Thinking about doing this...

Hi guys, I am thinking about doing this. Tell me what you think or if you have any ideas. This letter is to our guide in Changsha, Hunan. The pictures at the end are the ones I sent her to jog her memory. Tell me what you think.

Hi Susan,

I am attaching a few pictures of us while in China to remind you of who we are. This is Christy Bock. We were in Changsha adopting our daughter Ba Jun Fei (Mia) in May 2007. Mia was from Yueyang County and you were our guide. We were not with a travel group but we were by ourselves. Mia was only 6 months old on Gotcha day and remember we were locked out of the civil affair office and we ended up having Gotcha by ourselves. Also, you may remember my husband was on crutches because he had broken his hip months before. I hope that jogs your memory.

Anyway, we have been home for 17 months and Mia is just doing amazing. She will be 2 in October. I wanted to ask you about the possibility of getting a poster of Mia then and now to her finding place at the civil affairs office in Yueyang county. I am not trying to find birth parents or anything like that. All I want to do is to display a poster in Mia's finding place that shows pictures of her finding ad and date of abandonment etc and then show pictures of her now showing how her life is here in the US. I mostly want to do this to give her birth mom peace knowing her daughter has a wonderful life. I don't want anything from her or them. My hope is that someone who knows who her mom was or ever the foster mom, will see the pictures and let her know so she can see them herself. That is it. I just want to know that I did everything i could to let her birth mom know Mia is OK-- I'm sure she wonders and I think there is a likelihood that she will go to her abandonment place on the anniversary. Maybe not but it is worth a try. If she sees the poster and is able to put two and two together then maybe she will realize the baby in the pictures is Mia and that by giving her up she gave her so much. It is really just to give birth mom peace-- nothing more.

So, my question is how can I get that poster over there and who can I get to post it at the civil affairs office? Maybe a local shop owner I can pay? What do you think?I would so appreciate your help with this Susan! Let me know what you think.

Thanks so much,

Christy Bock

Here are the pictures we sent Susan.

She was just sooooo tiny!!!

She would laugh so hard and get this little silly grin on her face-- too funny!!!

Yes, we are driving in a car and Mia is just sitting on Kevin's lap. If you have yet to travel to China, there are no car seats and kids just sit wherever-- reminds me of when we were kids.

So, what do you guys think-- got any suggestions????