Well it has been a week since Luci had her dressings removed...and like the doc said...it is going to look rough for a while as thejgy skin settles down. As far as we are concerned we are thrilled th...
Well Luci did great and she is sleeping here beside me in the hospital room. When she wakes up we will give her some juice and make our way home. The doc said he things it looks good but to outsiders...
Hello everyone! Luci and I are back at CHOA for part 2 of her eye surgery. This is where they take her back into the OR and remove the wires going through the bridge of her nose and take those pads o...
Day 2 home with Miss Luci is going well. Jesus does love us...among all the wonderful gifts he has given us, today we especially thank him for childrens narcotics...God bless the kind scientist that ...
Well, Luci was in surgery for about 6 hours yesterday, I thought it was only going to take 3...since that is what the doc said...so you can imagine after about hour 4 I was starting to worry that som...
I apparently am the worlds worst blogger but I am gonna get this thing going again. Mainly so our friends and family can laugh at/with us as we try to act like we are totally capable parents.Also I w...
Here are some photos of Gotcha Day!The bridge entering Wuhan.Red bags with the customary gifts for the provincial officials.Lucis corner, all her fun stuff and cute outfits ready and waiting.Here she...
We definitely should have named this little one after Brian! Somehow she ended up with all her Babas genes!Oh this little Luci precious!! We went to the Civil Affairs office this morning and and she ...
Well, got about four hours sleep last night, mamma and I were both up at 5:00 making coffee. We had breakfast and met out guide Charlotte for the second day of touring. First stop..the great wall...s...
Yep, I was done with the post...and then apparently I touched something on the screen that shut down blogpost...and my post is now gone...goody.So I will try again...to lay the groundwork here, we ha...
So, fortunately I did not get arrested and my guide did not have to bail me out of a Chinese jail...but it got dicey.See, I said I wanted to shop for purses, she brought us to the multiple floored Sh...
Long flight, not much sleep, but my mom and I made it here just fine. On the flight we had a little brown eyed toddler boy sitting in front of us...seriously made me miss my little Mac...I wanted to ...
So after we left the Forbidden City I asked Charlotte to take us to a Hutong...this is a traditional, old style neighborhood. These still speckle the city but many are being torn down for new real es...
Got some catching up to do so...last Tuesday (10/11/2011) my mom and dad came into town and we, along with Kristi, surprised Mac at his school for his birthday. We brought in cupcakes decorated like ...
Last Sunday was Lucis 4th birthday and it was sad for us to not be with her...but we are soooo close to being there!I sent her a very pink care package and I hope she got to still feel like a very lo...
So yesterday our Luci turned 4...and no we were not there to celebrate with her,but a bunch of pink stuff and a cake were there in our absence. If she doesnt like pink then..oop...
Yesterday we got out Travel Approval from China and this morning we got confirmation of our Consulate Appointment date. I didnt get teh earlier one that I reqiested...apparently everyone is gun...
My agency( rockin Kelsey!) just shot me an email...yes, at 11:30 pm...They have confirmed that my Travel Approval is sitting in the outgoing mail in the cccwa office! Thank you Jesus! My sanity is sa...
Yep! That is the official diagnosis. I cant take credit for it...but it is definitely accurate! My boss JC and his wife just had kiddo #3 last week and there was definitely some waiting...and waiting...
(Yeah - I stole that litle one from Nicole at Bakers Sweets - and its coming in handy these days!)See this chart below - it has over two hundred people on it, gradually working their way up as their ...
So, the countdown is officially on! Our Article 5 was picked up from the US consulate in Ch!na yesterday and overnighted to their childrens welfare office. That means any time after today...
I am so happy! All of these final steps have average wait times and they just make you stark raving crazy! I have tried to resist stepping off into crazy town during this process...some of you might ...
What a great way to wake up...I had an email waiting in my inbox from Ann! New pictures and measurements of our sweet LuciQ! Ann also included that Luci knows that we are going to be her f...
I am realizing now how special this last month or two is...I so love the time I get to spend just me and Mac and then on the weekends Me and Brian and Mac usually have a few fun adventures - yes this...
Yesterday I was sitting at my desk eating lunch scrolling through blog updates by other adoptive moms in various stages of the adoption process. Mamma Lisa was journaling their whole adoption t...
Yep! It is official - China has our stuff! We sent our dossier to China on 4/18/2011 and I just got an email from our agency that tey received notification that China logged our dos...
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