The Pictures
October 2003
Peng in January 2005
Peng in January of 2005 with the guide, Lily, and a new friend!
He looks like he's going to be goofy!!
Nicky with the guide, Lily, the infamous Mrs. Zhang of the Urumuqi SWI, and friends.
He has the best smile in the world!
Nicky in June 2005 on the Playground
Nicky in June 2005 at the playground.
He looks like he is gonig to be as active as Noelle.
Nicky in the Playground in April 2005
This boy likes to climb!
At the playground still!
He looks so sweet and thoughtful (and a wee bit worried).
Earlier Pictures
He has loved playgrounds forever! This photo is from April 2003.
??? Photo has gone missing!!!
Nicky as a baby from his visa photo. He waited too long for us to find him.
The Statistics
- Born on July 17, 1999
- Residing in Urumuqi City Social Welfare Institute(Urumqi is also as Wu Lu Mu Qi City and is as North West as you can get in China without being in Mongolia, Russia or Kazakhstan).
- He is of the Han majority (depsite the fact that Urumqi is predominantly minorities).
- Nicky is very bright. He has been
reciting Tong poems since he was four.
He can count to 100. He can do simple math between 1 and 10.
He is already writing!! - He attends a full day kindergarten.
- He has outstanding language skills.
- He loves music!
- He likes to run, jump and play outside.
- He likes to find out things for himself through problem solving and has a reputation as a know-it-all.
- Height and weight chart (note you have to take height and weight measurements from China with a grain of salt, you never know how bundled a child will be at the time of the measurements -- Peng is slight, wihch is pretty normal for kids with SB):
Date Height Weight January 2006 108cm (~ 42.5 in) 16.5kg (~36.4 lb) April 2005 104 cm (~ 41 in) 17 kg (~ 37.5 lb) December 2003 100 cm (~ 39 in) 15 kg (~33 lb) August 2003 98 cm (~38.5 in) 14.5 kg (~32 lb)