How we found Anna

I guess since we've shown you a picture of the little girl we are hoping for I can tell you about how we found her.

Like I explained a few posts pack, we have been searching Waiting Children lists like crazy, most often these lists consist of no photo and a quick few sentence bio about the child. Well... here was the first "glimpse" we had of Anna:

"This very tiny girl was born in June of 2007. She has Osteogenesis Imperfecta. She has had many health struggles being in an orphanage but now has a non-profit aid organization helping to sponsor her and she is starting to get some much needed medical care. This child has a strong spirit and a heart of gold. She is described as fun loving and cheerful. She loves to be touched and held. She is getting massages which she likes a lot. She always has a smile for those who greet her and she loves to be the center of attention. She urgently needs a family to love and care for her and get her medical care. She is quite bright but will not have the chance to thrive and grow where she is. We have lots of photos and a video available for people who might be interested. If you think you may have a special place in your heart for this little princess, please give Kids To Adopt a call."

From that I requested information about her and a couple others from the agency (I figured if I was emailing about her, I might as well see about some others) Later that day Jeny from the agency emailed me pictures and a video link for Anna and the others... but right away we knew something was special about her. Justin even said "can we keep her?"

Because of her Osteogenesis Imperfecta we had to do some research to make sure we could be good parents to this little girl. Jeny suggested we talk to the director of the agency who has several members of his family (children included) that have OI so we could get a first hand opinion of what life is like. After talking to him we felt encouraged but still wanted to make sure. The more we thought about it, and the blessing of our insurance, we realized that if God is able to make all this happen, that we will be incredibly happy with this little girl.

So that is how we "found" Anna. We just keep moving forward with this process with a mountain of paperwork for our homestudy ahead of us.