Our Journey to Ellie: Travel Approval Received!

Monday, August 20, 2007

Travel Approval Received!

We just got an email from Nicole at GWCA - our TA arrived! This means that Nicole can now request a Consulate Appointment for us (American Consulate in Guangzhou to get a visa for Ellie), and we should get appointment confirmation by Wednesday! Once we receive a confirmed CA, we can finally arrange our international travel, and Nicole will arrange our intra-China travel and hotels! We're on our way!!!!!

-Dianne

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Taken from her 11/20/06 Development Report:

Hong Xiao Ying was born on March 30, 2006. She was sent to the Nanchang Social Welfare Institute in Jiangxi Province by the police station on April 12, 2006. The children's department estimated her birthday and gave her a name. Her physical development was as follows: height 49 cm; weight 3.6 kg; head circumference 34.5; chest circumference 33 cm. She has left cleft lip and bilateral cleft palate. She was lovely and chubby.

On her arrival, she was just half a month old. She was good at feeding and drank a lot of milk. Sometimes she would spit up some milk. When she was one month old, she reacted to sounds, watched adults' faces when drinking milk or when spoken to, and turned her eyes and head toward light. When she was two months old, she could move her hands and feet well and use her feet to kick her quilt. Sometimes she uttered the sound of "er . . . er." When she was three months old, she could turn her head toward acquaintances and visually followed moving objects. She had a ready smile. When she was four months old, she could raise her head and grasp objects near her hand. She liked to be teased by adults and laughed aloud. When between five and six months old, she was able to utter all kinds of sounds, began to distinguish between strangers and acquaintances. She knew her own name. At seven months old, she cound sit alone steadily, and was very lovely and active. When hearing music, she will sway her hands. She is fond of being taken out to play by her foster mother. She seldom gets ill, except for occasional colds.

April 18, 2007 Update (provided by our friend Ann in Guangzhou):

Weight: 10 kg; height: 77 cm; head circumference: 43 cm; chest circumference: 45 cm; foot length: 12 cm; teeth: 4 upper, 4 lower. She uses a cup, not a bottle. She only wears a diaper at night. She can stand by herself if she holds onto something, and is just beginning to walk. She is very sweet and girly!!!

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Travel Approval Received!

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