It's a girl!!!!!

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Proverbs 25:25

We are proud to announce the referral of our precious blessing from God, Mary Joyce.

DOB: December 16, 2005

Province: Jiangxi

She has lots of hair and precious chubby cheeks, and we are head over heels in love already. :) She is currently in foster care.

We do not have her Chinese name yet through one of those quirks of the adoption world, but hopefully we'll have that information tomorrow.

Pictures are already up on our website:

http://www.adoptionvoyages.com/Maryjoyce.htm

Dusty

congratulations! Your daughter is stunning! May your family be blessed thrice over! Maryjoyce is a very lucky girl! I however think you and your husband are even more blessed! (((((((((((((((((((((((hugs )))))))))))))))))))) Yay another new PT baby!

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What a CUTIE!!!

CONGRATS, Mom & Dad!
Hope she gets HOME ASAP!

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Aww! Congratulations!

She is a beautiful baby girl.

Praying for her safe arrival into your loving arms.

Finally! How utterly, completely, wonderfully fantastic! I have goosebumps... I am so happy for you. All your prayers have been answered with this one little angel.

congrats How much longer until you can get her home?

Mary Joyce is beautiful! Congratulations! I hope the rest of the proceedings go quickly and she'll be in your loving arms soon!

LES here!!!

Oh my, what an adorable little girl!!! And she is YOUR daughter from now on!! Wow, I remember that feeling from when we got our kids first pics!!!

CONGRATS!!!! How long now before she comes to join your family? Do you have to travel to get her?

What a beautiful child! Welcome to your new family little one

How exciting! Congratulations. She is ADORABLE!

I'm very happy for you. :) I hope things move quickly!

She's beautiful! Congratulations!

She's adorable, Congratulations!!!! :D I'm so happy for you!

I am so teary eyed as I read over your website, and just in awe of how beautiful Mary Joyce is. I can only imagine your excitement at this huge piece of good news. Congratulations, congratulations!!!! I can't wait to see pictures when you return from your journey to bring Mary Joyce HOME! :D

I guess this really hits home for me, because just 3 weeks before we found out we were pregnant we went to an adoption seminar (AWAA http://www.awaa.org/home/) and were starting to seriously consider the option of adoption. We were told last fall that we were never going to have biological children, and we were really excited about this possibility of adoption. There were two ladies at the seminar who had adopted from China last year and their little girls were so utterly precious, and it was so easy to fall in love with these little girls.

Congratulations again! :D

I am so happy for you I could cry! Your precious new little one is as sweet as she can be and will be going to the most wonderful home. I belong to another board (for poodles of course :rolleyes: ) and one of the gals there has two adopted Chinese daughters. They are 3 and 5 years old now and absolutely the sweetest little girls! :) I can't wait to *meet* Baby Mary Joyce and watch her grow up here. :) (By the way it is nice to see you and your hubby! ;) )

Mary Joyce is absolutely a beauty. How excited you must be and it will be nice to have a baby girl among all the new baby boys. By the way, I the crib story is a hoot.

Mary Joyce sure is a cutie! How hard it must be to continue to wait.

I went to your web page and read everything you wrote. The letter your husband wrote to you for Mary Joyce was amazing! How sweet and what a way to look at the adoption itself. Before you even knew who, some little girl was going to be yours so you were truly a mom that day. Tears came to my eyes. How special a man you married and special your family will be and of course is.

I sat and read your wensite last night, and I had to come back and tell you how beautiful it is.

I laughed over the crib story! :D

I can't wait to see pictures of your little girl sleeping in her crib (I bet nobody can't wait any more than you can!)

What a precious little angel your baby-to-be is. I hope everything rolls out quickly so you can hold your little bundle for the first time very soon. Congrats to you and family :) You must be beside youself with excitement!

Congrats. She's absolutely precious. You certainly are blessed to have such a dream come true. I am so very happy for yous.

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I'm so happy for you two. Can't wait until you are a family of three.

Thanks, everyone. I'm just getting back on here for the first time since last night. Needless to say, yesterday was a very happy day around here, and it is continuing even today.

For those who have asked, we should travel sometime in September. It usually takes about a month to get travel approval, and then travel is 2-4 weeks after that.

WAH!!!! YIPPEE! What a beautiful child. I cannot wait to hear the next news- when you are travelling!

OMG, she is beautiful and adorable!! Mary Joyce is such a pretty name, you must be so excited, congratulations! :D

Mary Joyce is really beautiful. Big bright beautiful eyes.I am so happy for
you & for this sweet child. :)

Oh, such happy, happy, happy news! She is beautiful, and best of all, she is yours! :)

YAY Congratulations. She is beautiful. Loved the website too. Again Congratulations.

OHHH Dusty, that's the most wonderful news!!

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes after having read the letter your hubby wrote on Mother's Day - what a special family the three of you make!

(((HUGS)))) I am so happy for you!!

Congrats! I'm so happy for you! She is beautiful. :)

CONGRATULATIONS!! :D
What a beautiful girl she is. I'm sure she will fill your lives with love and happiness....

YEAH!!! I'm so happy for you guys- she is gorgeous!!!!

I am so happy for you! She is so beautiful. (((HUGS)))

Dusty - I am so happy for you!! Finally...next month....you will be holding Mary Joyce close to you!!! :) :)

I can't wait to see a picture of her with her mommy and daddy!!

She is adorable! :D I am so excited for you. It's so nice to have a face to put with this lovingly awaited little girl. Please keep us updated.

OMG!! patience and prayers have paid big time!! shes gorgeous, i´m so happy for you three, you´ll soon be together and happy forever........CONGRATS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I am so happy for you! I always look at the "ticker" when you post, and I can only imagine how terrible long the wait has been! But next month, you will be holding your baby girl and covering her with Mommy and Daddy kisses! I am so happy for you!

It was great reading your post and seeing the pic of your lovely baby girl, she is indeed a little cutie pie, congratulations, she was born on my son's birthday, another little saggi on PT,I can imagine how excited you are and look forward to seeing her grow up here on PT with all our other PT babies. :)

Congrats!! I just went to the website and Mary Joyce is gorgeous.

I can tell you and your husband are wonderful people and are thrilled for Mary Joyce to come into your lives.

I know I can't wait to see more pictures of her and watch her grow up here.

Congrats again!!

btw, The nursery is so cute!!

she's adorable! :) Congrats ! :D

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :) I am so happy and excited for all three of you! She is absolutely adorable, and you have so much to look forward to!

Deb