Special Thanks

I wanted to say a special thank you to Nanna and Poppie and Mitch and Carissa.

A few weeks ago Kevin's parents came to Birmingham. They gave us two special books listed below.

Why I Chose You by Gregory E. Land - This book contains such neat pictures of transracial families. One of my favorite lines is "I chose you because I knew that without you in my life I would not be as happy as I am now." Although our baby girl is not with us yet, she has already made me so happy.

Our Chosen Child by Judith Levy - This is a life memory book. It allows us to document our family tree, things about us, our adoption journey, and our baby's growing up.

It is so neat how God brings new people into your life at just the right time. Mitch and Carissa are special friends that can understand what we are going through. They gave us the below book. Thanks so much for your support and advice as we go through this adoption journey.

Shaoey and Dot by Mary Beth & Steven Curtis Chapman - This is a beautifully illustrated book about Shaoey, an Asian baby, and Dot, a special ladybug friend. Dot finds Shaoey and travels with her as she is found in the village, taken to the place where mommies and daddies come to find special babies, meets her new mommy, and travels to the place they will call home. This is based on The Chapman's story to get their daughter Shaohannah (Shaoey, for short) from Changsha, Hunan, China.

Thank you for the books. I know our baby girl will love these stories as much as I will enjoy reading them to her.