Saturday, April 10, 2010

Gemma answered our questions!!!!!


Her answers are in blue. It only took a week for her to get back to us. We also finished our video and sent it off last week. It was about 40 minutes long. I wish we could get a video of her watching it. We will probably send more questions in a few weeks. If anyone has any other question ideas please let us know.
She also has a best friend/foster sister that was adopted back in Aug 2009. Her name is in the last question, if anyone has any ideas on how to find her please let us know!!! Thanks.

1. Has she had the same foster family since leaving the orphanage?
Yes, she has been in the same foster family.
2. Does she speak Mandarin or Cantonese?
She can speak Mandarin and Cantonese. She prefers Cantonese.
3. Current Height and Weight and foot size?
Weight: 24kg
Height: 129cm
Length of feet: 20cm
4. Will she be happy to have an English name?
She likes to have an English name.
5. Does she like dolls?
She likes Barbie dolls.
6. Does she have foster brothers or sisters and what age?
She has a foster younger brother who is about 18 months old. In addition, there are two biological elder brothers in this family who are 18 and 24 years old.
7. Does her foster family have email and computer?
The family has a computer but hasn’t emails.
8. Favorite food?
She is fond of chicken legs, hotdog and sausage that’s spicy
9. Does she like animals?
She likes cats and rabbits, and she dislikes dogs.
10. What things upset her and make her sad?
She feels upset if her peers sometimes are not willing to play games.
11. What things make her happy?
Talking to her is a good way to comfort her if she is not happy.
12. Is she scared of anything?
She is scared of darkness and black beetle.
13. Any English?
She is learning the English letters and she only knows few simple English words like “sun”.
14. Favorite color?
She likes red, pink, purple and blue.
15. Favorite Toy?
She likes stuffed toys. And she wants a stuffed panda if possible.
16. Daily schedule?
She usually gets up at 7:00 and sleeps at 21:00. She has breakfast at 7:30, lunch at 12:30 and dinner at 18:30. She attends school from 7:45 to 12:00 in the morning and 13:30 to 16:05 in the afternoon. Back home from the school, she has dinner, does homework. She watches TV for some time before sleeping.
17. Who are her best friends? Are they being adopted too?
There used to be a younger foster sister called Zhang Ke Jie who was adopted by an American family on Aug. 11th, 2009.

9 comments:

Kim said...

What a treasured gift to have all this wonderful information. How did you get this. We are not allowed to send care packages until we are LOA....I can't wait!

I'll be thinking of more questions to ask.


Kim

Jodi said...

Precious!! That is such wonderful information to have! What a blessing!

Kim said...

What a gift to have this insight from Gemma! She is going to be such a wonderful addition to your beautiful family!
Love & Blessings from Hong Kong,
Kim

Football and Fried Rice said...

Oh how wonderful; I love it!! I am with you - I'd love to see her watch this video!

MY all-time favorite panda bear stuffed animal is the Ty Pluffie, Munches -

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ty-Pluffies-Munches-the-Panda-Bear-baby_W0QQitemZ390051240909QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad0dd9bcd#ht_1310wt_941

I think one has Gemma's name on it!

Musings from Kim K. said...

Priceless information. How comforting to know some of her likes/dislikes ahead of time. I can't wait to follow your journey.

Unknown said...

Awww...how neat to get this information about your Gemma!!! I'm sure your heart was overflowing with joy reading these responses :)

Soojung Jo said...

Oh! Youa re adopting that sweet girl! I've seen her on the Holt listing, been waiting and waiting for her to have a family (but I stopped checking their list a couple months ago... it's just too tempting). You have a beautiful family and I'm so excited to see she has a family! I love seeing the older children find families. How old is she? BTW my daughter and I were both adopted through Holt!

Lisa in CO, USA said...

That is so great that you can communicate with her through questions and video before going to bring her home! You're getting to know her already, that's exciting! I am sure that will make her more comfortable with the adoption.
More questions...favorite sports? favorite movie?

Annie said...

wow! This is so special to have this information and have an opportunity to "contact" your daughter before you go and get her! How sweet.

 
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