Hopeful

Little Laney has finally met her mommy and daddy today! I am so jealous as I read about Jay and Angela's marvelous Gotcha Day today. I can't wait until the day we get to meet Shelby in person. Jay and Angela have been waiting a long long time to finally get their baby girl. I am very happy for the new family. They look very happy and amazingly perfect together at last. I am very hopeful that our day will come soon.

I received an awesome email today from Misty at China Babies that was titled "We finally have approval for the report on your daughter!" We are very excited and hopeful to get this report in about a month or so. It will have current photos and all kinds of information about her current life in China. I know this report will be priceless to her as she gets older and wants to know about her past. Here is a list of some of the questions they ask for the report:

These are some examples of the questions they ask during the interview process:
Information on the caregivers and pictures of any that you can get.
If it is a foster family, what do they do? What is their daily life/routine like?
What are the child's likes and dislikes?
Who are they most attached to of their caregivers?
What do they eat?
When and where do they sleep? (pictures of this if possible) Are they with other children?
How long have they been with the family or at the orphanage?
How are they bathed and do they like baths?
What is their personality like? Happy? Stubborn? Quiet? Shy? etc Describe the child to the best of your ability.
Try to get pictures of anything that has to do with the child and their current living condition.
Have they been ill? If so, with what?
Are there any concerns that the foster family or orphanage has regarding the child?
If it is a foster family, would they like communication from the adoptive family?
Do they seem bonded with the child?
Have they fostered other children or have other children in the home?
What is your perception of the foster family and their relationship with the child?
What are the child's measurements? Head, chest, waist, height, weight, foot size?
Does the child speak? Understand when spoken to? crawl? Walk? Jump? Sit up? Play? Feed herself? Take a bottle? etc.
Do they have any nicknames for the child or what do they call them?

And did I mention PICTURES?! Yes, we hope to have pictures of Shelby soon. Stay tuned.