Celia Grace Qianxue

This was sent to me by a fellow Shandong parent who happened to meet Celia in June while visiting the Qingdao orphanage during her adoption trip.

Celia Grace Qianxue!!

I have waited a long time to make this post...

Here is my beautiful Celia Grace:






Here is some info on Celia Grace:
Birthdate: April 29, 2007
Location: Qingdao City Children's Welfare Center in Shandong Province
Chinese Name: Chen Qianxue (We are told that Qianxue is symbolic of "a life's journey of purity")

Can't wait for travel approval and then finally being able to go get my sweet daughter!

Referral Pictures X 3

It is amazing to me...my girls obviously each have their own distinct look in their referral pictures, yet there is something similar about them that you can't quite put your finger on. When we locked Celia's file to submit our paperwork to adopt her, I had not seen her picture yet. Once we opened the email and saw her sweet face, it was unanimous...somehow she looked like a Focarile Girl! Here are the first glimpses I saw of my daughters. They look like they belong together, don't you think?

Emma Rose:


Olivia:


Celia:

LOA is here!!

That is short for Letter of Acceptance. It is finally here!!! This the official agreement between the CCAA and myself for the referral of Chen Qianxue!! Now we await travel approval. We are still hoping to travel in Novemebr.

Too cute!

This is a picture of Emmie and Livvie from Chinese New Year 2006. This is one of my favorite pictures. Not only are they sisters, but they are the best of friends.

Mermaids!

My Olivia is in love with the Little Mermaid. The other day she was praying and even asked God to turn her into a real live mermaid. AS luck would have it, there is a large aquarium in Qingdao, Celia's home town. The aquarium hosts a mermaid show twice a day, so of course, we are going to do everything we can to get Olivia to the aquarium to view the mermaids. Here ae a couple of pics I found of the mermaid show. After Olivia saw these pics, she was absolutely certain that mermaids were indeed real. Emma Rose on the other hand, wanted to know why they were wearing masks.

Where is Celia?

Well, yesterday I received my PA (preapproval) for Celia. That's a step in the right direction. Now I wait for the official agreement to come from China asking if I accept her referral. Hope it comes soon as I want to leave today to get that sweet little girl! In the meantime, I can show you where she is waiting for me.



Celia is Qingdao City in Shandong Province. It is SW of Beijing on the Yellow Sea. Shandong is shaded light purple.