lifelove&Piper: February 2008

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

No word yet....

No word on TAs (travel approvals) yet. I'm really thinking it will be sometime next week before we hear anything. And about that travel... we are taking everyone except Kellen who can't get away from work - what a bigshot! :) Anyway, I'm wondering as I'm driving them to school this morning and they can't keep their hands off each other or their bickering to a low roar, what am I nuts? I'm getting ready to set off on a 13 hr. plane ride to China with these guys?! It looks to me like a nice dose of pre-flight Benadryl is in their future.....or maybe mine!

Monday, February 25, 2008

We finally have her!

We've waited so long, and she's finally arrived! We're proud to announce the newest addition to our family, Piper Grace Downing. Her given Chinese name is Xi Weili (Xi stands for Wuxi, Weili means beautiful). We received our referral on 2-4-08. We hope to travel mid-March. She is everything we'd hoped for. She's active, extroverted, talks in a loud voice, and loves to eat. Now you know she's going to fit right into this family! No wallflowers around here!

Our daughter, Piper.

She was found abandoned at the No. 24 gate of Guangfeng 1st village, Wuxi on 5-3-2003. She was wearing yellow sweater and there was a birth note stating she was born on 3-30-2003. ....When she was first sent here, she was weak. Under the care of the caregiver, her health condition improved much after she got 1 year old. ....She became a fat, white and lovely child. She was sent into foster family on 7-1-2004, she adapted her new life quickly.

Now ....she is active and interested in everything. She likes to play games. She is courteous. She usually talks in loud voice. She gets along well with other kids. She is emulative. She likes dressing up and wearing new clothes. She has a strong personality and is self-partial and adventurous. She has good memory and can remember all the names of people she is familiar with. She is a good kid and studies hard with good receptivity. She learns new things quickly and does best while playing games.

You know, several people have commented to me what a lucky little girl she is to have us. I have to tell you, we're the ones who feel pretty lucky right now!