We
are now into countdown mode!!!! 4 more nights and we are on our way
home. It feels as if we have been in China forever. We are more than
ready to get home and back to a routine that fits our family.
This morning was a bit emotional for me. The internet connection has been terrible here in Guangzhou and we haven't been able to see the boys for but a few seconds before the connection is lost. Well, this morning I saw the boys and bawled. Luckily the connection was lost and I was able to regain my composure when I finally got a good connection back. They are doing so well!! We have been so blessed with some awesome family and friends that have helped the boys out. The best sitter ever: Jennifer. She watched the boys for us for 5 yrs while I was working full time and now 5 yrs later she is with them again while we are in China. My sister, Nina, for taking the boys on the weekends, coordinating baseball games and just being there for the boys for any support they needed even though Jennifer was with them. The boys coaches /wives and our friends (Craig & Christy HIll and Mick & Barb Puhar) have been such a blessing with picking up the boys for each game. I am not sure what we would have done without them. Not sure how we can ever thank each of them enough.
Keeping it emotional, I am still so amazed at how lucky and blessed we have been since we got here. Not only am I so grateful for our daughter and to have her in our arms (we just can't stop kissing that little chestnut) but grateful that we have met and bonded with some of the best people. We have traveled every step of the way with Michael, Brandi, Maddox and now Max and they are awesome!! The have been great adoption and travel buddies but they have also been such a great source of comfort, positive energy and laughs. I am not sure we could have made it as far as we did without them. Last night we were able to meet up with Jeff and Charika and their new son, too. They just became 1st time parents to a 2yr old little dude and they are pros now! Outside of our original travel group we met up with Meghan, Corey and their new little 2yr old daughter - they are from Traverse City. Also, we met Elizabeth & Edward - they are from Grand Haven. They brought their 5 yr old they adopted a yr ago and adopted his best friend from the orphanage this time. How awesome is that???? They have a 15 yr old and a 12 yr old at home in MI.
It has been a quiet day. Today was the first day that we didn't have to be up by a certain time for any adoption appointment or tour. It is amazing just how bad we needed a day like today. Breakfast when we wanted, a brief walk to a beautiful park (Megan decided to start falling asleep and I didn't want her to nap just yet so we could give her a good nap after lunch), a quick dip in the pool until it started raining. Megan's not hip on getting her face wet (such a Princess!) so we tried waiting it out for a bit to see if the rain would clear but it began to rain harder. Back to the room we went only to have it turn sunny by the time we changed out of our suits. Go figure! Jeffrey had a meeting to go over US Consulate paperwork for Megan. We need all our ducks in a row so we can immigrate this little beauty out of this country.
Thank you to all of you at home. Your love and support is overwhelming!!
This morning was a bit emotional for me. The internet connection has been terrible here in Guangzhou and we haven't been able to see the boys for but a few seconds before the connection is lost. Well, this morning I saw the boys and bawled. Luckily the connection was lost and I was able to regain my composure when I finally got a good connection back. They are doing so well!! We have been so blessed with some awesome family and friends that have helped the boys out. The best sitter ever: Jennifer. She watched the boys for us for 5 yrs while I was working full time and now 5 yrs later she is with them again while we are in China. My sister, Nina, for taking the boys on the weekends, coordinating baseball games and just being there for the boys for any support they needed even though Jennifer was with them. The boys coaches /wives and our friends (Craig & Christy HIll and Mick & Barb Puhar) have been such a blessing with picking up the boys for each game. I am not sure what we would have done without them. Not sure how we can ever thank each of them enough.
Keeping it emotional, I am still so amazed at how lucky and blessed we have been since we got here. Not only am I so grateful for our daughter and to have her in our arms (we just can't stop kissing that little chestnut) but grateful that we have met and bonded with some of the best people. We have traveled every step of the way with Michael, Brandi, Maddox and now Max and they are awesome!! The have been great adoption and travel buddies but they have also been such a great source of comfort, positive energy and laughs. I am not sure we could have made it as far as we did without them. Last night we were able to meet up with Jeff and Charika and their new son, too. They just became 1st time parents to a 2yr old little dude and they are pros now! Outside of our original travel group we met up with Meghan, Corey and their new little 2yr old daughter - they are from Traverse City. Also, we met Elizabeth & Edward - they are from Grand Haven. They brought their 5 yr old they adopted a yr ago and adopted his best friend from the orphanage this time. How awesome is that???? They have a 15 yr old and a 12 yr old at home in MI.
It has been a quiet day. Today was the first day that we didn't have to be up by a certain time for any adoption appointment or tour. It is amazing just how bad we needed a day like today. Breakfast when we wanted, a brief walk to a beautiful park (Megan decided to start falling asleep and I didn't want her to nap just yet so we could give her a good nap after lunch), a quick dip in the pool until it started raining. Megan's not hip on getting her face wet (such a Princess!) so we tried waiting it out for a bit to see if the rain would clear but it began to rain harder. Back to the room we went only to have it turn sunny by the time we changed out of our suits. Go figure! Jeffrey had a meeting to go over US Consulate paperwork for Megan. We need all our ducks in a row so we can immigrate this little beauty out of this country.
Thank you to all of you at home. Your love and support is overwhelming!!
We are bad parents-we haven't taken 1 photo of our girl today but below are a few from the last few days.
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