Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Leaving on a jet plane

Well it is 6:30 pm here and we are waiting for our shuttle to take us to the airport for a flight to Hong Kong and then in the morning we will leave for home!!!! This has been a wonderful experience but oh how we miss the good 'ol USA. It is kind of sad to leave Lily Jane's homeland and maybe someday we will come back to visit. There is a group of 21 girls here doing a homeland visit and they are in high school, that could be us one day. For now we are headed west!

Today we took the traditional red couch pictures where the kids all dress in traditional Chinese clothing. Lily Jane Had to be spoken from her nap so needless to say she was not too happy about the whole thing but I have included a photo, it really was cute! We will see you all soon!



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Monday, June 27, 2011

USA

Well tomorrow night at this time we will be getting ready to board our flight to Hong Kong and then the next morning at 9:20 we will leave Hong Kong for the USA!!! We are so excited but also so nervous for this very long flight home. Please say little prayers for us because it is going to be a very long trip! Last night for dinner I ordered a PB&J for dinner! It was 8.00 and it was the best money we have spent! Needless to say we are very ready to be home! Today we went to the pearl market, I have never seen so many pearls in my life. Lily Jane had her first true melt down! Funny thing she likes to be fed and I forgot to feed her before we went! Trust me this is not a mistake I will make again!

Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments they have really helped us to get through! We miss everyone and can't wIt to see you all and let you meet our little princess!

Sorry it won't let me post picture tonight?? You will just have to see her in person! Love to all!


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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Progress??

Hello all. Today we have had a restful day! Lily Jane slept until 9:00 this morning and then went down at 11:00 for a 2 hour nap. This trip is not for the weary let me tell you! I guess she is making up for lost sleep! It was 4:00 before we ever left the hotel to go wander around. This area is beautiful and we were able to do a little shopping at all these little stores around here. Tomorrow I have my meeting at the US Consulate and then Tuesday I should get Lily Jane's Visa.
I told mom today that I think we have already made Lily Jane rotten! She wants to be carried everywhere and she came to us holding her own bottle now she hands it to us to feed her...is this progress? :0

She really is very good and it is so funny how different she looks because she smiles now! Even one of the ladies in our group commented how different Lily Jane looks now. She loves to be tickled and play little games but there is one huge problem... She will not keep a bow in! She thinks it is so funny to take it out and hand it to us. I can't wait for all of you to meet her! Just 3 more days!


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Saturday, June 25, 2011

First flight


Sorry I haven't been posting but we have really had problems connecting to the Internet. Yesterday we left our hotel at 2:00 for a 6:00 flight to Guangzhou. Apparently there was a tropical storm and we spent 6 hours in the airport waiting. As a new mother I failed because I was not prepared at all with food and formula for an entire day! However Lily Jane did great it was me that was about to lose her mind! In fact we had 8 families and about 12 children and they did wonderfully! Our flight finally left last night around 10:30. We got to bed around 2:30 and then back up at 8:00 this morning for a Lily Jane's medical examination. I am not real sure what they really did during the examination but we passed! We have started thinking that she doesn't even have a cleft palate but none of the doctors really spoke English so we will just have to wait and talk to the surgeon at home. I can't see a hole in the top of her mouth but she has the tiniest little mouth and I can't get a good look at it. This afternoon I took her to the pool and she loved it!! Yeah! She even went under a couple of times (not on purpose) and she laughed! She really has the sweetest personality and today she was really belly laughing when we were playing with her. It is just amazing what difference 4 days makes!
It is really beautiful here it reminds me of some place like Charleston, SC. The buildings are beautiful and there are so many parks and some people speak English which is always helpful! :). We are very homesick and just can't wait to see everyone and eat a cheeseburger! The 15 hour flight is heavy on our minds! Lily Jane did well last night on her first flight but 15 hours is just a really long time to sit in one place. keep us in your prayers!
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Dorm life

Well today is Thursday and we are all stir crazy! We are waiting for passports from the notary's office and we are just hanging out in the hotel. It really reminds me of living at Keeneland Hall during college. We are all sitting in the hall on the floor watching the babies walk up and down the hall in their squeaker shoes. I am sure the other people on our hallway are as ready for us to leave as we are. Tomorrow we fly out to The Whit Swan hotel which everyone says is so nice and more people speak English there. It is just really hard here to communicate with anyone and even shopping really isn't fun because you have no idea what you are buying. Here are a couple pics.


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Above is Lily Jane with another man in our group that she just loves. Shr laughs for him all the time.






Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Hello from Grammie in China

Hi, this is Grammie Janie. What a wonderful experience Julie and I are having learning all about Lily Jane and she learning about us. We know we love her and like what we see, but I think she is still trying to decide about us! I was worried when they said she didn't like loud noises. I thought Julie and I were already out in the cold. Come to find out noises don't seem to bother her.

We have such a great support group with us in the families and the agency that makes all this happen. We couldn't be happier, except to get back to the USA, Kentucky and be with all of you. Next Wednesday we should be on our way home. God has blessed us over and over this past week, and I know He has so many wonderful plans for the future.

We will be moving again on Friday to our next stop near Hong Kong and Julie will have more papers to sign. Keep praying.




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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

On the move!

Wow what a difference 24 hours makes! Lily Jane is on the move! it was so funny yesterday I tried to get her to walk and nothing, she would just sit and really not even move. So I have carried her everywhere today, up 6 flights of steps to the notary office, all over the hotel, to lunch, and then we got back from shopping to get diapers and formula and we lost our key to get back into the hotel room so we were sitting on the floor because I couldn't carry her any longer. So I was having her stand and then sit, kind of making a game of it and the bell hop came and opened the door for us. I leaned down to pick up the bags and I look up and Lily Jane had already walked into the room! What...she walks??? Now she is walking everywhere (a little unsteady I have to say) and she hasn't stopped. At dinner she was entertaining us, I just couldn't believe that this is the same little girl as last night. We were able to Face time with Daddy and then Jeff tonight and she Was moving around so much I could barely keep her in the picture. She has been smiling and laughed out loud tonight when I was tickling her. It has been so wonderful to see her enjoying herself even if it just for a little while because yesterday was just miserable for her!
I have enjoyed reading all of your comments so much and several of you commented about that she needed a bow in her sprout. Today we had a bow minus the sprout. I have to ease mom into the sprout.
I have tried to write back to many of your comments but the Internet is very spotty here and most of the time my responses don't post-mom is having the same problem. Tomorrow we have a free day and I think we are going to go to a near by park for a while. Now I am going to bed, hoping for a more restful night! Goodnight!






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