We have received Mae's Dossier details: (This includes her medical record; the details surrounding her arrival at the children's welfare institute and some insight into her personality)....

.... Lu Yin Jiang was found outside the entrance of the Pingjiang County Children’s Welfare Institute on July 12th, 2006. She had dense hair and was wearing a dotted white outfit. Some clothes and powdered milk were left with her. Doctors estimated that she was born on June 10th, 2006.

• She was healthy, small in size but adorable.
• Her daily life was to eat and sleep.
• Occasionally she opened her eyes to look around and burst into tears to tell people that she was hungry or had a wet diaper.

• She became interested in sound. She would lift her head up 45 degrees and hold it.
• She would hold a toy tight and grab objects.

• She was straightforward – she smiled at things she liked and showed rejection to things she did not like.
• She liked to play peek-a-boo with adults.
• She could stand up while being pulled slightly on one hand.
• She could push her upper body up with her arms, lift her head and turn it to familiar people as well as follow moving objects with her eyes.
• Her favorite activity was to play outside and her favorite toy was anything that makes sound.

• Pingjiang County Children’s Welfare Institute.

The Pingjiang Children's Welfare Institute is one of a few institutes in China where a nanny takes care of only one child. While young, the children sleep in their nanny’s room at night. This extra care results in children that have good physical skills and are age appropriate in developmental skills. We feel so fortunate that our baby is there.

One family who visited there last year mentioned, "the nannies would go to the temple to pray for the children if they were sick or to pray for continued good health." Another couple who were allowed to visit the orphanage in October, 2006 reports the following: "We then toured very specific areas of the orphanage - the babies' rooms with their little cot/cribs lined up, the playroom and a room with a handful of kids playing. We saw many smiling nannies and some very happy babies, all of whom were being held and cared for by their own nanny. We saw a lot of love and caring while we were there, and the director himself, Mr. Yu Yong Gao, seemed to have a very special relationship with each baby, as well. He told us that there were only 40 children in the orphanage at the time, and over the past 10 years, 200 children have been adopted out of Pingjiang."