the camcorder. I don't think Daddy or I could wait that long!
As soon as I opened the email and gazed at her photo I said "She's beautiful!" Daddy said, "She looks like a keeper!" Then I started crying like a baby! It was such a relief after waiting 405 days to see that precious face. But now the real wait begins. New Hope does not think we will travel until March! That's a long time to wait! Nicholas' first comment was her shirt was too big!
I barely left the computer the rest of the day. Lots of our fellow Novembers' received their referrals too. Unfortunately, many are going to have to wait longer. I joined the Huainan egroup to find out about the orphanage. It sounds like the babies get real good care there. I also want to find out a lot about Hefei where we will be staying. Everyone so far has had only good things to say about the area.
Tonight I pried myself away from the computer long enough for us to go eat Chinese. RaeAnne loves her "noodles". We also confirmed with Patty that Lin would be our facilitator.
I talked to our travel mate Shari this afternoon. Her new daughter was born 3/4/2002---Her name is Huai Feng Xin. She will be named Hayley.
What a day! I hope I can sleep tonight! Wow! We have another beautiful daughter from China! Life is great!
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