Another email this morning from CHI!!
Michael and Kirsten
Your LOI was sent to China on March 26 and delivered 3/29/07.
Your Fed Ex tracking number was 7912-6113-1183.
Any questions let me know.
Terri
China Office Assistant to Stefani
This is such great news...again!!!!!!!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Who Made This Big Mess?
Like I don't know! Out of my 5 kids none has a tidy bone in their body! Actually Aimee isn't too bad, but the rest are killing me. I swear Jie Ling's room was clean yesterday, and I'm sure when Xiao Mei gets home she'll just blame the mess on her! Jie Ling loves her kitchen set, and I have to watch her closely because if I don't give her water to play with she'll find her own in the bathroom (toilet). She really is so cute and I love listening to her play. She has a great imagination and talks and talks and just carries on with whatever she is playing with. She reminds me a lot of Brianna in how dramatic she is. Right now I just heard her tell one of her toys she'll be right back. She also likes to put her babies on her toy slide and then call for them to slide down, "Come on baby, come on baby, COME ON BABY!" Ah, she cracks us up. Her latest little habit is more annoying...she'll take a big drink of whatever and fill up her mouth and then just open wide and let it run down the front of her. We're trying not to encourage that one, and it doesn't help when the other kids laugh. She also likes to go upstairs in our bathroom and sing and talk to herself in the mirror. This keeps her entertained for quite awhile. (Don't tell anyone, but Brianna is 18 and she's still doing this.) Another exciting news flash is she is finally sleeping in her own bed (crib day-bed) squished right up next to ours. The transition was not too bad. She cried the first three nights, but settled down if I held her hand. Now she just hops in and falls asleep. It wasn't that long ago where I couldn't even turn my back to her in the bed without her crying, so we have come A LONG ways. I can't wait till she's in her own room however, and hopefully Xiao Mei won't sleep with us as long. But whatever, it's not forever.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Guess Who's Coming to China?
My Parents!! How Awesome & Amazing that they'll travel half way around the world to meet their newest grandaughter and help bring her home! I LOVE them so much, they're the greatest! And...now that I've posted this for the world to see there's no backing out!! (Gramma Neena and Papa according to Jie Ling.)
Our LOI Is In China!!!!
I e-mailed Stefani this morning about our LOI and here is her reply!!!!!!"Why yes, Charlene has confirmed that it went out to China on Monday and here is the tracking number."
www.fedex.com 791261131183
"It shows it was delivered 3/29 at 10:41. YEEEHAAAAW!!!"
Stefani
Oh I'm so excited!! Although baby Xiao Ya's (little duck) picture adorns every corner of our house, I'm still not allowing myself to completely fall for her. We've already hit a couple of small road blocks on our short journey to her, and I just don't want a broken heart! I just want her to have a family of her own, and of course that family is ours!!
Monday, March 19, 2007
The Holey Event!
Here's a little photoshow of Brianna when she wasn't 18! Click on Brianna of course.
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=127430
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=127430
For Adult Viewing Only!!
First, let me start off by saying that I do not endorse my children putting holes into their bodies! I do make exceptions for ears, but that's about it! Brianna has begged me for facial piercings for quite a while, but I just couldn't let her do it! I did let her get an industrial piercing when she was 16, which I think is pretty cool, but others find quite disturbing.
Anyways, since today is her birthday she decided to go and put a steel rod through her tongue. I tried to scare her out of it by telling her I know dozens of kids whose faces went paralyzed, bled to death, lost their tongues, became sterile, poisoned their hearts, went blind, got brain infections, lost their taste buds, lost their drivers licenses, etc. but all of my scare tactics did not work!! So......I decided to go with her. If my baby was going to die on her 18th birthday I wanted to at least be there to hold her hand! When we arrived Brianna jumped right up on the hospital looking exam table (minus the stir-ups) with her cheerleading section of friends, who were also there to put holes in various places in their bodies. The LPN (?) put a raggedy looking green towel under Breezy's (as her friends call her) chin to catch the drool or blood I suppose. Brianna drank some yellow looking potion from a dixie cup and passed it around to her friends. I asked for some too, but never got any. Anyways, during all this I whipped out my camera to capture the magical moment, and by this time Brianna was starting to get nervous and asked me to stop! I was a little insulted, sheesh I paid for half of this circus show and she's shooing me away!! Okay, okay, out came the pliers and then out came the tongue, and then out came mom right out of the room!! I swear I thought I heard each layer of tongue being pierced, but I'm not sure. I did hand off my camera to another girl so she could capture the blessed event. Shortly after the excitement died down, and Brianna finally put her tongue back into her mouth, she starts to feel dizzy. So dizzy that piercing lady had her lie down, ran out of the room, and came back with some bottled water. Brianna starts really complaining that she didn't feel well, and then I start not feeling so well either. And please note, that I'm not too worried because if she passes out and they have to call an ambulance, or if her tongue falls off, that I did not say it was okay!! She's 18, and if she wants a hole in her tongue then so be it!!
Five minutes pass, and too bad if Brianna's dizzy, because she gets kicked off the table for the next customer. I walk Brianna out to the "waiting room" where she continues to get worse. She tells me she thinks she's going to barf, and I don't see any barf buckets in the near vicinity so I usher Brianna (and Jie Ling) out to the parking lot in the pouring down rain!! Brianna slides down the side of the building and starts puking, while Jie Ling heads for the nearest mud puddle and starts stomping her feet! Most of Brianna's friends have booked it by now (thanks guys) so I guess that left me to clean up the mess. (meanwhile Brianna's last friend Breanne, is in the room getting a hole in her face, and I can't figure out what's taking so long, plus they have the door closed!) I'm thinking man this is a house of horror, or however the saying goes! Anyways, Brianna starts feeling better, and pulls herself up off the cold concrete, while I try and get Jie Ling away from the mud puddle, which does not make her happy! All the while my phone has been ringing, and it's Aimee because I'm late picking her up from soccer. We're all soaked, Breanne finally comes out with her new hole in her bottom lip, and I force Jie Ling into her car seat to go and get Aimee. My day does not stop here and even gets more exciting, but I need to cut this short. Jie Ling has pooped her pants, and Mike has to go take our cat to the vet, cause he accidently cut her while trying to remove some matted hair from her belly. Why would he take scissors to a cat, when he can't see worth a darn. Oh man I'm exhausted, enjoy the pictures. Happy 18th Birthday my Sweet Girl!!
Anyways, since today is her birthday she decided to go and put a steel rod through her tongue. I tried to scare her out of it by telling her I know dozens of kids whose faces went paralyzed, bled to death, lost their tongues, became sterile, poisoned their hearts, went blind, got brain infections, lost their taste buds, lost their drivers licenses, etc. but all of my scare tactics did not work!! So......I decided to go with her. If my baby was going to die on her 18th birthday I wanted to at least be there to hold her hand! When we arrived Brianna jumped right up on the hospital looking exam table (minus the stir-ups) with her cheerleading section of friends, who were also there to put holes in various places in their bodies. The LPN (?) put a raggedy looking green towel under Breezy's (as her friends call her) chin to catch the drool or blood I suppose. Brianna drank some yellow looking potion from a dixie cup and passed it around to her friends. I asked for some too, but never got any. Anyways, during all this I whipped out my camera to capture the magical moment, and by this time Brianna was starting to get nervous and asked me to stop! I was a little insulted, sheesh I paid for half of this circus show and she's shooing me away!! Okay, okay, out came the pliers and then out came the tongue, and then out came mom right out of the room!! I swear I thought I heard each layer of tongue being pierced, but I'm not sure. I did hand off my camera to another girl so she could capture the blessed event. Shortly after the excitement died down, and Brianna finally put her tongue back into her mouth, she starts to feel dizzy. So dizzy that piercing lady had her lie down, ran out of the room, and came back with some bottled water. Brianna starts really complaining that she didn't feel well, and then I start not feeling so well either. And please note, that I'm not too worried because if she passes out and they have to call an ambulance, or if her tongue falls off, that I did not say it was okay!! She's 18, and if she wants a hole in her tongue then so be it!!
Five minutes pass, and too bad if Brianna's dizzy, because she gets kicked off the table for the next customer. I walk Brianna out to the "waiting room" where she continues to get worse. She tells me she thinks she's going to barf, and I don't see any barf buckets in the near vicinity so I usher Brianna (and Jie Ling) out to the parking lot in the pouring down rain!! Brianna slides down the side of the building and starts puking, while Jie Ling heads for the nearest mud puddle and starts stomping her feet! Most of Brianna's friends have booked it by now (thanks guys) so I guess that left me to clean up the mess. (meanwhile Brianna's last friend Breanne, is in the room getting a hole in her face, and I can't figure out what's taking so long, plus they have the door closed!) I'm thinking man this is a house of horror, or however the saying goes! Anyways, Brianna starts feeling better, and pulls herself up off the cold concrete, while I try and get Jie Ling away from the mud puddle, which does not make her happy! All the while my phone has been ringing, and it's Aimee because I'm late picking her up from soccer. We're all soaked, Breanne finally comes out with her new hole in her bottom lip, and I force Jie Ling into her car seat to go and get Aimee. My day does not stop here and even gets more exciting, but I need to cut this short. Jie Ling has pooped her pants, and Mike has to go take our cat to the vet, cause he accidently cut her while trying to remove some matted hair from her belly. Why would he take scissors to a cat, when he can't see worth a darn. Oh man I'm exhausted, enjoy the pictures. Happy 18th Birthday my Sweet Girl!!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Where has the time gone??
Brianna turns 18 tomorrow!! Well actually in 7 more hours, but who's counting? I can't believe my little girl is no longer a little girl. I put together a photoshow this weekend for Brianna, and it took forever!! http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=127430
Saturday, March 10, 2007
One Year Jie Ling Video
Our one year anniversary video. Hopefully it will work!!
Click on the video that says Jie Ling. It takes about 1 minute to buffer,
at least that's how long it takes on my computer.
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=127430
Click on the video that says Jie Ling. It takes about 1 minute to buffer,
at least that's how long it takes on my computer.
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=127430
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Special Day for a Special Girl
At Jie Ling's preschool they celebrate "Special Days," instead of birthdays, and today was Jie Ling's special day! She was so excited on our drive to school and just jabbered away in the back seat of the car. She really knew today was her day and it showed in her behavior!! She has always followed the "rules" at preschool but today they did not apply to her!! She was such a stinker and even refused to get in the car when it was time to go home, there wasn't any particular reason for her refusal, she just didn't feel like leaving. It was an odd morning watching my baby being all whacked out, nothing that a long afternoon nap couldn't take care of!
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Friday, March 2, 2007
Hurry Up and Wait...
I'm so bummed!! Our LOI has been sitting in Utah for 2 weeks now! Unfortunately there are many who have to have their LOI's (letter of intent) done ASAP in hopes of making the May 1 deadline for dossiers. As you've probably heard you know China has changed the rules for adoptions, so many will no-longer qualify after May 1. They've got to hurry, hurry, hurry, and I cross my fingers that everyone makes it before the deadline and gets those babies home!!
It still makes it hard knowing that our baby Xiao Mei waits for her mommy and ginormous family!! We meet with our social worker on March 13th and as soon as our updated homestudy is completed we can make the exciting drive to Yakima to get finger printed, and then wait for our I-171! Word on the street is that the wait is very short!
So....no LOI date yet. Stefani says next week for sure!!
*The pictures are from the Seattle Children's Museum, and the fountain at the Seattle Center.
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