We got Emma Kate's translated information. Her current first and middle name is Mei Ran. Mei means "beauty" and Ran means "peace". She is in the Jiangxi Province which is in southern China. She was found on the day she was born with a note indicating her birthdate. She was born on 11-28-2009. Her stats when she was first examined was that she was 15.7 inches long and 6 pounds. Her most recent measurements that we have were taken when she was 3 months old show she was 22 inches long and 13 pounds. All medical tests indicate that she is healthy and normal. Her report states that she watches those around her, likes to be talked to and responds with smiles, sleeps well, likes to be rocked to sleep, likes music and toys, and likes to suck her fingers.
We have officially accepted her and sent this offical letter back to our agency. They will send all of the acceptance letters from our group back to China together. We have also completed and sent in our Visa Applications. In order to travel to China, we must get a Visa. We should receive that back by the end of this week.
We are also working on sending a care package to Emma Kate in the orphanage. One of the things we will include in the care package is a disposable camera and ask that pictures be taken of her while there. We will also send a letter to the orphanage telling them about us and how excited we are! We also hope to get updated photos and more current measurements by sending the care package.
We will have to do some shopping for clothes and other things for Emma Kate. We have purchased a carseat, a high chair and some clothes. I have been purchasing clothes during this 4+ year wait but because I did not know how old she would be, I only purchased things from 18 months and up.
The next steps for us are waiting for the travel approval from China. Once we get this, our agency will make all the adoption appointments for us in China. Once these appointments are made, our agency will then tell us when we will travel. We will then look for reasonable airfares to get to China and back. Apparently the summertime is a busy travel time for China which means airfares will probably be a bit more than other times of the year.
That is all for now....thanks for your continued support and prayers!
Much love to you all,
Kathy
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