New pictures of Adelie!

Hi!
Here are a couple new pictures of Adelie that were taken TODAY! Things are looking good that I might be able to travel in early December to bring her home!!! She weighs 26 lbs and is 32" tall. She'll be 2 yrs old on January 8th - she'll be 22 months old tomorrow. We got our 2nd (and BIGGEST) approval on Monday of this week. Now we just await the Travel Approval, which should come in the next couple weeks and then we can buy my ticket to go get her. :-)
Nancy Ann

Next Approval Arrived!!!

Our Letter of Approval arrived from China at our agency! We'll have it tomorrow, will sign it and send it right back. They'll send it on to China. We're hoping to receive our Travel Approval quickly, so we could have Adelie home for Christmas!

Happy dancing at the Wartman home!
Nancy Ann

It's a LADYBUG room!

Martin is painting - this used to be his room. It was a brilliant blue - you can still see the blue through the primer. The top is pink, bottom is sage green now.

Camille painting:Georgia and Dad getting the crib together:


Ladybug border!

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")