Guangxi trio-This is cool!

Tonight we went over to our friends Bryan and Julieta's for a Guangxi Province reunion. China is big. When we sent out our referral email announcement on 12/8, Julieta called with the exciting and surprising news that baby Zoey was from the same Social Welfare Institute that was named in Amy's referral.

At some point towards the end of our wait for Amy, our friend Judy Williams referred me to a family she had met, who had recently brought home a baby from the same province (Guangxi) as Amy, only a different Social Welfare Institute. Baby Gemma's mommy and I talked and emailed, and tried to get together, before we went to China. However, the weekend we were supposed to get together with Gemma's mommy and daddy, was the weekend before we were able to go to China, so we cancelled, knowing it would only be a matter of time to meet these people who had so much in common with us.

I told Julieta of this amazingly coincidental family who apparently lived in Julieta's neighborhood. Julieta connected with Gemma's family and planned a get-together for all of us. Tonight the Guangxi girls ate lasagne. As you all know, Amy is a great eater and sleeper. Interestingly, Gemma and Zoey are great eaters and sleepers too. Maybe the background makes for easy parenting.

We had a great time today, and we feel blessed to have 2 other Guangxi girls in the area.

Here's a shout out to Louise and John, who are in China right now, and are two days away from meeting darling Michele.