Her name means joy

We will be keeping our little girl's Chinese first and middle names because we loved the meaning of them. Joy and Elegant. I had actually had it on my heart to name her something meaning joy anyway. Can you guess why when you see the photo?

Also, we have the feeling she will be bringing a lot of cheer into the family. Sure there will be difficulty. But overall, we believe there is great joy to come.

Not too long now

We are getting excited to go to China and get our girl. Many people spend a few days beforehand in Beijing, do some touring, and get used to the time change before they start parenting their new child. We decided this would be a good idea. We also wanted to celebrate our 10th anniversary (last December) somewhere fun. Since we didn't really have the funds for a separate adventure, we decided to take advantage of the fact that we were flying to China. Here is the place we are staying. I can't wait to see the Karst mountains.