Introducing DongFang Mingyue

DongFang Mingyue

Born 7 Nov 2010

SWI Taihe County, Jiangxi Province

I can't believe this beautiful girl is my daughter.  I am the luckiest person to have such a wonderful family and now this amazing, strong girl is part of it.

I knew the referrals were coming on 29 Aug so I was anxious and excited in hoping this would be our month to see a picture of our daughter.  I am away in St.Jean QC for my Primary Leadership Qualification so with the time difference, figured if we were to get a referral I would hear from Jason between 1100-1200hrs(on Tuesday).  That was the longest hour ever and I was feeling nauseaus the whole day (you can get morning sickness even with adoption:) I never heard from Jason so I tried to hold hope for the unlock of files on Thursday night.  Again Friday morning, staring at the cell phone but nothing.  Then on my way to Ottawa with Stephanie to spend the weekend with her, the phone call I had been waiting for came from Jason.  He told me her age and he had to repeat it three times because I didn't think it would be possible to get a referral for a girl that young.  We had request a girl up to the age of 4 so I had in my mind for the past year she would be four. ( I now have that much more shopping to do and will have to pack away all the things I have bought the past 6 months-but it was still good retail therapy for me).  I could wait to get to Ottawa to read about this little girl and see the pictures.  Never did I think it would be pausible for her to be so beautiful.

Because of the long weekend we were unable to talk to our International adoption dr and had to accept her by Sunday, 4 Sep 11.  I tried not to get too excited until I talked to the dr, and tried to stay calm.  We wanted this for so long it was hard to believe it was really happening.

On Wednesday night I arranged to talk to Dr Baxter between 10-11pm.  I sat in a room that had phone and waited.  Again a very long wait until she called at 1055pm (and talked until almost midnight), hoping our little girl was going to be healthy.  I talked to Dr Baxter and it good to get more information, that only a dr can tell from the paperwork.  There is some concern because of her low birth weight, but any adoption is a leap of faith.  After talking to Jason that night, I could let my heart open completely, fall in love fully and share the great news with everyone.