WE HAVE A LID!!!

Finally, we have a LID. It is 9/2/2009. This is the same day we received Lily's referral last year. September 2nd will always be a special day for our family. Our case manager still thinks it will be sometime in January before we travel. One more step closer to my brother

Future Cheerleader/model

Lily loves to say Go Panthers which is our high school mascot. So today I got the idea to dress her up in an old Cheerleading uniform that I wore back when I did rec league cheerleading in Kindergarden and 1st grade. Lily had a blast as you can tell from the pictures she had fun shaking the pom poms and modeling for me in some of the pictures.

Go Panthers!

Stunt Time

My favorite picture Miss. Lily is running to do her tumbling.

One year ago yesterday

It was one year ago yeasterday that we received the phone call that we had waited 3 years to receive. "You have a baby waiting in China for you". It was not long after we recieved the call we recieved Lily's pictures and I saw my sister for the first time when I got home from school. Our lives have been changed forever and definitely for the better. Life before Lily has been forgotten and we look forward to everyday we spend with her. She has blessed our family more than words can ever express. She is truly our miracle that we thank God for everyday. We love you Lily!

These are the first pictures we saw of our BEAUTIFUL Meng Ran Yue/Lily Grace Starnes

A year Ago Today!

One year ago today we read on rumor queen that referrals were arriving in Europe and we had made the cut off. Our little princesses pictures and information were on there way to the states and we would know who she was very soon. Little did we know that a year later how changed are lives would be with her finally home after 3 years of waiting to read that for so long.