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Officially Ours forever -October 22, 2014
Yesterday was a busy
travel/paperwork day. We started at the Registrar’s office where we got
the girls the morning before. We were all worried that they would think we were
taking them back. All was well and they didn’t seem to notice. We got our official
adoption certificate and THEY ARE OFFICIALLY OURS! Then we went to the notary
office and hiked up 6 flights of stairs to turn in 3 hours of paperwork that we
did the night before. the registrar said that they were increasing the fee
soon so in the meantime they were not going to charge us a fee. Thank the Lord!
That saved us over $500. After the notary we came back and ate lunch and then
got on a van for XuChang, the girls home town. It was 2.5 hrs. of scary driving
but we all survived. I’ll tell those stories once home. Wow do they drive crazy
and fast. Even our guide was scared. We got back after 7pm, ate dinner and
headed to bed. Today has been the first day that we had nothing to do. We found
a park a few blocks away. It is more of a garden with a lake and lots of people
exercising, singing, dancing and playing card games. It was at least a mile
around the outside of the part we were in but there was more on the other side
of the lake. We found a small area with bumper cars, carnival rides. Jay
enjoyed that a lot. It was nice to find something that he enjoyed today. He has
been really good and been helpful carrying things and playing with his sisters.
We will be able to tour here in
Zhengzhou the next few days if we want or we can just enjoy not having a schedule.
Saturday we fly to Guangzhou where the US consulate is located. We’ll have our
appointment on the 29th and then home on the 31st.
The girls are really funny.
Mabree is outgoing and a bull in the China closet kind of personality. She is
so sweet and eager to please, but a little rough at times with her love. J
Madelyn is quiet and shy and a bit more of a momma’s girl at this point. She is
snuggly and it is hard to put her down she is so sweet. They are so smart and
are saying a few more words, momma, baba(daddy), guh guh(big brother). They are
copycats and if one if in my lap the other has to be too. They are sleeping
great for the two nights we’ve had them. This morning they ate rice pudding,
cantaloupe, yogurt, noodles, congee(a rice soup, sort of) and muffin. Almost
everything we offered them they ate.
I was happy to skype with my
Missouri boys this morning and last night. Sure do miss you boys!!!!
WE HAVE THEM!! October 20th, 2014
We have them and they are
fantastic!! They cried pretty hard and then slowly started to accept us. Jay
had Madelyn smiling and laughing on the bus back to the hotel. They love the
bubbles and are having fun chasing them and popping
them. They are full of energy and are going to keep us hopping. They are chunky
and bigger than I thought they would be but I think our 24month clothes are
going to work. They are smart and are already copying words that we are saying
like “bubble”. They copy each other. When one does something the other follows
right behind.
Today's the day.
Eeeek, today is the day. We
leave in an hour and a half to meet the girls. It’s 8:00am here. We will have
paperwork and then return here around noon, I think. I’ll post pictures for you
to wake up to. Love you all.
ZhengZhou Oct 19th, 2014
We flew this morning to
ZhengZhou, pronounced Jin-Joe, we have a beautiful hotel room that now has two
cribs in it. J Jason and all the Dad’s in the group went to the bank
with our guide to exchange money then we all went to Wal-Mart for baby formula
and whatever else you felt you needed. The traffic is crazy here. Tons of
cars and mopeds everywhere. We walk everywhere so you have to be careful that
you don’t get run over, really.
We will leave the hotel at 9:30
am to get our kids. I will post as soon as I can once we get back to the hotel.
Please pray that the internet is working so we can share photos with you. We
are a little weary of jetlag and breathing smog. The air here is horrible and
smells rather unique. Anyway, we are excited to finally be getting our girls.
Can you believe it is tomorrow. Please be in prayer for all of us but
especially Madelyn and Mabree. Their whole world is changing TOMORROW!! No new
pics as it was a travel day. We feel like we have been gone forever already and
are missing home but trying to soak in every bit of China so we can share our
experiences with the girls when they’re older.
Now off to bed soon, if we can
sleep.
October 18th, 2014 The Great Wall
We just climbed the great wall.
Our guide says that we are now hero’s. Haha It is a long way up but the view
was fabulous. We made it to the second station, not all the way to the
top. I don’t think I could have walked down if we’d done the whole thing. We
found a scenic windy way down that was quiet and didn’t have anyone on it. Very
peaceful and pretty. The history and architecture here is amazing. Tonight we
will see the Chinese acrobats show and then return to the hotel to pack
everything up. We leave at 6:30 am for the airport to catch a flight to
ZhengZhou. We will get the girls the next day. It was a fun day. The first pic is our group. They
are all bible believing folks and so that is making this trip even more
enjoyable. We will definitely we lifelong friends for sure.
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