The red thread bringing Nicole into our lives started to weave while we were in China in 2003. The day after we adopted Gianna, Nicole was born.
In a poor province of China with little historical significance our precious child was born. Even while we were in China adopting our first daughter we knew we would be back soon for our second daughter.

While at home with Gianna for only days I was already looking at the new waiting children list searching for our daughter. My heart continued to ache looking for her. We did not know then why we had such a strong pull to bring us back to China so soon. Of course we know now that Nicole was destined to be our child.

We had finally waited the required year before submitting our paperwork to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs. When I first saw Nicole I knew she would be placed quickly. She had a very mild medical issue. I looked to find a child that would be harder to place. But Nicole was meant to be our daughter. Her sweet face was calling to me. We called on her a week later. When I was given her birthday I knew why I felt so anxious to find our second daughter for the last year. Her soul had been calling us since the day she arrived in this world. We had not even finished our first amazing journey when our second was already beginning.

Our wait to find Nicole seemed so long. Now we had to wait to be united with her. The six long months of waiting were torture. I was loosing faith that we would ever meet our baby girl.

Finally we received 'the call', actually an e-mail. When Nicole met us in the Adoption Center in Nanchang it was as if she knew who we were. She was ready to go home. She did not mourn any losses. She stepped into our family so easily.

We are thankful to have Nicole home. Our hearts are full with love for our daughters. We feel at peace that our family is complete (for now). We will wait to see if we will have another encounter with the red thread.