Maïla's China adoption story

[Hopkim98]

:) What adoption agency?

[Hopkim98]

What website did you use to adopt her? :) She is adorable!

[marlene67ca]

We do not adopt through a website. We adopt through an adoption agency. We do not choose our child, It is luck that ours just happen to be so adorable.

[anatheistmyself]

其實, 我個人也想要到大陸去領養一個小孩!

我是台灣人.

[Mandymarie1429]

in the part where she waz cryin i started cryin too

[yeyephoebe]

She is so beautiful. As a Chinese, thank you.

[fullhouseXDD]

this is truly an amazing story.

i'm glad she finally found a family that will and always love her.

[marlene67ca]

Beijing Angelic Choir, It is their Chinese Lullibies album

[marlene67ca]

Beijing Angelic Choir, It is their Chinese Lullibies album, every song is amazing

[juliajones92]

You guys are a beautiful family!

[PiscesAnnie]

aww she is adorable! How awesome! I am a birthmom and my daughter is 5, its an open adoption

[MsPeggyG]

This makes me smile.. Such a beautiful baby, how lucky she is and how lucky you are. :)

[koboo87]

Ur adopted daughter is very cute! God Bless U!

[MsPeggyG]

I love this video! And you are so lucky to have her.. She is beautiful and now she has a family that will love her forever. So she is lucky too. :) How old was she when you got her? I always ask this when I see Gotcha-videos, since I am interested in how old are the children given for adoption. It depends on the parents, their age, I think?

[iraqidolphin]

The music is beautiful and your daughter is adorable.

[vdewey]

What a beautiful video. Can you give me the song name? It was very enchanting. Would love to do yoga to that song. =)

[k8ttleson]

An amazing and beautiful video.

[Maivlag1]

Hello! My name is Maila too. My ancestors are from China. What a beautiful story this is! It brought tears to my eyes. It's good to know Maila will have a good life now. I hope to adopt a girl someday too but it is too expensive. You are truly blessed.

[00bleeding]

beautiful song

[misatok579]

Your daughter is very beautiful. Her smile at the 5:00 mark is just so sweet and makes your heart ache. It just breaks your heart to hear of how the little girls in China are cast to the side, if only there were more people in the world like you and your husband that could adopt those sweet little girls.

[seaweed9999]

it's a touching video, and the baby is sooo cute! lovely little cheeks! Love to see her smile

[malibu64]

omg ADORABLE!! that smile cracks me up!

[JeremyJessicaChina]

你女儿很可爱... your daughter is cute. My wife and I are currently waiting to adopt from China (LID early 09). Though the waiting is hard, I am trying to look at the positive sideI have time to learn Mandarin. Thank you for sharing Mailas story, it was beautiful to watch.

[chinesemusicDJ]

How's that going for you?

[spikydurian]

Beautiful and touching music. Her nanny in China looked like a kind and gentle lady. I love that smile at 5.01! Simply heart winning. All the blessings to your family.

[bridgetblose]

She acted like she was very attached to the woman that handed her over....

[marlene67ca]

It was it was very hard for her and it was hard for us to see her mourn so deeply.

[gossipinghermit1]

What a beautiful family :) My husband and I have been wanting to adopt since we met, but it's so expensive! Someday we will :) God bless you and your family!

[clairekk]

Guiyang is my home tone.

So impressed by the American couple's kind heart and humanity!

[lullabywin]

hi... i have a deep feeling while watching.... coz i felt... maybe its cruel to be left or abandon.... but i believe God has better plan/s for her..... thats to bless her...... n to be able to live with u and now her new family is the very first step of blessing...... n i just want to encourage u to continue ur zeal in loving her... May God bless u n family...Amen...!!

[agbtmom]

I often wonder who is more blessed....the parents who have these beautiful children to love or the children who have these incredibly loving parents to share their lives with. Your family is beautiful...I'll simply say you're ALL blessed!

[mad4labz]

This video made me cry. Your daughter is absolutely adorable, you must be so proud. God bless you all x

[marlene67ca]

A note to let you know that there are some comments I will not approve st this time. The reason for this is: I made this video as a gift to my daughter. She is only 5 years old at this time and can not understand the social issues behind her adoption. We will explain it to her in a loving way when she can understand it. For now we want her to understand that there are more reasons for her to be proud of her heritage than to be ashamed.

[inkme1983]

beautiful

[honeyBzzzzzzzzzzzZZZ]

wow this clip made me cry..how sweet and god bless your family

[blacksheba]

She's a doll.

[quichito2]

muy god bless this family and maila is so cute i want to keep her

[Kyrose]

She's very beautiful. I can understand why some parents are forced to give up their child for adoptions if they can't really provide for their child. It's better to have someone take care of your child and raise then leave it in the cold streets and starve to death.

I wish I can adopt a baby boy or girl or two, just to give them the happiness and the privileges that they never experienced unlike what I had. Kids like that does not deserve such cruel fate.

Good job. ^_^

[liwendong2005]

good luck to you and your family! moved every time watching such adoption vid

[cabbagemintor]

Mine, what a huge welcoming party home! Are you guys celebs or what? Well, you are star for the way you show your love to your two daughters. They look very similar. They probably chose Maila to match her jie jie (big sister!) LOL!! I agree with the person who said the pic where you held Maila high up in a stroller is the cutest. Akem, people usually held up a trophy that way; Maila is a huge prize, I grant you that. Best Wishes and Blessings galore!!

[Existantia]

She's so sweet and adorable! It sucks that children are left on the street because of their parents or circumstances. She is a very lucky baby. She is lucky to have found you and I'm sure vice versa! All the best.

[vertstylus]

You have saved a baby from a dreary future. You are blessed with a heart of gold.

[sweetie197]

she is so cute good luck with your family!

[388Penguin388]

Lovely video, my fave part is when your hubby lifted her up in the stroller at the airport so everyone could see her! Best wishes to you. From, a mom to a Jiangxi girl 2/06 & LID 4/07 for 2.

[deniseyoung]

Just love her smile at 4:59! I can tell from the clip that she is a very smart little one. Thank you for sharing this precious and very fine edited video, it fills my heart with love and warmth everytime I watch this.

[earring]

It's so sweet of you to adopt her to take care of her. Very cute daughter. Good luck with everything!

[deniseyoung]

So much love and caring! How I love her grin at 4:58!

[alkemaeleven]

Very good video! Your daughter is such a cutie! I just got back with my little brother Jairus this week, check out my videos!

[billfun]

beautiful girl! Good luck to your family.

[sarrentl]

What a beautiful baby girl!! God bless you all. Just wondering, what are the names of the two songs, and who sings them? They are lovely! Brought a tear of joy to my eyes!

[LuvAu]

God Bless your family, this is sweet!

[coolxuemin]

wooow

[danpt2000]

It would be kind of sad if she grew up not knowing her roots. Everyone must face the truth as they grow, she has Chinese blood, and should be aware if not proud of that. I wish her happiness...

[marlene67ca]

She is now 5 years old a very much aware she is chinese and hopefully she is very proud of it. Though she will never meet her biological parents she will know her roots, we've planned a big trip to China when she is a teenager to visit her birth country. We talk about her roots on a daily basis it is just part of our lives, kinda of hard to hide it don't you think

Proud Mom to 2 chinese girls

[cabbagemintor]

Her Chinese foster mom seems awfully nice. I hope you will meet her again with Malia when you go back to visit in China. Malia WILL be very proud of her and will like her like you obviously do.

[marcelamax]

beautifull story!!

I hope to be bless when I grow up, so I could also adopt!

[flippinxgymnast]

Omg that was so sweet i started tearing up at the end lol. i also want to adopt a baby when i grow up so hopefully tat would happen. God bless ur family and have a wonderful life with your two beautiful daughters

[linldf]

i hope they can be happy in anywhere .i hope they can feel they have a harmony family.

[jimbo23337]

I have posted to your video before...I just want to say that it is awesome to see this video over and over again. My family has also seen this video, to help them prepare for the trip...I am currently sitting in the Ramada Hotel in Guizhou, and it seems to considered "adoption central." Is that the same hotel that you got your daughter?

[marlene67ca]

Wow!! I envy you so much for being in China. I hope everything is going well. Thank you so much for the compliment. I am very proud of my videos and especially proud to have my daughters in my life. Enjoy your trip.

[leiege]

Beautiful video! We also adopted our first daughter in Guizhou feb/mar 2004. We stayed at the Miracle hotel.

[kira478]

she is such a cute girl. are you guys going to have her learn chinese and english or jusy know english or whatever language you speak

[marlene67ca]

She speaks French and some english. I know just a few words of chinese, so I can not teach her.

[kokokgirl]

My daughter was adopted from Yangchun in February 2006. We are currently waiting for our second child. My daughter LOVES this video. We watch it at least 5 times a day. I'm hoping it helps her with our return trip.

[Shinde16]

omg this is such a good video

i'm 19 and my dream has always been very very into adopting i've always said it be an Asian child and China and Korea are my priority!

and i LOVE LOVE the music u have it sounds so calming and gentle like :)u have a beautiful Family

[Slave4Anime]

She is such a beautiful child. I plan on adopting sometime in my late 20's. This video was very beautiful... Thank you for uploading.

[jimbo23337]

That is awesome and great that you have posted your video of your adoption adventure. My family is adopting from the same province and traveling sometime next month. This video is making me more excited to back to China!God bless...

[umbraven]

I'm an 18yr old in Canada, and I've known since I was 9 that I'm going to adopt from China one day. A lot of the people around me don't understand my choice. They think the "right" way to do it is by having your own. Your video says everything I can't put words to. You and your husband are inspiring. Thank you :)

[Slave4Anime]

I am also 18 yrs old and want to adopt from China or Vietnam someday.

[heishehui90210]

Hi there.. just in case you didn't manage to read "echopeng"'s chinese words.. here's a translation.

"I'm not sure if you can read this. But it's a word of blessings from China. Thank you so much for your love and thank you for adopting her! Thank you!"

Yup that's it!

[marlene67ca]

Thank you for the translation. I had used google translation and that is about what I understood. It is very touching receiving comments from the chinese community.

[alexchen1971]

beautiful girl,very good parents,very touching video,happy family.

[lunaticdawn83]

As a Chinese, thank you for taking care of the baby girl. May the God bless you and ur family forever.

[bonbon916]

Marlene: thank you for sharing both your daughters' adoption day videos. The are beautiful, and I was a little teary. I am logged in for China, also, just waiting for a referral. The music you used was wonderful, also. Congratulations on your family!!

[lukygirl314]

Could you please tell me what the title of that cd is and where you brought it? I would like to buy it for our baby too :) Thanks in advance.

[marlene67ca]

It is the Beijing Angelic Choir. This CD is Chinese lullabies.

[lukygirl314]

Wow... I really loved your video. I was touched by your daughters beautiful smile. Great choice of music. You are both very loving parents. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. I have 1.5 of my own and am thinking of adopting our 3rd one. China is beautiful.

[zanecai1]

Thanks for adopting the Chinese girl! We Chinese all are so grateful for that -- God bless you!

[echopeng]

我不知道,你能不能看得懂这个来至中国的祝福,不管怎么说 先谢谢你们的爱心,其次希望你们能善待她！！！xie xie

[marlene67ca]

Maybe your right my daughters will never really understand what it is to be Chinese. We sometimes say they are like bananas yellow on the outside but white inside. They lost their chance to really be chinese when we adopted them. But they gained a family that will love them dearly for the rest of their lives and we are trying very hard that they be proud of their origines, because we are.

[iceraintear]

bless you lovely girl!

[Leifang22]

That was a beautiful video and you are a beautiful family:)

[MeiHua16]

Beautiful and very touching...

[collenekennedy]

THis is lovely. We are 7 months in to our second adoption and posted our own video, "Adopting Gianna Forever." How sweetly I remember so much of what was on your video.

This second time is taking much lnger than our first, but it's wonderful to know there's someone we are going to fall in love with all over again.

Peace to our daughter's birthmothers.

[frozeninalaska]

BEAUTIFUL video!!

We leave next week to bring home our daughter.

[lvdbyHim]

Oh my gosh..so WONDERFUL! We are trying desperately to raise money for our adoption. I hope you and your family are blessed by God! Jeremiah 29:11 I pray for a day like the one you have had.

[quanyin04]

So beautiful... I had tears in my eyes. To see her go from crying to that tentative smile, from scared to feeling secure, from arching her back to show displeasure to playing with your face while laying down... she is beautiful. And to see all three of you looking at her referral info was touching. What was the music you used? It was beautiful.

[marlene67ca]

Thank you for the comments. The music from both my videos are from the Chinese Lullabies sang by the Beijing Angelic Choir.

[quanyin04]

That's funny - I have that CD but don't remember the music. But when I heard it with your video, it just really grabbed me. I'll have to put it on again... and listen with new ears.