I am so incredibly thrilled to say that Adele at Blessed Kids was able to get us some information about Ren's birthday celebration!
Get this: his caregivers took him to KFC for his birthday celebration and "he had a great time"! I love it! I can just picture him enjoying some finger-licking-good chicken! The funny thing is that we were thisclose to ordering KFC for us on Ren's birthday! I have no idea why we considered KFC (other than because Paul loves it) but it was between that and Chinese; in the end, we thought "Well, there's no KFC connection to Ren so let's get Chinese food". But there was a connection after all! This KFC birthday celebration may have to become a yearly tradition.
Adele was able to get us something else equally precious and priceless: new measurements and pictures of Ren! Adele's father who lives in China contacted the orphanage before sending the package to confirm that the address was correct. While they were speaking, he mentioned to the orphanage staff member that it would be great if they were able to take some digital photos of Ren and take new measurements, which of course he and Adele could pass on to us for a small fee. As a result of his and Adele's wonderful entreprenurial spirit, we now have the pictures you see above.
Ren's measurements for height and weight are the same as the ones we received in November through our coordinator but we also received head, chest and foot measurements this time. Yahoo, let the shoe-shopping commence!
We are so comforted to know that our little boy was treated to a celebration on his birthday. I'm really surprised (but elated) by the fact that the orphanage caregivers took him (and obviously some other kids) out to a restaurant. I also love how a caregiver in one picture has her arm draped around his shoulder while she is feeding him. Seeing our little one receive attention and care like this definitely helps with the wait.
This Mama's heart is happy.
6 comments:
OMW... Ren is soooo cute... and what a WONDERFUL Birthday he had..
Can't wait to see him in your arms..
Have a Great Week..
Hugs..
Monica, this is incredible! What a celebration!!!
I'm sure this is just the news you need to help you through the rest of the wait. What a gift for you and Paul to know how well your boy is being taken care of!
What an absolute blessing those pictures are! I'm so happy for you :)
We have a friend who went to China last year and he said KFC is a big deal there. They have very high standards there, even for KFC. And in one of these pictures you can see they sell some amazing mango tarts.
You will have to give it a try when you go there!
And my heart is so happy for you! Wow. Wow. I'm truly at a loss for words, this is just so amazing.
Fabulous! He looks wonderful in these photos. What a great celebration for a little boy. You can see how well he's cared for. I'm so glad you were able to see these photos. A great early Christmas gift!
That is soooo incredible. What a wonderful thing it is to have those photos. Blessed you are to know so much about his life at the moment. That's too funny about the KFC. Maybe our first outing should be there with our kiddies - Ava is gaga over pawcorn chicken! Grandpa took her last week and now she keeps asking when we're driving around.
Can't get enough of those photos.
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