Once In A Blue Moon

There's a blue moon this year on New Year's Eve


What are the chances of a blue moon and our log in date both occurring on New Year's Eve?


Log In Date: 12-31-2009
 New Year's Eve!

What a wonderful way 
to begin the new year

2010

Video Update!

December 26, 2009

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Fun times on the slide at KFC

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Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

She Smiles!!!

Mei Mei and the Colonel

One thing we know for certain about our little girl...

She loves French Fries...

...and KFC!

We made a photo book with these photos

look how much we have in common

Jie Jie and Ge Ge like KFC too

Here she is, holding an empty carton,

down to her last french fry!

D.T.C.!

DTC

Documents To China

As of today the dossier we were compiling for the last several months is complete and on it's way to China. All the paper chasing and scrambling to get our dossier prepared is finally over!

If this is what it looks like outside today...

How can there be one of these on the wall across from my desk?

 Little ladybug on a snowy day

What's all the fuss about lady bugs?
In the China adoption community lady bugs are said to bring good luck!

You Must've Been A Beautiful Baby

Finding Ad Photo:

Since 1999, the orphanages in China are required to run a provincial newspaper advertisement for children that are found and brought to their orphanage. 

We call them "Finding Ads." 

These ads contain information about where and when the children were found and which orphanage is caring for them. 

Originally these were text-only ads, but most provinces now include photographs in their ads. These photographs are usually the earliest available pictures of the children, some from as young as a few weeks old.

The ads are placed in fairly small newspapers (usually police or legal papers) which have very small circulations. Each ad is published only once, and is contained in a group of ads from the same orphanage. Each orphanage publishes ads a few times a year. Since each orphanage publishes ads anywhere from two to six times a year, depending on size, it is possible for up to six months to go by before a found child's ad is published.

This could be the oldest photograph we will have of Chun Tian.

If you would like the finding ad for your child contact: 
www.research-china.org