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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Introducing Emery Jia Yu!!!!!

Introducing our new daughter

~~ Emery Jia Yu~~

Born April 6, 2011 in Kunming China!!!

I know many of you are aware that we had to let our first referral go because of some very bad health information that we received from China as an update. Because the information was so significant and because this was our 5th child, we decided her condition was too much for us and we had to let her referral go. It was excruciating and I grieved her loss heavily. Just FYI, she has now been matched with a new family and they are well on their way to adopting her and will probably get her this summer!!!

About 3 weeks after we had to give up the referral, we got a call from our amazing China coordinator who asked us about a referral for a super tiny baby. I had not thought about a very young one but when I heard the details, we were smitten. Turns out, this little baby was only 6 months old when we spoke (she is now 8 months old) and her special need was a mild heart murmur. She was in foster care and in a great orphanage program. I was shocked these babies were even out there and once we finally received the file, we could not believe that on top of all those wonderful things, she was ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE and we fell in love with her immediate!!!!

 

We had our friend who is a cardiologist look at her file and he said her heart murmur will probably be closed by a year if not 18 months and that she looked great!!! We were thrilled and our agency proceeded to basically put a hold on her for us. The difference with this little one as opposed to many other special needs children in China is that they required us to already have our paperwork in China with a log in date before we could accept her referral. Basically the agency had 2 months to place this child or the baby would go back to CCCWA (China Adoption Center). So what many agencies do when these little ones come available is that they look at all their families who can have their dossier to China within the 2 months and then they match the child with the family who is closest to dossier to China. Well, in this case, we were the closest family to being dossier to China so that is why we were able to get her referral.
We are so in love with her and have chosen to name her Emery Jia Yu! Her given name is Long Jia Yu so we are keeping Jia Yu (like we did with Mia and Finley) and chose Emery which we really like!

So where we are in the process is that we have sent our dossier to China and our log in date is 12-28-11 and our Pre-Approval from China is on 1-3-12 (we got Finley's Travel Approval-TA- last year on 1-3-11-- kinda cool) so we are now waiting for our Letter of Acceptance which should come in about 2 months-- 60 days + or -. Then we wait about another 2 months for the rest of the process which should put us in China in about late May/ early June which is perfect for my work schedule since the school year will just be ending.

When I first saw Emery I thought she looked so familiar and then I finally realized she looks a lot like Mia's referral. Actually, the picture below is really poor but they do look a lot alike-- look at their nose and lips and little round faces-- and even hairline. Totally a trip. She is a southern petite girl like Mia so they probably will look a lot alike.

Here is a comparison

Anyway, we are thrilled and know the next 5 months are going to take forever but hopefully we can get her soon!!

Thanks for everyone who has been so supportive with prayers and donations of clothes for Emery. We never expected to start all over with a 1 year old but she should be about 13 months when we get her so we will have to stock back up with the diapers and little baby things-- glad I didn't get rid of the high chair :)

The kids are all thrilled and so are we. God is good!!!!

31 comments:

  1. She is beautiful. Praying for speedy approvals.

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  2. She is super cute! She does look a lot like Mia! They totally have the same lips!

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  3. She is super cute! She does look a lot like Mia! They totally have the same lips!

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  4. YAY!! Love seeing your announcement for Emery! she's so precious!

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  5. YAY!! Love seeing your announcement for Emery! she's so precious!

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  6. YAY!! Love seeing your announcement for Emery! she's so precious!

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  7. She is just precious! I am so very happy for your family!!

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  8. She simply is beautiful. Our first daughter had a heart murmor... nothing to it. Disappeared within the first 24 months. As for a tiny baby, good for you, it's soo cool. Our second daughter was 13 months on Gothcha day, was so tiny, she had 6-9 months old cloths that fit her perfectly and 12 months that was big a bit... Enjoy those precious moment with this tiny baby in your arms. Priceless.

    Marie-Claude, Montreal

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  9. She is adorable, Christy!! Congratulations. I am sure it will be so much fun for your girls (and all of you) to have a tiny one around again!

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  10. She is precious! Congratulations. Our daughter (home May 2011) had a heart murmur. We had an echo done once we were home and were told to come back in a year. Not even an issue. Hoping for quick LOA, TA, etc.

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  11. By the way, I LOVE her name. Our second son's name is Emory (with an "o").

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  12. Aww! She is so sweet! And so healthy! Congrats! (sweetgirls on RQ)

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  13. She is just as precious as can be. Congratulations and can't wait to follow this journey with you. Southern China girls are the best!!

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  14. Congrats, she is beautiful. Our daughter was born on April 6th, 2006, great day in China. Can't wait to follow you along on this journey.

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  15. OMW..Christy she is BEAUTIFUL... can't wait to see her in your arms..
    Love ya and we so need to catch up.. miss you

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  16. she is crazy cute! makes me want to squeeze her :) i LOVE how God orchestrated you receiving her referral! He's awesome like that :)

    oh, and my little lady's name is Emery as well! she came home from china in august...cuteness must follow the name Emery :)

    blessings to you guys!

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  17. AMEN, God is SO Good!!

    Checking in on Jia Yu next week!!

    Hugs Christy!

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  18. Sharing your joy, she is precious! Congrats to your family!

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  19. Congrats, she is beautiful!!! I hope your paperwork goes quickly and you can travel when you hope to. I can't wait to read about your new journey!!

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  20. She is gorgeous...thanks for sharing your story. We are hopefully within days of being DTC ~ so encouraging to read stories like yours.

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  21. Emery is so beautiful! Congratulations on getting your PA and praying for a speedy LOA for you! I don't know if you remember me or not - I am from the oct2005DTC group, our LID got changed due to some doc queries and we ended up not getting our referral until 2009 (which now we see why of course!) - anyway all that to say that we could end up in china the same time as you! We got our PA just before Christmas! Such exciting times! God is good!

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  22. Oh my stars! She is beautiful. Congratulations to you and your family.

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  23. She is beautiful!! We have 4 sweet girls from China, and I would love to do it one more time!! What agency are you using? Blessings for things to move along quickly so you can get that sweetheart home! Regina

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  24. I've followed your blog since before your Mia's referral. I still check in from time to time and was surprised (and excited) that you've got another adoption in the works.
    Congratulations! Your daughter is beautiful... and amazing that she's so young.

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  25. be still my heart...I think she gets cuter everytime I see her pic!!!

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  26. Awww...I missed this!! I am so happy for you. She is PRECIOUS!!! Congratulations!!

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  27. Oh Christy, she is PERFECT, and she DOES look like Mia! What a hunny!! You are SO blessed and I can't wait to see her in your arms.

    What agency are you with, BTW? I can't remember if I've asked before or not!? God bless you as your prepare to bring sweet Emery home... what a true blessing she is! <><

    ~Tanya

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  28. Thanks for the email back! Emery is just precious and will make the perfect addition to your beautiful family. So looking forward to seeing you Christy! You've been an amazing support to my family. When we finally meet, that means were DTC!!!

    Love & Prayers,

    Sindy

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  29. Just so dang happy and excited for you guys!! Emery is beautiful!! I can not wait to see her in your arms!!!

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