Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
OK, so where to start? We met You Li yesterday at the civil affairs building in Guangzhou. She came with her nanny, another little girl, and the paperwork director for her orphanage. When I saw her I knew it was her immediately. She came to me with not a single backwards glance and we have not seen a single tear yet. You Li is VERY tiny. Like, get this girl some groceries, tiny. I don't think that she had ever had her teeth brushed until yesterday, however she let me both brush and floss them. Dr. Fleshman, our dentist, will be seeing a lot of us soon.
We learned that she has been attending a preschool that was just set up at her orphanage. We were really pleased to hear that!
Today we finalized her adoption at the same civil affairs office. Apparently, when you do paperwork in China you do it in triplicate! So today Emmeline You Li Rolf is offically a Rolf!
Some things we have learned about our girl:
She will eat anything
She loves to dance and act crazy and get quite overstimulated
She loves hair doodads, bows and clippies (yay)
She loves to look at herself in the mirror (especially in her new clothes)
She likes stickers
She whispers to herself when she falls asleep
She is VERY young for her age. I would put her development somewhere in the 2 year old range.
She is just a doll and we think she is perfect!
Good night from Guangzhou!
We learned that she has been attending a preschool that was just set up at her orphanage. We were really pleased to hear that!
Today we finalized her adoption at the same civil affairs office. Apparently, when you do paperwork in China you do it in triplicate! So today Emmeline You Li Rolf is offically a Rolf!
Some things we have learned about our girl:
She will eat anything
She loves to dance and act crazy and get quite overstimulated
She loves hair doodads, bows and clippies (yay)
She loves to look at herself in the mirror (especially in her new clothes)
She likes stickers
She whispers to herself when she falls asleep
She is VERY young for her age. I would put her development somewhere in the 2 year old range.
She is just a doll and we think she is perfect!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
We made it to LA today! Our flight to Guangzhou, China takes off tomorrow at 1:50 Texas time. I just cannot believe that we are finally on this trip! In just a few days You Li will be with us! It is surreal! We went to Manhattan Beach today fun but kind of cold! I am not sure how to add pictures from my phone so that will have to wait!
Julie, Alexander and Arden
Julie, Alexander and Arden
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
We Leave Tomorrow!!
AND HOLY COW THE CAT PEED IN THE SUITCASE so we had to buy a new one!! Hopefully this is not a taste of things to come! Happy thoughts!!
Julie
Julie
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