Jailyn's story as we know it

We don't have a lot of information about Jailyn but we do know that she was loved by her birth mother. She was found the same day that she was born, September 30th, 2005. The police received an anoymous call that there was a child left. She was left with a note from her birth mother. My heart goes out to this woman! Somehow, this was the best thing that she could do for her baby. I can't imagine being in the position to have to do this.

Since that day, Jailyn has lived in an orphanage. She was born with a 3rd degree cleft lip and cleft palate. When we saw her picture on the Lifeline Children's Services, Waiting Child list, we knew she was ours. We told Lifeline that we were interested in adopting her. We were told there were two other families ahead of us. Each family would have a week to decide if they wanted to continue with the adoption. I asked if we could be on the Waiting List. Lifeline agreed. (Later, we found out that they didn't give us much hope.)

Two weeks later, Sept 12th at 10:35 am I received "the call". It was Karla, at Lifeline! The other families decided not to pursue and we had a week to decide if we wanted to go forward. We didn't need a week... we didn't even need a day, or an hour! We already knew she was our daughter!

So, the journey began!

We hadn't finished all of our paperwork yet - so we got all of that submitted. China agreed that we were a match and now we sit and wait for news as to when we will travel to bring her home!

Karla, at Lifeline, had sent a letter to the Orphanage asking them not to do any surgery on Jailyn. Although we asked, the orphanage doctors decided that it would be better for Jailyn to have her lip repaired before she went home. We were surprised! The pictures after her surgery look great! She looks happy and beautiful!

We have not received any updated information on her... weight, height, health... We are thinking she is pretty small - about 9-12 month clothing size. In the pictures she looks chubby, but that is the many layers of clothing she has on.

We are so excited to be united with her! Brady, Kenzie and Conner J are very excited too! They will be staying home with family. We will miss them so much! But we know they are in good hands!

I have added some websites if you would like to learn more about the situation in China.

Thank you for your continued prayers!
Jodi Sue :)