Tuesday, September 4, 2007

It's a Girl!



Name: ////
Date of Birth: XXXX, 20
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Nine month report weight:15.4 lbs

"Quiet, fond of listening to music, no teeth, likes to imitate...and fond of quietness...a deep sleeper" She is a quiet baby. (Wait 'til she gets home!)
We think she's very cute and looks alot like David's sister Emily, and her son Vincent. /// can also eat biscuits without help, pick up small beans and likes playing with toys--just like David. Medical report will be going out to her doctor this week. We'll report more when we hear back.

Update 8/7/2007:
We got her detailed information very quickly! She had a birth note with her birthday and was left at the //// orphanage gates and found by 4:30 am. She was just under 5 lbs when found, so they treated her as a premature infant. Her growth is going well. Her nickname is /// (pronounced ///) and she is an active baby, but thin. Her report stated that she will come to you quickly in her walker when called, and she likes playing with toys and going outside. They sum up her growth history by stating,"She is pretty, clever and active." We think she's terrific. On review of her medical, Dr. has identified a few medical issues that we need to address. We'll spend next week getting our paperwork back to our agency, and consulting with Dr. Aronson. (www.orphandoctor.com). We want to get some vitamin supplements out to our kid right away! We hope to send a care package soon. Our travel time guestimate is between October 25 and November 5, with travel to Beijing, Nanchang (we'll pick up ///  there) and then on to Guangzhou then home...
Update 8/9/2007
We mailed off our acceptance letters today. We have a phone conference with Dr. Aronson on Wednesday. The staff at our agency called today and said they will try to contact the orphanage to check for updated medical information. We want to know if her teeth are coming in! David is making some sketches to paint the room.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Referrals are on the Way!

FINALLY ! We just got word that referrals have been matched through 11/25/2005. Our LID (Log In Date) is 11/22/05. Last month, referrals went to 11/21/05, so we knew we were next. We are excited, thrilled, and nervous...of course. We should get word during the next day or two. Want to take a guess? See poll below. We are keeping busy today painting doors and baseboards, and trying to get most of it done before it hits 105. For fun, check out the blog on NevadaClan from Henderson. This is another family who waited over 2 months for their Federal paperwork, just like us. They just arrived in Beijing today!

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Marco Polo brought Pasta to the World from China


Spaghetti is Good. Frankie at dinner, 1967.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

October 2005.

October 2005. We are on vacation on the Oregon coast. Having fun, visiting light houses, picking out our retirement fishing shack on the Rogue River. We are on VACATION from paperwork, having sent off our final batch of paperwork to our adoption agency. Now all we do is wait. Right? Wrong! Little did we know -- two years will pass, during we will basically have to re-do all of our paperwork: fingerprints, background checks, homestudy and pestering our local USCIS office to return our 171-H during this century. But here we are, back in the day, all happy and thinking we'll have our little one by May 2006.