We received this picture on April 18 from Childrens Hope International- our adoption agency. In her file, her personality was described as extroverted and happy. We can definitely see what they mean. Look at that smile!

Here she is! Shen Wen Chi- soon to be Clare Chi Ann

This is it- the first picture we saw of Clare. A few days later the adoption agency called to ask us if we wanted to review her file. We said "Yes" and the journey began. We started a long spring and summer of official paperwork that need to be done and sent to China to be logged in. This is known as the dossier.
Since I am the ultimate procrastinator- it was a very big challenge. I had hoped to be done by July 15- but it was not submitted until October 1.
We received word a few weeks later that our dossier was logged in on 10/19/07.
This is when the wait began. Now we wait- and hope things move along as quickly as possible.