4th Care Package

BASKETBALL BUZZ IN CHINA!!

Allow me to preface this message with, our daughter has an interest and liking for basketball and if you're like us, once we learned of her basketball interest, our first thought was, Yao Ming!  The US basketball player from China...well, we learned differently.........

We wrote our daughter, sharing with her the excitement that Yao Ming, the US basketball player who is from China, plays right here in our city.  The reply letter from Miao mentioned nothing about Yao Ming but rather, her liking of Kobe Bryant.  Her words in the letter were, "I like Kobe Bryant sooooooo much."

Believe it or not......The basketball Buzz in China is..........Kobe Bryant! YEP....Kobe.  My dh who travels often  on business to China, was reading an article during his last trip, taling about the fondness China has for Kobe.  (He saved the article for our daughter.) 

I couldn't help but chuckle out loud when reading her letter.....I'm not a Kobe fan (sorry any Kobe fans out there)  but all personal feelings aside, when LA comes to Houston to play, we will be in line for tickets.  Our dear daughter added, that in the orphanage she doesn't have the opportunity to watch basketball games.  Well, you better believe that when she comes home, we'll be spending plenty of time at the Toyota Center, watching basketball!

We received a message from our care package service, "Gifts To China With Love"  to say they had found Kobe Bryant memorabilia items.  I simply mentioned to them that our daughter very much liked Kobe Bryant.  Well, they took it upon themselves to shop for Kobe Bryant items!  Wish I could be a fly on the wall to watch her reaction when opening the care package.  Gifts To China With Love, also had the great idea to  send sunglasses.

Our daughter will be showered with gifts of candy (we learned she LOVES sweets), sunglasses, Kobe Bryant book and a Kobe Bryant CD, along with a letter.  She's going to really enjoy this particular care package.

Note to other adoptive families.  If you happen to know your child has an interest for basketball, consider sending information/memorabilia on Kobe Bryant.  You won't go wrong!

Adoption Update: We are almost 3 weeks (as of Tuesday, 8/17) into waiting for the LOA!  Good news is that some LOA's have been received at 4 weeks, while others have waited 6 weeks...so we could potentially be very close to receiving it!!!!  Our I800 form is complete and ready to be mailed to the USCIS office, once the LOA is received.

From Gifts To China With Love: http://www.giftstochinawithlove.com/