By Jamie

August 30, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday, Mei Lan! I’ve sure enjoyed watching her grow, and wish we could keep her here in ATL forever!! She is soooo cute!

By Laticia

August 30, 2007 1:46 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan, you were born a day before my birthday and I feel like we have this special bond. It’s like you are my baby. I too have enjoyed watching you grow. I wish that we can keep you here forever. I will be soooo sad when you leave.

By Anna

August 30, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this

I’ve enjoyed watching you grow and I too am going to miss you dearly when you leave. I love watching your videos and looking at your photos. You are too cute!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEI LAN!!!

By Noelle

August 30, 2007 2:26 PM | Link to this

How appropriate: I have a friend named Mei who is making her first-ever trip to Atlanta today. Just wish we were going to have a chance to take her to the zoo to visit her namesake!

By itsme

August 30, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

With all the bad news that goes on every day, it has been such a refreshing pleasure to watch this little one grow. I look forward to the weekly videos.

By Cori

August 30, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan!! I’ve been to the zoo twice this year mainly to see you. You are a fuzzy little dumpling and I wish I could pick you up and give you a big birthday hug!!

By cathy lee

August 30, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this

happy happy birthday mei lan you were born on my son’s birthday and it feels like having a baby all over again i have watched you grow from day one you are a family member love ya girl!!

By Phil

August 31, 2007 5:13 PM | Link to this

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/panda/birthday_card/index.html?cardVLText=Congratulations%20to%20you,%20Mei%20Lan.&cardVLTo=Mei%20Lan&cardVLFrom=Phil&cardT=cupcake&cardV=true

By PandaFan

August 31, 2007 6:06 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday, little ‘Atlanta Beauty’! Watching your birth and progress this past year has been such a special and wonderful experience for so many of us. Hope your birthday celebrations are as special and wonderful for you.

By mackenna

August 31, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan! You are so cute!

By Judy

August 31, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

Happy 1st Birthday, my sweet baby girl! And congratulations to your mama, too! xo

By Vance

August 31, 2007 8:19 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Boo- Boo Head! You sure are getting big! Mah from South Florida! :)

By Karen

August 31, 2007 11:48 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday cutie pie. You are so cute on the webcam playing with your mommy.

By rid0617

September 1, 2007 6:16 AM | Link to this

You have got to be kidding me. If we’re not signing guest books for whales we’re signing birthday cards for pandas? When did they learn to read or are people getting that lame?

By Carolyn

September 1, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this

Little Panda, with your nose pressed up against the cage they’ve stiffled you with, there are no bamboo shoots for you today, only hoosegows. But happy birthday. I would send you a picture of the jungle you should be frolicking in, but that would only make you sad.

Best wishes. Sorry mankind is so cruel.

By jeff

September 1, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this

I am sick of this stupid story. I wish they would come get this bear so I would never have to hear it again. It makes me want to vomit………

By rid0617

September 1, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

Where is Chinas birthday card. They own the stupid thing. We only lease it and pay it’s bills

By Jacqueline

September 1, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

my card

By T.O

September 1, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

No one cares anymore about this stupid Panda. Stop giving updates every time the damn thing goes to the bathroom. Who really cares????

By Carole

September 1, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

[my card]

By Carole

September 1, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this

my card

By SRS

September 1, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this

T.O. - no one is forcing you to read panda updates. Chill out!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEI!!!!!!!!

By Judy

September 1, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

my card

By Bear Hunter

September 2, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

I will be glad when they ship this animal off so we dont have to read about it again. If you want to make this panda story interesting then release it in North Ga during bear hunting season and see how long it last LOL. Now that would be something to read about.

By Paul and Pat

September 2, 2007 5:47 PM | Link to this

my card

By Maja

September 2, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this

my card PS bear hunter stay away from the steroids

By "T" Hallman

September 3, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

MEI LAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. I CAN BE HAVING ONE CRAPPY DAY AND YOU MAKE IT SHINE WITH ONE LOOK AT THE CAMERA.I HAVE FOLLOWED YOU FROM DAY ONE WHEN YOU LOOKED LIKE A SKINT RAT.YOU HAVE BLOSSOMED INTO A BEAUTIFUL BLESSING.I LOVE YOU MEI LAN AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY.KEEP LOVING YOUR MAMA.

By Lynn

September 3, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

my card

By Mary

September 3, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan. Wish I could give you a biggggg bear hug for your birthday. Have a wonderful day.

By LimeHead

September 3, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/living/panda/birthday_card?cardVLText=Happy%20First%20Birthday%20Wee%20Lanikins,%20%20May%20Your%20Day%20Be%20Full%20Of%20Weebles%20and%20Jollyballs!!%20%20&cardVLTo=Mei%20Lan&cardVLFrom=LimeHead&cardT=tree&cardV=true

By Sherry

September 3, 2007 9:14 PM | Link to this

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY MEI LAN!! Wish I could be with you this week, but, I will visit you real soon!! Enjoy all your special treats and pressies! You’re the cutest!! Love you and your family! Thanks to all the keepers!! I’ll be watching you!! :)

By paula

September 3, 2007 9:43 PM | Link to this

HAPPY #1 BIRTHDAY! THE ONLY GOOD THING COMING OUT OF CHINA THESE DAYS.HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

By Karen Strickland

September 4, 2007 8:33 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday special girl! I love you very much and thank you for making me smile. I am one of your biggest fans in the whole wide world. I enjoy watching you and mama on panda cam everyday. I will see you on thursday and I hope you have a wonderful 1st birthday.

By Holly

September 4, 2007 8:50 AM | Link to this

my card

By Deneese

September 4, 2007 9:10 AM | Link to this

Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!! I have enjoyed your 1st year! Have a wonderful Birthday

By Ginger

September 4, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

Happy birthday, Mei Lan. You are the cutest bear I have ever seen. I have enjoyed watching you grow up to look just like your mom. I sure do wish we could keep you in Atlanta forever.

By Pamela G

September 4, 2007 9:37 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan !!

She’s our little Warrior Princess, she’s fearless, bold, and fun. She’s our sweet Southern Little Miss, basking in the sun. She’s our sultry Steel Magnolia, lying sprawled across her logs. She’s the sparkling eyes and gorgeous face that launched a thousand blogs.

She fights the Mommie Monster, then she fiddles with her toes. There’s nowhere in the rooms and yards she hasn’t stuck her nose. She’s our tiny Panda Venus rising from her drinking bowl. She’s given us the Lani Trot and Lani Hammock Roll.

She’s the best of both her parents; goofy, funny, bright, and bold. Today we celebrate her life: Our Mei Lan’s one year old!! So Happy Birthday, little Panda darlin’. We love you. And keepers, bloggers, watchers all…we can’t wait for Year Two!!!!

By Janet-2

September 5, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

LONDON

The pandas have put modern Atlanta on the map across the world.

You don’t want to be stuck in the time-warp of “Gone With The Wind” forever around the globe do you?

They must be doing wonders for your tourism industry and that’s to the good of Atlanta.

Might make it there myself to see the pandas.

By Panda Lover

September 5, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this

javascript:ol(‘http://content.coxnewsweb.com/cxncardgen/cxncardgen_view.php?cardID=502’);

By Missy

September 5, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday little Bling-Bling

By Sherry

September 5, 2007 8:55 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan. Your birth supported my belief in natural birth! I had natural birth in October 2006! Thank you!

By Susan

September 6, 2007 2:06 AM | Link to this

You are the cutest baby ever! We love you little fuzzy butt!!! Happy Birthday from California!

By Jane

September 6, 2007 6:21 AM | Link to this

Happy first birthday Lani…I won’t be there at the event today, but I will be coming to see you in December whilst I am in the US.

From Jane in England

By Gordon

September 6, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday, Mei Lan! You are beauty for beauty’s sake. Pandas seem to do only two things: eat bamboo and make more pandas, and they don’t even make that many more pandas. But, little Mei, there’s so much more to you and your like - neither predator nor prey, you are harmonizers, bringing joy to the Creation and good cheer to the hearts of those who watch you grow. I live 15 minutes away from you, have visited you often, and whatever my mood when I arrive, I leave each visit feeling truly at peace.

May you spread that peace everywhere you go. You are a blessing to us all.

By Gordon

September 6, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday, Mei Lan! You are beauty for beauty’s sake. Pandas seem to do only two things: eat bamboo and make more pandas, and they don’t even make that many more pandas. But, little Mei, there’s so much more to you and your like - neither predator nor prey, you are harmonizers, bringing joy to the Creation and good cheer to the hearts of those who watch you grow. I live 15 minutes away from you, have visited you often, and whatever my mood when I arrive, I leave each visit feeling truly at peace.

May you spread that peace everywhere you go. You are a blessing to us all.

By Ginney

September 6, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan! May you have many more.

From your number one fan in Florida.

By Marty

September 6, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Mei Lan! I will be attending the reception in your honor this evening and I hope to see you! How easy it was to become enchanted with you over the past year. You will always be our Atlanta Beauty, no matter where your future travels take you. Much love to you, Lun Lun and Yang Yang - our Beloved Panda Family. And thank you, all of you at Zoo Atlanta, for sharing these wonderful animals with us and making us feel so much a part of their lives!

By Steve L.

September 6, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this

Have you idiots run out of things to do? Allow me to state what should be obvious: IT’s A F*ING PANDA!!!!!! IT DOESN’T READ!!!!! EVEN IF ANOTHER IDIOT READS THE CARD TO IT, THE PANDA WILL NOT UNDERSTAND THE DRIVEL YOU’VE WRITTEN!!!!

With every passing day, I can see the need for intelligence tests as a prerequisite for voting…….

By cubsfan723

September 6, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this

Happy birfday widdle Lani! I’ve loved every moment I’ve seen you on panna cam. Keep the Mommy Monster on her paws! [my card](http://content.coxnewsweb.com/cxncardgen/cxncardgen_view.php?cardID=570

By Jennifer Hulsey

September 6, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl! I sure have enjoyed watching you online! Can’t wait to see you in person!

By Gigi

September 6, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Uh, Steve L., if you feel this way about it, what in the world are you doing on the site in the first place, you idiot!!

By Cheryl

September 6, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

Happy Happy Birthday to the cutest panda ever! She is a doll and these “people”??!!??!! that don’t like pandas, GET OFF THE WEBSITE AND DON’T READ IT!! Love to all the Atlanta pandas and Happy Birthday to Yang Yang too (September 9)..

By dh

September 6, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this

Hey Jeff, You are big loser!

By debwhitt

September 6, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

Happy Birthday Baby Girl! You are loved and adored by so many! Enjoy your day and your fun enrichment goodies! We will be with you all the way! :-)

By dean

September 6, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

Is it me or is anyone else just plain sick and tired of this panda being in the news/headlines every stinking day? What will the AJC fill the absent panda space with? Good Riddence!!!

By deb

September 6, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this

Today is Mei Lan’s big day! Lots of fun and excitment for our little panda! For just today, all of you that just can’t seem to keep your nasty little comments to yourselves….just for one day put your pathetic character and comments aside and let Atlanta have its fun! Unbelievable how nasty you people can be. Happy Birthday Mei Lan! Have fun baby girl! P.S. And having scored high on my IQ test, I do realize she cannot read, but there is such a thing as a fun, childlike nature of the human spirit, apparently the Jeff, Steve, and rid66’s are sorely lacking.

By Anne-Marie

September 6, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this

Dear Mei Lan,

Anne-Marie has sent you an e-card:

(http://content.coxnewsweb.com/cxncardgen/cxncardgen_view.php?cardID=578)

By Anne-Marie

September 6, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

(http://content.coxnewsweb.com/cxncardgen/cxncardgen_view.php?cardID=578)

By Anne-Marie

September 6, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

(http://content.coxnewsweb.com/cxncardgen/cxncardgen_view.php?cardID=578)

By Michelle

September 6, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this

my card

By Lisa

September 7, 2007 3:56 AM | Link to this

my card

By Christy

September 7, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this

Have lots of fun on your birthday!!

http://content.coxnewsweb.com/cxncardgen/cxncardgen_view.php?cardID=600