Part 2: A Fork in the Road

In 2007, Xia's paperwork was submitted for the international adoption program.

 Many adoptive parents have tried to figure out how the order in which children from a particular orphanage are selected to become eligible for adoption.  So far we have not found any rhyme or reason as to the particular order in which the children enter the adoption system.  There are many children from our daughter's orphanage who were adopted before Sydney who were both older and younger.  There are also many children who were adopted after Sydney who were both older and younger.  They are all beautiful, smart, healthy, and very well adjusted children. 

 It seems that it is the "luck of the draw" so to speak.

So, in January 2008 Xia's family saw her picture for the first time.
She was almost 6 years old and her family could not wait to bring her home.

In June 2008, her family traveled to China to bring her home.  Xia's dream came true.  She finally had a Forever Family to call her own...Our family.  She is now known as

Sydney Fu Xia.                               

But what about Pei?  The little girl who shared such a similar beginning? 

to be continued...