Meet our little princess, Snow!

Now that we have received our pre-approval to adopt our little one from China, we are now allowed to talk about her online.  


No longer do we need to speak vaguely about our beautiful princess, using code names like "Snow White".  We can now use her real name!  So without further ado, meet... Snow!!!  Her name, Xue, literally means Snow.  Why?  Because she is the "fairest of them all".  

Snow in December 2011 - 11 months old.   Check out the booties that are bigger than her head!

Snow is albino.  She is the whitest Chinese girl you'll ever see.  Rosy pink-white skin, platinum white hair that sticks straight out from her beautiful little head.  She's a little porcelain angel!  She also has low vision, which we will be checking out with a pediatric eye specialist as soon as she gets home and somewhat settled.

As soon as we heard that CCAI had an albino baby's profile for us, we did what anyone would do: we Googled "Chinese albino girl".  We were pleasantly surprised to find a wealth of examples, mostly due to the successful modeling career of Connie Chiu.  

Hong Kong born fashion model Connie Chiu

Snow just turned one year old in February.  We are hoping to get her home by this fall.  Ideally, if our clearances would come through faster, we COULD (with lots of logistical and financial miracles) travel to get her in August.  I'm not holding my breath, but I AM praying.  I would like to enlist the prayers of all of you praying people to help us get our baby home soon. 

Now, for a little FAQ, punctuated by pictures of my beautiful little daughter:

Where is she?
She is living with a foster family in Nanying, Henan province, China.  Where is that?  If you draw a line between Shanghai (on the coast) and the ancient capital of Xian, Nanying is about 3/4 of the way to Xian.

Are her eyes pink?
Well, we have no idea.  She is very sensitive to light, so she doesn't open her eyes far.

Pretty Snow at 6 months old

Turns out, most albinos actually have blue eyes, not pink.  We'll just have to wait until we meet her to find out.

No, she's not bald.  That fuzzy halo IS her hair.

There is more, but I have to run now.  If you have questions, leave them in comments below.

*happy mommy dance*