Posts by Joanna Billigmeier

Be BRAVE. And do not pray for the hard to go away, but pray for a bravery bigger than the hard to come. ~ Ann Voskamp

It’s fine. He’s only half her size, so it’s fine… He was her baby before he was my baby. And I could not love her more. Jet lag is a jerk… Lined up on the counter for their morning meds… She dresses herself sometimes, and just whatever about it. She’s the third kid, so I’ve…

Happy Valentine’s, from our family to your’s!

She has been the very best big sister… we worried about her the most. I worried she would feel abandoned by me. She and I are so close, and she doesn’t like to share, haha. She has been the baby for so long. But she has been amazing. I have been very careful to give…

We were together.I forget the rest.~ Walt Whitman

We found a man in the park painting chinese characters on the sidewalk with water… He painted Finn’s Chinese name for us! Cuties shopping in Nanjing. We loved all the beautiful architecture in Finn’s birth province. First plane ride with his new family! Family… Wishes tied to trees… We saw people using the pebbles to…

The safari park is one of our kid’s favorite things to do…as soon as we talked about going back to China, the kids started talking about this zoo. This is Mackenzie’s fourth time going… She is very distrustful of giraffes. Too tall, haha. Feeding the giraffes is a favorite… So much fun hanging out with…

Last morning in Guangzhou…we are missing China already! On the van ride to Hong Kong. No, there are no car seats in China, and usually no seat belts…our kids love it, haha. Hong Kong…water view. I’m sure it’s out there somewhere? Last sunset in China. Finally back in the US! Poor Paisley was so tired,…