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01-27-2006, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
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We Got Our Adoption Referral!!!
My wife and I finally got our referral. Sometime in the next two months we'll be traveling to Chongqing to pick her up at the Fuling Social Welfare Institute. She appears healthy and is lucky enough to be at an orphanage where she is held every day. Her birthday was approximated at 3/4/05.
There is a picture of Langley Elizabeth(Fu Bao Lai is her Chinese name) at my wife's blog. Langley Elizabeth I'm alternately excited and terrified, but now that we have a picture its all so much more real. There's a real little girl that doesn't yet know us, but will become a part of our family. Its all a bit overwhelming for me at times.
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01-27-2006, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Oh dear, I suppose this is not a good time to point out what Fuling means in Swedish.
Anyway.. congratulations 
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01-27-2006, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Wow, that's great news, congratulations.
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01-27-2006, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Congratulations!
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01-27-2006, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Indiana
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Congratulations. I hope things go well, and you get the baby home well and happy soon!
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01-27-2006, 09:57 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Congrats!!
As an adoptee, I'm glad to see new parents so excited about adopting. |
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01-27-2006, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada
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wow, great news indeed, congratulations!
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01-27-2006, 10:09 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue
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Congratulations sir! That is great!
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01-27-2006, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
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Wow - Congrats JPhillips! That is so wonderful!!!! I was also adopted and it always makes me smile (and get a little teary) when I hear someone is adopting
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01-27-2006, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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congratulations - a great name for such a beautiful little girl.
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01-27-2006, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
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The name is actually a bit of good fortune. Langley is a family name on my wife's side, but the Chinese characters of Lang and Lei mean "bright and beautiful".
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01-27-2006, 11:04 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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Congratulations! My wife and I are also considering adopting in the future. She looks like a beautiful baby.
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01-27-2006, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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It's absolutely beautiful...radii and I might have to steal that name from you someday
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01-27-2006, 11:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Congratulations! I was adopted from Seoul, Korea, and came to the United States when I was a year old. I never had to worry if my parents loved me or not.
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01-27-2006, 11:42 AM
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you know, I'm sure adopted child have a much better chance of stating this than non-adopted, if only because of all the trouble (if you can call it that) that their adoptive parents went through to "unleash" their love on them. Unrelated to adoption or not, I simply feel very sad anything I read a story of a beaten/abused kiddo... FM
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01-27-2006, 12:18 PM
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Same for us too and congratulations. |
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01-27-2006, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Boston, Ma
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Great news. All that work is going to worth it so soon!
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01-27-2006, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Congrats. She's beautiful.
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01-27-2006, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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She's breathtaking JPhillips. Congratulations!
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01-27-2006, 02:01 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Congrats
SI
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01-27-2006, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Muskogee, OK USA
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Congrats on the new addition, JPhillips.
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01-27-2006, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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Congrats!
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01-27-2006, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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Congrats!!!
I knew another couple who adopted 2 Chinese baby girls, apart 2 years apart. I'm so happy to know that these girls are going to loving homes! /tk
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01-27-2006, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Burke, VA
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congrats, jphillips! what a beautiful girl
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01-27-2006, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Chicago
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Congratulations, JPhillips. I'm sure this is an incredibly exciting day for you, your wife, and your extended family. Best of luck with the trip - hope that the days just fly by for both of you between now and then.
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01-27-2006, 07:58 PM
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congratulations!
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