Well, another week has gone by and again this little girl just simply amazes us. It's hard to imagine that just 4 weeks ago she could barely even eat a cheerio and now you can't keep enough on her plate! It reminds us to the resiliency that children have and how quick they learn and pick up new skills and retain them.
Madi is fitting in so well, she has familiarized herself with most of our close relatives and friends and has no issue of attachement. This is very fortunate as many adoptive children do encounter attachment issues. Madi was in foster care since day one and it is very easily seen that she was well looked after and loved by her foster family.
I return to work tomorrow as I have been off since the last week of November. Kind of hard to believe that 5 weeks has already gone by. This will be a hard day for me. Madi has become the twinkle of our eyes and has placed such a happiness in our hearts that to miss even the slightest progression that she makes saddens us. The truth and fact of the matter is that the opportunities that she will have will be through her Mom and Dad's hard work to financially support her in what ever endeavor she decides to undertake. A friend from work best describes this situation as this little girl winning the lottery. How true as Tracy and I watched a documentary called Mardis Gras - Made in China. This documentary captures the essence of hard work in China as a factory produces the beads that are thrown away each year at the Mardis Gras celebrations in New Orleans. Some of the girls working in the factory started as early as 11 years old and work for as little as 10 cents an hour 6 days a week with no vacation. This struck close to home for obviuos reasons any of these girls could have easily been Madi, without a home and parents to care for her this is where orphaned girls end up, but we came along and ave now given her opportunity abound.
On another note when we arrived back from China we were suprised to have been contacted by a local news station that wanted to do a story on our journey to international adoption. We put the interview off as we were sick and still settling in to a routine. I hope the individual does proceed to contact us as we now feel comfortable to particpate. Tracy and I talked about this and thought it to be a great opportunity to share our good news story in expanding our family and to educate more people on what adoption from a foreign country is all about. You know who you are please give us a shout!
Anyway here a few more photos of Madi taken around Christmas time, if any of you are in the process of adoption from China and have any questions or concerns please drop us an email and we will do our best to answer your questions - trouting@rogers.com. We aren't experts but we would do our best to either give you the answer or help you find the answer.
Madi and her Aunty Tina
Madi and her cousins Julie and Nikki
Again always so happy even in her car seat!
Have a great week all and we`ll see you as the week progresses and keep you all up to date!
Chris
4 comments:
Those little clapping hands are too much! Thinking of the things those little hands will now acheive because of her Mother and Father is so amazing! Little does she know how you changed her hands forever! And I think she can sense it with all the applause!!!
aaaah loved the update and the photos
Just found your page !
Congrats!
We used FOI as well. Weren't they they best ?
Your daughter is lovely and it looks like you had a terrific trip. We've been back home for a year.
All the best :)
Andrea in Fredericton
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