About Linzhi     Waiting to Travel

We received our LSC!!! Today at 12:30pm CST, we got the call from Kim at Great Wall China Adoption that Feng Xiaoli (Linzhi Rose Xiaoli) is ours! Xiao- means “small” Li- means “pretty” Linzhi’s birthday is estimated to be January 31st, 2005, she was found on Valentine’s Day 2005 (Our Valentine) and was brought to the Xu Zhou SWI where she still currently lives. According to the information we received she has an upper limb deformity in her elbows that makes it impossible for her to bend her arms. We know she as range of motion in her shoulders and hands (praise God). We have a wonderful and dedicated pediatrician that specializes in international adoption, he along with his wife have 4 beautiful girls from China! We are confident with the help of God and Dr. Oachs that Linzhi will get the medical treatment she need to get those precious elbows to bend! She has a lot of coloring and painting to do with her sissy Rachel! Here’s more information we learned about our little dumpling… ● Weight: 26 lbs ● Height: 33 Inches (little peanut) ● Linzhi is able to pick up light objects. ● She likes to pass treats out to the babies and knows all of them by name (little mama). ● Enjoys being with adults (Just like her brother Trevor). ● The older children love her and when they get special treats they will give her one first (I cried when I read that, sweet babies…ALL OF THEM!) ● She is afraid of strangers and will curl her lip when nervous. :) ● SHE LOVES MUSIC (just like big sis Rachel)!! 12 choppers ● It states when there is a cartoon on that she likes, she will not pay attention if you call her name…hmm…kind of sounds like Aunt Onnie… ● She could not crawl because of her arms but learned how to pull herself up to walk (that’s our girl). ● We are now patiently awaiting our TA (travel approval, 4-6 weeks). If all goes well, we should be on our way to China at the end of November which means the Lord heard my prayer to be home for Christmas! GOD IS SO GOOD! We were blessed with several pictures that show Linzhi at different ages… Enjoy!   The Waiting Child I saw you meet your child today You kissed your baby joyfully And as you walked away with him I played pretend you'd chosen me. I'm happy for the baby yet inside I'm aching miserably I want to plead as you go by, "Does no one want a child of three?" I saw you meet your child today In love with him before you met And as I watched you take him out I knew it wasn't my turn yet. I recognize you from last year! I knew I'd seen your face before! But you came for a second babe. Does no one want a child of four? I saw you meet your child today But this time there was something new A nurse came in and took MY hand And then she gave my hand to you. Can this be true? I'm almost five! And there are infants here you see? But then you kissed me and I knew The child you chose this time was me. By Debbie Bodie

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