Adelie Mei Wartman

This was taken when Adelie was about 9 1/2 months old when some wonderful volunteers (Thanks Carrie!) were helping at the Jinjiang City Orphanage, where Adelie is residing:

These are our referral pictures, taken in March 2007, 14 months old:

We requested updated photos and here she is at 19 1/2 months old:

Here is info on Adelie:
Birthdate: January 8, 2006
Orphanage: Jinjiang City Children's Welfare Institute
Province: Fujian Province
Special Need: She is blind in her right eye and otherwise, a very healthy girl.
Current weight: 24 lbs
Current height: 29 1/2 inches

Adelie is residing at the Jinjiang City Children's Welfare Institute in Jinjiang near Quanzhou in the Fujian Province. Here is a map of the area- you can zoom out on the map to see that this is a coastal area right across the water from Taiwan.

Chinese name: Jiang Yu Xuan
Jiang - this is her surname, all the children in her orphanage have this surname, "ji-ung"
Yu - means jade
Xuan - means announce, proclaim
They call her Yu Xuan (pronounced like "You Shwan")