These are the first pictures of Payton LeHong Winingham! She was born on February 3, 2006!
The travel time is estimated to be 7-9 weeks from now!
She is obviously being well cared for by her foster family – we thank God for that!
Please pray for our daughter and her continued health!
Love,
The Wininghams (Family of 5!)
Oh my goodness, what a precious little girl! I feel like
I want to swim over there and get her right now!!!
Payton, you will love being in the Winingham family.
Love you lots already, Grandma
Comment by Grandma Greivel — August 28, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
Oh my gosh…she is adorable. She is so lucky to be a part of your family. Aunt Birdy can’t wait to get my arms around her. Yeah!!!!
Comment by Robyn — August 28, 2006 @ 1:30 pm
Oh Brett and Nicki, don’t you just want to squoosh her! I love her so much already!!!! We will be praying that these next weeks go VERY quickly for you and Payton. We love you! Brad, Amy and the girls!
Comment by Amy — August 28, 2006 @ 1:33 pm
Congratulations! We’ve been anxiously watching the CCAI website for you! How exciting
I wish we were going too!! Payton is a cutie and looks happy & healthy!
Comment by The Saleks — August 28, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
Congratulations! She is absolutely beautiful and you must be so thrilled after such a long wait. We will keep your family in our prayers as you prepare to meet her. With love, The DiIorios
Comment by Julie — August 28, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Congratulations Brett, Nicki, Logan and Ryan!!! She is so beautiful! We can not wait for her to come home! The next few weeks HAVE to go by fast because none of us will be able to stand it! She is a blessed little girl to have you as her family. We love you all so much.
Comment by The Dingee's — August 28, 2006 @ 2:17 pm
So much love for that little girl!
Comment by Auntie Boo — August 28, 2006 @ 2:17 pm
Winningham Family,
Now you are complete. What a cutie!! We love that smile. She looks so happy and full of fun and love. CONGRATULATIONS. Safe travels and we can’t wait to give her a big squeeze.
XXOO Ron and Sue
Comment by Ron and Sue — August 28, 2006 @ 2:34 pm
Payton looks more like her cousins at that age than Logan and Ryan did. We love her already! We can’t wait for her to get here.
Love you!
Comment by The Myers — August 28, 2006 @ 2:35 pm
What an adorable baby girl! She looks so happy to be matched with you!!! Congratulations and we’ll be praying for all of you during this last phase of your wait!
The Podhajsky Family
Comment by The Podhajskys — August 28, 2006 @ 3:41 pm
Oh my!! At long last, your baby girl!! She certainly looks happy and healthy!! We are looking forward to meetin her!!
Safe and speedy travel to you!! Love, Grandma Marge and Papa Doug
Comment by Doug and Marge — August 28, 2006 @ 3:45 pm
Brett, Nicki, Logan, and Ryan,
WOW – what a beautiful little girl! We are thankful FuFu will have another little “chinese cousin”! We can’t wait to love on her. She is very blessed to be in your sweet family. We REJOICE with you and will continue our prayers as you prepare for this amazing journey to China – it truly is the BEST!
Much love and God Bless -
The Crandalls
Comment by Rusty, sherri, justin, spencer, taylor, and FuFu — August 28, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
Wahoo! She is amazing! The Miller family is so excited for you all! Our prayers are with you and with Payton as she waits for you to come and bring her home. We can’t wait to meet her, guys!
Love, Bobbi, Paul, Jared, Jessica, and Jacob
Comment by Bobbi Miller — August 28, 2006 @ 7:36 pm
Congratulations! What a little cutie. She is just about the same age as Jamie! How fun to have a new little friend. You are so blessed to have such a beautiful, healthy child and she is so blessed to have such a wonderful, loving family.
Love,
The Horans
Comment by The Horans — August 28, 2006 @ 8:22 pm
What a wonderful process you all get to participate in….all of it wil be Payton’s history…..the anticipation, the delays, the photos, the plane trip, the first meeting and then
bringing her to her forever family. Bless you all!
Love, Steve Longsdorf
Comment by Steve Longsdorf — August 28, 2006 @ 9:46 pm
An incredibly beautiful baby for an incredibly beautiful family…lots of love and kisses to Miss Payton and all!!! Love, Gramma Patty
Comment by Gramma Patty — August 31, 2006 @ 1:54 am
Thank you all so very much for your blessings! October cannot come soon enough, but you are all helping to make the time pass a little more easily!
Love, The Wininghams
Comment by Brett, Nicki, Logan and Ryan — August 31, 2006 @ 8:05 am
Dear Nicki,Brett, Logan and Ryan,
Sending one big HUG to all of you! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I can’t wait to hold that new little bundle of joy of yours.
Your sweet baby girl, Payton is beautiful! What a blessing!!!
Love to you all, Shelly Smith (Love you Nicki)
Dear Sweet Payton,
You precious little one! You will be loved and cared for in a way that is so deserving to you, sweet baby girl. Your Mommy and Daddy have been waiting along time for you.
Sending a prayer of gratitude for your gift of life!
Giggle lots, love freely and enjoy your precious life!
XXX OOO sweetie… Love, Shelly
Comment by Shelly Smith — August 31, 2006 @ 10:25 am
Dear Ones,
We are so happy for you. She is beautiful and such a fortunate little girl to be coming to your family. I’d better get those knitting needles clicking.
We Love You All.
Comment by Gale, Kay, & Staley — September 1, 2006 @ 7:32 am
Yay, I am so happy that we all have to cute face to attach her name too. She is adorable and I am so happy and excited for all of you. I can’t wait to babysit her and squeeze those cute, chubby cheeks. Love you all, Amanda
Comment by Amanda Gallegos — September 1, 2006 @ 1:00 pm
wow, what a huggable, kissable, happy baby. I can not wait to meet her. Congratulations! kim.
Comment by kim — September 16, 2006 @ 8:12 pm
Brett and Nicki,
We have just looked at all of your amazing pictures of Payton and the sites. They brought tears to our eyes. Payton is so beautiful. We can’t WAIT to hold her!!!! I know you are just as anxious to get her home to be with her new brother and sister.
God Bless You All–
We Love You!
Comment by The Dingee's — November 1, 2006 @ 9:00 pm