SHE was the newborn left on the doorstep of a stranger's home.
Six months after the baby girl affectionately known as Sunday April was abandoned, she now has adoptive parents who have promised whoever her natural mother is that they will "love and take good care of her".
Sunday was discovered by two girls on the veranda of a Dubbo townhouse in April. After a nationwide appeal the natural parents of the baby still haven't come forward.
"We feel blessed to be Sunday's adoptive parents," her new parents told The Daily Telegraph yesterday.
"Our hearts go out to her mum and we appreciate she must have had good reasons to make the decision she did. We want her to know that we will take good care of her daughter.
"Our family is so excited to welcome Sunday into our lives. We love our new daughter very much."
The parents plan to change Sunday's name to give her a normal upbringing away from the spotlight.
They said in the two weeks that she had been with them she had been very healthy and happy and met all her milestones of feeding well and being of a healthy weight.
"She loves to smile and going for walks in her pram," they said. "She is very active and it won't be long before she is crawling."
The Department of Community Services was inundated with well-wishes for the baby but no information about her natural parents came to light.
"We have been very touched by everyone who rang up and wished Sunday well," her parents said.
"As Sunday grows, we will share with her about what happened when she was born, including how so many people helped to try and find her parents and rang to wish her well."
After a child is placed for adoption Community Services supports the family for six months to make sure the child is settling well.
A formal adoption application is then prepared and lodged in the NSW Supreme Court. An adoption order is generally made within a month.
Sunday's new parents are yet to go through this process.---theage.com.au
