Care Package to BSP (or "Fair Warning!")

In an effort to allow our newest daughter the maximum time to brace herself for the approaching whirlwind that is Gibbs Family Life, we decided to employ a professional care-package-maker-type-deliverer-service (as they are known in the industry).  We chose Ladybugs 'N' Love for our package and have been pleased with the experience so far.
We wrote the following letter to accompany our package (and LNL will translate it for us):

To the Director and Caregivers at the Fuzhou Social Welfare Institute (SWI):

Please accept this letter of thanks in advance of our meeting.  We are Andrew, Melanie, and Lucy Gibbs from Fairfax, Virginia, USA.  We are adopting Fu Jingyang and plan to be in Nanchang near the middle of February.  Thank you all for the hard work, dedication, and love you have given to Jingyang since she arrived with you in May 2010.  We know that you have many infants to care for and limited resources with which to work.  Please know that the care and attention you give to these children is greatly appreciated throughout their lives.

We also adopted our daughter Lucy (now 7 years old) in Nanchang and we look forward to seeing the city again together with our daughter.  Lucy was loved and cared for by Director Liu Gang Sheng and the Caregivers of the Nankang Social Welfare Institute, who have our continued gratitude.

We are sending the gifts that accompany this letter for you, for Jingyang, and for the other children there at the Fuzhou SWI.  Please find enclosed the following items:

• 1 camera with film (please take photos of Jingyang and return the film rolls to us in Nanchang; you may keep the camera)
• 1 extra roll of film
• 1 soft photo album with pictures of our family (for Jingyang; please return this to us with the film)
• 1 stuffed animal, panda (for Jingyang; this can be given to another child when Jingyang comes to Nanchang)
• 1 infant blanket, pink (for Jingyang; this can be given to another child when Jingyang comes to Nanchang)
• 1 package of candy/nuts (for the caregivers)

Is there anything that you need (that we can bring) for the Institute or the children?  Please let us know. Our address is at the bottom of this note.

Again, please accept our heartfelt thanks for the blessing of this little girl to our family.  Fu Jingyang is a beautiful child and we are so very lucky to welcome her into our home.  Her arrival has been greatly anticipated by everyone in our family and friends.

Very sincerely yours,

The Gibbs family – Andrew, Melanie, and Lucy

Here are the 10 photos, in random order, that we are having them put into the soft photo album for BSP to chew on:

Dad

Lady Macbeth, aka "Lady"

Lucy

Lucy and Ariel

at Lucy's first piano recital

at Lucy's gymnastics meet

at a Hokie Basketball game

Mommy

Mommy (she rates 2 photos!)

Oberon, aka "Obi"

Here's hoping she doesn't change her mind about this whole adoption thing after she sees what she's getting into...  :-)