Brought to you by the letter P

P is for Panda! Now that Annslee can say panda she likes to point them out to us. When I saw these photos, sent by Mikayla's mama, I had to smile. They are just the cutest little things. Annslee has a stuffed panda that her cousin Payton gave her before we even had our referral. Honestly, it has been sitting on top of her bookshelf ever since and only got attention as we turned out the lights each night. As part of our very long bedtime ritual she would always reach up, touch its toes and I would say "nite nite panda" then she would turn off the light (usually with her foot ) However, now that she says panda he is off the bookshelf and actually gets a big hug and kiss each night...lucky guy!

SICHUAN, China

One zoo in southwest China has its hands full with 16 baby pandas.

The Sichuan Wolong Panda Protection and Breed Center is dealing with the results of a breeding boom -- 16 pandas have been born since July, 2006. The brood includes five sets of twins. The cubs are weighed and measured every five days. The heaviest tips the scale at just over 24 pounds, while the lightest weighs about 11 pounds.

The pandas are due to stop suckling by February, 2007 just about the time they'll start learning to walk. Once weaned, the panda cubs will attend panda kindergarten. In the meantime, more little ones are expected at the center since 38 giant pandas were artificially impregnated.









And here, for your viewing pleasure, is a photo of Annslee's pandas. This was a picture we used in our dossier for China so her room was a lot neater then than it is now.