I know, this is late. And I only have two pictures to show for the entire day. Forgive me. A half-dozen episodes of Lost are to blame. Zach and I huddled around the laptop last night. For, ahem… a few hours. Poppy perched in my lap, surrounded by some Wasabi peas, Cup o’ Noodles and milk flavored wafer cookies. Somehow,… Read More
Poppy: day 4
Baby steps. That’s the name of the game these days. Poppy slept less anxiously last night. And made an attempt to feed herself some hard boiled egg at breakfast. She didn’t swallow it, but she did try to eat it. She was slightly tearful on our very-short-because-it-is-exceedingly-hot outing for the day, especially when anyone tried to look at her. Or… Read More
Poppy: day 3
I hesitate to say it out loud. But today? Was better. It didn’t start out that way. But early this evening, the blessed moment arrived. She started playing with her stacking cups. It happened as I was washing some things out in the tub and had her next to me. When I, for the 379th time, gave her the stacking… Read More
poppy in black and white
Just pictures. Sometimes, there is no need for words.
Poppy: day 2
Sweet Poppy is ours. The adoption was made final today, and this precious little one is ours forever. Y’all, she is just so very scared. So please forgive the lack of pictures, but honestly, she spent the vast majority of the day on my hip or on my lap. Otherwise, she was reduced to tears. And well, that just breaks… Read More
Poppy Day – the real deal
We arrived at Civil Affairs before Poppy, which was good. I so wanted to be there when she walked in with her nanny. But I was as nervous as a cat, watching other families being made. Witnessing the faces of children crying, coping, and falling apart. And wondering what Poppy was going to do when she realized she was here,… Read More
Poppy Day: {a quick preview}
Poppy is here. And positively precious. Much to share. Many pictures to upload. But the connection is excruciatingly a bit slow… and no one wants to sit around the room waiting for the pictures to upload. It’s dinner time. I did want to share at least one picture, though. And let y’all know all went really, really well. Poppy was… Read More
5 hours and counting…
until we meet Miss Poppy. So grateful we got a good night’s sleep last night. I think I crawled into bed at 8:00 and other than a short span around 1:30 AM, I slept until 5:30. Seriously, a huge blessing for this mama who doesn’t do well without adequate snooze time. Then we got up and got cleaned up. So… Read More
here.
We are here, y’all. And so, so tired. Our flight finally took off at 8:00 this morning, a bit later than the 3:00 yesterday that was scheduled. Thankfully, it was an uneventful flight and we arrived into Hong Kong before noon. Then came the adventure of finding our way to the buses and ultimately to the Garden Hotel. But find… Read More