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Hello! Well to quote another family friend as they prepared to travel to China….here we go again! What a joy it is to have the opportunity to bring an orphaned special needs little girl home, to give...
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We have our travel dates
We have our travel dates - they are August 20th thru Septemer 4th!So much to prepare for and so much to seek your prayers for...Such as...Noah and Hannah will be staying with our friends the Jones' and...
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The night before the day and half of flying
The last minute shopping is all complete. The suitcases are FINALLY packed and now we’re headed to bed for a blissful night of sleep before the day-and-half flying.We hugged and kissed Noah and Hannah...
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Resting in Hong Kong
We just completed the marathon 15 hour flight from Chicago to Hong Kong! Local time is a little after 5 pm on Friday. Colette is sleeping and you see what I’m doing. Our flight was very cramped in the...
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Arrived!!
Ni Hao! We have arrived! We are now closer than ever to our precious Haddie. The 5 hour layover in Hong Kong was a bit long – although a couple of hour naps helped pass the time nicely. The flight from...
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8-23-09
8-23-09 As we sit in Starbucks - the only place for free wireless - sipping our house coffee and a Green Tea Latte (I am not kidding - it tastes a little green but is actually quite good!) we will fill...
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Monday morning
From Starbucks - this is Bob Today is Gotcha Day along with going to the local bank and exchanging $6,100 USD for 41,670. RMB (Chinese Yuan) to cover all the fees and expenses. We'll be calling the...
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She's here!!
The day has arrived and Haddie is in our arms! She obviously hears more than we were lead to believe since she has already said, "om" when Bob asked who I was after walking back in the room. She is one...
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So Small
Haddie was up at 4:40 this morning with a #2 waiting to be changed. We have been told that the 1st BM is theirs (food from the orphanage) and the 2nd is ours. It is a momentous occasion when that...
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She's ours!
In the lunch time picture of Haddie sitting in Colette's lap... little Haddie is peeling and eating the insides from her McDonald's French Fries. I guess you can do that when you have such teeny tiny...
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She's eating well!
Hadassah is eating well! She doesn't like eggs and apple juice does wonders for cleaning out her system (ha, ha) just ask the hotel's house keeping!We're off to go do some shopping...-Bob
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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to Hadassah! She is two today! Still a little pip but lots of personality. She now initiates waves with anyone who will give her eye contact. Everyone who looks at her and smiles is her...
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Birthday Update
Our group went to the Chen's Ancestral Lineage Hall today (that's a group shot). It was really hot and humid. However, tomorrow is supposed to be hotter - the high for tomorrow and Saturday is 100. We...
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Firday update
It was a really HOT day - the high was 100 with a heat index of 106. Our group went to the Guangzhou zoo right in the middle of the 106 heat index. Believe it or not the animals were out and Guangzhou...
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Saturday
Well, today was the medical exam. It was a long affair with a lot of time standing in lines. Many adoptive families trying to accomplish the same objective today. All went well and they will read the...
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Sunday Update
We attended the bi-lingual service at Christ Church Shamian. Awesome! We (the only non-Asian people there) sang 2 songs in English and the local attenders knew it well. The service lasted for about an...
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She's coming home!!
Good Monday Morning from Guangzhou!Haddie is coming home WITH us on the 4th! Her (and everyone in our group) TB test was negative! Praise the Lord! Thank you for your prayers and your emails of...
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Wednesday Update
Yesterday was an emotional day for me. We were taken to Hadassah's finding spot. We have included pictures sitting on the chairs inside a Women and Children's clinic. Of course, we don't know which...
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Final Update
As we sit in Starbucks sipping Green Tea Latte enjoying pseudo-free internet we are poised to finish packing (with no bag weighing more than 22.6 kilos) and ready to do that last bit of shopping on...
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Not final yet - Welcome Home Haddie
Hello for home! Oh so good to finally be at home, unpacked and laundry done. It was unexplainable joy to see Noah and Hannah (along with other friends) waiting for us at the airport Friday night as we...
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An update at last (click here to read our Christmas newsletter)
Merry Christmas to all and this is our long in getting published update - I have attached the link to our 2009 Christmas newsletter.I am officially retired from the Navy and in the process of finding...
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