CCAI West Coast Reunion 2006

This Saturday we attended the annual reunion for families that have adopted or will adopt their children through Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI). This is the agency we used for Chloe's adoption. We were the only family from our travel group who could make it, but we made a few new friends and even met some previous acquaintences from a prior gathering in So. Cal. The owners of the company, Joshua and Lily came out from Colorado and it was really nice to meet them in person. Chloe had a blast. She has really figured out that jolly jumper thing and she can run faster than any of the other little girls.

The reunion was held in Irvine Regional Park, the oldest regional park in the state. Right next to our pavilion was a train ride and pony rides. It was absolutely perfect and Chloe loved it all. Even the weather gave us a break with continuous cloud cover and warm, but not sweltering hot, temperatures. The park is beautiful and has lots of grassy lawns, oak trees and rolling hills. I look forward to future reunions with CCAI families. And of course, there were LOTS of little Chinese girls running around all over, each one so different from the other in personality and appearance.

We are hopeful that tomorrow will bring big news. Stay posted!