finding the translation

ok, now this is better. morgan, our travel guide and our agency's resident chinese expert, emailed the growth report with an update from monday including the foster family she's lived with since november. leaf and morgan pretty much agree with a few minor differences (like RuanLing and YuanLing but morgan had more inside info so i won't count too many strikes against leaf for that one :)). here you go, from morgan:

She is a very cute girl; loves bath-taking by tapping water in her bath basin; will jump and down inside and outside the bath basin with clothing on; once put on the bed she will kick away her quilt and wave her both hands; loves the stuff with bright colors; loves to have her caretaker talk to her with long slow "WoWo" conversations she will mimic and follow the saying; like to do the cart riding and will "giggler" laughter in the riding cart; loves to go with her caretaker to shop around at a supermarket; she will scream and make noise happily with her eyes wide-open for the curiosity and excitement; very social and likes to play with other kids; she will jump or dance crazily in the group of her friends in her high spirits; she will make big noise once hungry; she will shake her head or just :spiting up: once she is full.

Update on June 27, 2005 from Director Ms. Zhao.
Zhao Mei Wen (Glover)
Her height - 70.4 cm ((27.1 in); weight - 10 kg (22 lb); head circle- 40.5 cm (15.6 in); length of foot - 14 cm (5.4 in) and Number of Teeth- ?/? (Up/Down)- forgot to check- :).

Info on her foster family:
Foster Father - 55 Discharged Army Veteran now working for Shipping Company
Mother - 50 Homemaker
Older Brother (birth child) - 25 Self-Employed Businessman
Older Sister (birth child) - 15 High School

They live 10 minutes away from the Orphanage.


now - my most major concern, she's used to getting up at 5:30a local time . . . i was wanting a kid that was more the morning person like me (the boy and wife can be ogres at dawn's first light). . . be careful what you wish for.