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to China for Clementine – my favorites: silks

to China for Clementine – my favorites: silks

Here we go, finally getting to the end (the end!) of editing and cataloguing my favorite pictures from our time in China with Clementine. No, not Magnolia… Clementine. I’m just going to get this out there, y’all. This little corner of cyberspace has been sorely neglected. Lots of things have resulted in this sad state of affairs: homeschooling nine, a… Read More

09.22.16 · Clementine, my favorites, Sophie, To China for Clementine

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Shamian Island

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Shamian Island

Yesterday marked nine months since we met Clementine. We didn’t celebrate with a cake or a photo session. Our girl is still deep in the recovery stages of open heart and slide tracheoplasy surgery. I’ve shared a lot of the last few weeks on Instagram and I’m not sure yet if I’ll sit down and blog about it because it… Read More

08.19.15 · Clementine, my favorites, photography, Sophie, To China for Clementine

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Martyrs Park

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Martyrs Park

I started going through these and sharing my favorites when we’d been home with Clementine about six months. Now we’ve been home eight, but I’m not quitting. I think I can, I think I can… Getting ready to take our girl in for a major surgery is getting me a little weepy. And nostalgic. And just plain sappy. Love looking… Read More

07.26.15 · Clementine, my favorites, photography, To China for Clementine

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Clementine day

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Clementine day

Continuing to peck away at all my pictures from our trip to China for Clementine. It’s getting harder and harder to pick favorites – so instead of being pickier, I’m plucking out more and more. But it’s for a good reason. Once I have them all edited and organized, they’ll be saved here. I’ll also have them them made into… Read More

06.12.15 · Clementine, my favorites, photography, To China for Clementine

to China for Clementine – my favorites: the Great Wall

to China for Clementine – my favorites: the Great Wall

(continuing on with posting my favorites from China – you can see the first post here.) It was six months ago, yesterday, that we were standing right here. In fact, it was on the Great Wall that we got a phone call with the news that Clementine would be well enough for us to meet her the next day. It… Read More

05.17.15 · my favorites, photography, To China for Clementine

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Beijing

to China for Clementine – my favorites: Beijing

I know. We’ve been home with Clementine for almost 6 months. But when we traveled to China, I brought along my camera. And I brought along my iPad. But I didn’t bring along my PS6. That was here at home. On a desktop that most definitely wasn’t going to make the trip. And since we returned, I’ve been wanting to… Read More

05.02.15 · my favorites, photography, To China for Clementine

since then

since then

Wow – a week since we got home. Feels like no time. And it feels like forever. In an effort to chronicle Clementine’s journey accurately, I wanted to share the few pictures I took between then and now. On our last night in China we walked out for dinner with some sweet friends we made on this trip. Sweet enough… Read More

12.03.14 · celebrations, Clementine, To China for Clementine 11

to China for Clementine: the silks

to China for Clementine: the silks

Years ago, it became the tradition to buy your new child a set of silks, and take a picture of them on the “red couch” at the White Swan Hotel (the hotel where almost all the new adoptive families stayed) on your last day in China. Poppy was the last of our kiddos to follow in that tradition. The White… Read More

11.25.14 · Sophie, To China for Clementine 18

to China for Clementine: a day to rest

to China for Clementine: a day to rest

Yesterday was our consulate appointment. Before we could do that, we had to run upstairs to revisit the medical doctors who had seen Clementine on Saturday. Thankfully we got the all clear and we were given her medical paperwork to submit with our visa paperwork. One hand-raising oath, some passport checking and a few fingerprints later, and we were done…. Read More

11.24.14 · To China for Clementine 9

to China for Clementine: sisters

to China for Clementine: sisters

Today was a shopping day. Something I’m usually pretty good at. Sophie, too. We looked at pearls and jade. Silk purses and chopsticks. But we wanted to be sure we didn’t overdo it. And with Clementine in tow, we were all a little distracted. In a very good way. So we opted out of the rest of the day’s activities…. Read More

11.23.14 · To China for Clementine 11

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I'm Stefanie. Wife to one, mom to 13. Occasional blogger and t-shirt maker. Wannabe photographer and exerciser. Constant grace-needer and orphan advocator. more
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