tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73297619270249363782024-03-13T16:31:15.032-07:00I'd Rather Be KnittingI'd Rather Be KnittingAMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-4891112966565381612016-03-09T12:44:00.000-08:002016-03-09T13:31:09.612-08:00Home For 6 Months: Moving, Struggling, and Settling In<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our new view.</div>
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We moved... we made it... we're alive still... even if just barely.
Well, we're actually doing much better now, but this move was HARD. Not
only were we put though the ringer with our buyers (don't get me
started!) but such a major life event, right after joining a new family,
was crazy-hard on Hallie. She went from being the new family darling,
who was settling in and happily bouncing around her new home, to feeling
lost in the busyness of packing and unsure of where she stood. Every
box we packed left her wondering what was happening and no amount of
explaining could help her understand or ease her underlying worries. <br />
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It's common for adopted children to regress to their orphanage behaviors
when going through stressful times... and Hallie was no exception. In
her previous life, at the orphanage, things were <i>painfully difficult</i>
for the children at "the bottom" so there was some major motivation to
make sure someone else was always below you in the hierarchy of your
peers. Hallie's uncertainty brought out some regressive behaviors that
were tough to live with. It can be majorly challenging to get along
with a sibling that continuously tattles on you, even when you're not
really doing anything wrong, or when they smugly gloat after receiving
any and every little thing, including any show of attention or
affection, or when they work to make sure someone is always excluded
from the play. I could see how this was difficult for the other kids,
but I would still get crazy frustrated with them for not being more
patient. There is nothing like yelling at your kids because you are
tired of contention. Oh the irony. It was just hard all around.<br />
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Although I could reason why Hallie was acting this way, it was still so
utterly maddening to have to deal with during an already stressful
time. Moving a family of eight is enough work to be considered a full
time job... and with a hard deadline, I had no choice but to keep
packing up, box after box, even though I could see it was starting to
have a negative impact on Hallie. I kept questioning the timing of our
move and Ryan and I had frequent conversations about just pulling the
plug on our move. But even though, logically, it seemed like the worst
possible timing, Ryan and I kept feeling like it was what we needed to
do. Through all of this, I knew Hallie needed reassurance, but it was
getting more and more difficult to give it to her when I knew she would
turn around and throw my affection into her siblings faces, creating
problems and causing bitterness.<br />
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The honest, painful, truth is that, to varying degrees, we were all
beginning to resent Hallie... or more accurately, Hallie's behavior, but
it was becoming harder and harder to separate the two. The more Hallie
sensed any frustration, the more she used unproductive means to try to
achieve "favorite" status. Of course I knew that Hallie was coming from
a place of devastating hurt and loss and what she needed most was my
time, love, and affection, and I had just spent ten long months yearning
to give these things to her, but circumstances were making them so darn
difficult to provide or to even want to provide! I felt terrible about
that. The combination of the stress of our move and the intensity of
Hallie's neediness overwhelmed me. I was really not my best self and
guilty feelings consumed me as I could see that we were in a deep
downward spiral.<br />
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We made the move, but then there was still unpacking to do, so things
didn't get much better. If anything, they got worse... two days after
we made the move, I started to feel sick but just kept pushing forward,
trying to get things settled. (Burnout is real!) It wasn't until after
feeling terrible for two weeks that I finally made time to see the
doctor and found out that I had been fighting a nasty strep infection. A few
days after starting antibiotics, I began to feel like a functioning
human again and things continued to look up once we achieved a degree of
functionality in our unpacking just before Hallie's upcoming surgery.<br />
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Much to my surprise, Hallie's surgery was the event that really pulled
us out of our tailspin. Hallie has thoroughly enjoyed being waited on
hand and foot. And the fact that Hallie's pain was now visible made it
easier for her siblings to be sympathetic and more patient. The surgery
and body cast have been hard for Hallie in different ways, (another
blog post for another day) but they put an abrupt end to the negative behavior patterns
that we had been battling. We still have a lot of work to do in the
bonding department. We're realizing that it is just going to take a lot
more time and effort than it did with Jordan. There is a whole lot
more negative life experience to have to work through. Hallie still
regresses some when she is feeling insecure, and I'm sure she'll
continue to struggle with this until she gets to a place of complete
understanding that our love for her is unconditional. I pray every day
that we'll get there soon!</div>
AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-85883963518861397582015-10-23T12:36:00.000-07:002016-03-09T12:38:31.885-08:00Home For 6 Weeks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some of the few pictures we snapped since we're been home with Hallie:<br />
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This girl is a nut!</div>
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Oh, and so is he...</div>
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Crazy hair day every day.</div>
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These two are starting to connect and it's so fun to watch.</div>
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Just after we got home from China we made the crazy decision to move.
It was horrible timing, in my opinion, I really just wanted life to slow
down for a bit so we could enjoy getting to know Hallie better, but
when you feel like you need to do something, you do it, even if you
don't understand. So things got hectic, trying to get our home ready to
sell, and have continued to be hectic as we prepare to move, but Hallie
has done amazingly well in spite of it. She is learning English
quickly and finding her place in our family. She is sweet,
affectionate, and funny. We're so happy to have this girl home.</div>
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We're home! And so happy to be home. Our cute sign making friends welcomed Hallie home in style. </div>
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Now I know why we had such a hard time getting a smiling picture of this girl. This is the face she pulls whenever she's around someone new. Don't worry, Hallie has warmed right up to Maddie and Mason and Jordan too. </div>
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The kids had fun trying on their gifts.</div>
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Jordan is looking so grown up. </div>
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Our first breakfast with all of us at the table... I keep looking at this full table in disbelief that I really have this many kids. That's a lot of little humans and they're all so stinking cute.</div>
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Like I said before, this girl has practically no muscle tone. She fell down the stairs on her first day home. I felt terrible!!! Jordan, our 2 year old, is totally fine on the stairs, so it didn't even occur to me that she might not be. We've now taught her how to turn around and crawl backwards down the stairs until she is stronger. </div>
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She was initially afraid of the bath toys with faces, but didn't take long to get over it.</div>
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I didn't realize they both wiped the baby shampoo all over their faces before I took this picture. Oops!</div>
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Hallie found Kaitlyn's play glasses. She's looking good.</div>
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Again, look at all of those little people around our table. They are officially <i>more</i> than a handful. Six!</div>
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These two have quickly fallen right into their brother/sister roles:</div>
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They're silly together...</div>
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They bug each other... </div>
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They love each other...</div>
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All within a matter of seconds.</div>
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Walking barefoot in the grass was completely new and scary at first, she was truly terrified, but after watching Mama walk around, she decided it was safe enough to try.</div>
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We're pretty sure Hallie has never been on a swing before. We had to take it very slow because stabilizing herself is very tiring, but she liked it.</div>
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Our baby bunnies got 100x cuter while we were away. </div>
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Hallie can appreciate their cuteness... but only from a distance.</div>
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Hallie is taking in so many new things at once and handling it like a champ.</div>
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We let her try the out trampoline with a "No Jumping" rule in force for all siblings. She'll get the hang of it soon...</div>
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But this is the face she pulls when she is even slightly bounced.</div>
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It's great exercise, even just trying to stand up on the unstable surface was a chore.</div>
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Everything is more fun with Baba.</div>
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Hallie wants to please us so much, it's almost painful. She puts a great deal of effort into making sure we see everything that she does right and also pointing out everything she thinks her siblings, especially Jordan, might be doing wrong. I think that's how she got by in the orphanage. Hopefully in time, she'll understand that we can love her <i>and</i> her siblings and that she doesn't need to compete. </div>
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Another first: backyard garden tomatoes. She put it in her mouth and spat it right back out. But after she saw me eat a few, she gave it another try. </div>
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A new favorite food has been discovered. She devours these things.</div>
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I missed this fun face! </div>
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This is what the backdoor window looks like when you have six kids. Okay, it probably looked like that when I had two. Either way, I clearly need to wash that window!</div>
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Just before we left for China, Jordan started expanding his list of foods he found acceptable. Chicken used to be most detested, and now he can't get enough. Uh, yikes!</div>
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This girl is digging chicken too. She is all carnivore. She'll appease us by trying other foods, but <i>loves</i> all things meaty.</div>
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Even though we've been having a lot of fun, we're all still fairly
tired. Enoch has struggled the most with jet lag, he woke me up the other night and said, "Mom, I'm so tired it hurts, but I can't sleep!" I've done slightly better but I've still been
tired enough to fall asleep in line at the car wash and to accidentally
give Mason a dose of Jordan's meds. Luckily it wasn't one that would
hurt Mason, but I still couldn't believe I did that. With all of us
being so tired, we're working on being patient with each other and
adjusting to our new normal. Emotions have running wild and everyone is
need of a little extra love. It's tricky to balance bonding and
Hallie's neediness with everyone else's needs. Monday morning was brutal thanks to jet lag and jumping back into our school routine, plus it was picture day. Luckily we have two weeks to get back into the swing of things before we start tackling Hallie's medical needs with a lot of doctors visits. For now, we're taking things one step at a time and enjoying getting to know our Hallie.</div>
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We woke up early to be ready to leave the hotel at 7:15am. This year we couldn't find any inexpensive tickets out of Guangzhou, so the plan was to take a train to Hong Kong and fly out from there. Our agency okayed our plan, but our guide told us there wasn't a train going out early enough to get us to the airport comfortably early. We were really torn about what to do because the only alternative was to hire a van driver to take us to Hong Kong and the van costs significantly more than we were planning on, plus I had heard horror stories about these van rides. But in the end, we didn't want to mess around with missing our flight home, so we took the advice of our guide and took a van to Hong Kong.</div>
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Saying goodbye to our new friends. </div>
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The van ride took 3 hours and just like Gilligan's infamous 3 hour tour, it did not go well. For the first little bit, it was typical crazy driving through China traffic, but I thought things would get better once we were out of the city. Not so. We have no idea what was up with the driver, but his driving was nuts. Traffic wasn't bad but he kept speeding up, then braking for no apparent reason... over and over and over. This lurching motion made us all sick in no time. It was so frustrating. We couldn't tell if he was on drugs, falling asleep, trying to look at his phone, or what, but he drove that way the <i>entire</i> way to Hong Kong and the fact that he heard vomiting noises coming from behind him did not clue him in at all.</div>
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Poor Hallie was not having it. </div>
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Enoch threw up 5 or 6 times. Luckily he still had his small collection of airplane barf bags for the first few upchucks.</div>
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After we ran out of airplane bags, I started emptying Ziplock bags from our luggage for extra puke storage.</div>
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Hallie, felling a little better after she threw up <i>on</i> me. What really put her over the edge was when the van driver let out a nasty smelling belch that filled the air in the van. Ugh! At the border, we had to stop at customs, and Kaitlyn really had to use the restroom, so I took her to use some of the nastiest squatty-potties ever. Or maybe they just seemed that way because I was already completely nauseated. Either way, it nearly did me in.</div>
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I really cannot express how terrible this van ride was. </div>
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On the bright side, the little bit of Hong Kong we saw was pretty cool.</div>
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Ryan loves bridges and there were several to check out. </div>
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When we made it to the airport we were all feeling better about life.</div>
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Kaitlyn wanted me to get a picture of this woman sleeping next to Hallie wearing a sweet eye mask.</div>
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Pringle Crumb Face</div>
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Lots of waiting...</div>
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Then a really long flight on which Hallie did amazing well. The only thing that was hard was the fact that she has such poor muscle tone she couldn't sit upright for that long. She kept slowly sliding down in her seat until her seat belt was up to her armpits and repeatedly needed me to sit her back up. At 4 years old, her muscle tone is really only a little better than a newborns. Something we'll definitely need to work on. Even when we hold her, we have to be sure to support her because sometimes she'll fall backwards. </div>
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We made it to Dallas... making this girl an official U.S. citizen!</div>
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Fun fact: Ryan accidentally forgot to put all of his regular shorts in his suit case so for the whole two weeks, all he had was 2 pair of sweat shorts. At first he was frustrated, then he embraced it. He wore them well.</div>
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Our flight and layover were long, but after our terrible van ride. They really didn't seem too bad, just long.</div>
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Suckers and stickers.</div>
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After a comparatively short flight, we made it to Salt Lake City! <br />
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Sweet and Sour Pork, fried rice and pancakes with whipped cream and chocolate sauce for breakfast? Why yes, Ryan will. We clearly need to get home and back to our regular routine ASAP!</div>
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Just some noodles for this girl. </div>
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We received our final documents today and took the traditional adoption pictures. </div>
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This entire trip had a very different feel than our adoption trip last year. We did nearly everything on our own and didn't meet the other family traveling with our agency until near the end. It was fun getting out and exploring on our own, but I did wish we would have had more time to get to know this fun family. </div>
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We got Hallie a few traditional dresses and she adored them. I had her try them on then she found a mirror where she was smiling, waving and saying "Ni Hao" to herself. Definitely pleased. She really loves getting dressed and getting her hair done everyday.</div>
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Like last year, we went to the Egyptian restaurant on our last night in Guangzhou. It was delicious... again. </div>
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Getting a little bit silly. </div>
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We spent most of the day packing up and getting ready to go, but we still hadn't had a chance to take Hallie to the pool, so we went for an after dinner swim.</div>
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Okay, so in all honesty, the last couple months of waiting to come get Hallie were hard for me. With Jordan, we got all kinds of information and fun updates while we were waiting. This time I got stone faced pictures of our girl and heard more and more sad stories about her orphanage. I worried... a lot. I wasn't able to feel the same connection with her as I did with Jordan and was preparing myself for the worst, which left me feeling less excited than I should have been. In fact, I sometimes questioned if we were doing the right thing for our family. Once we got her final measurements and started pulling out clothes for her, I felt slightly excited. But it wasn't until I bought this swim suit for her that I really let myself get excited to meet the little girl who would wear it. Somehow the swimsuit gave me hope. And look how darling she is in it! It took a lot of faith, but I am so glad we trusted the promptings we had had to make this beautiful girl our daughter. </div>
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She loved her first swim!</div>
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This morning we had Hallie's U.S. Consulate Appointment. We had to get up extra early to get there on time, luckily it the last major thing we had to do for Hallie's adoption. Cameras aren't allowed inside, so we don't have any pictures, but it's a pretty anti-climatic event anyway.<br />
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Later that day we took the Metro to Guangzhou's Safari Park. The Metro is great! It's really not hard to figure out and is so inexpensive, saving us $$$ on this trip.</div>
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We had a quick shuttle bus ride from the Metro.</div>
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We made it!</div>
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The Safari Park was really great. It was not crowded at all and had an impressive amount of animals. But what I really loved was how much interaction there was with the animals.</div>
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We had our least appetizing meal of the trip for lunch... the scaly chips were a bonus we didn't order. </div>
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Hallie didn't mind the food. </div>
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Enoch is getting better at chopsticks.</div>
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Kaitlyn was incredibly brave and tried the scaly chip stuff. Apparently it <i>was</i> as bad as it looked.</div>
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The Safari Park has triplet pandas who recently had a birthday. </div>
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I don't love the humidity of GZ, but I love how green and lush it makes everything.</div>
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This is Hallie feeding the giraffe. I was super surprised she let me her get this close because of her fear of furry things (ie: Ryan's beard and stuffed animals)</div>
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"Mr. sleeve-fish"</div>
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My favorite moment of the day... Hallie and Coco, the Chimp, played chase for a good 5 minutes.</div>
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She was quite taken with Coco.</div>
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The crowd of people fascinated by Kaitlyn's bravery.</div>
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I swear this clown on stilts was out to get me... he's shaking Kaitlyn's hand, but staring directly into the camera. Eek!!</div>
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Hallie feeding the monkeys.</div>
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Good thing we're going home soon... we're wearing this kids out!</div>
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A little morning sister snuggling. </div>
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It was an extremely rainy morning. Ryan and Kaitlyn braved the downpour to go to the store and these two stayed back with me and bonded over Dum-Dums. Hallie had a TB test done yesterday at her medical appointment. We had
to wait around today to hear the results. If her test came back positive, we'd have to go back to the medical clinic for a chest x-ray.
So we were happy when we finally got the news that Hallie is TB free.</div>
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Reading some Chinese Children's stories together. I don't know if I mentioned that Ryan has been studying Chinese since we decided to adopt Hallie. He felt like him knowing how to communicate on a basic level with Hallie would help with the initial transition, especially since she's so much older than Jordan was. It's been great! I really admire his dedication and how far he's come.</div>
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We've been wanting to check out the Toy Plaza, so after we got the call with Hallie's test results, we hopped on the Metro and went to see it. </div>
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The Toy Plaza is crazy! First of all, calling it a "Toy" Plaza is misleading because even though there were plenty of toys, there is so much more than toys. The "Anything and Everything" Plaza would be a better name. We wandered through mazes of shops, floor after floor.</div>
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The kids liked this shop... I thought it was going to make me have a seizure.</div>
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After the Toy Plaza, we decided to try and find a pizza place I had heard about. Just when I decided I had remembered the directions wrong, and we ready to turn around, we found Fadino's Pizza.</div>
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I love it. They give you plastic gloves to eat your pizza with. </div>
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I think Hallie has walked more in the past week than she had the rest of her life put together. We'll build her some muscle tone in no time!</div>
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We had some fun with balloons before breakfast this morning. </div>
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Little Miss thought she would wear my flip-flops to her medical exam. </div>
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Ryan took Hallie to her exam and I stayed back with Enoch and Kaitlyn. Too much time in a hotel room can make you get creative... they made a blanket/curtain fort to pass some time. Ryan forgot to take pictures at the medical appointment, but said it
went well. Hallie was cooperative and brave. She didn't cry,
even when she got her blood drawn. Though her compliance is much appreciated, her lack of emotion makes me sad. I think she has learned that crying won't get her comfort. When she wakes up in the morning or from a nap, she will just lay there quietly in her crib until we realize she's awake and get her up, she never calls for us to get her up. Again, it seems like she has learned that calling out won't do her any good... she thinks that she just needs to wait quietly until we're ready to come to her.</div>
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After the appointment, Ryan brought
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Listening to her music on the iPod seems to be a good de-stressor for this girl. I highly recommend <a href="http://alittlemandarin.com/music/" target="_blank">"Little Mandarin"</a> to any adoptive families. It has been the best thing we brought for Hallie. (We also have some nice Chinese lullabies that a friend sent us, but I don't know the name of the album) After some singing, dancing and lunch she took a nap and we all rested for a while. </div>
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After Hallie's nap, we went to explore a park that is just across the street from our hotel. It was pretty incredible, much more than you'd see at a regular public park in the US. It was kind of a combination of gardens, waking trails, playground, recreation area... and we didn't even see the whole thing, so I'm not even sure what else was there.</div>
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The humidity in Guangzhou is<i> killer </i>and after walking around the park we were all drenched in sweat. We figured if we were going to get drinks with dinner, we might as well have Slurpees. Don't judge.</div>
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Hallie is a Slurpee girl :) She's giving thumbs and saying "Slurpee, hao!" (Slurpee, good!)</div>
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This girl has the funniest little grandma shuffle-run.</div>
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Four more days until we go home!</div>
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We made it to Guangzhou! Hallie's first flight was a success thanks to a lot of stickers and a sister who kept her distracted. There was some pretty crazy turbulence that had people yelling like they were on an amusement park ride, and I might have been saying some extra prayers, but it didn't phase Hallie. <br />
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Enoch continues to be a hit with the ladies.</div>
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It's almost comical how many pictures of our kids are floating around China.</div>
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Worn out on the way to the hotel.</div>
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Checking out our new room...</div>
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It's not home, but it will do.</div>
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We're excited to be in Guangzhou for a lot of reasons but most of all because it means we're one step closer to getting home (I'm really missing our kids at home!) and we're more familiar with our surroundings here. Also, since all adoptive families have to go through GZ, we've been able to learn from others... last year we didn't know about this noodle shop right by our hotel, in fact, we walked right past it a few times, but after several families recommended it, it was our first meal stop. Yum!</div>
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AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-72981411811322334472015-09-05T02:29:00.000-07:002015-09-05T02:31:22.434-07:00Day 7: Eye Rolling and The Bund at Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This girl has the eye roll down. We get it all day long... not an actual annoyed eye roll, but an an attempt to get a laugh. She'll say, "Mama, Baba!" to get our attention then roll her eyes and laugh. It <i>is </i>pretty funny, but it kind of makes me worry about the teenage years when it's legit.</div>
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Hallie got emotional for the first time today. I was going to go down to the lobby to ask a quick question at the front desk and she reached for me to hold her, I told her I'd be right back and handed her off to Ryan but as I walked toward the door she got frantic and burst into tears. It was heartbreaking. We're seeing that there is a lot of anxiety hiding behind her smiles and giggles than meets the eye. Whenever she senses we're about to go somewhere, she gets clingy, like we might forget to bring her with us. I can't even imagine how a 4 year old can process the all of the changes she's experiencing right now. I expect it will take quite a while for her to feel completely secure and understand that we're permanent... and even if we leave for awhile, we're always coming back.</div>
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Enoch having a tired moment. It was an overall tired day for all of us....</div>
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...but it was our last night in Shanghai, so we decided to rest up during the day and take the Metro out to the Bund after dinner.</div>
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China is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and government offices were closed Thursday and Friday... making it a "holiday weekend" and the crowds were insane!</div>
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The Bund!</div>
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A shot of our hotel on our last night in Shanghai, tomorrow we're off to Guangzhou!</div>
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A little pre-breakfast coloring.</div>
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Girlfriend has a major lack of muscle tone. Everything on her is loosey-goosey, including her posture.</div>
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This morning we took the Metro to Yuyuan Garden. We're getting this subway thing down, multiple transfers and all. </div>
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The "old town" buildings here are a lot of fun.</div>
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We found some interesting street food again...</div>
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but we decided to pass.</div>
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The garden itself was really nice.</div>
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It's hard to capture all of the details in pictures, but it was very beautiful.</div>
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Hallie cheesing it because she was happy that we packed some of her funky tomato snacks, and I'm looking how I feel... tired. Jet-lag is not my friend. I still haven't adjusted to the time change and wake up in the middle of every night. Usually Melatonin or an Ambian will help me go back to sleep, but it's interrupted sleep and I'm always the first one up in the morning. By the looks of it, it's catching up with me.</div>
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The streets outside the garden were <i>packed</i> with people.</div>
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These little clips were all over the place. You put them in your hair to look like you have a flower or grass sprouting out the top of your head. All kinds of people were wearing them and they were not gender specific.</div>
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The ultimate toy shop.</div>
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Selfie sticks were also very big here.</div>
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Enoch is very popular in Shanghai. People ask to take pictures with him more often than Kaitlyn.</div>
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She likes to find my comb and do her hair.</div>
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Winding down the evening with a little more coloring. </div>
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I still can't get over this girl's smile.</div>
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AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-65357032846688072582015-09-02T05:44:00.000-07:002015-09-02T05:44:48.586-07:00Day 5: Down Time<div style="text-align: left;">
We've finished all of the paperwork we need to do in Shanghai. At this point, we're just waiting on things to process so we can move on to Guangzhou, where the US Consulate is. So after being so exhausted yesterday, we decided to take it easy today.</div>
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Hallie loves her Chinese music on this iPod. She carries it around and sings and dances to it and listens to the lullabies at nap time and bedtime. </div>
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Our kids at home met Hallie over Skype. It was only slightly wild. Just wait until they are all under the same roof! Eek!!</div>
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The boys passed some time having Optimus Prime wars.</div>
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The "go-to" adoption toy, stacking cups, are a hit. </div>
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Our only real outing today was to hunt down some of Yang's Dumplings. We heard they were delicious and they did not disappoint.</div>
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Hallie is an eye-rolling master. She does it all the time to make us laugh. She is such a ham!</div>
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We found a shop called "Amy" on our way back to the Metro.</div>
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We had to laugh when we saw this shop named "Mine Apple" because Jordan says that all the time when he is being silly. Mine-Apple!</div>
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These two hit the pool again while Hallie took a nap.</div>
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Hallie is still doing so great. Occasionally we see a few orphanage behaviors come out, but for the most part she is sweet, playful and polite.</div>
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Playing ball with Enoch. </div>
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Snuggling sisters... listening to lullabies before bed.</div>
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This morning I decided to try and see if Hallie would let me bathe her. She did great! </div>
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Making funny faces. </div>
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Hallie doesn't have a "chosen one", for which I am very grateful. She'll happily go to Ryan and I equally. Although, she won't give Ryan kisses because she doesn't like his beard. That's an understatement, she actually <i>despises</i> his beard and pulls the funniest faces at the idea of touching it. She also really dislikes the stuffed elephant we brought for her and pulls a similar face then tosses it whenever we hand it to her. She definitely likes us, but still doesn't grasp the whole Mama/Baba/Family concept. She called her nannies Mama and sometimes calls Kaitlyn and our guide Mama too. She'll go to whichever "Mama" is most convenient at the time. Indiscriminate affection is a common issue with children who have lived in an orphanage. It's a survival mechanism born out of not having a person to permanently attach to and will probably take some time to resolve as we work on forming a secure attachment. </div>
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Breakfast time cutie. </div>
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We spent a good part of the day driving around Shanghai getting things done to complete Hallie's adoption. We only had to go three places, but traffic here is so bad, it takes forever to get anywhere. </div>
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Our first stop was a photo studio where we had to get a photo taken for Hallie's adoption certificate. This advertisement on the wall... We decided it was a picture of the "Chubby Baby" Kaitlyn likes to sleep talk about. Yikes!</div>
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When we were out and about, Hallie got very quiet again. I wonder what's going on in her mind. I'm sure she's confused about where we are going and what we are doing. There is so much for her to process. </div>
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Our next stop was this office where the adoption was made final. </div>
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"Miss Manners" liked to wipe her face with a tissue in between sips of water. </div>
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Hallie is officially an Andersen! </div>
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Back in the van again... off to get our adoption paperwork notarized. By this point, I was exhausted and car sick, so I assume Hallie was too. </div>
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Hallie had her first Happy Meal. She was not impressed and I'm okay with that since, once we're home, McDonalds will not be on the menu.</div>
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This morning I woke up an hour before our alarm went off and could not go back to sleep so I made everyone get up to start getting ready for the day. The butterflies really started to kick in at breakfast. Well, just for me. Ryan was cool. We quickly ate, went back to our room to gather everything we needed, then met our guide in the lobby at 9am. <br />
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There was a van ready to drive us to the office where we would meet Hallie.</div>
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We're there! Walking into the office...</div>
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They took us into a room to sign paperwork before meeting Hallie, the thing is, she was just in the room next door and Ryan was smart enough to peek in that door while we were walking by. It killed me that he got to see her and I couldn't until after we signed all of the paperwork!</div>
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After signing all of the necessary paperwork for the day, they took Ryan to another room to pay our orphanage "donation". We took a picture because this he is the tallest stack of money we've ever had in our possession. We were able to wire our donation for Jordan's adoption, but Hallie's had to be in cash. It is such a relief to not have to carry that much cash anymore.</div>
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Waiting for Ryan to get back...</div>
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and waiting... (I am so nervous!)</div>
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and waiting... (view out the window)</div>
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and more waiting. It felt like forever!</div>
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Then Ryan came back and they bought Hallie right in! </div>
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Sharing her Pocky Sticks with me. </div>
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Looking through the photo album her orphanage made for her. </div>
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Hallie was wearing lipstick and had a Bindi on her forehead. When I asked what the mark was for, the social worker told me, "Beauty".</div>
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Looking through the photo album we sent her from home. She (and our guide) really liked Maddie's picture. </div>
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Trying out her new music player.</div>
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They train them young... she already knows to hold up "peace fingers" for pictures.</div>
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This sweet girl did great!! She was shy and a bit nervous at first and reached for the social worker to take her back a few times, but the overall transition went far smoother than I expected it would.</div>
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Four of us went in, five of us came out! </div>
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Hallie loves looking through the photo album we sent her. She'll go page by page pointing at our pictures then pointing at us.</div>
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Hallie is amazing! She is smart, silly and sassy. Once she started to warm up, we discovered what a little chatterbox she is. And she is such a tease!</div>
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Going to the store to get Hallie some Chinese snacks.</div>
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This girl knows her mind. She let us know exactly what she wanted.</div>
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I'm getting my first snuggle, and yes, I am <i>totally</i> eating it up!</div>
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Baba is helping Hallie eat her snack...</div>
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Bam! Look at that smile. I have no idea where the stone faced girl from our pictures went, this girl is nothing but smiles and giggles.</div>
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Our, ever so polite, Hallie likes to wipe her face with a napkin in between every bite of food.</div>
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She eats like a champ. (as of now... I'm crossing my fingers it'll stay that way)</div>
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I'm kind of smitten.</div>
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This girl loves books! </div>
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She likes to share her snacks... </div>
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...by the handful.</div>
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Baba is helping her put an earbud in to listen to some Chinese Children's music with Enoch. </div>
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She was totally singing along! </div>
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We got a nice surprise when we found out Hallie has already been potty trained for daytime, Yay!</div>
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Crazy bed head before she even went to bed. And Baba is totally smitten too.</div>
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These two are great at coming up with fun things to do together.</div>
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This is the building where the Shanghai branches of the LDS church meet. It was pretty fun to see that, while we may be in China and the building might look different, but the church is pretty much the same. It was good to feel the peace of the spirit after all of the craziness of getting here and the stress/anticipation that have been mounting. A nice quite church day was exactly what we needed.</div>
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We've been wanting to give the Metro a try, so we decided to be brave and figure out how to take it home from church.</div>
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We made it!</div>
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And now we're just getting everything ready for the big day. Hallie will be sleeping in this crib tomorrow! It's about to get really, real. </div>
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With this adoption trip, we talked our adoption agency into letting us opt out of their traditional trip itinerary (which typically starts in Beijing) in order to cut costs. So we flew directly to Shanghai and shaved two days off the beginning of our trip, which is saving us quite a bit of money. While I've been sad to miss out on the adoption travel group experience (it is so great to have other families going through the same process together) it's also nice to have more of a say in what we do and see. When I was living in China as an English teacher, the first place I visited was Shanghai, and honestly, it was probably my least favorite place I visited. But I attribute that to the fact that I was taken straight from the airport, completely dizzy with jet lag, to museums and other touristy areas. Although I do enjoy a good museum, and can appreciate some good touristy areas, there is something to be said for just diving in to some good old people watching. This time I wanted to see Shanghai, Hallie's birth city, in a different way... an "everyday" kind of way to better see and understand where Hallie is actually coming from. When I heard about these motorbike/sidecar tours that take you off the beaten path, to the places where people are going about their daily life, I knew it was how I wanted to see Shanghai and I set to work convincing Ryan that's what we needed to do. Luckily he was persuaded. <br />
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We arrived at our pickup place early, so we spent some time roaming the area. </div>
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Impressively big bags of produce strapped to a scooter. </div>
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Some group dancing going on in front of Dunkin Donuts. </div>
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Can you spot the little boy in green? </div>
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Shanghai is known for being such a modern city but it's still China, where anything goes. I love all of the contrast of the old and the new.</div>
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And the tour begins... </div>
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Just a few safety hazards. </div>
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This place was incredible. Apparently it's a mix of speed dating and arranged marriages. Parents come together and put up profiles for their child while others walk around browsing the profiles in an attempt to try to select a spouse for their child. Each of these umbrellas have profiles on them. </div>
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And all of these are profiles...</div>
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And here are some people discussing the possibilities.</div>
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We walked through winding paths packed with parents and lined with marriage profiles.</div>
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But we did find a few nice ones...</div>
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Feeding the Koi.</div>
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Next we visited this building that was once a slaughter house. It's amazing that so much architectural work was put into a building for slaughtering/processing/packaging meat. It is surprisingly beautiful and is now a trendy place to take wedding photos.</div>
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We visited an "old town" market, where we didn't see any other foreigners. </div>
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You could buy <i>anything</i> there... including some pretty sweet teeth.</div>
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From the market, we wandered into these narrow streets/alleyway/housing area.</div>
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This is what Enoch looks like after having been petted by an adorable Chinese Granny. She was fascinated by Enoch and Kaitlyn's blond hair. </div>
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Saying goodbye to their new friend.</div>
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Out in the alley is where these families do all of their washing and preparing of food. </div>
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This turtle is advertising for a product, made from turtles, that can heal any of the ailments pictured below.</div>
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Of course it stopped raining when by the time we got back to our hotel. This was such a fun way to see a different side of Shanghai. We completely loved it!</div>
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Enoch showing off his guns because Kaitlyn was showing off her scooter shirt.</div>
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These funny beans are just across the street from our hotel.</div>
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Enoch and Kaitlyn playing nicely while we meet out agency guide and discuss plans for our "Gotcha Day" with Hallie. I am so glad we were able to bring Kaitlyn along, she's really helped Enoch relax and enjoy himself. And I'm sure that will help Hallie's adjustment too.</div>
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We made a quick trip to the hotel swimming pool before bed. Enoch is looking super sporty in his required swim cap.</div>
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Here's the cool view from our hotel room.</div>
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Only one more day until we meet Hallie!</div>
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After staying up all night, you would think we would have made it to the airport with plenty of time, but somehow we still left a half hour after we wanted to. Then, Ryan, in his exhausted state, missed the exit to the airport, adding time, and we had issues at our check in, including a boarding pass that didn't show up. We ended up cutting it much closer than I ever like to, but thankfully we were pulled into the expedited security line, which helped us made it to our gate with enough time to take a breath and take the kids to the bathroom one last time</div>
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Enoch is our only child who has not been in an airplane. (middle child problem) He's been kind of nervous about it. A few weeks ago we were talking about how long we'd be in the air and he told me he didn't think he could make it that long without a bathroom. Poor kid! He felt a little bit better after he found out there were bathrooms on the airplane. But I still think all of the unknowns have had him worried.</div>
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And then finally... we boarded a plane for China!!</div>
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Touchdown. Here we are in the "Foreigner's" line at customs in Shanghai. Kaitlyn was not feeling so good.</div>
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Finding a taxi driver willing to cram all of us and all of our stuff into their cab was much easier this time. It helped that Ryan made friends with a an American man on the flight who was on his way to China to visit his Chinese wife... it was a kind of a long complicated story, but his wife met us at the airport and took us straight to a cab, told the driver where to take us, and we were off. No hassles like last year!</div>
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Does the fact that this picture cracks me up make me a bad mom? It just captures how we all felt so well. Shanghai rush hour traffic meant it took an over an hour to get to our hotel from the airport. It felt like at least 3 hours. In all of my planning for the trip, I didn't think about the fact that Enoch gets car sick very easily and even people who don't get car sick easily would have a hard time with they way they drive in China. Good thing we grabbed a few airplane vomit bags. They might come in handy a time or two.</div>
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We were all asleep not too long after settling in to our hotel room. And thanks to jet lag, we were all awake around 4am. I gave everyone some Melatonin and they all fell back asleep, even I was able to drift back off! But it didn't last long for me because Kaitlyn keep talking in her sleep about "Chubby Baby" saying things like, "Come here Chubby Baby", "You're so chubby, Chubby Baby", and "Chubby!" So thanks to "Chubby Baby" I was up early enough to get a little blogging in before we start our day. There are just 2 days until we meet Hallie!</div>
AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-84864512858120865902015-08-25T01:04:00.000-07:002015-08-26T01:04:40.619-07:00Two More Days!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We leave to China in two days. TWO. I'm kind of freaking out. I still
have so much to do to get ready and I really should be sleeping, but my
mind is having a hard time shutting down for the night. People keep
asking me if I'm excited to finally be going to get Hallie. And I am. I
really am. But I'm also nervous. I gave that honest response to
someone who asked me just yesterday and she questioned, "What are you
nervous about? You've done this before!" This is true. I have. And
it stretched me. There is a part of me is not ready to be stretched
again so soon. The dust is still seemingly settling from bringing
Jordan home. We're just making great breakthroughs with his eating and
his language has taken off, making communication so much easier. Our
medical appointments have slowed down and life is finding its way to our
new normal. The thing is, Jordan's transition, by adoption standards,
went amazingly well. I've been trying to mentally prepare myself for a
more typical transition.<br />
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Hallie is 4 years old. She is old enough to be truly terrified of Ryan
and me and the fact that we are taking her away from everything she has
ever known. I can't imagine how scary it is going to be for her... how
hard it is going to be to trust these strange, new adults, especially
when many of the adults in her life have let her down. She is coming
from a hard place. I haven't blogged as much about Hallie as I did with
Jordan and part of that is because of an overall lack of time, but
also, the bits of information we've received about Hallie are
heartbreaking. We know that she has been treated less than kindly and
that has made me feel a little more protective of her and her story.
None of that makes me want her less, in fact it makes me want her more.
I just wish we could have had her home sooner. Four years is a <i>long</i>
time to live without a family. To live in fear. To live without
feeling loved. We already have a whole slew of doctors appointments set
up for when we get home. But I'm more worried about how we'll heal her
emotional wounds. I just hope and pray that she'll learn to trust us,
to let us love her, and be her family. <br />
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And this is my favorite video of our cute girl threading beads like a
pro. There is such a sweetness about her and an eagerness to please.
My favorite part is near the end at about 2:30 the nanny asks her a
question, that I assume is something like, "Who is this picture for?"
and she quietly answers "Mama... Mama Hao" (Mama... Mama is good). I
know, I know, it was just something her nannies prompted her to say, but
her little shifty eye way of saying it makes me love her even more. In
spite of my nerves, I adore this little girl and I really can't wait to
meet our Hallie!<br />
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<br />AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-5490308508170633982015-08-07T09:22:00.000-07:002015-08-14T09:23:18.302-07:00Getting Ready To Go Get HallieWe got Travel Approval two weeks too late to be able to go get Hallie
and be back before school starts, which was a bit of a bummer. Ryan
can't miss the first two weeks of school without paying for it majorly,
so that means we are waiting until August 27th to leave to China.
Although I'd love to be there right now, meeting Hallie, it's actually
been a good thing that we are waiting. First of all, I'm sick. Nothing
too bad, but a sore throat and an overall tired, yucky feeling...
definitely not how I want to feel on an adoption trip. Also, Typhoon
Soudelor, the strongest storm of 2015, is making its way to China and
though Shanghai doesn't fall directly in it's path, accuweather.com says
(read this in your best announcer voice) "The outermost rain bands of
Soudelor will also graze Shanghai during the
second half of this weekend. While widespread issues are not expected,
localized flash flooding cannot be ruled out." We could do without a
typhoon, and are glad to not be worrying about it. There's also the
fact that it turns out our airfare is looking to be much more reasonable
than it was for Jordan's adoption. Part of that is because we're not
purchasing tickets so last minute, but also, we're just missing peak
travel season, which really helps. After receiving more grant rejection
letters from some of the organizations that had helped out with
Jordan's adoption, we are glad to cut costs any way we can.<br />
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Once again, we've found ourselves in the situation of knowing that we
have a
child on the other side of the planet, who we need to bring home
quickly, with the realization that, even after using every penny of our
savings, we will still come short. The only way we could be okay with
that is because of God's reassurance that it will all work out in the
end. So for months we've been looking for ways to come up with the
money and praying... lots of praying, together as a family, that we
could bring together the money when we needed it. As we've come closer
to travel, several people have made contributions to help get Hallie
home. It's hard to express our immense appreciation for the generosity
of friends,
family, and even a few strangers that have been trying to help us make
up the last of
the
funds we need. The ironic thing is, every single time someone
donates, our first reaction is, "Ack, we can't take that!" But I
finally
had an "ah-ha" moment where I realized that every bit, no matter how
big or small, is an
answer to our prayers and how ridiculous it would be to pray for
something and then reject it, so we are just trying to work on
graciously accepting help.<br />
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Speaking of help, after taking Maddie and Kaitlyn to China with us to
adopt Jordan, it was clear that having them there was a huge asset and
there was no doubt that they eased Jordan's transition. So we knew that
when we went to meet Hallie, we would definitely take a child with us
again. The obvious choice was to take Enoch, since he was next in line,
and we've been planning on that all along. But a few months ago, I
started feeling like we should take one of our girls too, that Hallie
would really benefit from having a sister there as well. I kept hoping
some grant money could make it possible, but when it came time to get
our visas, we knew we weren't going to be able to afford taking an extra
girl. Yet, after talking it over, Ryan and I felt like we should go
ahead and get Kaitlyn a visa too, just in case. (We had just taken
Maddie with us to Chicago, so we thought that if we could somehow pull
it off, it would be most fair to take Kate) By the time we got our
visas back, I was pretty sure we had just wasted our money on getting
Kaitlyn's visa and was a little sick about the waste. Our Travel
Approval came and we started working on booking airfare. We asked our
agent to price tickets for Kaitlyn too, though we doubted we'd take
her. We finally had our flights on hold, and just had to wait until the
next morning to get our agency's approval before making our final
decision about taking Kate and purchasing our tickets. That evening our
neighbors, the Gibbons, showed up with a check for the amount we needed
to take Kaitlyn too, saying they really wanted her to be able to go
with us. We were blown away by their generosity and their amazing
timing, literally hours before we had to make our final decision. I
still tear up when I think about it. As hard and stressful as this
whole adoption business can be, it gives a chance to see the goodness of
so many people. We're excited and nervous and ready to go get
Hallie... when we finish the million and one things we need to do before
we leave!
AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-23632403879450719132015-08-04T20:19:00.001-07:002015-08-04T22:29:48.775-07:00Chicago: The MAGIC Convention 2015 Because Mason and Jordan have Russell-Silver Syndrome, they are both on
Growth Hormone Therapy to help them reach a "normal" adult height.
Without it, the average height of an adult man with RSS is under 5
feet. Growth Hormone is considered quite safe, with very few, extremely
uncommon side effects. But the one thing that we've always worried
about is that Growth Hormone therapy can sometimes cause IGF levels <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(insulin-like growth factor)</span>
to rise, and both of our boys had higher than normal IGF levels before
even starting GH. Since starting GH,
both of their IGF levels have increased to far beyond the normal range,
into a range our local endocrinologist is not comfortable with them
being. There has been research done that suggested that having high IGF
levels for too long may be linked with tumor growth or even cancer. No
one could tell me how high is too high, or how long is too long, which
was very aggravating and led to a lot of worry and questioning if we
should even continue using Growth Hormone. With every blood draw, we
would hope the numbers would stabilize, but nope... they just continued
to climb.<br />
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We want to give our boys the best chance of growing to their height
potential, but never in a million years were we prepared to trade their
overall health for height. Our local endocrinologist just doesn't know
that much about RSS. It's so rare, few doctors know much about it, much
less know how to best treat it. So this endocrinologist is trying to
learn. He is great at being willing to listen and will contact Dr.
Harbison, the Russell-Silver Syndrome specialist, at our request, but
with having a middle man between us and Dr. H, we didn't feel like we
were getting the clear answers we needed. The more Ryan and I talked
about it the more we felt we needed to make another trip to see Dr.
Harbison ourselves. I especially wanted answers before bringing Hallie
home and adding her medical concerns to the ones we were still dealing
with. We applied for and received a scholarship to attend the MAGIC
Foundation Convention, where we would be able to have both boys seen by
Dr. Harbison, plus, get to attend the medical educational lectures and
let our boys interact with kids who are just like them. <br />
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When we took Mason a few years ago, Miracle flights flew us for free and
told us that since we were qualified to use them once, we'd be able to
fly again them in the future, so I had assumed that was what we would do
again. After turning in our paperwork, they asked me to redo <i>all</i>
of the paperwork, including having the doctors' redo their letters and
forms, to include that the appointments were in conjunction with a
medical convention. Then, as soon as we turned in the new forms, they
said they were sorry, but wouldn't provide flights to medical
conventions anymore. <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438281725968_14026">They
could help us if we flew to see Dr. H in New York, at her regular
practice, but would not help us see her in Chicago. I was pretty
frustrated that if they knew
that they weren't going to fly us to a convention, they wasted our
time and the doctors' time by asking us to redo all of the paperwork. </span>I even asked them to make an exception, explaining that <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438281725968_14026">the
reason we chose
to see Dr. Harbison at the convention, rather than in her office in New
York is primarily for financial reasons. Dr. Harbison will see us for
free at the convention, rather than charging us for an office visit that
our insurance won't cover. And because MAGIC offered us a
scholarship to attend, they were covering the cost of our hotel for us,
where if we went to New York, we'd have that as an added expense. I
also told them that we are in the process of an international adoption,
adopting another
child who is also believed to have this same rare condition, and are
still working on the funds
necessary to bring her home, making it impossible for
us to afford the additional costs associated with seeing Dr. Harbison in
New York vs seeing her in Chicago for free. They wouldn't budge.
Having a doctors appointment at a medical convention meant a big fat
NO. I was so sad that this silly rule would keep us from the answers we
had been hoping to finally get. Actually devastated would be more
accurate. After letting me have a good cry, Ryan told me he was looking
up the best driving route. It hadn't even occurred to me to drive that
far, but Ryan knew how much it meant to me, and that gas money would be
much more doable than airfare, so he made it happen. I love that man!<br /> </span><br />
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break. The kids had a great time with all they had to do there and got
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One bonus of driving vs. flying is that we got to take Maddie too. She
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her good friends moved to Chicago, so she got to spend a day with her.</div>
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Even Ryan got some wiggles out.</div>
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Check out the nice view.</div>
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Oh, and I really like this one too ;)</div>
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There was also a fishing pond for Ryan.</div>
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The next morning we woke up, packed up the tent and drove the rest of
the way to Chicago. We ran into major construction that slowed us down
and
ended up getting to the hotel only about an hour and a half before our
appointments. We hauled all of our stuff inside, took quick showers and
rushed to see Dr. Harbison. It was a great appointment. She, and the
huge panel of doctors and assistants there to observe, thought the boys
looked fantastic.
She gave a Jordan a thorough look over since it was her first time
seeing him. He was absolutely not a fan and yelled "NO!" at her
throughout the entire appointment and Dr. H commented, in all
seriousness, that she was worried about his development since "no" was
all he knew how to say... haha, had I not already know Dr. H, I might
have fretted over that, but we know that she is funny about some things,
<i>and</i> we know that Jordan does, in fact, does know how to say
quite a lot more than just "no" so we were able to just laugh it off.
Anyway, we've never felt it necessary to have Jordan's genetic
testing done since it's so expensive and we've always felt sure he did
in fact have RSS, but it was nice to have the world's specialist confirm
that we were right. She said Jordan definitely has RSS and most likely
has the 11p15 type
RSS, the same as Mason.<br />
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As far as the IGF levels go, Dr. H
explained that RSS kids need to have higher levels in order to grow and
the fact that Mason and Jordan's levels were already elevated before
they started GH, shows that their bodies handle IGF different than the
typical body. She compared it to someone not having a reaction to
something they are already immune to. She wasn't pleased with Mason's
height, saying that he should have made more progress for how long he
has been on GH, and said that not only should his doctor stop worrying
about IGF levels, but that he should be more consistent with upping his
dose of GH with his weight gain, otherwise, he'll never make it to his
target height, making the daily shots kind of pointless. I'd like to
say that having Dr. H tell me not to worry made me feel better, but
after our whirlwind appointment was over and I had time to think
everything over, I still felt like I needed more clarity, especially on
the risks. Luckily we were able to attend two of her lectures and in
one of them she went over this very concept again and even eluded to the
fact that the study that scares everyone so much was not necessarily a
sound study and didn't pertain to children on Growth Hormone. This
helped me feel mostly better, but after coming so far for answers, I
wanted to be sure everything was crystal clear. So... at risk of beating
a dead horse, I approached Dr. H after one of lectures to talk it over
with her one last time, she was patient with me and answered my
questions again and I can finally say I feel okay about continuing
growth hormone for Mason and Jordan.<br />
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Yep, this is her, the famous Dr. H with a happy Mason and shell shocked Jordan. </div>
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There was a balloon artist that made <i>this</i> when Maddie requested a
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Fighting with balloon swords that actually look like swords. </div>
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The RSS group photo. I love seeing all of the kids with the "RSS look"
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with so many people. Everyone just gets it.</div>
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Cuteness x100.</div>
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Talking to Dr. H... Jordan was much more pleasant this time and didn't even tell her no.</div>
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It was fun to see old friends, even if they didn't want to see us, or at least want to see our camera.</div>
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These darling boys are both starting kindergarten this year.</div>
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This was the first friend we met at the convention a few years ago. Both boys have grown up so much!</div>
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We finally got to meet some of our friends from Vegas with Utah ties.</div>
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This is Jennifer Salem. She has a young adult daughter with RSS and
works with the MAGIC Foundation. She wrote the amazing guidebook that
we take to all of our doctors appointments and heavily rely on all the
time. Most really rare diseases do not have anything close to that type
of resource, but we do because of Jennifer. Also, she is the woman who
posted Jordan's story on a Facebook page which led to us adopting
Jordan. I have an incredibly deep appreciation for this woman.<br />
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I also appreciate the MAGIC Foundation as a whole. We learn so much
more than we expect to every time we go to their convention. I told
Ryan that getting a diagnosis is like someone handing you a map of the
U.S. They say, "Here you are on the East Coast, you want to end up on
the West Coast." But it's such a zoomed out view, you can't really see
all of the specific roads to take. Overall, I know we're heading in the
right direction, but not always sure we're taking the most efficient
route. Every time we go to convention it's like we have experienced
guides with detailed maps of the specific areas we are coming up to that
go over the maps with me and help me solidify in my mind the best
routes to take on our upcoming leg of the journey. I leave feeling far
more confident about where we are going but also hopeful we'll get to go
back to convention before we reach the next big area of the map that we
haven't been able to study in depth yet. With RSS there are new things
to worry about every few years, so just when we start to get
comfortable, things start to change. I'm grateful for every bit of help
we get along the way.</div>
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Speaking of roads, check out how horribly these lines were painted.
There were miles and miles of these unbelievably skiwampus lines along
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On our first night driving to Chicago, Mason woke up in the night and
asked where we were. We told him we were in Nebraska. That morning he
woke up and asked where we were. When we told him we were still in
Nebraska he said, "I <i>hate </i>Nebraska!" Haha... Nebraska is a looooong state to drive through.</div>
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This is how Mason feels about Nebraska.</div>
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We stopped in Omaha to camp one last night. </div>
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We got a much needed break.</div>
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But it was hot.</div>
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It was really, really hot. There was a heat advisory for Omaha that night and we were feeling it.</div>
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At 9pm, when we were all laying in the tent without sleeping bags or
blankets and still just pouring sweat, we decided we had had enough of
Omaha and its heat advisory. It was so hot, we knew we wouldn't be
able to sleep, and if we weren't going to sleep, we might as well be
getting closer to home in an air conditioned vehicle. So... we packed
our tent and drove through the night and half of the next day, then
crashed at home. It was a lot of driving but so amazingly worth it.</div>
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You know how people say that you forget the pain of childbirth,
because otherwise, you wouldn't knowingly put yourself back in that
situation again? Well, I guess it's true of an adoption too. Only
different. Six months ago, when we decided we were going to adopt
Hallie, I really thought that having to tackle mountains of paperwork,
once again, was going to be the painful part of our adoption. Somehow I
had let myself forget the degree to which we were humbled during Jordan's adoption process and how excruciating that humbling can
be. We went into Jordan's adoption knowing we did not have enough
money to bring him home, but we felt at peace that it was what we were
supposed to do and that it would work out. As it turned out, it
"working out" meant having to accept the fact that we couldn't do it on
our own and allow help from others. Not a lot of fun, but an amazing lesson in how many people cared about Jordan before they even met him. And that's how the Jog for Jordan came about.<br />
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Again,
we've gone into an adoption without having all of our funds needed, but
this time we had a smaller deficit, thanks to our tax return. We felt
sure we could make up the difference on our own between Ryan taking on
extra paid work, and me filling out grant applications like a ninja. How does a ninja fill out applications? I don't know.... But, we thought we could avoid being humbled again. Ha!
Life has a way of wreaking havoc on our nicely laid out plans. Between
Jordan's surgery, and far too many visits to doctors' offices (for all of
us) we have spent thousands of dollars more on medical care than we
usually do in a year... and we're only halfway through the year! Add to
that major car repairs (x2) and dental work (x2). We've also decided we
can't put off taking Mason and Jordan to see Dr. Harbison, the RSS
specialist, in Chicago this summer. They have both had some blood work
results that are troubling and our local doctors are not able to give us any clarity. It's really terrible timing, financially, but we <i>need</i> to
have answers before traveling to China to pick up Hallie. While we did
qualify for a scholarship to cover most of the costs associated with the
visits to see Dr. H, we still have the expense of driving ourselves to
Chicago to add to our list of setbacks. So, as we inch closer to being
able to bring Hallie home, we still don't have all the funds we need to
get her home and we're running out of time. And that's where Christmas in July comes in... We've decided to make and sell Christmas ornaments to raise funds to bring Hallie home. If you would like to purchase ornaments, you can use the form below. You'll have the option of personalized ornaments, made from any image you'd like to provide, or some ready made ornaments with Chinese characters, scenes, and zodiacs. If you would like to look up the zodiac that corresponds with a particular birth year, you can click <a href="http://thirdeyeactivation.com/2011/09/chinese-astrology-2/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <br />
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Knowing that Hallie had to face yet another birthday without a family to
celebrate her was obviously not fun. But we did get an amazing gift...
another adoption agency had been mistakenly sent an update on Hallie
but someone who knew she had a family waiting for her went above and
beyond to track me down to get it to me. The update contained a video
and a few pictures and among them was this beauty with a smile! This
smiling picture helped make the day a little easier.</div>
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We celebrated together with Chinese food. Jordan is a fan of fortune cookies. </div>
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We sang Happy Birthday and blew out candles for Hallie. </div>
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Next year we'll get to celebrate with you baby girl!</div>
AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-55727114985807523222015-05-22T17:42:00.002-07:002015-05-22T17:43:20.200-07:00A Jo-Jo UpdateJordan, aka Joe, Jo-Jo, Joege, or George has been home with us for
over 9 months now. He has grown and changed so much. He's gained 5
pounds and grown 4 inches since joining our family! Considering he was
only 14 pounds when we met him... this is crazy, huge growth and I'm
going to go ahead and pat myself (and Ryan) on the back for this.
Getting Jordan to eat has been by far our biggest challenge with him.
We've spent hours upon hours during the day coaxing him to eat and many a
late nights feeding him extra bottles. So it's pretty great to see
it's paying off. Jordan's language comprehension is amazing and his
vocabulary is starting to explode. He's starting to learn the alphabet
and can identify about 1/2 the letters now. He loves cars, Legos,
books, jumping on the trampoline, playing outside, and doing anything
his older siblings are doing. Jordan knows what he wants and gives us
some two-year-old attitude when he doesn't get it, but his tantrums are
really pretty mild and kind of make me laugh. He is really such a fun
kid who is adored everywhere he goes. I mean, look at the kid... he is
darling!<br />
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"Where's Jordan?" </div>
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"Where's Mama?" </div>
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Now stop taking pictures so I can play. </div>
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And <i>this</i>
is becoming our new normal. Jordan will most likely be diagnosed with
asthma, but the doctor is holding off a little bit longer before making
it official. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(It's usually not diagnosed until a child is 5 years old)</span>
I am still so new to the asthma world and trying to understand the ins
and outs of it. All I know for sure is that asthma attacks in the
movies are NOT helpful with knowing what to watch for in real life.
Also, Jordan does NOT like his cute dragon mask and flicks it during his
neubulizer treatments to prove his disdain. Bless this child for being
cranky, yet compliant.</div>
AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-5236942315904447302015-05-02T22:38:00.000-07:002015-05-03T21:16:01.061-07:00Oh What A Week!This week has been a rough one. It all started with Enoch, Mason and
Jordan who have had a cough that just doesn't want to
quit, and have all been coughing so hard, they've thrown up several
times. Then, Enoch added to that an earache that turned into a double
ear infection, which resulted in a miserable boy with a ruptured eardrum
and an ear that has oozed for several days. Also, Jordan, who has had
wheezing issues in the past, was having a harder than normal time
breathing, and ended up at the insta-care on Thursday night. After
responding well to a breathing treatment, the doctor suspects Jordan may
have asthma, something his caretakers in China told us he <i>might</i>
have, but I had hoped was just an anxiety response that was slowly going
away. Friday and Saturday, Mason and Jordan kicked the vomiting up a
notch and both came down with fevers. (I hate fevers) I'm still not
sure if they have a stomach bug, in addition to the cough, or if the cough has just come back with a vengeance. But, any time they throw
up, it's nerve racking for me because they both have the potential to
have a hypoglycemic episode if they don't keep food down for very long,
and that means a trip to the ER, which we really try our best to avoid
and have actually been pretty good at doing. Just when it seemed like
everything was starting to calm down, Mason started throwing up again
and Jordan had another wheezy spell, but this time, a breathing
treatment at home wasn't able to help him. So we broke down and Ryan
took Jordan to the ER. Where they are now. Hopefully helping Jordan
breath a little easier and figuring things out. <br />
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Amidst all of this craziness, I'm reading "North and South" by Elizabeth
Cleghorn Gaskell, and loving it. One line, in particular keeps coming
back to me... "Looking back upon the year's
accumulated heap of troubles, Margaret wondered how they had been
borne. If she could have anticipated them, how she would have shrunk
away and hid herself from the coming time! And yet, day by day had, of
itself, and by itself, been very endurable - small, keen, bright little
spots of positive enjoyment having come sparkling in the very middle of
sorrows."<br />
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This is so true to life in general. I doubt many of us would happily
agree to take on our challenges, and once we get through them we may
wonder, "How?" But little bits of happiness sprinkled throughout every
day, are exactly what get us through.<br />
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Even when they are sick, these kids of mine provide "keen, bright little spots of positive enjoyment". <br />
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Exhausted, Jordan passed out on the floor. He sweetness overwhelms me.</div>
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This guy has thrown up in his bed, on the couch, on the carpet, on a
rug, and on the garage floor. Pretty much everywhere except the
toilet. For such a little thing, he can make some big messes and I am
sick to death of cleaning them up. But his smile makes up for all of
it. Oh how I love him!</div>
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Now to be really honest. I have to admit there are moments when I
think, "What are we doing, adopting Hallie? We already have so much on
our plate and life would be <i>so</i> much easier if we didn't add her
medical issues, possible emotional issues, and the financial burden of
another adoption to everything we're already dealing with." But I know
that even if I am tempted to "hide myself from the coming troubles" that
the joy she'll bring into our home will get us through. And I am
excited to meet her, get to know her, and to love her.</div>
AMYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619018614510400621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329761927024936378.post-7759245551992791742015-04-20T08:34:00.000-07:002015-04-20T08:34:37.577-07:00DTC and A Smile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've reached a major milestone in Hallie's adoption. DTC! Our dossier (all the paperwork we've been working on) is complete and has been reviewed by our agency and sent to China. Now... we wait some more. Based on Jordan's timeline, we think we'll travel at the end of August. Some approvals are coming faster than they were a year ago, so it might be sooner, but you really never know with international adoption. <br />
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There have been a few sweet adoptive families that have taken their time to try to meet Hallie and take some pictures of her for us. It means more than you can imagine to get these little photo updates. Last week, a family adopting a boy who shared a room with Hallie, actually got a picture of Hallie smiling. It's not a huge cheeser smile, but we will take it and be content with the fact that she is actually capable of smiling. I am so excited to meet this girl and see her smile in person! <br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Hallie's adoption funder Page:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1021622503"><br /></a></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.adoptionfunder.org/projects/andersen-family-hallie-jade/">https://www.adoptionfunder.org/projects/andersen-family-hallie-jade/</a></span><br />
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