All eyes were on us as we made our way down the long hall, through the packed waiting room and out of the medical clinic door. In our arms were boxes of diapers, a baby bath tub, a small care package and the amazing, beautiful, adorable... Xian.
Several hours earlier our evening followed the path of many others. I finished soccer practice and in the spirit of avoiding the need to cook, we rode our scooter to our favorite pizza restaurant. Breaking tradition, the order of a slightly different pizza had just been ordered when my phone began ringing. Unknown caller. No one ever calls me so I ignored the call. Krista, thinking it odd that I would receive a call, checked her phone. Missed call after missed call after missed call. Something important - a baby was available but we needed to go immediately!
Throwing the pizza into a box, we raced home to let Audrey out, grabbed the already packed baby bag and headed out the door. Waiting for a baby since our return from France, we had weathered a few disappointments. Would this be the one?
Driving to the clinic was nerve-wracking. Trying to balance building excitement with the reality that we may return home empty-handed was difficult. At the clinic, we first met Xian. Wow! She was so tiny!
For the number people: 17 inches / 5.5 lbs
After seeing Xian, we met and talked with her birth mother before leaving the clinic. Unbelievable - hours before we had no idea that our lives would change that night. The feeling was amazing - an instantaneous growth in my heart unlike I've ever experienced. Love blossomed as I held this precious little girl.
Xian Odile McGowan
Born 10.4.2011
Joined us on 10.5.2011
Several hours earlier our evening followed the path of many others. I finished soccer practice and in the spirit of avoiding the need to cook, we rode our scooter to our favorite pizza restaurant. Breaking tradition, the order of a slightly different pizza had just been ordered when my phone began ringing. Unknown caller. No one ever calls me so I ignored the call. Krista, thinking it odd that I would receive a call, checked her phone. Missed call after missed call after missed call. Something important - a baby was available but we needed to go immediately!
Throwing the pizza into a box, we raced home to let Audrey out, grabbed the already packed baby bag and headed out the door. Waiting for a baby since our return from France, we had weathered a few disappointments. Would this be the one?
Driving to the clinic was nerve-wracking. Trying to balance building excitement with the reality that we may return home empty-handed was difficult. At the clinic, we first met Xian. Wow! She was so tiny!
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For the number people: 17 inches / 5.5 lbs
After seeing Xian, we met and talked with her birth mother before leaving the clinic. Unbelievable - hours before we had no idea that our lives would change that night. The feeling was amazing - an instantaneous growth in my heart unlike I've ever experienced. Love blossomed as I held this precious little girl.
Xian Odile McGowan
Born 10.4.2011
Joined us on 10.5.2011
Did we say she was tiny?
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