Sweet surprise....

EARLIEST PICTURE THAT WE HAVE OF THE DUMPLING

Since 1999, the orphanages in China are required to run a provincial newspaper advertisement for children that are found and brought to their orphanage. These are commonly called "Finding Ads." These ads contain information about where and when the children were found and which orphanage is caring for them. Originally these were text-only ads, but most provinces now include photographs in their ads. These photographs are usually the earliest available pictures of the children, some from as young as a few weeks old. 

FINDING AD

We used a Chinese search engine (www.baidu.com) to search for any pictures from Dumpling's CWI.  Low and behold we found this sweet picture.  This is an absolute treasure for us.