Our beautiful daughter
Here she is, in all her rosy chubby cheeked glory!
We received "the call" yesterday, Tuesday August 1. This is the only picture we have of her at the moment. We will get two more in the mail today. I will upload them to the blog soon.
Here's what we know about our little BabyGogo:
Chinese name: Zhang Cai Miao
"Cai Miao" means "colorful seedling". Zhang is her last name, which is the last name given to all of the babies at her orphange. Cai is pronounced "Ki", like the first part of the word kite. Miao kind of sounds like what a cats says.
American name: We have finalized her name! We are not ready to tell you yet.
Birthday: November 23, 2005. She's 4 months old in this picture. She's 8 months old now.
Health: Her health report showed everything normal. She was 13.2 lbs. at 4 months of age.
Location: She's in the Jiangxi province of China, in the city of Zhangshu. She has been in foster care some of the time since she was born.
Personality: She's described as a deep sleeper (oh yeah!), and active, restless, and sometimes impatient. She's said to like music, rattles, and the sound of adult voices.
We are head over heels. We think she's the most beautiful baby girl in all of China! How did we get so lucky? I can't wait to smother those kissable cheeks with kisses!
We will travel to China in approximately 5 to 7 weeks.
That's all for now. What a DAY yesterday was!
We received "the call" yesterday, Tuesday August 1. This is the only picture we have of her at the moment. We will get two more in the mail today. I will upload them to the blog soon.Here's what we know about our little BabyGogo:
Chinese name: Zhang Cai Miao
"Cai Miao" means "colorful seedling". Zhang is her last name, which is the last name given to all of the babies at her orphange. Cai is pronounced "Ki", like the first part of the word kite. Miao kind of sounds like what a cats says.
American name: We have finalized her name! We are not ready to tell you yet.
Birthday: November 23, 2005. She's 4 months old in this picture. She's 8 months old now.
Health: Her health report showed everything normal. She was 13.2 lbs. at 4 months of age.
Location: She's in the Jiangxi province of China, in the city of Zhangshu. She has been in foster care some of the time since she was born.
Personality: She's described as a deep sleeper (oh yeah!), and active, restless, and sometimes impatient. She's said to like music, rattles, and the sound of adult voices.
We are head over heels. We think she's the most beautiful baby girl in all of China! How did we get so lucky? I can't wait to smother those kissable cheeks with kisses!
We will travel to China in approximately 5 to 7 weeks.
That's all for now. What a DAY yesterday was!
posted by More Paul, Less Andrea | 9:04 AM
8 Comments:
Paul & Andrea,
Congratulations! You all are truly blessed. She looks like a very healthy girl. Our first daughter, Zoe, is from the same province but different SWI (Social Welfare Institute). If memory serves me after a one night stay in Hong Kong you will be spending a majority of your time in Nanchang.
Nanchang is a small city by Chinese standards, ~4 million people. You'll be able to find anything you want there so don't go crazy and try and pack one of everything.
If you want to get together with Amy and I to pick our brain's, we would be happy to tell you everything we know or remember.
Congratulations!!!!!!!! Beautiful little girl, sending hugs to all.
Congratulations! She is gorgeous! What cheeks. Our daughter was born 11/26, so they are only a few days apart!!!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
Congrats to you She is so beautiful!!
Anna
blessings on your new daughter. safwe and peaceful journey
Yippee!!!! It does appear that you got the most beautiful girl in all of China.
I can't wait to see the other pictures. Congratulations.
Enjoy the whirlwind of the next 5-7 weeks.
Absolutely GORGEOUS! Am so so happy for you.
Lots of love
Txx
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