About Louisa Cate
 

Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone, But still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, You didn’t grow under my heart, but in it. ~Fleur Conkling Heyliger After a long anticipated wait, we finally got THE call! Our wonderful social worker, Christina O., from our wonderful adoption agency, Children’s Hope International, called to let us know that they had received a referral for us...and could we be there in an hour to get it? Clear Highway 40 – we’re on our way! We picked up Avery and made a mad dash to CHI to finally see the little face that we’ve been dreaming of for so long. She absolutely took our breath away. Here’s what we learned about our girl: Chinese Name: Lu Fang Lin Date of Birth: July 7, 2006 Location: Hefei Children’s Welfare Institute, Hefei, Anhui Provence The nannies at the children’s home lovingly gave our daughter the name Lu Fang Lin. What a wonderful gift! Lu – Nickname for the city of Hefei Fang – (pronounced “fong”) is to describe her as fragrant as fresh flowers Lin – means that she is as precious as fine jade At nine months old, Fang Lin was 19 pounds and 27.5 inches. She could sit by herself, use her hands to “welcome”, and pull herself to stand and “cruise”. She is described as outgoing, lively and adorable. She loves music and looking at herself in the mirror. Hmmm…she sounds just like her big sister! We were delighted to discover that the Hefei CWI is supported by an amazing organization, Half The Sky Foundation (www.HalftheSky.com). The support provided from Half the Sky allows for additional nannies at the children’s home, which in turn means more love, care and developmental opportunities for the children. Louisa is right on target for all her developmental milestones. We will be forever grateful to Half the Sky and the wonderful staff at Hefei CWI. 1 Samuel 1:27 “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him.”