In March, 1994, the Gladney Center for Adoption's first internationally adopted child came home to the United States from Shanghai, China. Since that time, Gladney has placed nearly 1000 healthy infants and toddlers, and children of all ages with special needs, with families living in the United States. Over the past several years, adoption from China has emerged as an effective way to make or grow a family.
Monday, February 19, 2007
One Year Ago Today...
...a very frightened little girl named Qing Xin Li Tong (Tong Tong) was placed in my arms at the Adoption Registry Office in Guangzhou, while Daddy stood right beside us and her orphanage director and nanny tried to cheer her up.
Flash forward a year and Tong Tong, now Kathryn, is a typical feisty, stubborn, affectionate, smart two-year-old. Here are some then and now pictures. The ones from our "Gotcha Day" are pretty obvious. The three lower pictures were taken on her 2nd birthday, just this past Jan. 1st. Her big brother James is helping her with her gifts.
What a difference a year makes! We love you, Kathryn Tong Tong!
-Mommy (Stephanie), Daddy (Chris), and Big Brother James
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