Brooklyn's Closet

Grandma Alice has been busy! She was very happy Ayres closed and Lazarus has end of the season sales. Grandma Doris has added to the collection also. Brooklyn will be very well dressed. And she isn't even here yet!!!!!!!!!!! You all know how I love to dress little girls, right Brittany!

Brooklyn's Finding Ad

When children are abandoned in China, the orphanage must put a "finding ad" in the newspaper to give the mother a chance to change her mind. I found out about a gentleman that will try and locate your "finding ad". Well, he found her ad and we are so excited that there is also a picture of her. So this is Brooklyn at approx. 18 days old. She is the one on the bottom left. This is priceless! My heart tells me her bio. mother loved her very much and wanted a better life for her.

Hunan Province

This is where Brooklyn is from. She is from the Hunan Province(that is her state). It is in southern China.

Here is the Fed. Ex. man that brought our official photos of Brooklyn. He said this was the 4th time in his career that he had adoption information and got his picture taken, so he didn't think we were too crazy. The date was April 5, 2007.

We are going CRAZY waiting for you!!

Daddy's first look!

Here is daddy when he sees Brooklyn's picture for the first time! Boy is he happy or what!
Brady and Bryce were in Florida on spring break when I got the call. The Calverts got it all on video tape. Thanks to Patricia for making it special for Brady. Madonna took Bryce to a computer at their condo. they were staying at and he saw her first picture with me on the phone. (priceless) Scott called Brandon at college right away and I think he e-mailed her picture to all his friends. Brittany got home from North Carolina 15 minutes after we got the call and I think she ran around the house screaming for 10 minutes and wouldn't put her picture down.

The Newest Brown!

We are thrilled to announce that we have a new daughter! What was looking like another year of waiting for a referral from China, turned out to be a beautiful 9 month old little girl waiting for us in CWI of Yiyang City of Hunan Province. Yi RuLe is absolutely gorgeous and we can't wait to bring her home. We filled out some paperwork this week and will wait for around a month for a letter of acceptance. Then, it will probably be a few months to get travel arrangements. We are hoping to travel by the end of summer. Please check back to this blog often for updates on this exciting, awesome journey to get the newest Brown family member, Brooklyn!