Introducing... Lucy!

Sixteen years ago today I woke up a new bride, in love and excited to begin a new phase of life side by side with Bryan. Here we are, sixteen years later waking up with the same feelings of love and excitement for the new addition to our family, Miss Lucy Rose. We are ready to welcome her home and start our life as a family of four!

After 65 months of "pregnancy" We'd love to introduce you to sweet little Lucy Rose...

Isn't she just about the sweetest thing ever?! I just want to squeeze those cheeks and love her up!

Other fun facts about our girl:

Lucy's Chinese name is Fu Ya Li. Fu is the surname, Ya means feminine, Li is beautiful. We are considering using Li, or YaLi or LiYa as a fourth middle name. We think it may mean beautiful girl, which is very fitting!

She was born on March 28, 2011 - 6 months old.

She lives in Fuzhou, Jiangxi. If you look at the map below Jiangxi is in blue in the southeast portion of China. (The city of Fuzhou, Jiangxi itself isn't listed on the map.)

We do not know when we'll travel yet, but it should be in about 5-7 weeks. We probably won't have exact dates for about a month. What we do know (mostly for sure) is that we will fly in to Hong Kong for a couple of days, then fly up to Nanchang, Jiangxi and Lucy will be brought to us from her orphanage in Fuzhou. We will stay in Nanchang for about a week while we do all of the paper work that China requires. Then the four of us (I love that I just typed that!) will fly to Guangzhou where we will complete all the paperwork that the US requires. After about a week in Guangzhou we will fly home sweet home!

What? You want to see a couple more pictures of our little beauty? No problem!

I am not sure what she is wearing, but she sure wears it well!

Look at those cute little toes!

We just can't wait to scoop her up and snuggle her. In her paperwork the nannies reported that she loves to be held - all the Grandmas and Grandpas were excited to hear that! They also reported that she laughs aloud - a must if you're going to be in any way related to the Schiavone family!

Thank you God for your overwhelming kindness!

"Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."

There is no doubt that God chose Lucy for the Hill family, and for that we are forever grateful! His timing wasn't in line with what we had hoped for, but He sees the bigger picture knows even better than we do what is good for us. We trust that His timing is perfect and embrace both these little ones that He's gifted to us!