The stork has landed!!!!! Yipee!!!!!

I was on the top of Whistler Mountain, skis strapped to my feet enjoying breathtaking views on a blue sky day when the call came in. The phone sitting in my breast pocket started to go, the phone that only Kohji or Jenna from the adoption agency had the number for. It was Jenna at the end of the line. The conversation went a little like this:

Jenna: "Hello, this is Jenna Ryan from Children's Bridge. How are you?"
Tamara: "I'm on top of a mountain at the moment Jenna! How are you?"
Jenna: "Well, you should be on top of the world!"

At which point the conversation disintegrated to a lot of "oh my gods!"and "wows!" on my part, as Jenna proceeded to tell me that our referral had arrived. I blathered on a fair bit, cursing myself for not having a pen/paper and thinking to myself what exactly do you say to a woman who is telling you that you're a mommy while you're standing on a mountain top. Luckily for me, Lauren (my interpid ski parter and human recorder) told me to say it out loud, and was able to remember what I shouted out to her. If not for her, I probably wouldn't have even remembered our daughter's name! We owe you big time Lauren.

Of course, after getting off the phone with Jenna, I promptly called Kohji who was actually unreachable as he was at that very moment hurtling through the bush on a dogsled. My god, this poor child has to suffer with us as parents for how long?

Once we finally touched base, we met at the hotel and logged in to get the first photos of our adorable little girl and get the first little dribs of information.

So, we are overjoyed, over the moon and overwhelmed to introduce our daughter, Kiyomi(Chinese name: Wan Jin Dian), currently in Jianxi Province in southern China. There aren't a lot of details yet, but we do know that she was born on July 18, 2005 (also Brahm's birthday). She's 6 kg and 61 cms long with the chubbiest little cheeks ever.



We expect to get the translated file in 5-7 days, at which point we will have more information on our little girl. At the moment, we expect to be travelling in late June or early July to bring her home.