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Update!

We received an update today on EmmaLin today!! We are super excited so see some updated pics. Wow has she grown. She looks so much older. She has on the outfit we sent her in her care package. I think the outfit was 9 months and it looks so big on her. All her other pics she was so bundled up she looked chuncky, but she is not. She looks really happy. Some things her nanny told us were she likes sweets such as candy cakes and cookies. Oh boy already liking junk food. She like to play with other kids (so all my friends be prepared to bring your little ones over)and be outside. She likes to be calm by giving her sweet food and being held. She can only walk if someone is holding her hands. What a nice gift it will be to see her take her first steps when we meet her. She weighs 18.7 lbs, which is smaller than her last measurements. So I guess they measured her with all those cloths on last time. Oh wow hurry up June 13th, I can't wait for you to get here so we can finally hold our daughter.

The reason for the name

This is how we came up with our daughter's name. When we started the adoption process we really didn't think of any names. As I read other families blogs most people had a name picked out for their child. Ryan and I originally thought we would be waiting 3 years before we would have to think of a name so we would toss some ideas around that we liked but never really had a serious discussion. One name we had both liked even long before the adoption process started was Samantha Ryan. We both loved the name and we really thought that was going to be the name. Then one day we meet a little girl named Samantha and bam I hated the name. The little girl was a little devil and not very nice. It seemed every were I turned someones dog or child was named Sammy, Sam or Samantha. So I said hun we need to think of another name. Ryan was not happy with changing the name. He really loved the name, but it just didn't fit for me. So one night sitting on the couch I said lets think of some names we like, after going though a list of a million names and Ryan saying no to everyone of them I said Emma and he said yes. So Emma stuck and we both liked it. Emma has a really beautiful meaning, Universal. I thought the meaning was great. So we started walking around and saying the name Emma and we knew it was the right name. As most of our families know Ryan's mom had passed away unexpectedly right after we met. Her name was Linda. We really wanted to incorporate her name into Emma's. So we thought Linda as a middle name, but it didn't seem to flow nicely then we thought just Lynn,but wasn't crazy about the spelling. Then all of a sudden we came up with Lin. Lin was the perfect fit, not only is it a Chinese name meaning Jade but also is the way his mom spelled her name. We loved it so now onto weather or not to name our daughter Emma Lin Inch or EmmaLin Inch. WE didn't make this decision until we got our referral and saw our precious daughter face. After much thought and time and going back and forth between the two names we decided on EmmaLIn as her first name. Giving her, her own unique name but still honoring Ryan's mom and EmmaLIn gran mom. So 5 months later we thought about a middle name. We came to the conclusion we would really like EmmaLin to have my mom's incorporated into her name. So tonight we gave my mom the decision to pick between two variations of her name. My moms name is Gloria, so the choices were Glori or Glorianna. Ryan loved Glori and I of course loved Glorianna. But I lost two to 1 in favor of Glori. So our daughters name is EmmaLin Glori Inch. Well our daughter name means universal, Jade and Glory.But most of all the She is named after both her grandmom's. I love it and I really think our daughter will love it to.

TA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got the call today from our Travel Coordinator Elena. We received our Travel Approval. We are leaving June 11. I can't believe the wait has been hard and I think I might still be in shock. When I called Ryan he thought I was kidding. We don't have all the details yet but it seems like Gottcha day will be June 13th. I will post more as soon as we know some more info. Thanks to all my friends and family that be praying and sending us good vibes.

Still waiting

Still waiting for TA, this is so hard. I really don't look forward to the weekends, knowing that there will be no news. I know there are quite a few other families waiting so anyone reading could you just send us some positive thoughts and hope we will hear something today. Monday is just to far away. Thanks!

Chiara Aine Stewart

Today was a wonderful day, my cousin Rose and her husband Bob had the second child today. Chiara Aine Stewart came into this world at 9:07 am weighing 7lbs. She is now Cayden's little sister. Mom looked great after having a C-section and little Chiara pronounced Key-R- uhh is perfect in every way. She is a little beauty. I can't wait to hold her. Dad offered but I believe only the parents should hold the baby while in the hospital. So when Rose comes home I will be sure to scoop her up and hold her tight. Well Emma Lin will finally have a girl "neice". My sister and Ryan's sister each have a boy. All of my really close friends have boys. So Emma Lin will have a little girl to play dress up and dolls with. I can't wiat to take them to American Doll. OH What fun are we going to have!! Please say a extra prayer that my Rose and baby have an easy adjustment and mom is up and feeling great in no time. I will post some pic as soon as I can.