Pictures: quilt progress & a younger Shaling?

My mother-in-law, Nancy, has all of the squares sewn together for the quilt, as well as the red border that I selected. She is considering finding a way to make it a bit longer, but the sewing portion is either done or mostly done. I love the hodge-podge of materials included. Next, it will go to Brock's Great Aunt Annabelle for the quilting portion.



Tim Stowell and his wife are in the midst of their 3rd international adoption. They live in Tennessee and are adopting Star, who is part of the same welfare district (orphanage) as Shaling and in fact, has been part of the same "pod" of 8 kids there. Tim is amazing at searching for pictures of the kids. He recently found some photos from a field trip that the Longgang Welfare District (where our girls live) went on in either 2006 or 2007. Shaling would have been 5 or 6 years old. I'm thinking the little girl in the pink t-shirt & yellow shorts is her. The cheeks, nose, and lips all look the same to me.