Telling Brin and Savy About Their Sister

When Bo and I decided that we were really going through with the adoption, we wanted to take the kids out to dinner to tell them about our decision.  I wanted everything perfect! I had borrowed the book "Choosing To See" from a friend, and had already given the book back to her. I wanted to buy the book, so that we would be able to tell the kids about the book, and also to show them photos of little girls who would look very similar to their sister, Caroline.  We headed up to Lakeland, and thought for sure that Target would have the book.  After searching down the book aisles for several minutes, I left feeling discouraged.  I am one who looks for signs when making a decision, and this wasn't a good sign.  However, when leaving Target, an asian family was walking in! I could almost hear the Lord saying "Ye of little faith...." We then went to Lakeside Village....thinking that Books-A-Million would carry the book.  I looked for the book for atleast 20 minutes, and had a sales clerk looking for me as well. After looking in their computer system, she finally found the book for me.  We then took the kids to Chili's for dinner to tell them all about the new Conerly adventure.  They were very excited, and loved looking at photos of the adorable Chapman girls. 

The next day, we went to visit my family in Avon Park.  Savy wrote a sweet note to them to tell them about her new sister.  The note read "My mommy is having a Chinese baby, and her name is Caroline." I laughed when I saw the note, and immediately explained what the note meant. :)