A year ago today, we saw our first photo of the little girl who would become our daughter. She and another little boy were the only two children on the new special needs list posted on our agency's website. They were calling her "Samantha" for the purpose of identification only as they could not list her with her Chinese name. They said that she was two years old with a repaired cleft lip and palate. They indicated that her birthday was March 12, 2005. I immediately e-mailed our agency that we would be interested in learning more about her. This was a Friday, so we had all weekend to wonder about her.... and also to know that there could be many other families with out agency also requesting information about her.
We'd been on the roller coaster ride often. Seeing faces of children on our agency's special need site, requesting their information, and being told that there were other families in line before us. We'd get our hopes up that maybe this little girl or that little girl were the daughter destined to be in our family. Then, we'd get our hopes dashed again.... This time, however, would be different. This little girl they had called "Samantha" on our agency's latest list was going to become ElleAnna Suo!
We'd been on the roller coaster ride often. Seeing faces of children on our agency's special need site, requesting their information, and being told that there were other families in line before us. We'd get our hopes up that maybe this little girl or that little girl were the daughter destined to be in our family. Then, we'd get our hopes dashed again.... This time, however, would be different. This little girl they had called "Samantha" on our agency's latest list was going to become ElleAnna Suo!
Above is the first photo that we saw of her! This picture was taken in October/November 2006, so it was already outdated when we saw it in June of 2007.
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