Comments for Prairie Chronicles http://www.prairiechronicles.com Don't run in the parking lot! Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:28:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on 2 Days in Guangzhou by DeeDee Stanford http://www.prairiechronicles.com/2009/07/12/2-days-in-guangzhou/comment-page-1/#comment-15 DeeDee Stanford Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:28:32 +0000 http://www.prairiechronicles.com/?p=325#comment-15 Hey Guys, We are loving the updates Forrest is posting. It is bringing back so many memories. We too hated Nanchang but loved Guangzhou. We are so glad ZhenZhen is doing well and I wish we were there adopting Elle an older sister...but...maybe one day. Stay safe. DeeDee and Scott Love the glasses Tiffani!!! Hey Guys,
We are loving the updates Forrest is posting. It is bringing back so many memories. We too hated Nanchang but loved Guangzhou. We are so glad ZhenZhen is doing well and I wish we were there adopting Elle an older sister…but…maybe one day. Stay safe.
DeeDee and Scott

Love the glasses Tiffani!!!

]]> Comment on We finally got Zhen Zhen! by Forrest http://www.prairiechronicles.com/2009/07/06/we-finally-got-zhen-zhen/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Forrest Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:58:41 +0000 http://www.prairiechronicles.com/?p=307#comment-14 <a href="#comment-13" rel="nofollow">@Anthony </a> You are right, the beds in most of China are like sleeping on a sheet of plywood. I have not had a chance to update our blog, but so far, considering we have adopted an 8 year old this time, its gone fairly well. I like visiting China (well not so much Nanchung), but it will be nice to be back home. Zhen Zhen cant wait to be home with our other 2 kids. She gets really excited every time we video chat with them. The process took longer this time than it did when we adopted our daughter Harper 2 years ago. We went special needs both times, with Harper it took around 12 months, and with Zhen Zhen it took around 15 months. I know other families that did not go special needs are waiting 3 years or more for a referral (which is just ridiculous). I think they may be just using the long delays with non-special needs kids to phase out the program - eventually having non-special needs kids up for adoption for chinese nationals only, and only special needs available for foreign adoption. Anyway, I hope things are going well with you guys and your new daughter. @Anthony You are right, the beds in most of China are like sleeping on a sheet of plywood. I have not had a chance to update our blog, but so far, considering we have adopted an 8 year old this time, its gone fairly well. I like visiting China (well not so much Nanchung), but it will be nice to be back home. Zhen Zhen cant wait to be home with our other 2 kids. She gets really excited every time we video chat with them. The process took longer this time than it did when we adopted our daughter Harper 2 years ago. We went special needs both times, with Harper it took around 12 months, and with Zhen Zhen it took around 15 months. I know other families that did not go special needs are waiting 3 years or more for a referral (which is just ridiculous). I think they may be just using the long delays with non-special needs kids to phase out the program – eventually having non-special needs kids up for adoption for chinese nationals only, and only special needs available for foreign adoption. Anyway, I hope things are going well with you guys and your new daughter.

]]> Comment on We finally got Zhen Zhen! by Anthony http://www.prairiechronicles.com/2009/07/06/we-finally-got-zhen-zhen/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Anthony Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:22:38 +0000 http://www.prairiechronicles.com/?p=307#comment-13 Just came across your blog by chance looking at orphanage photos... We just went to China in March to adopt our daughter. Tomorrow we are off to the county court to do the re-adopt. We stayed in the same hotel (those beds were hard), same office to get our daughter across the street from the Galactic, we even went to the same park. We have had her for almost 4 months and I still don't have the words for the whole experience. Your photos brought it all back. You guys are awesome for going back for Zhen Zhen. I have no doubt we will be back too. There are so many kids in need. I wonder about what these kid have been put through and why they make it so hard to get them into loving homes. It kills me. Thanks for sharing your story... God Bless. Just came across your blog by chance looking at orphanage photos… We just went to China in March to adopt our daughter. Tomorrow we are off to the county court to do the re-adopt. We stayed in the same hotel (those beds were hard), same office to get our daughter across the street from the Galactic, we even went to the same park. We have had her for almost 4 months and I still don’t have the words for the whole experience. Your photos brought it all back. You guys are awesome for going back for Zhen Zhen. I have no doubt we will be back too. There are so many kids in need. I wonder about what these kid have been put through and why they make it so hard to get them into loving homes. It kills me. Thanks for sharing your story… God Bless.

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