It's A Girl!!!

On July 24th we received a surprise phone call from our adoption agency letting us know that they had great news for us -- they had received our referral!
It was around 7:30 in the evening and after a long day we were putting Maelyn to bed, when the phone rang. It is difficult to hear the phone from Maelyn's room, but I heard someone leaving a message and my heart started racing. I KNEW that it was our agency calling -- although Paul didn't really believe me. We ignored the call because we really wanted to get Maelyn to bed -- but then our cell phones started ringing. Paul answered the call and our agency told us that they were happy to share with us that they had received our referral!
I, of course, was completely calm started to freak out and wanted to take the call immediately. Paul, of course, was the calm one who said that we would get Maelyn to bed first, then call them back. He had to tell me to calm down a few times so that Maelyn wouldn't catch on, but we finally managed to get her to sleep.

Paul and I quickly got ourselves camera-ready and set up the paperwork, video camera, and phone that we would need to take the call. After our long day, we took a few minutes to collect ourselves -- then phoned our agency.
Our agency congratulated us on the referral of.....our daughter!! It's a girl!!

Chen (last name) Zhang Yang

Born April 10th, 2011

Guangdong, China

We were floored! Although we were completely open to either gender, we were told to expect a boy. Maelyn, however, knew what she wanted. A few weeks before getting our referral, Maelyn told everyone at Kindergarten and daycare that she only wanted a girl, like her. She was adamant that she didn't want a boy. We are thrilled that Maelyn will have the sister that she always wanted and that we will have another daughter to love and enjoy as she grows up.