Guess who Discovered Band-aides!

Playing with Pop pop

It took longer than dad had hoped...but he and Lillie are big pals now! She likes playing at Nai Nai and Pop Pop's house!

I love the Outside..and my Blue Umbrella!

A Warm Welcome

We had a wonderful welcome at the airport from family and freinds. There were lots of family and freinds that greeted our tired selves and made us feel so special. I was so thankful to see my Dad and Brother, along with extended family and friends...along with gifts and balloons and signs and a special wagon from Elijah. It was his favorite and he wanted to share it with a new friend. My cousin Claire was so impressed with the gift that she wrote a story about Lillie and the new wagon. I will try to get it copied so that I can put it on the blog...it is a great story. I am so thankful for all of the dear people in my life and am so glad that Lillie will have such an amazing support system!

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Then & Now Scrapbook

I had the pleasure of delivering a scrapbook of pictures of Fulingers when they were at the SWI and pictures of the now. It was great to see how much the Vice Director and other staff loved the children and enoyed seeing the changes. It was clear that the Fuling SWI staff loves our children, and for that I will be eternally greatful.

What are YOU doing at 3 am?

Lillie and I continue to settle in and she is doing well. We are branching out with our food choices, playing lots of games and still loving bath time. We even braved the car seat yesterday and that even went well. What has NOT gone well is adjusting sleep schedules. She will only sleep about 4 hours at night.... leading to a wake up around 1:30- 3:00am, depending on the time she went to sleep. We can go back to sleep in about 5 hours..and she will sleep for 8+ hours if I let her. UGGGHHH! I am so hoping that this will change soon. I guess I may need to just not put her back to sleep and see if that helps. If anyone is up for an early morning adventure...feel free to come for a visit around 2 am! The Wiggles can be very entertaining!

Travels Home

What an adventure! Needless to say I am glad we survived and I don't want to do it again any time soon. Lillie had a hard time, especially with sleep. She slept very little, ate even less and coughed a lot! She even got sick at one point....poor thing. Plus, we had the misfortune of getting off the long flight from Tokyo to Detroit only to spend over 2 hours in a line waiting for immigration! we almost didn't make it to our flight to Lexington! All this to say we are home, and trying to get back into a schedule. (Lillie's time clock is completely off, so we are trying to get her used to the change in time) It is great to be home!

Little Swimmer

Our Last day in Guangzhou we spent time swimming! Lillie has become quite the little fish! It was especially nice at the hotel swimming pool, complete with a waterfall! It was a nice way to relax before our long flight home.

A River Boat Ride

Yesterday, we spent time swimming and shopping in the earlier parts of the day. I had to be in the room from 11 to 12 am in case the consulate had any questions, but all went well...things are almost done! Today (Tuesday) we go to take the Oath and then once she steps on US soil, she is a citizen! We had Pizza Hut for dinner (Lillie isn't a fan of pizza yet)then off on a River Boat Cruise. Lillie loved looking at the water. We finished the day with a quick play session in the Mattel playroom. The countdown to our arrival home has begun...China has been great but we are ready to be home. Hope and prayers for good travels for Lillie!

Red Couch...and so much More!

Today, we started the day with breakfast and the Swan Room...a big playroom here at the White Swan. We started in our overalls and again Lillie found the pockets to be quite handy. Next we were off to church at the Shaiman Christ Church...Lillie lasted about 45 to 50 minutes before preparing to melt down, so we returns to our hotel(outfit #2). After our nap, we put on one of her new dresses to have pictures made on the red couch! She looked beautiful and actually handled it fairly well, but I must say 7 toddlers on a couch is not an easy feat! We survived and took a walk afterward (outfit #3) On a side note, Lillie also decided she needed a purse to carry things around in! What a girl. Finally we went to dinner with the group and came back to the room to play and get ready for bed (outfit #4 and later PJ's) Can you say fashion queen!

PS...Aunt Judy, I think we have another Bare Escentials girl...thats what she is doing in the pictures with me...using my Kabuki brush!