tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66471019351959927502024-02-19T02:05:35.662-06:00Blessed Beyond Belief - 5 Kids and Counting...Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-78747405563732770222012-12-29T22:45:00.001-06:002012-12-30T06:46:56.718-06:001 Month update!It has been 1 month since we first met Caelyn and 2 1/2 weeks since we have arrived home. It has been crazy and amazing all at the same time. At first, jet lag was not our friend at all. Caelyn was either sleeping all day or not sleeping at all. We are finally over that hurdle thank goodness. Caelyn has been doing well adjusting to life in the US. She likes adventuring out of the house and we hear a lot of questions everywhere we go! Her English is growing and she is good about asking what a word means if she doesn't understand it. I think she likes having so many brothers and sisters; most of the time! Her and Claire tend to butt heads. They both have strong personalities and like to have things their way and like to win. Some days I feel like I spend most of my days refereeing between the 2 of them. Today, they played board games together without a parent and did very well. Gary and I kept complimenting them on how well they were playing together! Caelyn has been grieving at times. It seems to happen at night at bedtime. Bedtime has been an issue and you can almost see her anxiety build the closer it comes to bedtime. Right now, we are having her sleep on the floor in our room. She sleeps well there and we figure right now she just needs to be close to us to feel safe. We have a bunch of doctor appointments lined up for January to get her checked out. She will be starting 2nd grade in January as well.<br />
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We are so happy to be back home. 16 sleeps was just too long to be away from the other kids. Since being home we have dealt with: Caelyn with shingles (her outbreak started before we left China), Claire had a foot injury and ended up in a boot, Claire ran a fever and got the respiratory crud, and Caleb got the chicken pox. Plus throw in 2 Christmas band concerts for Brianna and Hunter! Gary's dad, Myron, has been in and out of the hospital as well. He battled esophogeal cancer and had surgery this summer. Well, his new esophogus has strictures and swallowing is very difficult. He has lost 20 pounds which he didn't have to lose. He is currently in the hospital waiting to get a g tube so he can get nutrition. Please pray for Myron and the family as we care for him especially Wayne and Teresa. Whew, this momma is tired! Praying for a healthy 2013!<br />
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Here are a few pictures to catch you up!<br />
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Our travel group!</div>
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Red Couch photo!</div>
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Family of 8!!</div>
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My favorite...with 6 kids there most likely will always be someone who doesn't want to participate and on this day at this time it was Claire!</div>
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The girls!</div>
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My 6 kids!</div>
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The boys!</div>
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Happy 1 month Gotcha Day, Caelyn!Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-6748276719300263632012-12-11T16:49:00.000-06:002012-12-11T16:49:26.251-06:00Shamian Island, Safari Park, and Consulate Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Catching up on our blogging. On Sunday, 9 Dec, we did get to Shamian<br />Island. The White Swan Hotel is completely closed for renovation,<br />otherwise, everything else seemed pretty much the same. A couple of<br />the shops we remembered from 2008 had closed, but not many. We got<br />some shopping done. The Island was full of local tourists and wedding<br />couples. Lots and lots of pictures where being taken. It seems the<br />Island is even more popluar now as a weekend tourist attraction.<br />Unfortunately for all the shops, the locals are not necessarily there<br />to shop. The restaurants do well though. We found our favorite shop<br />owners, Dong and Susan. They moved their shop one building closer to<br />the church. The church had asked to use their old store for<br />classrooms and Dong agreed. Dong has opened a little Tea and Coffee<br />Cafe along with the new store location. Susan was selling ice cream<br />on the corner. Robin recognized her right away, but of course I said,<br />"I don't think thats her." Dong recognized us right away. He<br />remembered our family, what I do for a living, and even pulled out<br />pictures of us and him from our last trip in 2008. It was great. Of<br />course, we had our traditional tea time with Dong and as usual, the<br />tea and conversation was fantastic! He says "Hi " to Tina and Brian.<br />Dong said it would be another year before the White Swan opens. We<br />had lunch at Lucy's, but it was not that good and slow service. It<br />sure was busy though.<br /><br />On Monday, we headed out with our Holt group to the Chime-Long Safari<br />Park here in Guangzhou. We arrived the same time as a large group of<br />school children. Boy were we a hit! They all wanted to try out their<br />English on us. Lots of "Hellos" "How are you?" and "What's your<br />name?" For the first half of the park, we rode a tram through an open<br />safari area, where the animals roamed free. I've never seen so many<br />of each kind of animal. As we would get close, zoo workers would<br />throw large pieces of meat to the lions, bears, tiger, or wolves to<br />get them more active. It worked! One elephant was trained to blow<br />water at people as they drive by. After the open safari, we walked<br />for several hours through the rest of the zoo. Our favorite stops<br />were feeding giraffes, feeding the elephants, and seeing the pandas.<br />Caelyn's favorite was the white tiger show.<br /><br />Tuesday, today, found us getting up bright and early to head to the<br />U.S. Consulate for our oath ceremony and Caelyn's visa application<br />appointment. Everything went pretty smooth and we were back by 1100.<br />One more box checked and closer to home. For lunch today, we splurged<br />and ate at the Prime Steakhouse on the 4th floor of our hotel. The<br />food was excellent. Definitely a place we can't afford for supper<br />time. This evening we went back to Shamian Island to pick up some<br />items we had ordered and to eat at our favorite Italian restaurant--La<br />Dolce Vita. It was as good as we had remembered.<br /><br />The past days have also been full of card playing, tickling,<br />wrestling, and laughing. We've also taught Caelyn some of the<br />essential sign language signs like "Dad", "Mom", "Caelyn", "weird",<br />"silly", crazy", "won", "lost", etc. The signs for "potty", "eat" and<br />"drink" will come soon enough! We just love her hearty laugh. We're<br />all ready to get home. It's been a long trip. Only two more sleeps.<br />We miss the rest of our family at home.<br /><br />Please pray for my dad, Myron. He's had some complications arise from<br />the surgery he had back in August. My oldest brother is with him now.</div>
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Mom and Caelyn playing on Mom's phone at Lucy's</div>
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One of our favorite signs at the Safari Park</div>
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Mom and Caelyn on the tram</div>
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Feeding the Giraffes</div>
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The flamingos</div>
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-64092187367446471152012-12-08T14:13:00.002-06:002012-12-08T14:13:38.418-06:00We arrived in GuangzhouWe made it to Guangzhou. We said good-bye to Beijing and we're one<br />city closer to returning to America. Caelyn had her very first<br />airplane flight. We rode Air China from Beijing to Guangzhou. She<br />had no issues and was very excited about the flight. She really liked<br />the fact she had her own TV screen in front of her on which she could<br />choose what she wanted to watch--TV programs, movies, games, etc. We<br />had some initial problems with seating. The airline had assigned us<br />to single seats in three different rows. Not what we wanted for<br />Caelyn's first flight. A stewardess worked the issue for us and we<br />were finally able to at least get Robin and Caelyn together. Even<br />though it was a short flight, we were all exhausted and hungry upon<br />arrival. It was a 90 minute ride from the airport to the hotel. We<br />decided to just order room service and laid low in the room for the<br />rest of the evening.<br /><br />It's now Saturday. Robin did not sleep well last night. This<br />morning, Caelyn had her adoption medical exam. Nothing too intense.<br />More of a formality than anything. This afternoon, we put together<br />all the documents for her U.S. visa. There are six other families<br />here from Holt. We got to meet and talk with them this morning.<br />Caelyn is the oldest. All the other children are age 2 and under.<br />The hotel was nice in that they provided us with a baby girl gift<br />basket and placed a crib in our room last night. Unfortunately, our<br />baby girl is 8 years old and doesn't need a crib any more.<br /><br />We plan to head to Shamian Island tomorrow for some shopping.Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-69090130571696764092012-12-07T21:31:00.001-06:002012-12-07T21:31:42.032-06:00Last Full Day in BeijingIt's our last full day in Beijing. Tomorrow, we head towards warmer<br />
weather in Guangzhou. We ventured out into the cold today to the 2008<br />
Olympic Park and tested our ability to use taxis. The first taxi<br />
driver took the scenic route, but got us to the Bird's Nest. Back in<br />
2008 when we came here for Claire, we saw the Olympic Park and<br />
buildings from a distance, but could not get close since the Olympics<br />
hadn't started yet. This is the first time Caelyn had seen the<br />
Olympic venues as well. The Olympic Park was blocked off, so we could<br />
walk pretty much anywhere. The Bird's nest is a very large stadium.<br />
We decided not to go inside it and walked around about half of it.<br />
While waiting to take a picture of Robin and Caelyn by the Olympic<br />
rings, a teenage girl getting her picture taken wanted us Americans in<br />
her picture. So, we accomodated. From there we walked to the Water<br />
Cube--swimming center. We decided to buy tickets and tour through the<br />
cube. We got to see and take pictures of the main competition<br />
swimming and diving pools and the practice pool. The practice diving<br />
and water polo pools have been converted into an indoor waterpark.<br />
That looked like a lot of fun. The rest of the water cube seemed to<br />
be filled with shops and restaurants.<br />
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After a quick snack at a McDonald's in the Park we caught our taxi<br />
ride back to the hotel. We had to bargain for our taxi fee this time.<br />
We paid more for the trip home, but we got to see a more scenic route<br />
back to the hotel. This driver stuck to the city streets instead of<br />
taking the freeway like the first driver.<br />
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After returning, we met William, from Holt, who delivered us Caelyn's<br />
new Chinese passport. Another major milestone complete! William also<br />
took a couple large bags of Caelyn's school work and books for us and<br />
will mail back to the U.S. We have been blessed by a large amount<br />
information about Caelyn and much of Caelyn's school work. All will<br />
be a great help as we get Caelyn settled into school back in the<br />
states and as we meet with doctors. William also provided us with a<br />
copy of the news article from 2007 where they advertised to find<br />
Caelyn's birth parents and with a copy of the official police report<br />
when Caelyn was found.<br />
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We closed this day with a great time of fellowship with Caelyn's<br />
foster family--Dean, Megan, Mia, and Oliver. We ate at one of our<br />
favorite Chinese restaurants located right next door to our hotel.<br />
Mia and Caelyn had a great time together. Again, we could not have<br />
asked God for anyone better to take care of Caelyn for us. It was a<br />
final, bittersweet good-bye tonight for all. Good news...they plan to<br />
visit us in America next summer. A baby girl they fostered before<br />
Caelyn now lives in Milwaukee with her new adopted family, they have a<br />
wedding to attend in D.C., and then of course Caelyn. So, they plan<br />
to take an extended summer vacation in the U.S. Now our challenge<br />
will be to keep Caelyn fluent in Chinese so Mia and Caelyn can talk in<br />
Chinese together.<br />
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Tomorrow, Caelyn gets on a plane for her first-ever airplane ride.<br />
She seems pretty excited right now. Pray that enthusiasm carries over<br />
to the actual flight. Caelyn had a great day today. Except for our<br />
short time with William, she was talkative and bubbly everywhere we<br />
went today! Of course, she loved beating Mommy and Daddy multiple<br />
times in UNO today and let out a belly laugh everytime she played a<br />
Draw 2 or Draw 4 on Daddy. Daddy got her back with several tickle<br />
episodes!<br />
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See you in Guangzhou!<br />
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-69739089743337260322012-12-04T15:00:00.001-06:002012-12-04T15:00:14.420-06:00TuesdayToday was a good day. We started the day with sleeping in a little<br />bit and eating a late breakfast. It was nice to be able to take it<br />easy. We also got to Skype with our neices and nephew in Georgia and<br />with the kids at home. Found out that Caleb has strep again and an<br />ear infection, ugh. He had strep before we left but I guess the<br />medication did not take care of it so he will try another med.<br />Praying that this is the end of strep at our house.<br /><br />This afternoon, we went to Caelyn's school. The past 3 months she has<br />been going to Beijing City International School (BCIS). We toured the<br />school and met with her teachers. At the end of the day, they had a<br />PATH ceremony for Caelyn. This is how the school says goodbye to<br />students that are leaving. Her classmates read her letters they had<br />written to her, BCIS staff talked, and then Caelyn read her thanks and<br />goodbyes. She read her goodbyes with tears running down her face but<br />she perservered and got through it. She really understands what is<br />going on. She has been so brave and we are so proud of her. After<br />leaving the school, we went to her foster family's house and spent the<br />evening with them. The fixed us a homecooked meal which was wonderful<br />after a week of eating out for every meal! It was an enjoyable<br />evening watching Caelyn and Mia sing and dance and put on concerts for<br />us! We will be forever grateful for this family opening up their<br />hearts and home to our girl. We are already planning a reunion this<br />summer when they visit the states!<br /><br />We have nothing on the agenda for tomorrow. We will see how cold it<br />is and decide then what we want to do. Gary is wanting to visit the<br />Olympic venues like the Birds Nest and the Watercube. I am sure<br />Caelyn would be just as happy to stay in the room and play cards! She<br />is quite the card shark!<br />
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Caelyn with her teachers and class (Mia and Oliver too)</div>
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Caelyn's friend Mei reading her letter to her</div>
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Mia reading her letter to Caelyn</div>
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-53911820768678761822012-12-03T21:56:00.003-06:002012-12-03T21:56:44.595-06:00Pics of Super Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Caelyn with a hand-made blanket from a group of girls from Hong Kong.<br />These girls have graduated from a school that Teresa and her husband<br />are affiliated with. The girls are familiar with Teresa's volunteer<br />work and want to give something special for all the children who get<br />adopted from Fengtai. In addition, Kim presented us with a bag full<br />of Caelyn's school work from over the last couple of years. But the<br />most priceless gift of the evening was a video that Kim had produced,<br />which captured pictures, video footage, and special messages from all<br />in the room. It was just very humbling to really understand how much<br />all these people loved Caelyn and had been praying for her to have a<br />forever family. It was a time of celebration, a time of sadness for<br />Caelyn's friends to say "good-bye", and a time of praise to our great<br />God for bringing all these special people into Caelyn's life. From<br />the day Robin and I saw Caelyn's photo and said, "She's ours!" over a<br />year ago, we started praying for God to prepare Caelyn's heart, to<br />protect her, and to keep her healthy. As God always proves to us time<br />and time again, He surpassed and exceeded our desires. We always<br />think too small for our God. A very emotional evening for all. A<br />simple "Thank you" is not even close enough to express our gratitude<br />to all these special people, to Dean and Megan for opening up their<br />hearts and home to Caelyn these past few months and "preparing" Caelyn<br />for us, and to our Heavenly Father.<br /><br />Wow! What a fantastic day! Praise to our great and glorious God!<br />Now, it's time for some sleep. Good night!Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-54393112390078081372012-12-01T08:38:00.002-06:002012-12-01T08:38:32.355-06:00Tourist SaturdayCaelyn enjoyed breakfast this morning...they had pork dumplings on the<br />breakfast buffet! After breakfast, we headed on our tours. We toured<br />with another couple using Holt as their adoption agency. They are<br />from San Diego. We started at Tiananmen Square. Lots of people,<br />despite the cold. Our instant hand warmers were a hit. We even had<br />enough to share with the other couple. We saw the Chinese equivalent<br />of our U.S. Capital, Mao Tse Tung's mausoleum, and the Chinese<br />National Grand Theater--shaped like a large silver sphere. Then we<br />headed to the Forbidden City. Again, crowds everywhere. Caelyn<br />wanted to be carried several times within the Forbidden City. She was<br />pretty much quiet and shy the whole morning. We did get to see a<br />different part of the City this time. We toured the emporer's living<br />quarters and bedrooms. Otherwise, much of it was as we had remembered<br />from 4 years ago. Sorry, Nicholas, the lions were a little too large<br />to sneak back home. We had forgotton about all the agressive street<br />sellers. Fortunately, Joel, our new friend from San Diego, took the<br />brunt of most of the sellers. He was good at resisting. After the<br />Forbidden City, we headed to have lunch. Lydia, our tour guide,<br />arranged lunch for us at a local restaurant. We had a variety of<br />dishes. Caelyn dug right in and enjoyed her lunch. Again, she didn't<br />talk much. After lunch, we headed to a silk store, where they showed<br />us how they harvested silk from the silk worm and showed us the entire<br />life cycle of the silk worm. Did you know you can harvest over a mile<br />of silk thread from one silk worm pod? Amazing! From there, they<br />showed us how they make silk blankets. Of course, the ulitmate goal<br />was to sell us something. We decided on some silk scarves.<br /><br />That concluded our day of touring. Guess what it was doing as we came<br />out of the silk store...it was snowing!! Not much, but it was<br />snowing. We came back to the hotel. As soon as we got back in the<br />room, Caelyn was back to being herself--silly, giggly and talkative.<br />She's been that way all afternoon as we've played several rounds of<br />UNO. For some reason, the ladies are ganging up on Daddy!<br /><br />We planning on an early supper and getting to bed at a decent time so<br />we can head to the Great Wall tomorrow with Dean, Megan and kids. We<br />can't wait.<br />
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-18649043608183147212012-11-30T06:47:00.002-06:002012-11-30T06:47:43.400-06:00Adoption is Final!This morning we didn't have to leave the hotel until 8:45 so it was nice to not have to rush in the morning. It was nice too because we could take the time to Skype with the kids at home. This was the first time they had seen Caelyn with us! <br />
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We all slept well. Caelyn slept all night. Gary and I both woke up during the night and laid awake for awhile; darn jet lag! I find the time I am awake during the night makes a great time to talk to my heavenly Father. Caelyn woke up still very quiet and did not eat much for breakfast. After breakfast, we went to the civil affairs office to register our adoption. The official questioned us about why we wanted to adopt. I guess we passed because the adoption is final on the Chinese side! Caelyn remained quiet during all of this but continued to smile. When we got back to the room she completely opened up. We started playing UNO and she started talking and laughing and it has continued since! She likes to pick on Daddy and he can really get her giggling! We went to a restaurant right next to the hotel for lunch. Caelyn ate and ate. She loves dumplings, broccoli, cucumber and prawns! After lunch, we went to the supermarket for snacks and water for our hotel room. It is much colder today. The wind is blowing and the cold goes right through you!</div>
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-45925298904545385632012-11-29T06:50:00.000-06:002012-11-29T06:50:25.441-06:00Gotcha Day!!<div id="yui_3_7_2_1_1354193046646_89">
Well today was an exciting day! Sue, from Holt, met us at 8:15am to head to the Fengtai orphanage. Fengtai is a district within Beijing. God blessed us with just a beautiful day, not too cold, sunny, little smog, and even the traffic was light. Sue kept commenting how unusual today was for weather and traffic. Of course!! We got to the orphanage early, took some pictures of the facility, and got all the paperwork completed. Around 9:30am, in walked our beautiful Caelyn with her foster parents Dean and Megan and their two children Mia and Oliver. Caelyn walked quietly up to us and let us give her some small hugs. All these people were taking pictures and surrounding us. I think Caelyn was just a little overwhelmed. We got to meet and hug in person Dean and Megan and also got to meet another special person in Caelyn's life--Miss Teresa. Miss Teresa has been Caelyn's advocate within the orphanage for a couple years and really pushing to find her a forever family. Miss Teresa has been a volunteer at the orphanage for over 20 years and is kind of the matriarch of the orphanage. Caelyn showed us a painting she made for us, we took more pictures, then we headed down to visit the classroom area Caelyn grew up in. For about another hour, we got to meet some of Caelyn's friends and played with the babies and other children. Caelyn helped feed a baby. While in the classroom area, we got to meet Miss Kim, another special person and advocate in Caelyn's life. In fact, we go to Miss Kim's house on Sunday for dinner. What a great time it was playing with the other children.</div>
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We left the orphanage around 10:30am. Dean, Megan and family came back with us to the hotel so we all could have lunch together. It is quite clear, Mia and Caelyn are great friends. Mia road with us. Caelyn and Mia giggled, talked, and ate snacks on the entire trip back to the hotel. After getting back to the hotel, we headed for a walk to find some lunch. We ate lunch at a restaurant well known for its Peking Duck. It was the first time Robin and I had eaten Peking Duck. It was very good and I highly recommend it. We got to know Dean, Megan , and kids even more. A very neat family and we feel blessed that God brought them into Caelyn's and our lives. </div>
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After lunch and a walk back to the hotel, Dean, Megan and kids headed back to their home. It was very hard for Caelyn to see them go. After a few tears and shutting down for a few minutes, she started opening up again. Caelyn said she wanted to go swimming, so we did. That helped. Now, she and Robin are playing Uno. Caelyn beat Robin in the first game. She's going to fit in just fine with this family...she's a card player. Caelyn is still very quiet and guarded, but that is expected. A lot in her young life just changed today. </div>
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As I close today, I want to share with you some of the thoughts I had on the plane yesterday. I just kept feeling overwhelmed and humbled that our great God had made all this possible. Before God had changed our hearts towards adoption, he had picked out Caelyn for us. He protected her, brought people like Miss Teresa and Miss Kim into her life and then orchestrated her move to a foster family that deeply loved and cared for her and allowed her to attend an international school where she expanded her English speech and understanding. In His perfect timing, He brought us here to Beijing, China on November 29, 2012. Caelyn is now part of our family. We are forever greatful to Him for his goodness and look forward to introducing Caelyn to her heavenly Father. </div>
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We made it to Beijing! The flight went very smooth. Thank you for praying us here. Today is the day that we meet Caelyn! We talked to her last night on the phone and she was very excited. Our internet in our hotel is giving us nothing but problems so sorry for the lack of updates. We will try to get an update about how gotcha day goes. God is good!</div>
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(This was an Email my mom sent and wanted me to share it for her. As of now, Caelyn should already be in their arms!! YAY!!! -Brianna)</div>
Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-31193882845703612612012-11-24T14:37:00.001-06:002012-11-24T14:37:45.805-06:005 more sleeps!!!I can't believe that we are finally to the end stages of our adoption! 5 more sleeps and we will see her face to face and can hug her sweet little self! We are trying hard to get everything on our to do list done and get our suitcases packed! Check out the email we awoke to this morning:<br />
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<em>Hi Robin and Gary,<br />We are busy getting ready to meet you. Today we visited the hotel and had lunch. They let us look at a room to see what it looked like and where you would sleep. Caelyn seemed to enjoy this. Then we took Caelyn to the dentist and had her teeth cleaned. We also found out she has 3 cavities! Caelyn seems very settled and is talking a lot about you, and her leaving Beijing.</em><br />
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We have our travel approval! One month from today we will be on a plane heading to go get our girl! We will miss her birthday by a couple of weeks but it will be the last birthday that she has to spend without a family!</div>
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We have been skyping weekly with Caelyn and cannot wait to tell her the news. Her foster parents tell us that she asks DAILY if today is the day that we are coming to get her. Soon, Caelyn soon!</div>
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I just wanted to share some of the pictures from Brianna's 18th birthday. We took her out to eat the evening of her birthday. She chose where we went. We went to Chili's! It is so nice to spend this one on one time with our kiddos on their birthdays!</div>
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The Sunday before her birthday we surprised her with cupcakes while at Eckerts for a bonfire with friends!</div>
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She was my dream come true.</div>
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With the arrival of Brianna my dream had come true!</div>
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We had 28 entries for the camera!!!</div>
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Congratulations!!! Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser. We raised $435. Every amount helps us get to Ch!na! To God be the glory!!!</div>
Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-86723621040461245412012-08-31T08:57:00.002-05:002012-08-31T08:57:38.534-05:00Last chance to enter!!!Our camera fundraiser ends today at 4:00 central time! You still have some time to enter! Remember,<br />
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-87387996186323002422012-08-29T16:26:00.001-05:002012-08-29T16:33:44.720-05:00Guess what we have......We got a phone call from our agency on Monday that they had our LOA! They said to plan on travel the end of November or early December! Woohoo! Look what came on Tuesday...<br />
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Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-90016108887803633372012-08-27T14:35:00.000-05:002012-08-27T14:35:03.473-05:00Back to School and Caleb turns 5!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Nicholas 10th</div>
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Hunter 6th</div>
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Caleb pre-k and kinder</div>
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These 2 ride together this year and that makes them both very happy!</div>
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The Saturday after school started, Caleb turned 5! Can not believe he is 5 already! He is still my tiny snuggle bug! He weighs 29 pounds and is still wearing 18 month shorts! He uses his cuteness and size to win over all the high school girls. He is the most popular little brother at all the football games! They take turns carrying him around and he loves it! Now some birthday pics!</div>
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What a boy!</div>
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We spent the day at the zoo. His most favorite place ever!</div>
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They watched the hippos in the water for 30 minutes. They were mesmerized.</div>
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Just a reminder, we draw for the camera on Friday! Just a few more days to enter! See post below for more information!!</div>
Patientlywaitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468260896844965110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647101935195992750.post-91677176946328284642012-08-03T17:10:00.000-05:002012-08-04T22:04:41.232-05:00Exciting new fundraiser!!!<span style="font-size: large;">I am so excited to announce our newest fundraiser to bring Caelyn home! Right now, we are in the waiting game. Our dossier is in China and we are waiting ever so patiently <strike>(not)</strike> for LOA. We would love to hear anything but all has been silent. Good thing we have the Olympics to distract us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, back to our fundraiser. I had a fellow orphan loving, adoption loving friend contact me with the offer of a lifetime. My friend, </span><a href="http://cheaperbythehalfdozens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Sonia,</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> contacted me because she had won an awesome camera from another orphan loving, adoption loving warrior, </span><a href="http://k6comehome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Connie.</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> Connie, by the way, is working on bringing home their newest treasure as well! Anyway, Sonia was thrilled to win but she wanted to pay it forward and give the camera to someone trying to bring another one home! Long story short, she has offered us the camera to use as a fundraiser to help raise the remaining funds needed to bring Caelyn home. Right now, we are still needing funds for travel. Our agency estimates that we are looking at $10,000. That seems insurmountable to us but not for God; He called us to this journey and He will see us through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a Nikon D5100 16.2MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm lens. A very nice looking camera!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please leave a comment or </span><a href="mailto:mommaofmany6@yahoo.com" target=""><span style="font-size: large;">email</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #660000;"><em> </em></span></strong>me to let me know
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<span style="font-size: large;">These funds will all be used toward our travel expenses to China. Here is a reminder why we are doing this....</span></div>
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Yep we are DTC...Dossier to China! Our LID (log in date) will be next week. Now we wait for our LOA (letter of acceptance). It has been taking 3 to 4 months for LOA after LID....praying for God's speed for our paperwork...we want our girl home!</div>
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