A "Lottie" surprise

 

 

Words cannot begin to explain our excitement on Friday December 7th we received an email from an adoptive family who we had been emailing as they prepared to travel to China to meet their son, who is also from the same orphanage as Lottie.  The "W" family from Georgia were recently in China meeting their son and during this life altering time they thought of us and our sweet baby girl.  The "W" family brought a photo of our sweet baby girl and asked the nanny's if they knew this baby.  Instantly the Nanny's knew who she was and brought the "W" family face to face with our Charlotte Lee. They found her in one of the playrooms.  The "W" family videotaped Charlotte and took the time to speak with her Nanny.

 

 

Scott and Winn,
    Hope you are well. We visited the Children's Welfare Institute on Tuesday. It was nice and clean. The children really seemed to interact well with their caregivers. We showed one of the directors the picture of Charlotte from you Blog and she knew who she was right away. She said her name is Wei.  She is absolutely adorable! She is in the same room as our son Yujiro and the Mangels son.I have attached a video and will send the second in another email.
Warm Regards

 

We look forward to our orphanage tour in February and cannot wait to pay it forward to some other families who are waiting to travel, especially our dear sweet friend Lynn Marie who is waiting for her baby Abby Rose.  The "W" family gave us the greatest gift of all!  We were able to see our sweet baby Charlotte moving and smiling and being loved on by her Nanny.  The video captured her Nanny saying her Chinese name and her nickname. We heard them say smile for your Mama and Baba. They know we are coming soon!  And during the footage the "W" family tell her Nanny's her American name Charlotte. It was the greatest gift we could ever ask for and something we will treasure and share with Charlotte as she grows older.