June 27 - Introducing the future Miss Mia Xiaohua Morgan!!! Yesterday Kate received the long awaited call from the Barker Foundation. The referrals for the three families in our travel group had arrived from China. The documents were translated overnight and this morning we met with Colleen at Barker. We first reviewed a medical record which shows on-target physical and social development. Then we wept with joy on seeing photos of Xiaohua. We are so grateful to her caregivers that Xiaohua appears very healthy and happy. She was born on September 3, 2005, in Shaanxi province in central China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi ). It is amazing how much two photos have affected us. They bring a lot of sunshine to very rainy Falls Church!


We are still looking at mid-August travel. We will be going to Beijing, Xian (the capital of Shaanxi Province and home of the Terra Cotta Warriors), and Guangzhou (where the US consulate is). Yes, Dorothy, we will be visiting your old stomping grounds! (:
Kate and Neil