After nearly four years, we have the most exciting news...this afternoon we received our referral from China!! Her Chinese name is Xi Xue Li and she was born on June 30, 2009. We have several pictures...I will post them later tonight! :)
This was a complete and total surprise...we have been told all along that our Log In Date is April 17, 2006, and the referrals that landed today only covered through April 5. BUT...ours was included!! We had sent our dossier to China at the end of March 2006, so it looks like we had been given the wrong LID, and in our favor! :)
She is in the Kunming CWI (the orphanage) in the Yunnan Province of China. We have a huge packet of information on her...unfortunately, most of it is in Chinese! :) Our agency is getting it translated for us, but they thought we would want to come and get her picture today! We hope to travel at the end of March/beginning of April...Mara has felt all along that we would be in China for Passover, and now it looks like that might come true!! :) This was truly out of the blue - we hadn't expected a referral for another 5 or 6 months - and we feel so very blessed! More to follow soon...
HUGE News!!
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Monday, February 01, 2010
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WOO HOO! She's so young! I'm a little sad remembering I won't get to travel with you wonderful ladies but SO happy for you and of course mommy to the best girl on earth
Aww, congratulations on your Kunming Kutie (we have a six year old from Yunnan)...you will love it there!
Congratulations! What a fantastic, awesome surprise!
Congratulations from a fellow Kunming Mom (and mom to a Xi girl!!) Email me if you want any info I have on the Kunming CWI (and the yahoo group is fairly good, just be aware that..umm...things have recently been said and there's drama...your daughter is LIKELY in foster care no matter what the paperwork says, and updates are IMPOSSIBLE, as are sending care packages). :)
Kunming Foster care is phenomenal!!!! I can't wait to see photos!!!!!
Muchas felicidades. Estoy escribiendo desde Barcelona y he visto vuestro blog.
Doble felicitación, primero por esta asignacion que todavía no esperabais y por esta pequeña que es realmente una de las niñas más hermosas que he visto.
Congratulatiuons!
Fina
This is so wonderful for you. Congratulations!
Oh She is SO beautiful!!! Congrats!!!!!!
Don't you just love when China surprises you!!! This happened to us in November when we got our LOA in just 8 days for a SN referral!!! We leave for China in 22 days!!! Soon you will be on your way too!
Congratulations. She is PRECIOUS!!
Blessings,
Diana
(RQ)
Congratulations! She's beautiful!
Also from a fellow Kunming Mom. We were told our son was at the orphanage, but when we got there he had actually been in foster care, though it's worth seeing the orphanage if you're given the chance.
Beautiful, wonderful exciting news!!! We have a Kunming firecracker, too and yes...ALL the girls are firecrackers!!! She came home in July 07. You will LOVE Kunming...truly an unique and beautiful part of China!! Blessings, stacy
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