As a new mommy of 3 I find myself on quite the emotional rollercoaster. I don’t know if it is that 3 is much more difficult than 2, or that starting with a toddler is much more difficult than a newborn, or that helping an adoptive child work through her grieving is emotionally and physically [...]
One week ago yesterday we arrived home. It is hard to believe. It seems like so long ago that we were on that extremely long flight; but it also doesn’t seem possible we have been here a week, I guess the days blend together. We continue to take steps both forward and back. Julia’s skin [...]
Sorry for the blog being somewhat silent. During the day I am trying to spend as much time with my 3 precious girls as I can, and at night, I am going to bed as soon as all the girls are tucked in since nights have been a bit…well…rough to say the least. Speaking of [...]
We are so glad to be home! Thank you for all your prayers. Our God was faithful in answering them. Julia did really, really well on the flight. She was able to crawl around and play for a bit before boarding, and then enjoyed playing with the menu cards and flight safety info cards. Having [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Hong Kong! We are currently sitting in a dark hotel room listening to Chris Tomlin praise music while Julia naps in her crib. The hotel here is VERY nice and it is attached to the airport. We walked over there after breakfast just to get the lay of the land [...]
In a few hours we will be departing for the train station to take the high-speed train to Hong Kong. I was very emotional at breakfast, and even typing this sentence brings me to tears again. I did not cry departing Shanghai, but now that we are preparing to leave Julia’s home country I can’t [...]
The alternate title of this post is “Yoga Pooping” – but we will get to that in a bit. This morning we had our US Consulate Appointment. Julia woke up pretty happy and had a FANTASTIC morning. She didn’t even mind the half hour bus ride to the Consulate! And, even though she still prefers [...]
So we started the day with one and ended with the other, although we only ate one of the two! Last night was rough night, with all of us awake from about 11:30pm-1:00am as Julia was having terrors and then became fully awake and trying to self-soothe by scratching. She would get agitated if we [...]
