Praise the Lord!

It's a girl!!! We named her Lillian Mei Earhart! She is absolutely gorgeous and adorable! We can't wait to meet her! Below are the 2 pictures we have of her. The one in the pink blanket is the most recent, the one in white is when she was 10 days old and her first day at THOGL.

We found out yesterday morning that she is ours! She is 7 weeks old tomorrow, born on April 17, 2010. We spent all of yesterday calling family and friends! The first picture(at the top) of us we sent to my Mom, Dad, and brother which was immediately followed by phone calls! Chris's parent found out by a return from their little man.... He had been traveling and came back home with a letter that told them they have a granddaughter waiting in Taiwan!

We had April at Shon and Michelle's church give them this onesie to anounce that they were going to be an Aunt and Uncle.

The timing couldn't have been more perfect! It's amazing to see just how God cares for us! I had been praying that we would find out before our fingerprinting appt in St.Louis. I really wanted to be able to register while we were in St.Louis as well as make a Build-A-Bear to send to Lillian (we did not get our registry finished, but started). Well, yesterday we went to St.Louis to get our fingerprinting done! That is also another praise! The system that sets up the appts for fingerprinting is all automated, so I had an appt yesterday, but Chris' wasn't for another 2 weeks. It's a 2 hour drive to St.Louis so we had been praying that they would allow us to do both at the same time. So we took our letters and had no problem getting both of our fingerprints done! God is amazing! It was the best government experience we have ever had. It took a total of maybe 15 minutes for both of us to be done, the staff was extremely friendly, and they even had us fill out a comment card at the end!

Our next stop was Build-A-Bear! We made a tiger to send to Lillian and in it's left arm we were able to record our voices for her to hear until we get to go pick her up! Her Chinese last name is Wu (we cannot pronounce her given name in chinese, and for privacy sake we'll leave that off here). So we named the tiger Wu!

We also picked up two outfits, a couple blankets, a rattle, and a photo book we can put our family pictures in, and then of course Wu is in the picture. All of this we are going to mail on Monday to her.

As of now, there is still a ton of paperwork to be done and more of the great paper chase has begun! Bev said to plan emotionally for about 5 more months until we get to go pick her up. That is going to be a long 5 months, but it will be totally worth it!

In the meantime, please pray for a smooth process and that the court date in Taiwan will be set soon! Pray for Bev and THOGL staff as there have been some major events there and lots of babies waiting for their Forever Families to pick them up! Pray for us as we prepare to be parents for our little Lillian and that we will be able to get our side of the paperwork done without any problems. Pray for Lillian in her time left at THOGL and that she will attach to us once we get to meet her! Most of all, praise the Lord for our new blessing and just how much our Lord cares about us right down to the little details!

Blessings,
Amy and Chris

PS--Please don't post anything on Facebook as of yet, as this is a request of Bev!