Elisa Qian Ward's Scrap Book
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This web site has been created for family and friends to see pictures and other information about Elisa and our trip to China. We'll also save it so that Elisa can learn about her life and heritage when she gets older. We'll periodically update it with new things. Hope you enjoy!
Love, Rick, Vicki and Elisa
The "Referral" -- receiving the documents and pictures from China regarding the baby they matched to us.
Chinese Name -- what it means, how it looks in Chinese characters, and how to pronounce it.
Canadian Name - what it means, where it came from, and how to pronounce it.
Preparing for Elisa's Arrival - shopping, redecorating, and anticipating.
Showers - friends and family pitch in
Orphanage Pictures and Maps - where Elisa was born and cared for in China (updated 12/31/05)
China Trip - itinerary, trip diary and many pictures. Click here to go straight to Gotcha Day Pics (Dec 13).
Pictures
 | January, 2005 - Elisa gets used to her new home and meets friends and family |
| February, 2005 - Shower given by Children's Rehab Center |
| March, 2005 - Baptism , visits by friends and family and Easter trip to Chicago. |
| April, 2005 - Swimming, Parks, Gymnastics |
| May, 2005 - Yard, Dora Backpack |
| June, 2005 |
| July, 2005 |
| August, 2005 |
| September, 2005 |
| October, 2005 - Birthday Party, Pumpkin Picking, Halloween |
| November, 2005 - Leaf pile, Fall Fashions, Bath Time, Thanksgiving in Chicago |
| December, 2005 - Gotcha Day, Christmas Parties (updated 12/31/05) |
Elisa's Fashion File - Small pictures of Elisa's many outfits. (updated 12/31/05)
Family Outreach International (FOI) - our international adoption agency
Web Pages of other families adopting children from Xiushan orphanage -- daily trip reports and pictures.
| Ellye's family |
| Jadyn's family |
| Joy's family - shown wearing the same outfit and sitting in the same walker as Elisa in her referral pictures! They were in China Oct 21-Nov 4 '04. |
| The Fizzard family - traveled us to China to pick up their second daughter. They created this web site which includes a fantastic "adoption day" video from 2003, when they adopted their first daughter from China. |
| The Hecht-Enns family - excellent family web site from another family that traveled with us to China. Include many pictures from China and of Rebecca, one of Elisa's Xiushan cousins. |
| Blachle Family - they picked up their Xiushan baby on May 5, 2005, and they posted daily updates as we did. |
| Allyssa's Family - On Nov 5, 2005, they got approval to travel to China. (Added 11/6/05) |
| Mia's Family - they had their gotcha day Dec 5, 2005 (updated 12/14/05) |
| Hansen Family - they are from Denmark, and adopted a baby from Xiushan (updated 12/20/05) |
| Lorna and Gary - (updated 7-10-06)X |