We have been blessed again with the gift of another daughter from China!!

Esther Joy XiaoTian

Esther Joy XiaoTian

Chinese Name: Shen Xiao Tian

Means "understanding the sky"

Date of Birth: January 6, 2003

Shenzhen CWI, Guangdong Province, China

First "met" her: November 23, 2004

Special Need: cleft lip and palate

Cleft Lip surgery was in February 2004

Cleft palate surgery performed in late 2004

She is described as an active and cheerful child who loves to laugh and smile and wiggles her bottom when music is playing. She is very independent and try's hard to eat food using a fork, although most of it ends up on the floor.

She is absoloutley PRECIOUS!!!!!

These updated pictures were taken sometime in December 2004 / January 2005 right after Esther's cleft palate had been repaired. You can see the difference the surgery did for her by her cheeks! Because her cleft palate was still open, she wasn't able to get much food into her body, so now she will be able to eat properly!

"Like cold water for a weary soul, is good news from a distant land."  Proverbs 25:25

Learn more about China's waiting children at waitingchild.org

We love you Esther Joy and cannot wait for you to come home!!!!