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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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
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:)
Blessings!
Tanya
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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!
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!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
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!
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!
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