when east meets south
Today was a travel day. So, instead of leaving you with no pictures, or the horribly underexposed and unfocused pictures from our bus trip, I’m going to post more pictures from our adventure yesterday at the park. Since they pretty much don’t need an accompanying explanation 😉 We have arrived in Guilin. And are now settled into our hotel here… Read More
Today was adoption finalization day. We got an early start so we could spend as long as Vivienne wanted working over the breakfast buffet, since she, thus far, has proven herself to be one who enjoys putting away the grub. I didn’t have to wake her, by the time I was done showering and getting ready, she and Asher were… Read More
What a day! I gotta say, having gotcha day in the middle of the afternoon made for one long day. In fact, by the time it was time, Asher and I were beside ourselves with excitement. And pit sweat. And nausea. At least I was. That is one thing that doesn’t seem to change, no matter how many times I’ve… Read More
We are ready. So ready. We spent the day yesterday officially doing *nothing*. But a great deal of our day went to preparing for our girl. We unpacked and organized, put all our clothes away and even did a little laundry. And watched a movie. And played ‘Bookworm’. And ate lots of Chinese noodles. A martyr, I am not. Late… Read More
It’s happened. I’ve lost my mind. And it doesn’t help that I’ve got a house full of 8 kiddos all day long to keep me extremely occupied otherwise. Thankfully, my sweet husband has managed to get time off of work to take care of all the kidlets while I’ll be in China. I gotta say, it’s a huge relief to… Read More
We have a Consulate appointment. We have travel dates. We have plane tickets. We leave in 10 days. And I am completely and totally losing my mind with excitement. My tummy does flip flops when I think about how close we are to bringing Vivi home. I was in China with my sister this time last year. And had no… Read More
Wow. Crazy sauce. Since I put the phone down with my agency yesterday it’s been seriously non-stop. I mean, take the head-spinning craziness of getting TA and add Christmas Eve chaos and you’ve got a taste of what it’s been like around here. Add to that the fact that Asher and I don’t have visas. And I don’t have a… Read More
Our TA is here!! On the phone with the agency right now… Details coming soon!!
It’s here!! to the to the baby!!! I got “the call” yesterday, when I was shopping for none other than Miss Vivi!!Lots of paperwork to do this weekend, but believe it or not, I can’t wait… anything to bring Vivi home 🙂 P.S. Thanks to Amy Zaleski’s groovy letters for helping me celebrate the day 🙂