Happy 1st Birthday Mia!!!!!

October 29, 2006 the most beautiful baby girl came into this world. This baby girl was dressed in a pink padded suit to ensure she was warm and then lovingly wrapped in a blue blanket. Her birth mother must have felt so conflicted and endured so much pain as she laid her baby girl at the gate of the Civil Affairs Office in Yueyang County Hunan in the wee hours of the morning. She placed this baby girl in a location she knew she would be found and made sure she was warm. A few hours later as the businesses were opening up this baby girl was found just like her birth mother hoped for. She was taken to the Yueyang County Orphanage and they lovingly named this beautiful little baby girl Ba Jun Fei. JunFei was examined and deemed to be perfectly healthy and was placed in a loving foster home with very experienced foster parents. In that foster home JunFei, or FeiFei they called her, was loved and nurtured. Her birth mother must have known her beautiful baby girl would be well taken care of.

Four months passed and FeiFei was being prepared for international adoption. On March 6, 2007 FeiFei was screened and was given the go ahead to be adopted. On the other side of the world a family cried tears of pain and grief as the day before they had not received their referral for the baby girl they had been so desperately waiting for. This family knew God had a master plan but could not understand why China had skipped them. The very next day, March 6, 2007 the mommy in this family celebrated her birthday with an enormous hole in her heart, little did she know that the baby God intended for their family was being prepared for adoption a half a world away-- on that very day! God knew that the baby HE intended was not ready and had this family not been skipped they would not have received the perfect baby for their family-- the baby God chose!

A month passed and the family soon realized that their paperwork had been lost in China and that they would have to wait another month to get their babies picture. This family was very sad throughout the whole month and still did not understand what and why this had happened. On April 6, 2007 the mommy received a phone call. She was told that a baby had been chosen for them and that her name was Ba Jun Fei. She was only 5 months old and was healthy with big chubby cheeks. The mommy cried tears of joy as this was HER baby!! The baby she had been waiting for!! She quickly called the daddy and he too was so thankful for their beautiful baby girl. She told her boys about their new sister and they were filled with joy. Their family was now complete!! They now had their daughter, Mia JunFei Bock!!

The mommy and daddy spent the next 5 weeks preparing for their trip to pick up their baby girl. On May 21, 2007 the mommy and daddy held their baby girl for the first time in Changsha Hunan China. The second the mommy held her Mia she knew this was God's divine arrangement. That He had held up their referral so they would get this perfect little 6 month old baby girl.

Mia has now been home over 5 months and today is 1 year old! She is the perfect addition to our family and we thank God everyday that we were skipped so that we could get our perfect Mia. Mia has grown in every way. She is so beautiful and smart and so easy going yet exceptionally happy. She is just perfect for our family. I just cant imagine what another year will bring with our little light shining in our family. She is truly a little light- our little light-- and she is exceptionally loved!!!

We love you Mia and HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!!!