At the end of 2015 a friend of mine sent me the file of a little girl with the note, “this looks like your daughter”.  I laughed at first and did not even open the file.  After all, we were not looking to adopt again at that time.  As the weeks passed though my curiosity got the best of me.  I finally opened the file and there staring back at me was a very familiar face.  Those big brown eyes, chubby cheeks, pouty lips.  She really did look like my Ami.  When I began looking into her file, I discovered that they are the same age, abandoned in the same place, at the same orphanage and both have brain abnormalities.  I know the chances that they are actually biologically related are slim but she already felt like our daughter. 

We had just come through an eventful year after bringing home two toddlers from China at the end of 2014.  Ami and Owen have been a delight but also a big adjustment.  Ami’s epilepsy turned out to be a rare progressive brain disease.  She had radical surgery in September 2015 to remove most of her right hemisphere to stop the disease.  Owen’s unknown scars and chronic vomiting ended up being due to esophageal atresia and he needed several esophageal dilations.  Yet, at the time I opened this file, things were steady and calm.   We decided to move forward with her adoption.

We sent the letter petitioning China for approval in December 2015.  We kept the news from the other kids, not wanting to tell them too soon.  It was only 7 days until we received approval.  We told the kids on Christmas day by letting them open a box with her framed picture.  Noah pulled out the frame and said, “It’s a picture… of… Ami???”  I had to laugh as I introduced them to Rosie.

We are scheduled to leave on December 21 and receive Rosie into our arms on Christmas Day!  We only lack the in-country fees and hotel.  Thank you so much for helping us over this last hurdle on our road to Rosie.  

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