Match day was on March 4, 2008. Our agency called us, told us the news of our daughter, and then sent us this little picture of Qian Jiang Feng. You can't imagine the emotions that went through the two of us as we saw for the very first time, our daughter, whom we have waited for a little over two years. She was so cute and looked so healthy. (This picture was taken in February so Emma was about seven months old. )
The next day, we received a packet of information telling us all about our little Emma as well as two more pictures. This set of pictures was taken a few months earlier at five months old. (As soon as we get them loaded on this computer, we'll post them) In this packet, we also learned how our daughter was given her name. Qian is her surname and comes from "Qianjiang"which is the district of her orphanage. The Jiang Feng was given because it was a very beautiful sounding name. We also learned that Jiang Feng in English, translates "River Phoenix".
Since naming Joshua, we knew that our daughter would be Emma. Why? We just liked it. Josephine was chosen in honor of Eileen's mother's middle name. It's rather funny, because Eileen didn't think her mom liked her middle name all that much, but she knew Eileen loved it. We kept the Jiang Feng because we agreed with her caregivers... it was a beautiful sounding name. It also went well with Emma Josephine. So here she is ladies and gentleman...... Emma Josephine Jiang Feng Hannemann. We can't wait until the day we can love on her and hold her in our arms.
