Baby girl adopted in Vietnam arrives in Camarillo
Long-awaited U.S. visa is finally granted
For the first time in five months, Julie Carroll is finally holding her baby daughter Madelyn Grace in her arms.
It's a moment that Julie and husband Steve sometimes thought would never come.
The U.S. government had denied the little girl entry into the country after the Carrolls adopted 11-month-old Madelyn Grace, whom they call Maddy Grace, and another baby girl, Lillian Rose, in Vietnam in September.
The reunion Sunday brought an end to a long and sometimes bitter struggle that went all the way to Washington, D.C., before finally being resolved.
"We are complete," Julie Carroll, 37, said as she arrived back at the family home in Camarillo to be greeted by friends, family members and neighbors.
Photo by James Glover II
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