Small Things Can Get You Excited!!!/ Cosas Pequenas que pueden contentarnos!!!

When I learned that we would have a baby girl (she already has a name: Gabriela Aimee, Aimee being my sister's middle name), I told Florencio that I already had purchased Mei Ling Mercedes' crib bedding set, which went along great with the curtains in the girls' room. Well, I got myself into the internet, since I knew I would never find it in Marshall's, and much less the deal I got there, and set myself to finding another identical as soon as possible for Gabriela's crib. And today I hit the jackpot, and although it was not a deal-deal-deal, I still got a bargain through ebay when compared to the original retail price. I am enclosing a picture of the set (the crib in the picture is not ours), since I am pretty excited about it. This just shows that sometimes small things can get one excited!!!

Cuando primero me entere que tendriamos una nena (ya tiene nombre, se llamara Gabriela Aimee. Aimee es el segundo nombre mi hermana Alida), le dije a Florencio que ya yo habia comprado el bumper set de la cuna de Mei Ling Mercedes, y que no queria que el de Gabriela fuera diferente, porque ese set iba perfecto con las cortinas del cuarto de las nenas. Y pues me puse a buscar, y hoy finalmente lo encontre. Aunque no fue al tremendo precio que habia conseguido en Marshall's para el primero de Mei Ling, pues si consegui un precio relativamente bueno en Ebay. Esta es la foto (la cuna no es la de las nenas.)

Belated SECOND Month LID Anniversary!!!

Hi everyone. Finally our Internet is back up and I can announce that 3 days ago was our SECOND MONTH LID ANNIVERSARY. One month closer to Mei Ling Mercedes!!!
p.d.- We also wanted to thank everyone for all of the good wishes and support on our good news.

WE ARE ALMOST HAVING TWINS

Yes, WE WILL BE ALMOST HAVING TWINS. For those of you who still do not know, which is actually most of you, I am pregnant, 3 months pregnant that is. Yesterday we found out, after receiving some very important test results, that our baby is healthy and she is a girl. Therefore, Mei Ling Mercedes will have an almost twin sister. We figure they may be anywhere between 2 to 6 months apart, so it will be great for them. God really works in very interesting ways, since the funny thing is that around 2 weeks before I found out I was pregnant, both Florencio and myself learned we could have actually requested twins in the adoption application and we contacted the agency to see what had to be done. As it turned out, we could not apply for twins because Florencio had been briefly married before. And so, two weeks later, I learned I was pregnant. Now I am already beginning the second trimester and feel it is safe for us to make the big announcement.
Some people have asked us whether we will continue with Mei Ling's adoption. Yes, we will. That was not even an issue. Mei Ling always was, and is, our daughter from the moment we put those papers in the mail. It was something we had actually talked about even before our dear Bibiana went to heaven. We know that Mei Ling is meant to be our daughter, and we already love her quite a bit. So at this moment if someone was to tell me I could not adopt her, it would pretty much be like going into mourning from scratch all over again.
For us, it is very important that people understand that, because I know there are lots of people (and we respect all of their decisions because it is a very personal one) that do stop altogether the adoption process and forget about it if a pregnancy occurs.
We are ecstatic that we will have daughters that will be sisters of the HEART. After all, that is the most important thing. They will be almost twins, which is a HUGE bonus, since they will grow up together and will always have that special bond. We know that at times they will make us feel like we are going crazy, since I know in my heart that they will be quite the handful together, but I can't wait. We can't wait to meet both of them, and for them to meet one day!!! Plus they will always have their older angel sister looking for them from heaven. Not everyone gets that special treat.
Thank you to everyone who already knows and have shown such support to both Florencio and myself in times when we were much hesitant to just shout that I was pregnant, because well, we did not know whether this time everything would be alright. We feel like God has given us the opportunity to pretty much feel like we were born again, and to feel both faith and hope again in our lives. Thanks again!!!

Referrals are here and Mei Ling has a KIMONO

It is that time of the month again. There are new parents all over the world who just received wonderful picture and information on their new daughters. Congrats to all of them. This also means that Mei Ling is 1 month closer to getting home. Also, the Chinese Council of Adoption Affairs has finished reviewing the files submitted up to January 31, 2006.

This is a picture of the very cool kimono sent by my brother Jaime for Mei Ling. Is not that really cute?