Fu Pai Xi! Come On Down!
Today at 1:31 pm, Alison called me on my cell phone. I was actually in the middle of a conversation with a construction foreman on my office phone, but was able to get rid of him in a about five seconds and answer my cell. "Screech screech screech," said Alison. Or that's what it sounded like and there was screeching and other excited woman noises in the background.

We got our referral. We knew that our agency would start calling around 11 am this morning, and let me tell you, 1:30 is a long time after 11.

Our daughter is currently named Fu Pai Xi. Fu is for Fuzhou, the city she is from. Pai means admire. Xi, pronounced Shee, means feminine. She was born on June 29th, 2003. She had a medical checkup in November and she weighted 15 lbs and was 25 inches tall. That's big.

I have a picture. And I'm not sure, because I don't look at babies a whole lot, but I think she might be cute. Although all babies have unfortunate features, it's just the aspect ratio of their face, I think I can tell she will be very beautiful. After all, Alison looked like a "squid sucking freak" when she was young, and she's a knockout.

I won't post the picture, as I think family should be able to see it first, even though I did send it out to many of my internet friends. I'll post the picture tomorrow.

My daughter will be Nina Pai Xi Postagulous.

Oh, and Fuzhou is known for it's gourmet food and hot springs, so it'll be a rough trip, har har.
Link: China Travel Service - Destination Guide - Fujian - Fuzhou -Introduction

Wait, I thougth it was a Fuzhou in Giangxi provedence...so that link may be totally wrong.

Oh, but I'm a dad. I hope I'm called Daddy and not Dad. Dad sounds old.
- posted by Nick Postagulous @ 2:36 PM