First of all, Hannah is doing great. I think that she is adjusting as well as she possibly could be. She is sleeping, eating, playing, and affectionate with us all. We are so thrilled to have her here with us. There is no way around it though. This week was HARD. Adjusting to 4 kids [...]

As wonderful as it is to be home, which it absolutely is, these past few days have been tough.  Hannah seems to be adjusting to the time change the best of any of us.  The rest of us, however, are really having a hard time with this jet lag.  In the past 5 nights, I [...]

Sorry to have been MIA.  With the rush of getting  home, and then the great jet-lag fatigue setting in, I haven’t been able to blog.  I will try to catch up. We had a great time on our last day in China.  First, we took group pictures and said good-bye to our wonderful travel group. [...]

I am writing this on our last morning in China. I can hardly believe that. Most of our group won’t be leaving until the end of this week, but since our Consulate Appointment was early in the week, we are free to leave tonight. At the beginning of this trip, I felt like we were [...]

We are having such a great time learning about our girl. She makes us laugh so many times every day, and our hearts are full at the sight of her smile and the funny things that she does. This is one of her tricks that we are loving.  She started mimicking Jeff lifting his eyebrows. [...]

Yesterday afternoon we took our flight from Zhengzhou to Guangzhou, which is in the southern part of China. This morning, we had to take all of the children for medical exams. These exams are a formality, and by no means were they thorough. For most people, it was a cursory look over and then some [...]

Yesterday we took a day trip that will forever be imprinted on my heart. We went in a van on a 3 hour trip with 2 other families to PuYang City Social Welfare Institute.  This is the orphanage that Hannah was in for the first 2 months after she was found, and was also in [...]

Yesterday we had a touring day.  We drove several hours to Shao Lin Temple.  We walked around the gorgeous temple that housed over a thousand years of Buddhist monks. We also went to a Kung Fu show.  I think that is sure to be one of the highlights of Z’s trip.  One of the main [...]

Our big event from yesterday was going back to the Civil Affairs office to make the adoption official. It was a much different mood in the room this time, with everyone happily with their babies, and walking up one by one to receive their certificate. At this point, Hannah is officially ours in the eyes [...]

Today is definitely a day that will be remembered forever.  It has been so incredible that words just cannot do it justice. We started out on the bus for the Civil Affairs office, with 11 other very excited families.  The drive wasn’t long and we were enjoying seeing a little bit of Zhengzhou. When we [...]