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  • We made it HOME!

    Hello from HOME SWEET HOME!! We traveled ALL day Saturday, all flights were on time, uneventful, and pretty much painless considering how long they were. Lyric slept a lot for us which made it easy for us. The hardest part was saying goodbye to our new...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-18-2010

  • Goodbye China!

    My last hello from China……...Hello! We are packed and ready to go! Today, the 3 families left here, spent a day at a big garden. It was nice to get out of the hotel and try and get our minds off the countdown to come home. On the way back...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-16-2010

  • 2 days and counting!

    Hey! Hey! Hey! Mar and I have been laying low for the most part the last couple days. Yesterday morning we took group pictures on the famous red couches here at the hotel. For people that don’t know it, this hotel is well known for adoptive families...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-15-2010

  • Pearls, Jade, and Buddhist Monks

    Whats up Peeps! It’s been a relaxing 2 days. Yesterday, we went to the Pearl and Jade markets. Mar did her thing and came out gleaming ear to ear from both places. We did some more shopping in the afternoon just around the hotel. With the ladies...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-12-2010

  • Medical Exam - Shopping - Interesting Dinner

    Howdy All! Today started out meeting back up with our group at breakfast. Most of them got in late last night so we never ran into anyone yesterday, although we are all staying in the same hall and wing of the hotel. All the babies are as cute as can...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-10-2010

  • Hello from Guangzhou!

    Hello from Guangzhou! We took a 4 hour plane ride yesterday from Changchun to Guangzhou. Lyric was a rock star and slept about 3 out of the 4 hours. Let’s hope the 17+ hour flight home next Friday, which includes a plane change in Beijing, is just...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-09-2010

  • Leaving Changchun

    Hey Folks, So yesterday we spent the morning back at the civil affairs office and notary and completed the adoption for Lyric. YEAH! Other than me making a couple trips to Wal-Mart we spent the day just hanging with Lyric. Mar and I ate at one of the...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-08-2010

  • I am twice blessed!

    Thanks everyone for your well wishes! I am truly blessed twice! Lyric is a beautiful, sweet and wonderful girl! She already says "ma ma" which melts my heart everytime! It's easy for her to say mama because of all the nannies in the orphanage...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-06-2010

  • Gotcha Day!!!

    Gotcha Day! We have Lyric……she is awesome! She is a trooper and I admire her strength. Her day started out on a bus with her nanny at 6am. She then put her toughest face on and was handed over to strangers in a different city. She held it...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-06-2010

  • We are in Changchun!

    Hello from Changchun! We made it! Mar and I were met by our facilitator/translator at the Beijing hotel this morning. The 3 of us then caught a flight to Changchun, the capital city of the Jilin province. It’s very different here from Beijing. First...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-05-2010

  • Forbidden City - Leaving Beijing

    Morning folks (or evening).. Its 4:15am here, Monday morning, we’ve been up since 3. As you can tell we are still struggling a bit with the time change. However, other than Mar’s cold, we feel pretty good. Yesterday, we spent the morning walking...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-04-2010

  • Jade -The Great Wall - Summer Palace

    Hello and Happy Easter! Its 5am Sunday here, legs are sore from the climbing, touring, and exploring Beijing yesterday! We met up with 7 other families that are here to adopt as well and are with our agency, including our new friends Matt and Laura that...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-03-2010

  • Good morning from Beijing!

    Good morning from Beijing! So last night we decided to just eat here in the hotel. We saw that they had a really nice resteraunt so we headed down. We were the only people in there so they were very excited to take care of us. They immediately won me...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-02-2010

  • We made it!

    Hey Folks, We made it! Mar and I just got checked into the hotel. It’s VERY nice! Flight was pretty uneventful. We did get surprised when we found our seats and discovered we were in Economy Plus, the extra 5 inches was nice and we got our own 4...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 04-02-2010

  • Schedule of Events!

    Here is our schedule while we are in China: April 1 st - Leave for China! April 2 nd – Arrive in Beijing April 3 rd – Tour Beijing April 4 th – Tour Beijing April 5 th – Fly from Beijing to Changchun April 6 th – GOTCHA DAY...
    Posted to China Adoption Chronicles 2.0 by Doug on 03-30-2010
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