Hoffmann Baby #6!

As many of our friends and family know, we will officially be bringing home TWO girls from China during this adoption trip! The grand total for the Hoffmann clan will be six children: four girls, two boys; three adopted, three biological; three children with EB and three children with their own challenges: ages 9, 7, 5, 5, 4, and 3! However you hash it out, our family will be busy and blessed! :)

The newest daughter to our family is a five-year-old cutie with EB like her sisters. We have been following her since LAST year, when we were in the process of adopting Gia. At the time, she had a family in the process of adopting her too, but shortly after we had preapproval from China to adopt Hanna, we found out that this little lady was available for adoption again. Her file was with another agency, but we were in the middle of our home study, and decided to get the okay from our social worker to adopt two at once, JUST in case! :) Last month, the agency that had her file FINALLY agreed to transfer it to our agency (we had been pestering them since April!), and we got preapproval from China soon after! It will be surprisingly easy to add her to this adoption (logistics-wise, anyway)! Like I said, our home study was already written for two children, so our approval from USCIS was also for two children. And she lives in Guangdong province, so we'll be picking her up in Guangzhou, a stop we would have been making anyway to adopt Hanna, since that is where the US Consulate is located! Oh and there is one more seat available in the mini van, and one more space for a bed in our home. ;)

So WHO is this newest one?? :) We will be naming her Caroline Ling, and isn't she beautiful?? <3