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new photos!

Today... we got some more pictures of our precious precious baby girl.

I am so beyond delighted! I'm falling in love with this child every single day and seeing her in these photos just makes her feel so much more real to me. I can even see details of her little fingernails and the beautiful features on her gorgeous little face.

Oh man, I am so smitten it isn't even funny!

I love her so so so SO much.

another update

I love updates!

I've been so anxious to see my beautiful little girls face again that I sent her another different care package through "Gifts to China with Love". I got pictures of what was sent to her, including a panda bear, a toy telephone and of course, candy! Sherri and Katherine (at Gifts to China with Love) are incredible, I got a little verbal update on her stats and general life, which is amazing.

Of course, I am still praying for pictures! ...we'll see, they might happen or they might not. For now I'm thankful for this little update on my sweet sweet girl... you would not believe how much I want to hold her right now.

: HEIGHT - 79CM
: WEIGHT - 9KG
: HEAD - 46CM
: CHEST - 56CM
: FEET - 13CM

: JIANG YANG QI LIVES IN THE ORPHANAGE SINCE SHE WAS FOUNDED. NEVER IN FOSTER CARE.

: JIANG YANG QI CAN WALK AND GO UP AND DOWNSTAIRS BY HERSELF.SHE CAN DRINK WITH A CUP BY HERSELF. SHE IS INTROVERT. SHE IS SHY WITH STRANGERS. SHE HAS FEW WORDS, SOMETIMES SHE SPEAK SIMPLE WORDS LIKE MAMA AND GRANDMA. SHE KNOWS ADULTS' WORDS. SHE KNOWS THE SIGN LANGUAGE OF GREETING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. SHE LOVES TO PLAY WITH MANY CHILDREN, IT WILL MAKE HER HAPPY.

: HER HEART DISEASE IS NOT VERY SICK. SOMETIMES SHE HAS FEVER AND GETS A COLD.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT WITH US. CHANG DE SWI

care package enroute to changde swi

Our agency asked us to get a little care package ready so they could send it to QiQi and hopefully they'll get a little update on her to pass on to us. I'm pretty desperate for an update again, so I got all the things together and dropped it off at the agency. Everything had to fit into a shoebox, so here's what we sent:

: a colourful and very noisy Lamaze doll! Honestly, every part of that doll rattles or crinkles or squeaks. According to her referral information, she 'takes bright colourful dolls and rattles in her hands to play'. Well, with this doll, she's got all that!

: a photo album with pictures of our family. I wish I could have photoshopped her into the photo of the three of us! My photoshop skills are not that great, unfortunately. I did have fun with the stickers and googling the Chinese characters that I needed!

: a little dress and hairclip, actually this dress is the very first purchase I made for QiQi. I bought it last summer, in fact, I also bought Lilah one on the same day and she wore hers last summer - it should still fit her this summer! If my girls aren't wearing them together, maybe they will from afar!

: a bag of sweets and a letter, both for her caregivers.

18 months old today

Baby QiQi, you just hit a special milestone today - you turned 18 months old.

It's hard to put into words how we feel missing special milestones like this. Every day of waiting for you is hard, but soon we will be with you, holding you, loving you, making up for the time we lost without you.

We love you so much already.