We got a translation yesterday of Emma's growth and development records. All very interesting and valuable. She's been in foster care, under the supervision of the orphanage. They say "her routine daily life is very regular" (up at 7:00, breakfast, morning nap, lunch, afternoon nap, dinner, in bed by 8:00). Her "main meal is milk, rice noodle. Supplemental meal is steamed egg, noodle, vegetable and porridge." It also says, "Qi, Jia Yan has a outward personality. She is active and smart. Her mental development is good. She can get on well with others and likes to show off herself. She likes to play outside, when she stays outside, she is so happy and exciting, she can stand up by holding the object. She likes to watch TV, anyway, she is an attractive and lovely little girl." I believe this was all written when she was about 14 months old.
Wikipedia says this about QiChun County, in Hubei province, where Emma is from: "The County has produced hundreds of scholars and doctors and is known as 'The County of Scholars.' Perhaps not surprisingly, the local character is considered 'refined.' Hubei people are known as (and refer to themselves as) '9-headed birds.' This is meant as a compliment: they are both talkative and clever (9 mouths yacking; 9 brains thinking). Hubei people are said to be 'square and sturdy' (that is, healthy, strong, and square-and-sturdy in appearance)."
Sounds like she'll have quite a personality!
Sisters
4 years ago
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Congrats to you!! You will most likely stay in Wuhan the capitol city of Hubei Province. Keep your fingers crossed you get to stay in the Shangri-la in Wuhan. We didn't and wish so much we could have. Pictures of Wuhan and surroundings are on our site if you want a peek.
You have a beautiful little girl!!
Hip Hip Hubei!
It's so fun to hear about her personality. She sounds like a lot of fun! I can't wait to meet her.
I see a Ph.D. in music in Emma's future.
Congratulations! We too have a Hubei girl! She's now 3 and we just celebrated our 2 year adoption anniversary. She is a 'spicy girl' as they say the kids are there, but I wouldn't have it any other way! We stayed at the White Rose hotel in Wuhan. I also hired a woman who went back after our adoption and took tons of pictures of QiChun and our foster families house for us as we didn't get to go there. We also have been in contact with our daughters foster family and they are wonderful people. We recently traveled back to China (this past June) to adopt our 2 year old son from Ningxia. We just love China. You can read our story and see pics of Wuhan at our website at http://www.four-miracles.com
Jenna
I like the sounds of her already! She's going to be such a fun age when you bring her home. I can't wait to get to know her.
Congratulations!!! She is just beautiful, it's so exciting to see all the referral pictures!
It's so much fun and exciting to read this blog - and the Chinese names and places and traditions are so exotic. (Although aftero read Emma's daily diet I think she's ready for some "spicy" food to compliment her spicy personality, but Joey will take care of that soon enough. Also love the "9-heads talking" parable. My wonderful friend Debbie is done with Emma's dragonfly quilt so we need to get together for the hand-off. She's also ready to start designing your 100-wishes quilt and chomping at the bit to get started!
Love,
Aunt Barbie
Congrats on your Qichun girl!!! Have you joined the Qichun yahoo group. We have been home with our Qichun girl since November..she is pure joy! Check her out on our blog. I will be checking back for your travel dates!
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