One year ago today, the day began like any other day. We both got in the car and went to work at the church. We both spent our morning doing the routine administrative activities in the church office. A friend came in that day and asked us how much longer did we have to wait for our referral? We said, we thought it was going to happen last month, and it disappointingly didn’t. We don’t know if it will happen this month with the holiday season finishing up and the Chinese New Year on the horizon.
We had both kind of reached the point where we were so down about having to keep waiting that we just didn’t want to get our hopes up that it could possibly happen this month.

That friend left, and then no sooner does she walk out the door when the phone rings! My mom says, “Brandon. it’s Allison from America World.” “AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! SCREEEEEAAAAAMMMMMM” This was it! We were officially going to be a Mommy and a Daddy! After an eight year wait, our baby was coming!

What a way to start out the new year!

The next day, DHL came to our door with a package, and we saw her picture for the first time!

“WOW! She’s beautiful! Thank you Lord! We’re so glad she’s ours!”

That was exactly one year ago! Boy does time fly, when your having fun being a daddy! 🙂

Below is a picture of our beautiful blessing from heaven, Becca Battle!