Two!

Sarah's and Chayah's matching Princess cowgirl hats

Puppy Cuteness for Sarah and Chayah!

The adorable (and matching!!!) tights

And puppy hair bows!

Aren't these just the cutest?

Wow! I can't believe it... TWO mei mei's (little sisters)!!!
When I was last-minute Christmas shopping, I saw the Princess cow girl hats, and knew that I just HAD to get them! And of course, now, I had to get TWO!!!!
Most people after Christmas look for all kinds of great sales, well, not exactly me. When we got to the mall, I spent my money at Gymboree! And, what I got... TWO matching puppy shirts, TWO pairs of matching puppy tights, and TWO puppy hair bows!!!!
Does it get any better than buying TWO of everything? I just keep picturing the girls wearing their matching things and how adorable it will be. I can't wait for the day when Sarah and Chayah will be running around together... the TWO of them!
When I was in Basketball back in 6th grade, my number was 2. When we got new uniforms, they asked us each what we wanted our numbers to be (we could get a different number if we wanted to). I wanted to keep my number "2". Everyone always told me I should get a different number, but, no, TWO is just right! :)

Merry Christmas

Sarah Lu is excited about the LOI too!

LOI off to China!

It's official! Today officially marks the start of the countdown!! Our LOI (Letter Of Intent) was set to China today, Friday, December 21st, 2007! Today is also our big sister Rachael's 22nd Birthday, so it is definitely a day to celebrate! Now that our LOI has been sent off, we begin to wait for PA (Pre-Approval) from China. In the meantime we will continue on with the paper chase. After that we'll send our dossier to China, and wait for LOA (Letter of Acceptance) and last, TA (Travel Approval). I updated the ticker at the bottom of the page so now it will count down our wait for PA. And, about the photo at the top, isn't she just gorgeous? I am so in love with her and I can't wait until she can finally come home!!! Praying for a speedy PA... ;)

Chayah Elizabeth

Chayah (Hebrew, pron. Khai-uh); meaning: abundant life, to have life, to continue in life, remain alive, to sustain life, to live prosperously, to revive, be quickened from sickness, from discouragement, from faintness, from death to preserve alive, let live, to give life, refresh, to restore to life, to cause to grow

Elizabeth (Hebrew) meaning: Promised by God
This is also the name of our grandma, my Mom's mom. She has been very involved in the adoptions and is very excited to soon be welcoming her 5th granddaughter!

Names

We have chosen her English name! But, first I want you to guess what it is!
Here is the list of names we reviewed, under each person who suggested it!

Dad has suggested:

• Chayah, pronounced similar to"Kya", Hebrew meaning "Life".
  

Mom has suggested:

• Liberty, Libby for short: this is what we almost named Sarah
  
• Elizabeth (after mom's mom)
  
• Ruby (after dad's mom)
  
• Olivia
• Abigail
  
• Violet
• Isabelle (although this is Sarah's favorite and may cause jealousy issues)

Rachael has suggested:

• Eleanor
• Nora
  
• Elspeth
• Theone
• Jada

Chrissy has suggested:

• Adeline "Addie"
• Josephine "Josie"
• Lydia
• Ruthie
• Emma

I have suggested:

• Jacqueline
• Julia
  
• Emmeline
• Charlotte
• Phoebe
  
• Mayah
  
• Nadia: it means "hope"

Sarah has suggested: "Bunga!" and, "Sarah, just like me! TWO Sarahs!"

So, tell us which names (first and middle) you think we picked!


*UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who commented. Amazingly, everyone who commented got, at least, part of her name correct!!! And, Caitie, guessed it exactly right!