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On the this site you can follow Erich and I on our journey to adopt our daughter. We chose her first name is Maelynn. We will wait until we get her information before we choose her middle name. Once we complete the paper chase (within a matter of weeks), we wait about 6-7 months to receive the referral. The referral includes her picture, orphanage and China province where she lives, and some generic medical information. After that, we travel 6-8 weeks later for 14 days to China to get our daughter. Our current estimate is December or January travel. The adoption will be finalized over there since we are both traveling. To think our daughter is out there in the world already. What is she doing, who’s taking care of her, what is she eating, and she has no idea that we’re coming for her. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we go through this process.

With much love and soon to be a family of 4,

Robin