Wow! I came home to a wonderful surprise today. There was a box waiting on our front door from my friends Dannye, Ray & Freckles over at LayDFrog. I opened the box and saw SO many cute things in it. We were so excited! There was a cute little red, white and blue dress that…
About a week ago I emailed Brian Stuy from Research China to see if he might be able to locate Sofia’s finding ad. He told me he would research it and get back to me if he could find it. I got an email from him last night that he found it. I feel very…
Hi my name is Claire and I was adopted from the same orphanage as your daughter Sophia. I was adopted in 2003 when I was 8 years old from Jin Chang SWI. I think its cool that your daughter will know a little about her past and where she came from. Since I was 8 years old I remember a lot about the orphanage. I was there when they built the new orphanage building and tared down the old one. When I was there it was also mostly girls and like a couple of boys who were mentally challenged.
I got Sophia’s add from Brian as well. Wonderful to hear the the SWI is a nice one with good care! Hope that helps as you wait to travel! 
How nice for you to have that info and the pictures.
Glad your mind is at ease a bit, knowing she is being well cared for until you can go to her.
That is so great you have these pictures and information. Our agency gives the finding ad and information to families right before leaving the province, at least they did for us. It is such great information to have for your daughter.
How wonderful to be able to have her finding ad and to learn so much about the SWI.
I hope the wait isn’t too much longer for you and Sofia.
This is great information, Jonni! I’m so happy to get all caught up on your blog – you guys have been BUSY!!! It’s like full speed ahead, isn’t it? The room looks great, how wonderful to have the crib up!
Hugs to John. XOXO
What precious information to have.
We just recieved ours from Brian as well, he is great. We got the entire newspaper, it’s just a small farming paper but it’s amazing to see a page of baby faces, with details of where they were left.
We had a chance to visit our orphanage, it was a huge deal for us, and we wouldn’t have missed the opportunity.
We also joined a yahoo group that has parents that have adopted from our SWI. It’s a great resource.
Cant wait for you to travel!
Hayley
can we see the finding ad or is that too personal ??? it’s great to learn more about your darling sofia like that!!
It’s such a special connection to have these pieces of Sofia’s history.
I was tagged by Red Mary Janes to do a post about my favorite Summer evening. My favorite Summer evening would be sitting on our back deck and having a fire in our chimena. I really do LOVE fires and of course smores aren’t so bad either. I would have to have hubby and our…
What a beautiful and peaceful looking spot!
What a great summer evening activity. And, I can picture little Sofia enjoying herself on the grassy area, running around like crazy next summer!
Sounds about perfect to me, too.
Can I join ya on that beautiful deck?
You described Bob and my evening exactly!
I don’t allow Bob to put the firepace on the deck because I am always worried about fires. LOL Myabe I will let him move it up to the deck!
Have a great day!
Tracy
what a gorgeous back deck…looks like a wonderful place to make memories with Sofia….
Absolutely gorgeous! I love your porch and the view is the best!
Looks lovely!
So very nice Jonni. I wish I had a big deck like that.
Your deck looks great! Very inviting!
I got home work today and picked up the mail from the mailbox and I see a package from my buddy Anik from Canada. Anik was nice enough to trade quilt squares with me for the 2nd time, so I would have enough for Sofia’s quilt. When I pulled the package out of the mailbox,…
She is going to look so cute in that little outfit. How thoughtful.
What a cute outfit and surprise! It is always fun to get things for your little one.
What a sweet friend!
Love the fun gifts.
Precious! What a great friend!
Too cute!!! The outfit is adorable! I just want to know where everyone is finding ladybug stuff!! I’m having a hard time finding clothes, accessories and other things with ladybugs on them.
That is so cute~it’s great fun to get gifts in the mail.
Fun surprise!
Adorable! It won’t be long before she’s wearing that!!
That is the sweetest little outfit. I love the quilt square too.
how very sweet,,,come on TA so you can put your sweetie in that sweet-pea outfit…
That is so darling. What a nice firend!!!!
Sofia will look so cute in that oneie.
I have been tagged by RedMary Janes over at The Seventh Diamond to reveal the contents of my handbag. Who knew I was carrying so much crap around with me (lol)??? Okay, I’ll start from the left side: I have 2 pens Keys Tampon & pantiliner 5 packs of gum; Icebreakers in the white box,…
You have a lot of stuff, but I think I have more. Sorry I’m not showing either….LOL.
How’s everything going with you?
Wow that’s a lot of stuff! I have a hard enough time keeping track of what little I carry in my purse.
I love the purse and yours looks like mine normally does. I just got lucky and was tagged for this while I had just switched purses and cleaned everything out.
I cant do it…it’s too embarassing. It’s worse than embarassing…it’s just WRONG.
I need a new purse.
Hayley
OK…….go take a look. You have me beat by about 2 packs of gum but there sure is a lot of stuff in that bag of yours chickie!
That is a lot of stuff. But, it will all change soon and you will have what I have. No purse but a pack back filled with diapers, wipes and snacks!
Woa-buck…that’s a lot of stuff! lol
Oh, man. I’ll try to post mine–it will be all tampons and old receipts.
You packin’ lotsa stuff! Cute purse too.
Lots ‘o goodies!
Cute bag 
That is smart to carry safety pins. It seems somone always needs one, and I never have one.
LOVE the bag. Very cute!
Roy and Lori - Just wanted to say hi!
We visited New York City
at the end of April and
it was an awesome trip!
There is so much to see
and do in New York!
The cheesecake is fabulous!
Have a great week!
Holly - Such sweet gifts. Very cute dress.
Liene - What fabulous gifts!!! They all look so cute and fun!!!
You have some great friends!!!
redmaryjanes - Those are darling gifts@@
Debbie - Congratulations on the referral of your daughter. Your life is going to change forever and you’ll wonder what you ever did without her. They are very special gifts to each and every one of us.
Debbie
(Olivia’s lucky mom)
Roy and Lori - Such cute gifts! So nice
of your friends!
Steffie B. - what cute little goodies!
kris - WOw, Dannye rocks!
C.J. - How sweet is that?!?
Very cute :0)
Stacy - Dannye is just wonderful!
What great gifts. I love the little dress!
Mark and Rebecca - So fun! How nice!
Dannye - so very glad you liked them…and that dress just had Sofia written all over it!! congrats again!!!
nikki - Dannye, Ray and Freckles are so sweet and generous!
Love all of the wonderful gifts they sent you…
Beth and Shayna - Wow, what wonderful gifts. You are surrounded by love from friends and family and that is so great!