For as long as I can remember, I have had this dream to adopt a little girl from China. I married a wonderful man who shared my dream.

For the past five years, we have had it on our hearts to some day adopt a little one with lifelong special needs. We have prayed and waited and now, finally, this is the year! We could not be more excited to be looking forward to Bella's arrival this year.

We are not saints for "doing this." She is not "lucky" that we are adopting her. We don't "have" to adopt a child who is paralyzed from the waist down because we have "so many kids. " We CHOSE her!!!!!!!! Exactly as she is! Perfectly and wonderfully and beautifully made by God himself!

She is our long awaited answer to prayer; she is a dream come true. In her daddy's words, "I feel like I won the lottery, I am so lucky to get to be her dad."

Little girl, you are so very LOVED!!!!! I just wanted to shout that from the rooftops today!