It is official - Oliver will be coming home PLUS ONE!!!! We have a daughter in China!! It seems like we should be pinching ourselves to wake up from this dream where God has blessed us with five fabulous children who make our hearts burst with love!
Thursday, January 16th we received her referral. My goodness did she instantly steal our hearts! She is almost two years old, and currently is fashioning an adorable haircut that involved putting a bowl on her head and cutting around! Seriously, even with the haircut, she is A-DOR-A-BLE! Her smile, her cute frown of concentration, and the way she cocks her head when she is trying to figure something out is super stinkin' precious! We received 7 pictures and 5 videos!
She is listed as "Special Focus" (for more info on that, read this post) because she had oxygen deprivation at birth. It is suggested that she has cerebral palsy, but our doctors feel it is mild or inaccurate. Either way, we are ready and committed to providing any medical procedures, therapies, or treatments needed. We continue to research resources available to help this little one thrive. She has an MRI that does show definite damage from the oxygen deprivation that will possibly manifest itself in learning or developmental delays, but there is no way to predict exactly how or when it might affect her.
The list of names we formulated before seeing her were: Violet, Ruby, Sophia, Zoey, Lucy, Poppy, Laney, Bella, Madison (Maddie for short), but none of those seemed to truly fit her little face and personality. Name meanings are also incredibly significant and important to us. We ended up narrowing it down to Henna (grace of God), Lily (lily), and Kali (beautiful). Actually I really wanted Kalloway, calling her Kali for short, but no one else in this household would bend to my persuasion. Lol!
Finally, we chose Kali Faith, although we may change the spelling of her first name. It's pronounced Kal-ee, the same as if you shortened California and said 'Cali'. Her first and middle names mean "beautiful faith", which is completely symbolic of this journey. Not to mention she's gorgeous!
Now our kiddos names have or mean Grace, Joy, Peace, Peace, and Faith, and they all fill us with LOVE!
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