All About Noelle

Noelle was born on February 28, 2004 in the Shaanxi province of China as Qin Xiao Xu.  Qin is her last name and her first name is Xiao Xu, pronounced She-ow Shu.  Noelle was abandoned at 3 months old and is currently residing at Xianyang City Social Welfare institute.

Noelle was born with scoliosis and is post op for cataracts.  We have been told that she does not attend school but attends preschool because her eyesight is poor.

Our last update in May with Noelle’s measurements indicates she is very petite; she weighs 38 pounds and is 42 inches tall.  Reagan at 6 years old is 37 pounds and is three inches shorter.  Both Dan and I are concerned that there could be more to her health than what we have in her file.

She is described as a talkative girl who likes to dance. “Because of her spine condition she is not the best dancer but she does not let that bother her.  She is the leader of the dance group.”


Recently, I was able to get into contact with a family that was in China getting their daughter who is from the same orphanage as Noelle.  They offered to take some photos of Noelle.  I just have to share what they wrote in their email to me:….” Can I say she is the sweetest little girl ever?  We wanted to take her with us--but we are so happy she is going home so soon.  She is precious."

We are counting down the days until we get to meet our precious, talkative, dancing daughter.