Monday, September 24, 2007

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Friday, September 7, 2007

Thinking of my little girl sleeping!!

Was just thinking about Natalie going to sleep..I found these lullabys and thought they were sweet!! Good Night my little Natalie...mommy and daddy love you

Twila Paris - Sing Me a Lullaby

Twila Paris - Now i Lay Me Down to Sleep

Growth Report on Gong Jing Man (Natalie)

Gong Jing Man (Gong is the family name of orphans in Fenyi County SWI, Jing means quiet and Man means full), female, was found abandoned before the gate of our institute at 5:10 am on 12-22-2005 by our staff Ren Xiaoping. We found her birth note and knew she was born on 12-14-2005. She was registered as an orphan of our institute and foster in the institute.

She is always developing well. She had round face, dark hairs and bright eyes, seems so lovely. When she was firstly sent here, her weight was about 6.6lbs. Her umbilical cord just fell down. She adapted well to bottle-fed way. She drank milk every 2 hours and 60ml per time. When she was 1-month old, her weight increased to 8.8lbs. When she was 2-5 month old, to make sure she could get all necessary nutrition, we added lots of snacks for her, such as fresh fruit juice, cod-liver oil,vegetable soup,yolk,rice soup, mashed vegetable,etc. When she was 6-7 month old,she could stretch hands to get the toy far away from her and turn over in bed. She could also sit alone for a short while and say "BaBa (dad) , MaMa (mom). When she was 10-12 month old, she was sensitive to her name, she could burble and sit alone steadily. She could stand up and walk while being propped, wave goodbye and welcome. Imitate adults, point out or say her needs. When she was 13-15 month old, she could walk alone, pick up dropped things, say "Ayi" aunt", point out eyes, hands, and head. She knew the names of things she saw frequently, such as electric light, shoes, socks, etc... She is gentle and quiet, clever and cute. She likes to go outside to play with her friends, watch the running traffic, and passerby. She likes taking shower and eating fruits and biscuits.

She eats table foods, but would have a cup of milk and some cake in the morning and before going to bed. She mainly has milk paste, con gee,noodles,and oatmeal at breakfast and lunch, and has rice or steamed cake at supper. She is not picky at foods. She can eat 200g per meal, and she likes fish, meat ,egg, and all kinds of vegetables. She has 1-2 stools each day. She sleeps well and would wake in the midnight for potty, then sleep through to the morning.

Her current weight is 19.8lbs, height is 29.16 inches, head size is 18.12 inches, chest size is 18.12 inches and foot length is 4.73 inches

Prepared b Fenyi County SWI
7-5-2007

This is what the orphanage sends you..about your child..hopefully we will get her younger pictures ????

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Finally sinking In!!

Well..it has been an exciting couple of days!!! It is still so unbelieveable? We went shopping lastnight..got a few outfits..and picked out the car seat that I (Steph) had to have...its sooo cute!
We are going to take back the bottles!! since our little one is eating from the table..and also she is potty trained? What kind of panties do I buy? I guess I will figure this out!! I have 2 sons..never done the girl thing before..it is going to soo much fun.

We received our package from GreatWall today!! we didn't get any additional pictures..hopefully they will have more later?

Well... I am off to shop!!
Thanks for all the nice comments from everyone!

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

When Love Takes You In - Steven Curtis Chapman

We got the call!!

We got the call at 12:39 today...it's a girl
Jiangxi Province
Fenyi Orphanage
DOB 12-14-2005
29.13 inches
20 lbs
lots of hair to her chin
health is normal Angel
shy
talkative
loves toys
gets along well with others
imitates words





Introducing our daughter Natalie JingAnn Hooker!!
DOB 12-14-2005
Jiangxi Province
Fenyi Orphange

We are waiting!!!

!! Here is the official CCAA news!!!