Well, we locked in a file for an adorable little girl on 11/06/09. Her name is Jiliang Gao and her name means "bright blessings". She is clever and sweet. She turned 3 years old on 8/26/06. We have 48 hours to review her file and decide if we can meet her needs. We are waiting on a medical translation and update from the CCAA.
If you look closely, her name looks similar to mine and my sister Leah's: Jilian with a 'g' on the end. :) I always thought that my adoptive daughter would have a middle name of Li. The actual spelling of her name is Gao, Ji Liang. It is like a combination of Jill and Leah (whom I called Le). A lot of people think Jill stands for Jillian, so I took her name as a good sign. We also reviewed her file on my lucky number date: 11/06 (1106 Murray Drive was the address in which I grew up). It has been my lucky number since 1990, and so far, nothing special has ever commenced on 11/06 until last night.
The translator stated that I pronounced her name well: "Gow, Gee Lang".
The funny thing is that I started buying 12 month little girl clothes when she was a year old, 18 month clothes when she was 18 months, and 2t/3t clothes this year, which is the size that she would have been this year. It is funny how that happens.
More updates to come!
Jill


Ohmigoodness,
ReplyDeleteI just realized that Jilliang shares my first grandson's birthday! How awesome is that. What a wonderful age!
Ruby