It is with great joy we announce the referral
of our daughter......Isabella Madden!
Please bookmark us and follow our journey!
OUR TRAVEL DATES: November 1 - 16, 2006
Chinese Name: Nan Jun Lan
Birth Date: July 25, 2005
Birth Place: Guangdong
DTC: July 8, 2005
LID: July 19, 2005
Referral: August 25, 2006
Travel Dates: November 1 - 16, 2006
Agency: Harrah's AIM
Labor Of My Heart
I would have given anything
to be the one to know
the pain of bringing you into
this world but it couldn't be ...
Though I did not bring you here
still I labored in my tears
through the long nights I prayed
you would come to me ...
You are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart
with all my strength I prayed
till they laid you in my arms Child,
you are the labor of my heart ...
Blessed be the maker
of bone of other bone.
He made flesh of my desire
and today I take you home...
You are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart
with all my strength I prayed
till they laid you in my arms Child,
you are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart... ~ Steve and Annie Chapman
Thanks so much for visiting us during our journey, Brent, Julie and Isabella!
Dear Sweet Daughter,
As a girl I had a common dream,
to be a Mom someday.
My baby would have eyes of blue
and hair the hue of hay.
But now my dreams have been transformed. New visions fill my head.
Now the tresses that I long to stroke
are raven black instead.
And in my dreams those eyes are not
so big or blue or round. Now in my dreams they're almond shaped and colored cocoa brown.
And in my dreams my arms can stretch
across enormous seas. They reach half-way around the world and hold you close to me.
As you grow in your mother's womb,
carefully knit together, you're also growing in my heart, where you will stay forever.
And in my dreams the moment that your
mother says good-bye, I'll be right there to comfort you and hold you as you cry.
Our features may not look alike;
we're different as can be. But still I know the Father has created you for me.
And though I've not yet seen your face,
or held your tiny hands, and though we're half a world apart in very different lands, I'll be right there to get you just as soon as God allows. But 'til He says the time is right I give to you this vow.
I'll pray for your protection every day on bended knee. For God to hold you in His arms, until you're here with me.
written by: Gayle Leubecker
