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Slowly, little by little, there is less crying and more smiles… Every day gets a little easier with her, as she opens up a bit more, and shows us more of her sweet little personality. And we like what we are seeing! She is playing… her favorite playmates are her big sister and her big…

My first baby… how I love her! My fave… just as yummy in China! We created quite the scene at the airport in Hunan… see that white bit on the left side of the escalator? That’s baby J’s shoe. Yes. He broke the airport. I tell him every time we ride an escalator not to…

We have all succumbed to a sickness… some kind of cold, that, added to the jet-lag, has just about gotten the best of us. In fact, it looked like the jet-lag might win for a bit. We are slowly getting back on our feet, and looking forward to finding our new normal as a family…

After a three hour van ride that turned into five hours (did we mention that tiny P gets car sick?), an overnight stay in Hong Kong, a 15 hour flight, a four hour layover, and an one and a half hour flight… We have made it.We are home. The trip? It was manageable…It definitely had…

You can’t visit Guangzhou and not visit Shamian Island, right? I loved the beautiful pictures we took of little M, and then of baby J, on Shamian Island, so even though we knew it probably wouldn’t go over well, we thought we would try some pics of tiny P… Clearly, she was not a fan.…

We are now a family of five, and we are just beginning to wrap our heads around the fact that we have three (3!) kids now… Tomorrow we will begin our journey home with our newest little one, and we are beyond excited. We are also thinking ahead to what the coming weeks and months…

Because the newest little US citizen is about to come home! We chose to take pictures before heading out to the consulate this morning because tiny P is happier in our room, and we knew that NOTHING was going to be allowed through the consulate security. Our guide snapped a quick photo of us in…

Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning…trust in Him, God is close to the brokenhearted. ~ Psalm 34:18 Thank you for praying for our girl, and for us! And thank you for your sweet encouraging comments, emails, and texts, I have read them all several times, and felt so encouraged……

Today, this man of mine and I are celebrating fourteen years! Fourteen! He has my whole heart, and I couldn’t ask for a better man to do this life with.