Our Daughter From China

This Blog shares our journey to bring home our daughter from China. It tells something of her story and of our story with her.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

New Picture!!!

We have a new picture of our daughter! A connection was made, and through an act of grace we have more information on how well she is doing.





From the picture, you can tell she is not doing bad at all in the SWI! She has real baby toys to play with and a real nanny giving her special attention in the "First Hugs" program. Fu Xuan is clearly drawn to music! If music comes on as she is playing with toys, she’ll put down the toys and swing to the beat!

As of November, she heavily into tasting everything, tasting the world: she bites everything she grabs, no matter if it’s the pacifier or her nanny's hand. When her nanny says “ouch” in response to her bite, she feels triumphant!

Fu Xuan also knows about cause and effect. She can communicate with her nanny to take her to the light switch, and once there, she loves to turn the lights on and off over and over again.

It is also wonderful to hear that she knows her caretakers and is wary of strangers. It is a sign of healthy attachment that she’ll cry when she sees strangers.

2 Comments:

  • At 3:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Congratulations! Your daughter is adorable. My daughter Avery (2 1/2) is also from Youyang, but resided at the Youynag Orphanage (which is now closed ... your daughter may have been there before it closed May 2006). If you'd like to see pictures of Youyang, you can see some at:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mclaughlinpix/

    Again, congratulations and good luck in China!

    Laura

     
  • At 10:09 PM, Anonymous Amy Rasmussen said…

    Hello! Your baby is adorable! I know you don't know me. My name is Amy and I am a military wife with 3 children. I stumbled across your page looking for the correct symbols in chinese for the word "blessed". Do you think you could help me? My email is yssar1997@yahoo.com. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again and good luck with baby Fu Xuan!! Shes beautiful-God Bless you and your family.

     

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