and who are we?

If you are Emma Kate, here are the very first photos you will see of your family!

I just CANNOT get my head around this fact.  It is so profoundly important, and yet so incredibly strange to send this package with so many hopes and dreams.  

I keep looking at our photos wondering WHAT Jiang Yu Xiao will think.

We are your family, Jiang Yu Xiao!

Daddy who loves you!

He is kind and gentle

I am your Momma!

I love you with all my heart.

These are your older siblings!

Anna and Jeb

Cooper and Luke

Jeb and Cooper love you, too!

This is Mommy with Luke and Anna.

We are standing on the front steps of your home!

Luke is excited you are coming home to be his sister.

The dog in this photo is Swede, and she is very sweet and quiet.

See how gentle she is with Luke?  She is that way with everyone.

This is Anna and Daddy.

Anna wants to plant pink flowers outside to welcome you home!

She also wonders if you would like a pink room or a green room? You get to share a room together!

Anna is celebrating.

We just told her you, Jiang Yu Xiao,

were coming home to be our new sister and daughter.

We all cheered and hugged.

We can't wait to hug you and cheer you on forever!

And this is Mom and Dad again.

We love each other very much.

We promise to always love you,

protect you,

take care of you,

and be with you.

Forever.