Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The fat lady.....She has sung!

It's official, she is ours!  We signed all the papers today.  Of course you really don't know what your signing so we may have just signed our three boys up for the Chinese army :)  They also interview you and ask questions like "Was she as described?"  Yes.  "Do you want to continue with the adoption?"  Go ahead, try and pry her out of my arms!  Of course I didn't say that but that's what I was thinking!  We didn't do the best job with the gifts we presented to the people doing the work, but they were okay.  We however were not only given a daughter, but also a beautiful scroll with a poem written in Chinese by their most famous poet Lee Bai (sp?).  In hindsight though, can any gift we give to them compare to the gift of our daughter?  So our family is complete now as we see it.  Three phenomenal sons, and one fantastic daughter.
We have all just awoke from naps, Jo has redone Ally's hair and we are going to go shopping along the main drag here.  It's pretty cold so I don't know how long we will last but we are going to give it a go.  That's all I have at the moment, but am sure it wont be long before I need to share another picture with the world.

9 comments:

bb said...

She is a very fortunate little girl to have the best family ever. God bless and safe travels.

Unknown said...

Your dreams have come true! So happy for ALL the Benninks! We can't wait to meet her!... Karin and Scott

Anonymous said...

Nice going kids! Keep me posted!

She's a doll!

Sharing Life and Love said...

Congratulations----you all look so meant to be---really.

Happy hearts....

Cindyr said...

She's a beautiful little girl. Looks like she already feels she's a part of your family. Keep up the good work.

Troy said...

Yeah!!!!!

She is one lucky girl being part of a wonderful family. Best wishes and warm thoughts!

Troy

fours, fives, and sixers! said...

Congratulations!!! We cannont wait to meet the new member of your family and our team!!

Mom and Dad said...

Dump the M and M's!!! Love, Mom

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!!! We are so happy for you guys. Can't wait to hear what she thinks of her brothers and vice versa!! What a beautiful daughter you have.
The Johnson's
Keep us posted
have a safe trip home