Li-Na Chapman - A precious gift to come!

20/12/06: Tomorrow our papers would have been in China 13 months. I have felt quite tearful tonight watching a programme about International Adoption on BBC 1, from different viewpoints , following one particular girl from Kenya trying to trace her roots.
A social worker ( chinese adoptee herself years back ) was talking as well. We actually knew her as she was one of the course organiser on our compulsory pre-homestudy Overseas Adoption Course so long ago in Oct 2004. She runs a support group in London for adoptees who feel they need to discuss the issues around their difficulties of race & identity. There are so many issues to think about and it is hard, because we know or think we know what lies ahead for us as a family and for her. All we know is that we have been wanting this for so long 2 years and 4 months so far!!. We so want our little girl(s).
Her room has been ready and waiting for her since February 2006 and feels a natural part of the house- we just can't wait to actually see her in there and show her all the pictures and toys.

Last weekend we went to Center-Parks in Elveden Forest last weekend to spend time with Julia & Colin De Lucchi and boys. The pictures of Amy-Li were there and she is already a part of the family though she is yet to know it!!
We are looking forward to meeting her at the end of January 2007 when they fetch her.

Whilst there we bought 2 fluffy glove rabbits ( really cute). We are sleeping with them in our bed from now on so they can get our "home smell" on them. We plan to send one over to her as soon as we know where she is and hopefully she will be given it and told it is from her Mummy and Daddy. ( we will take our one with us to China to show her and hopefully she will recognize bunny as a familiar little cute face )

Well enough rambling tonight. Christmas is around the corner .... next year the tree will be up!