I have not been as diligent in updating our blog the last few days because we have really been getting sick of China and I did not know if I could be very objective when writing about our time here anymore. At any rate, last Tuesday we did the street food thing in Guangzhou. [...]
On Friday we finally traveled from Nanchang to Guangzhou. We were in Nanchang almost a week, and that’s a long time to be in Nanchang. Especially if you have spent time there before. The flight from Nanchang to Guangzhou was Zhen Zhen’s first flight. She was super excited about it. We [...]
We have had Zhen Zhen for 3 days now. It’s gone fairly well so far, she still gets sad sometimes but much less so than the first day we got her. Communication has been our biggest challenge. Right now I think we are in a war of wills. We want Zhen Zhen to learn English [...]
At 1:30 today we met our new daughter down in the hotel lobby. Her orphanage is about 2 hours from here, and the director and her nannies drove her out to us today. I don’t know how to describe what its like to meet your new 8 year old Chinese daughter for the first time. [...]
Went for a run this morning and came across People’s Park in Nanchang. People’s Park is a beautiful park in the middle of the city that surrounds a small lake. Its the kind of place that you would only find if you got out and explored the city on your own. The park was full [...]
Ok, first off, let me preface all of this by pointing out that the Chinese government for some unknown reason censors this website. So the only way I was able to actually post to it was to log into the VPN at work, and thus tunnel all my internet through the Chinese censors. After traveling [...]
Harper had her 6th Birthday today. We thought we would have had travel approval by now and thus would have been in China so we did not have a big party. Instead, we just had dinner, cake, and presents at our house. Harper picked ribs for dinner (and probably ate half a rack [...]
We finally got our Letter of Approval for adopting Zhen Zhen. It looks like we will be traveling around the end of June. This has been a long process and we are all excited that we are nearing the end. In just a few weeks she should be home with us.