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World's worst blogger is headed home

Seems that with the ease of connecting through Facebook, I have sorely neglected my blog during this trip. Big surprise since I was already a horrible blogger!

We are headed home this morning! So excited and ready to be back home with our other kids. We are incredibly blessed to have been on this journey and given the most amazing daughter. I long for everyone to meet and know her! To think this little girl was shunned by soctiey here and looked upon as a burden is so unbelievable. She obviously had a foster family that loved her beyond measure. She is just something to behold. I know, I am partial:)

A few pics before we head home! I hope to catch up when home but realize reality and jetlag will probably fix that! Sorry, still cannot upload from China:(

Blessings!
Tanya

QingQing

To say that Don and I have fallen in love would be the biggest understatement ever. This little girl is captivating! I think as parents we all think this about each of our children. So on to the details!

We were told that they were bring Qing Qing to our room at the Marriott at 3:00 so we anxiously awaited. Went to the pool and tried to distract ourselves while they cleaned our room. Anxiously went back to the room at 1:00 in case someone would call that they are early or late. At 2:40 I realize we have moved rooms from when we checked in, would our guide know? How would they get up to our room since you need a key. So Don went to the lobby to talk to the front desk. Then I am in the room panicked that he will meet her first.....he made it back and they said they would give our guide a key up.

At 3:00 the girls call on Skype to watch the events. And then our phone rings, they are in the lobby and we need to come down. (Later our guide said we were supposed to be waiting in the lobby, miscommunication.) Don taped us meeting. We walked off the eleveator and I saw this doll baby walked around one of the seating arrangements. Oh my, bestill my heart! I slowly approached her and tried to touch her. She was apprehensive but confident and calm. Slowly she let us talk to her. I invited everyone up to our room. There were two ladies from the orphanage Mrs. Chen the director and another lady.

We all came up to our room and we tried to play on the floor with her. She soon became panicked and started crying. We took turns walking out in the hall with her and looking up and down 25 story courtyard. (as I am typing this she is sitting on the bed in her pink rhinestone sunglasses playing babies) Finally all the papers were signed and the orphanage ladies left and then our guide. And we had one very broken little girl. Crying and sobbing. I rocked her to sleep and she slept in my arms for over an hour. The sobs still came while she slept. She woke up and was still so sad and crying. I asked God to help this baby heal to not let her suffer, my heart was so broken for her. In the terms of attachment this is an excellent thing for her. It means she was attached to someone and loved and she will learn to love and attach to us. Her foster mother had brought her to the orphanage Monday morning before they left to bring her on the drive to us (3-4 hours).

We finally ordered room service. And she sat on my lap to eat and eat and eat and eat. Slowly she started smiling and seeming happy. I tickled and got a giggle. Then we skyped with the kids while they ate breakfast and we finished dinner. It was nice for them to meet. So she loved splashing in the sink when we washed her hands so I thought, let's try a bath. She was pretty grubby and didn't smell wonderful but I was going nowhere near anything that would traumatize her. I started the bath and she started stripping her clothes off. She had the best time in the tub! So much fun. After she let me rock her to sleep. She slept between us and slept all night with some turning and crying out in her sleep!

She woke happy as can be and has been bubbling happiness ever since! More later!

Today is the day

We are safe and happy in Nanning. Our hotel is beautiful! We are very excited to meet Molly in 7 hours, not that I am counting!

Our travel has been interesting. The flight were long and mostly uneventful. Friends we were hoping to meet up with in Chicago and fly the long flight to Hong Kong with almost missed their flight due to storms in Chicago and the airport closing in the morning. They ended up making it (with much production) but their luggage didn't. My friend, Stacy cried at the gate as the plane was sitting there with the doors closed. They ended up opening the doors for them and a few others. Their luggage finally arrived in Hong Kong two days later!

We almost didn't make it from Hong Kong to Guangzhou Friday night. Due to the typhoon the airport had tons of delays and cancellations. So we had to get in a long line for our boarding pass. We made friends with two American guys in their twenties who teach English in China. Their flight was delayed several hours so they were in no huge rush and let us get in front of them. The line just didn't move, we didn't know what was happenging but it looked like chaos! We stood still and kept grabbing people from the airline begging for help as our flight departure time was closing in. And, no luck! Finally we got to the counter after an hour of waiting and only 5 people or so in front of us. We ran like heck to our gate. It was a long way, up and down escalators, through security, and then a very long way to the gate in a huge terminal of hundreds of gates. And they are boarding the plane. We made it. Lots of prayers from Don and I on the run! Then we sat on the plane at the gate for an hour waiting for the people on the Cathay Pacific San Fransciso flight. Wish someone had mentioned this to us in our panic.

Guangzhou was nice, our hotel great. The train ride to Nanning was a bit rough. But we saw the beautiful countryside and the primitive farming they still do here.

More later! Need to get breakfast before we miss it again!

Ready to go!

We are ready to leave in the morning at 6:00 a.m.! We are on the couch waiting for our sheets to dry after Oliver throwing up all over our bed this evening! Ahhhh, what a day!

Sad to leave my kiddos! I know Brynn will do great the first week with Stephanie coming for a few days. And then my mom and step- dad the second week at their house. Thank you God for giving us Skype! Or I am not sure I could leave. I am trusting in Him!!!! He has shown me over and over that Molly is ours!

Itinerary!!!

Thursday, August 16th - Leave Ft. Myers at 7:37a.m. and travel to Chicago O'Hare, 4 hour layover in Chicago to stretch our legs and prepare for our 15 hour (GULP!) flight to Hong Kong.

Friday, August 17th - Arrive in Hong Kong at 5:55p.m. (12 hours ahead of EST), depart for Guangzhou at 8:20 p.m. and arrive in Guangzhou at 9:20 p.m. stay at Garden Hotel for the night

Saturday, August 18th - We have the day in Guangzhou and then depart at 7:41 p.m. on the overnight train to Nanning (Guangxi provincal capital)

Sunday, August 19th - 9:00 a.m. arrive in Nanning and check in to Marriott

Monday, August 20th - GOTCHA DAY!!!

Tuesday, August 21st - Go to civil affairs office to complete adoption paperwork

Wednesday, August 22nd - Finish the adoption paperwork (hoping to go to Liuzhou City)

Thursday, August 23rd - Sightseeing in Nanning

Friday, August 24th -Pick up Molly’s passport and return to Guangzhou by train 6:50pm

Saturday, August 25th - Arrive in Guangzhou at 7:53am and then Child’s medical exam

Sunday, Augsut 26th - Sightseeing in Guangzhou

Monday, August 27th - Medical exam follow up (read TB test) and Prepare documents for the visa interview with the guide’s assistance

Tuesday, August 28th - Visa interview and oath ceremony at the United States Consulate

Wednesday, August 29th - Pick up Molly's U.S. entry visa in the afternoon

Thursday, August 30th - Take van to Hong Kong in morning and depart at 11:10am
Fly Hong Kong to Chicago O'Hare and arrive at 12:35 p.m. and the depart O'Hare at 6:19 p.m. and arrive in Ft Myers at 10:10 p.m.!!!!! We will try to get an earlier flight once through customs:)

Travel Schedule

We have received our travel approval to go get Molly! We got this on Monday as we were traveling to Pennsylvania for Don's mom's 80th birthday celebration this week. Crazy days!

Leave Ft. Myers on 8.16.12
Travel to Nanning on 8.18.12
Receive Molly (GOTCHA) on 8.20.12
Consulate on 8.28.12
Fly out on 8.30.12

We will have our full itinerary later this week! So excited!!!!

Be A Voice Jewelry Fundraiser

We are doing another fundraiser with Be A Voice selling beautiful jewelry!!! Check us out here at Be A Voice! At checkout please put in the code "Tanya" so we get credit for your purchase. Love this stuff!

Olive Tree Fundraiser

Please check us out on Olive Tree! Molly is coming home at peak travel season and while we are incredibly blessed to get her home and to medical care that she so urgently needs, airfare is outrageous! Please help us! I hate begging but at this point have little choice. God called us to her and I know he will provide!

I bought the boys these t-shirts last year for another family's fundraiser and love them! I will take a picture of them in them and post it later. My dear friend, Pat suggested I sell them as her kiddos need new ones. So, I found the fundraising site for them and many other great things and signed us up!

Later today I will post our other new fundraising project. Today is the last day for the necklaces on Craft Cafe and we are still doing jars of change! We may also have one less one that I am working on. God will provide and get Molly home!

Necklace Fundraiser last days!

Friday is the last day to order your "it matters to this one" starfish necklace. $10 goes to our adoption agency to help us pay Molly's ransome(orphanage donation)! Please consider buying one if you haven't. If you have already bought one or two or fourteen (thanks, Mom and Jim), thank you doesn't it say it adequately!!! Joy's etsy shop is on vacation while she prepares for a big doula convention that she is a vendor at. She is beyond fabulous for helping us!!! But you can still buy it at her Craft Cafe shop.

One Less = One More Daughter

We were incredibly blessed on the morning of the 4th of July to get an email saying we had been awarded a grant from One Less Ministries in the amount of $500!!! http://onelessministries.org/ Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We are trusting in God to help us come up with the last of the funds we need to go get Molly! Sounds like we could be on our way in August!

Jars for Change

We are kicking off our second fundraiser! We are calling it "Jars for Change". With your loose pocket change you can change Molly's life. Who doesn't have a little pocket change at the end of each day? For the month of July put your spare change in a glass mason jar or other container and at the end of July cash it and donate the money towards Molly's adoption!

If you want a sticker, please let me know and I will happily send you one. And when you are all done you can either send the money to us via PayPal using my email tanyabaer@yahoo.com or mail it to us and make your check payable to us or our agency, WACAP. The Baers, 16970 Laurelin Court, North Fort Myers, FL 33917

This is from the flyer we made up to go with the jars here locally:

We are excited to announce that we are adding one more child to the Baer family. This time, we are adopting a little girl from China. She was two on June 7th and shares Matson’s date of birth and Oliver’s congenital heart defect. Seemingly chosen by God for our family. Yes, we will have “identical twins” to keep us on our toes. Qing is her name now and we are keeping our tradition of using it as her middle name. She has some pretty complex medical needs that will require lifelong medical care, much of which is not available in China. In her province of China, 80% of children with her medical condition do not live till their fifth birthday. Here in the US she will live a long and full life. We received approval from China on June 20th to adopt. We expect to travel to China in August or September.
We made the decision to follow God’s call to change the life of one more child on our 13th wedding anniversary in January. We both knew God had a plan for us and that we had to follow. It has not been an easy journey but at every turn He has given us every indication to put more trust in Him and keep following! That being said, we have gone in to this adoption not entirely knowing how we were going to afford it. We have paid all of our adoption agency fees from our savings and have applied for a couple of grants to help fund our travel expenses. However, we may be tapping in to investments to pay them. We are seeking assistance from friends and family with help paying for the orphanage donation of $5,600 that is required by the People’s Republic of China to finalize her adoption. Many people in the adoption world call this “ransom” to free our children from the life of an orphan.
We continue to trust God that He will help us to fund the remaining portion of Molly’s adoption and free her from the life that she would face in China. We have created a fundraising project we are calling “Jars for Change”. Your pocket change each day can change Molly’s life! By placing your lose change in a glass jar you can help us pay the orphanage donation that will give her a family and a chance at life! Please consider participating in Molly’s adoption so there is one less orphan in this world! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

God's blessings!

Starfish Necklace Fundraiser

I helped design this necklace, the Starfish poem means much to me. I like to think think everyone can make a difference in the life of an orphan, by some means. It doesn't mean everyone has to adopt a child. Befriend a child in foster care, sponsor a child, be a guardian ad litem, support people adopting through prayer, etc. The list is long.

You can buy it here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/102576260/hand-stamped-necklace-charity-for-reeces

The Starfish Poem
As I walked along the seashore this young boy greeted me.
He was tossing a stranded starfish back into the deep blue sea.
I said, "Tell me why you bother. Why waste your time this way?
There's a million stranded starfish. Does it matter anyway?"
And he said, "It matters to this one. It deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one. I can't save them all, I know.
But it matters to this one, I'll return it to the sea.
It matters to this one, And it matters a lot to me."

-Poem adapted from the story "The Star Thrower" (or "starfish story") by Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), published in 1969 in The Unexpected Universe.