It's A GIRL!!!!! Welcome GRACE LU!!

At 12:50 pm we got the call we've been waiting for! It's a girl!!! And she's
only 8 months old!!! YAYYYYYYY!!!!

Her name right now is: Zhuang Lu Biao  (Last name, Given Name, Middle Name)  and
we're going to call her Grace Lu

She's from the southern province of Jiangxi and was born on November 29, 2008. 
She was found on Dec 1, 2008 so that would make her birthdate pretty much a sure
thing :-)  She is in the Yifenng County Social Welfare Institute (orphanage).

At 3 months old she weighed 14.5 pounds and was 22.24 inches long.  She's
healthy, locates sounds, loves to have adults hold and play with her, smiles
readily, laughs out loud, fond of music, is quick to react, is closest to her
caretaker, and likes sound toys.

When we got the call we all mobilized and jumped up, checked the caller ID,
gathered the 4 boys and 2 grandparents around the table, turned on the video
recorder and held our breath ---
"We're calling you about your match. Is this a good time?"  As my boys would
say, "Are you kidding me?!!!"  YES!

"Well," she said, "It's a girl"  and my mother and I started to cry and then she
said, "and she's 8 months old" and we started to weep.  Oh what an answer to
prayer!!!  We all cheered - and the tape cut off.  Good grief. Adam got it back
and running while we finished up with all of the details and we were just
overjoyed. I looked over at Mom and she had tears all over her face, the kids
were laughing with joy, and Pat was all red and teary too.

Tomorrow we'll get more info and more pics.  Here's the only pic we have of her
and we all agree she is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Oh thank you Jesus!  Thank you everyone for praying! And thank you for all of
your support along the way.

You know, her given first name - which will become her middle name means
"Journey".  I TOLD you our JOURNEY would be worth it!

Sharon - Grace Lu's Mommy!