First look at our baby girl!

On April 1, 2010 we received notification that we had been matched and that we will be seeing pictures of our baby girl soon. I cannot express how excited we were and anticipating seeing her for the first time.

On April 9th we finally received the much anticipated FedEx. I was so excited and nervous I could not open the package, so Rafa did. I could not believe my eyes...this is my daughter and she is so beautiful and everything that we hoped for. Her given name is Gan, Xing Sheng and she comes from the Jianxin SWI in Jiangxi Province. She is 26.3 inches tall and 24.2 pounds. Medical examinations were logged as normal. She is a moderate sleeper, laughs, knows her name, likes to listen to music and is very active. In a couple of weeks we will be receiving an update on her development. Most of the information we have comes from an assessment taken in February. We anticipate traveling to China in July (she will be 12 months old by then) and we our counting down the days. I will post updates as soon as we have a TA.


For now, please welcome Tanith Isabella Quesada