It is with overwhelming joy and excitement that we introduce to you our daughter...
Hope Isabella Xiang Fei Nagel
Born September 30th, 2010 in the Guangdong Province of the People's Republic in China
We received "the call" this afternoon informing us that our agency had indeed secured the file of Hope for our family. We are MATCHED!!! The longing of my heart to be this little girls mommy has come to be. Only God could have orchestrated the many details that had to align so perfectly for us to be matched with this sweet little one. I cannot fully wrap my mind around it all yet. My heart is raw and so full of love and awe of how big and mighty and absolutely amazing God is.
Look at my baby girl...
We knew that Hope was developmentally doing very well and her referral confirms that. She is reported to love music, is bonded well to caregivers but not afraid of strangers, has been a very healthy little girl, sleeps well, is active, carries a ready smile and laugh, obstinate sometimes (haha), impatient sometimes, is full of personality and adored by her caregivers.
Medically, her skin looks very good. She is perfectly spotted everywhere :) While she has a lot of nevus to deal with...most of her back, her bottom, her, hip, parts of her tummy and some big spots on her legs and one on her arm...she also has a lot of areas of "good skin." There is not a shadow of a doubt that Dr. Bauer will have my little girl all fixed up in no time.
We still have a long road of paperwork ahead, but we know that this little girl will one day come home to the family who's loved and prayed for her like crazy. She's ours and we're so very in love!
7 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Oh my goodness--I was just checking for any new posts on my blog just one more time before getting the boys in bed and I just am in AWE of your beautiful news! AND can her photo be any more precious? Those cheeks and lips! Oh my goodness! Oh wait, I already said that. What a beautiful thing that you have found your precious girl! That she was made so perfectly, perfectly ... and that you are SO perfectly prepared to care for her every need and to raise her in God's path. My heart is just singing for you with JOY! Would you mind emailing me your address so I can send you something? If that's not too weird. It's just something small. Oh, what a beautiful day! I hope she is waking up to a beautiful sunshiney day today and feels a new glow in her heart knowing that you guys have named her as your own ... Hope Nagel!
HUGS!!
-Valerie
Beth & family,
Our family is rejoicing with yours. Yes, this is a modern day miracle. We forget that they happen and they happen every day. We're thrilled that, on this day, it happened to all of you. Looking forward to your journey.
Congrats, Nagel family! Hope will soon be right where she was always intended to be. My heart overflows for you and for Hope. I can't wait to meet her soon!
Lots of tears of joy here, too! Rejoicing in these answered prayers! Our pastor's sermon on Sunday was about praying BIG prayers - prayers we ordinarily, in our finite minds wouldn't expect God to answer. It gave me a renewed passion to pray for Hope's Birthday miracle. And WOW! God's so HUGE! Can't wait to see pictures of you snuggling your sweet Hope!
Congratulations to the Nagels. I have followed your journey and have been praying for you to get this little sweetheart. Love and prayers to all of you and hoping she is in your arms soon. Val Westhoff
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO SO SO happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And SO SO SO happy for Hope!!!!!!!!
WOOOOO WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
She is so beautiful. What a HAPPY baby.