Cutie Pie!
Our entry for the 131st Kentucky Derby!
Lucy stands her ground
Dr. FedEx makes a special delivery!
Mom signs for the precious cargo!
Mom (w/goofy grin) and Dr. FedEx
Friday, Jan. 27, 2006: Dr. FedEx (We don't know his name but we call him this since he delivered our daughter) was surprised to see us videotaping and photographing him when he arrived at 9:50 this morning with an envelope that gave us the first glimpse of our daughter. He didn't know what he had in his hands was so precious. We immediately when to the bedroom and spread the packet out on the bed, looking frantically for the pictures....
After more than a year of waiting, she finally seems real. Lucy Mei Bridget -- as she'll now be known. The name they gave her at the orphange was Yang Mei Xin, a beautiful name but hard to pronounce with our Western tongues. She's now at the Social Welfare Institute in Yangjiang, China, what appears to be a beautiful city nestled between mountains and the South China Sea. She weighed 16.5 pounds at her 1-year checkup. We're guessing she'll be in the 20 lb. range, give or take, when we meet her. We hope to have her home in a couple months and we can hardly bear to wait. She looks like she's got some 'tude.
From the medical information, it looks like she is healthy. She was brought to the Social Welfare Institute in Yangjiang, a city on the South China Sea, on Sept. 24, 2004, From her size, weight and other information they were able to obtain, the doctors there decided that she was born on that day.
She can stand and walk with help and loves riding her rocking horse. Mom and Dad will be buying one soon. She also loves listening to music. Don't know if they play the Grateful Dead, the Stones, George Jones or Jackson Browne at the Yangjiang Social Welfare Institute but she'll hear it soon enough.
She understands a little Cantonese -- can hand you things if you ask and she understands the word "no." Unfortunately, we don't speak any Cantonese. It's going to be interesting to see if we pick up a few Cantonese words before she picks up a few English words. It's a good thing she's from the South of China. She may understand some of mom's Glasgow, Ky., accent. Anybody know how to say "Y'all stop that" in Cantonese?!!
We will post more info as it's updated before we travel, and of course any more photos!
