Baby Emma

This is a picture of Emma, taken on September 6, 2005, just a few days after we got our referral, and a few weeks before we would meet her on October 30, 2005. She was just over 8 months old.

We sent a camera to Emma's SWI. We got it back the day we met her. The pictures are of her and other babies from our travel group. The pictures were probably taken sometime in October. We also received updated pics of Emma before we met her, also taken in October. So, other than the finding ad, this is the earliest picture of Emma we have. It's the only picture of her in the SWI - the updated pics and the camera pics aren't taken in the baby room. Some are in an office, some are outside. This is the first time we've seen her where she would have spent her days. I've cropped this picture since I don't want to post other other babies' pictures without parental permission, but in some of the pics, we see that her little friend Rebecca is right beside her and her little friend Jade is in front of her, all within touching distance. For what it's worth, Rebecca will talk about her time in China with Emma... now that we see that they were side by side, it doesn't sound quite as far fetched! They are the only constant in each other's lives... I can't say thank you enough to Janice and Marilyn for these pictures, they really are priceless. If anyone else has pictures of the babies at Yangxi taken anytime between January and October 2005, please let me know. It would be so amazing to find more pictures of our sweet girl. BTW, we are extremely fortunate to have these pics, most SWIs do not allow interior shots to be taken, many don't even allow visitors.