Referral Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you.--Jeremiah 1:5 Monday 22nd Dec we got an email, from a batch member that had contacted our agency, asking for news. They were told "The files still haven't arrived". Its been 10 days since Spain, NZ, USA have received their allocations, and even 2 other Australian States announced theirs, 2 days ago. Where are our files? I went to a Christmas lunch, with some family, for a work do. My brother, came to pick up the kids, to take them to the museum...my brother has NEVER had our kids before!!! My parents were home, and Mr T happened to call in home, as well...he's NEVER home early!! My brother called around 430 and asked if I could pick them up from the city, which was fine, as I wasn't far away. So I picked up the kids, and as I pulled into the driveway, I could see a note, flapping on the door. I was a bit confused, as everyone's cars were there. I wasn't sure why they'd put a note on the door. The note read: "I love you Mummy. Come and see my photo at 2pm tomorrow. Love ???" I was very confused. But as I unlocked the door to walk in, all the clues fell into place. Mr T had jumped up out of chair as I came in, I blurted out "DID THEY RING?!!" (and think I was crying before I'd finished the sentence!) He yelled "YES!!!" I just clung to my darling husband and wept like a baby!!! Oh.my.goodness. The floodgates of utter relief were opened. Mr T, being the man that his is, did not ask any questions about the baby...just wrote down the appointment time. You know what? I didn't care...our file was not lost!!!! I woke up at about 330am on 23 Dec. I lay there wide awake, thinking, for about an hour and finally got up at about 430am. I had a chiro appt in the morning. Went home, made lunch for my folks and kids, and we watched a DVD. At about 110pm, we got a phone call. My Grandma had just passed away. I needed to go, as I had to pick up Mr T from work before going into the City. I can't stop thinking about Grandma. We arrive for our 2pm appt. We see another couple from our batch; they'd just had their interview. Hugs all round. In our interview, the first thing our (male) co-cordinator says is "So, how's your day". Mr T, looks at me and says "We just found out L's Grandma has passed away". Poor guy. He didn't know what to do!!! "OK, this is what you're here for" - and placed a page with 6 photos of our daughter on the table! I was just mesmerised! I didn't cry!!! I tried to explain it to Mr T, later - but it was like I know her, or I've seen her before. The weirdest feeling!!! I don't really know what the co-ordinator said; I hope it wasn't too important! We have our baby girl. Ping Mei (her surname is Ping, after the County she lives in PingYuan County, in Guangdong Province), and her given name is Mei (pronounced May) - it means charming, beautiful, flattering. We have named her Tari Mei (Tari is pronounced Tah-ree), and it means "fresh" in Hebrew, "dance" in Balinese, and "Another Day" in Chinese. Her birthday is estimated to be 28 September 2007 (2 days before the day she was found) ~ she is currently 15 months old We are so, so blessed.               This page hosted by