Referral Day has finally arrived!

Here is our baby, Jin Xia Hua! She was born on June 18, 2005. We're not sure how old she was when the pictures were taken. She is currently living in Guiping Social Welfare Institute in Guangxi Province. This province is in southern China and borders Vietnam. There is a link on the right side of the page that provides some information about Guangxi.

Some facts we were given about Xia Hua are that she is active, a deep sleeper (here's hoping that stays true!), can hold her head up when on her tummy, can tear paper, locates sounds, laughs, and can distinguish acquaintances from strangers. On November 2, she was 25 inches long and weighed about 13.5 pounds.

We still have to determine what we will name her. We will keep Xia Hua (Jin is like a last name; often the babies from the same orphanage share this name), but her first name and last name are still to be decided. We did notice that the pictures were labeled Brown. Perhaps our agency is trying to give us a hint on the last name...