Our Family

Our Family
ANCIENT CHINESE BELIEF: When a child is born invisible red threads extend from the child's spirit and connect to all the significant people who will be part of the child's life. As the child grows, the threads shorten, drawing closer those people who are destined to be together.






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Friday, November 16, 2007

I am up late, missing my kids. :( So I thought I would post a little update. Not too much to tell about Nanchang. We have basically just been biding our time waiting for all the paperwork to be completed. We have seen all there is to see, and frankly are so tired of being swarmed by people every time we leave the hotel that we just stayed in all day today. But Mary brought us Johanna's passport this afternoon and we are off to Guangzhou tomorrow! Yea! We have met a very nice couple from Rhode Island who received their daughter on the same day as us and are also here alone rather than in a travel group. So we have been keeping each other company and the girls are having a blast together. It is amazing to watch the way they both blossom a little more each day. Dinner has become a "wild time" for us. They girls get very silly and like to play games of mimic. Johanna has learned to clap, blow kisses and wave bye bye. She is picking up on English so quickly it is amazing. Because of the cleft, she isn't speaking, but communicates very well. Today we took the girls to the play room at the hotel and she chased Chuck around the room pushing a baby walker, trying to run him down. Then she moved to running at him and tackling him. He would fall over and she would laugh like crazy. She has made HUGE progress with Chuck. She is still very unsure about the facial hair, but thinks he's good for some rough housing! Grace, we all prayed for the Lord to prepare her heart for us, and He definitely has! She is an amazing little girl, and we are feeling so completely blessed! We will post more pictures once we get to Guangzhou. Anqi will be meeting us there too! Monday will be Johanna's medical exam, Tuesday our consulate appointment, Wednesday the swearing in ceremony, and Thursday we will be in CA with our kids!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Its good to hear from you again. We were wondering if y'all were traveling already.

Leah isn't too fond of Robert's facial hair either! LOL!

:-) Christi