Thursday February 10th - Lilah's journey has begun

It's hard to describe the feeling you get when you give "birth" to a child on the other side of the world. But on Tuesday February 1st, 2005, that is exactly what happened to Joel and I as we saw our second daughter for the first time. Truthfully, the feeling was no less thrilling than the day we first saw Naomi's picture in 2003. Word cannot describe . . .

On Tuesday of this week, we received the translations of the documents that make up Lilah's "File". They describe a perfect little beauty who is also known as Chen Xi Yi. Chen stands for her birthplace, Chenzhou City, and Xi Yi conveys good wishes that she would live an eternally happy life in the future. We feel so blessed.

So here we are, excited to be embarking on this adventure called "parenthood" again. We welcome you to join us via this website as we attempt to keep all of our family and friends updated on our journey! Thanks for joining us.

Karen, Joel and Naomi