Lili in June 2006

I was excited to receive this picture from June 2006. Taken in the Wuchuan Orphanage playroom.

Lili is in the bottom right hand corner, sitting down in a pink jumper.

This, I think, is the earliest picture we have of her. I'm assuming her referral picture we have is from September 2006.

Either way, it's kind of interesting to think that this is a picture of her when she was "just an orphan". She wasn't available for adoption yet. She didn't know she would ever have a family and we didn't know that this would be our daughter. We were just finishing up our dossier and sending it to China in June 2006 and here she was, looking just as sad as ever.

It struck Jeff and I both that she is the only child sitting down and she is the only child that has an adult down there with her. Knowing her, she didn't want to have her picture taken and they knew that grabbing her and holding her would be a freak show, so they came down to her level. (kind of funny)

I know of a couple of the other children that are home now. I just hope that all these kids have families now or will have soon.