We have a name!

While in Florida for Christmas we went to see Pride & Prejudice staring Keira Knightly. After the movie we were all discussing names and everyone loved Keira. So that's it. Keira it is!

Q & A

Grandma-to-be asked some follow up questions after the last update. Others may have similar questions. So, for everyone's benefit here's a quick Q&A. If you have other questions, please email us.

• Does this mean that your daughter will be a little older than you expected when you pick her up (e.g., 18+months); or that they just haven't assigned a child to you (and that she's still likely to be about 10-14 months)?

The latter is the case. It is actually the matching process that is delayed. So, no child has been assigned to us yet, and we expect she will still be about a year old when we pick her up.

• When you do get the "word" how will that occur; will it be by phone or by mail; and does it come directly to you or through your China liaison?

CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) will send our referral, along with others from our agency with a similar LID, to our Agency. The agency will call us to tell us it's in. Then we will drop everything and rush to pick it up at our agency. It will be a little like a pregnant mom saying, "It's time! Let's go!"

• When you get the "referral" is that when you get a photo of her (and an idea of her age); or is it step-wise?

Yeah, we'll get a couple of photos, a brief medical report, her approximate age, and maybe some info about where she was found. To see some referral photos check out the links below. Not all the photos show the best photogenic side. ;-)

http://oneal.redthreadkids.org/photos.htm
http://wyman.redthreadkids.org/wymanphotos.htm
http://barnes.redthreadkids.org/barnesphotos.htm
http://rodin.redthreadkids.org/rodinphotos.htm
http://bertelsen.redthreadkids.org/photos.htm
http://shulin.redthreadkids.org/photos.htm

• What region of China is our granddaughter coming from (I want to look it up)?

Both the orphanages from which our agency is typically assigned children are in Sichuan province. So, we expect her to be a little spicy! Here is a map of China.

Any other questions? Send them over.