Welcome

Welcome to our journal/journey for Karen Lin.

This is the first blog I have ever attempted and thus am on a learning experience. We are David and Jenny. We have one biological, nine-year old son, Bryan. We always wanted children, but being an infertile couple slowed down the process. It was a struggle to become pregnant with our son, and an even bigger struggle to carry him to term. I didn't make it to full term, Bryan was born premature in March of 1996. He has since grown into an amazing little boy. We always knew that we wanted to have more children the problem was how to accomplish the task.

As infertile couples know, one thing does not always lead to another. So after various long discussions and many years of research, in November 2003, David and I contracted with CCAI (Chinese Children Adoption International) to adopt our first daughter from the People's Republic of China.

In the many coming weeks I will slowly begin piecing together our incredible journey from the dossier (paper trail) to the "gotcha day" moment (a term used to mean the day our daughter will be placed within our arms).

We are excited and wanted to share our joy and journey with our family and friends. We also hope to encourage other families who may be interested in pursing a Chinese international adoption or are in the same part of the process.

We hope you enjoy following our journey.