Inside One Family's 8-Year Battle to Adopt Their Son: 'We Thought About Him Every Day'

For more on the Umbergers' amazing story, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday. When Jim and Stephanie Umberger first decided to adopt a little boy from the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan in January 2008, they couldn't believe how quickly everything fell into place. Within three weeks of seeing a photograph of the 2-year-old with curly blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes, they were on a plane to meet him in person. Several days later, they were saying goodbye with promi...