The eve of our referral

well within the next few hours we will recieve our referral of Miss Alice! She started growing in my heart before I even had left China! As we flew out of Beijing I cried for not only Emily losing the country of her birth but for her birthfamily she was leaving behind. I know that they are missing out on such an amazing life! I often sit with Emily and we talk about what her first family would be like do their eyes Sparkle like hers? Do they dance with the beat of the music? Just like Emily! Now 3 years 6 months later we are waiting for Alice's referral. I knew on that plane trip home we would be back! and soon we will be!
We didn't have a name and much to Keith's shock he agreed that a year later it was a done deal! Our paperwork left her in Dunedin on 17 September for Wellington then off to China on 16 December 2005! So after an official wait of 2 years 4 months we will meet Alice's face tomorrow!
Her brother and sister are so excited! They are reading books on the couch and they are spending great quality time together. My fuse is short just because of the stress of it all! I want to dance and sing about it but I also have this great sense of sadness. We have always felt deeply about the origins of all our children and something about not knowing Emily's and alice's birthfamily makes it harder for us!
We have had amazing support over the past two + years and we have been eternally grateful for it!
Tomorrow is the day that I will gaze upon Alice's face for the first time! And I hope that I react with great happiness! I know for sure that Emily and Aiden will! Keith said at dinner tonight that Alice will be about 8 months! I don't know where he got that figure from! Well we are off to set up for a workhop on Saturday and need to sort that out! A lifebook workshop! I don't know if I can concentrate! Oh well we will all start!
Hugs and thanks to all!
Love Ruth