What's in a name?

Ok. So since we started this process, Steve has been calling her Ping.  Why? I don't know. However, he felt she needed a name and bc I couldn't bear to give her a tangible identity back then, he gave her the name Ping. Also through this process, others have known her as Joy. I knew we wouldn't actually call her Joy but Le-the Chinese name for Joy. Last summer I think we came to the agreement that we both liked Lola Le. HOWEVER... after seeing her, we knew she wasn't Lola. Tu Qian Ai is her given name-pronounced "two chin eye" and I wanted to keep at least part of it. Steve knew Emma Kate was my Granny's name and was my "girl" name before we even had the boys.  I agonized over her name and spent  much of my prayer time thinking about her name.  Steve called me a week after we saw her and told me "her name is Ai-Le Kate"-pronounced eye lee. I loved it instantly! I spent that weekend still in prayer over it and had total peace about it, even after realizing we were pronouncing Le a little differently than the actual Chinese word. So with all that said and without further ado... Ai-Le Kate Wright

We're having a toddler!

The last day of Christmas break I took Luke and 3 friends to play at kidcity. We stopped to get an Icee on the way home. 11:53 AM we were getting in the car and I could hear my phone ringing. I assumed it was Steve but as I got in the car and looked at my phone I saw Denver,CO and I knew...I frantically corralled the boys and yelled at them to be quiet bc I was taking a very important call. All I know is the car was or at least seemed silent the entire time I was on the phone. I answered and was told they had a file they wanted us to look at and asked if we wanted to see it. Duh! Of course. She proceeded to tell me about this little girl for over 4 minutes and all I heard was a slightly clearer version of Charlie Brown's teacher. I immediately called Steve and told him he had to come home right away!!! 45 minutes later and we open her file. Actually Steve took too long coming home so I had to sneak a peek at her picture! Even Steve was in awe and kept saying she was perfect! I quickly began sending her file to my "team of experts" however for me that was merely a formality. She was already planted in our hearts.  Monday morning our good friend Paul, who was reviewing her file as well as consulting his colleagues, called me. Paul confirmed what Steve and I already knew...she was perfect and she was ours!!!