Harry knows how to make truck noises when he plays with his toy trucks now. And how to wave bye-bye.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Harry 9 month stats......
He weighs in at 21.9 pounds.... a lot lighter than I thought!!
He's about 28 inches long.....
And, his head is off the growth chart still!!! Let's hope those big brains do something great in the future!!!!!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
AppleWorks 2009
After coming home today, we headed out for apples and fun at a local orchard called "Appleworks". As you can see, it was a good time (though it's nearly 8:00pm and the girls are still suffering from being sugared up on apple dumplings).
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Our Group's five year reunion...
....we hosted several families yesterday on what was our five year anniversary of receiving Lucy into our arms. The families attending also adopted children at the same time and we traveled together (for the most part) as a group. Though all 42 families were unable to attend, we still enjoyed the day!!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
China posts #6
I'm kicking myself because I trooped all the way over here from the
hotel to post some pictures and do some more shopping, only to find
that I left the USB cable back in the room. So for now I will just
post. We have some time this afternoon free, and Andy Crosby told me
about another place a block from here that has a faster internet
connection. So stay tuned. (I keep coming back here to Blenz because
it's a coffeehouse and the caffe lattes are pretty good.)
We took Lucy out for her first stroller ride last night! There is a
lovely riverside park area along the hotel, and we took our free
loaner stroller from Sherry's Place (those of you who've been here
know where this is probably) and went for a nice walk. Lucy loved
it. She was goggle-eyed at everything. She fussed a little at first
but realized that (a) it was someting that moves, which she likes
and (b) lets her take in more of the world around her, which she
also likes. We went to some stores and bought gifts for ourselves
and for family members. The locals love Lucy - all they can do is
talk about how pretty she is and how big her eyes are.
One of the things we've learned about here is how to communicate
with people without using a lot of English. The locals do speak a
little English because so many Americans and Europeans come here to
adopt. But for the most part there is very little overlap in
language. But somehow we get it done between pointing at things,
makign hand gestures, and using very simple language in our
sentences. Our group is joking (but how much of a joke?) about how
we're going to probably continue to talk like this once we are back
home. I know Cathy and I have already fallen into this because it's
how we talk when Lucy is asleep.
We're still a little concerned about Lucy's cold - it's not bad by
any means but it's persistent. In the last 12 hours she's started to
have stuff come out her nose, but in talking to some other parents
that's apparently good. We thought of taking her to the hotel clinic
but since we're coming how tomorrow (which is the day after tomorrow
for most of you reading this) we're thinking we can wait until our
pediatrician appointment on Tuesday.
We gave Lucy her first bath last night too. She liked it - she liked
to splash the water around and make a mess. Unfortunately she is
having a little bit of a skin rash this morning, which might be a
reaction to the soap we used. But it might also be reaction to the
heat, or something else. We're not panicking, even though we are
noticing every little thing that happens!
Unfortunately we put Lucy to bed too early last night - around 8 PM -
and she woke up at 3:00 AM in a playful mood. So we're a little
sleep deprived right now. (Hence my caffe latte.)
Today is a big day for everybody here. At some point this afternoon
we will walk a couple of blocks away to the US consulate and take an
oath that will seal the deal and make Lucy officially our daughter.
I sort of explained this in last night's post and what it means. One
thing I didn't mention is that after the oath, Lucy will officially
be named "Lucy" rather than Hai Yi. So there's no pressue with any
of this but it's kind of the culmination of the entire process that
has taken so long. All the paperwork, all the money, all the
waiting.... it caps off in this simple ceremony this afternoon.
It's a lovely day here in Guangzhou - the humidity has (thankfully)
been cut out of the air and it's only aout 85 degrees. ("only"?) I'm
checking my Franklin College email (finally - all 120-something
messages) and posting this, about to go hit some more of the stores
for shopping and then back to the hotel room by aroudn 11:30 or
12:00.
Congratulations to our friends Curtis and Michelle McGill, who just
had their baby Noel on the 20th, a day after we got Lucy. If you
know the crowd at Grace Church you know there are babies coming out
of the woodwork! Keep them in mind too during this exciting time.
I'm actually not sure how much time I'll have after today to post. I
hope to get out one more time to post up some new pictures. But if
not, here's the schedule for the next couple of days. This afternoon
is the consulate appointment. Tomorrow we're going on a bus tour of
the city (it's a huge sprawling place, and as much as we've been on
busses in the last few days we're only seen a fraction of it) and
then checking out of the hotel. We fly out of Guangzhou for LA at
9:00 PM local time, arrive in LA at 9:00 PM local time (yeah, that's
wierd) and then we're back in Indy around 3:30 AM, which will feel
like 4:30 PM for us. Or maybe we'll just all feel like we've been up
for 36 hours straight like we did on the plane ride over. We're just
giong to take it one moment at a time.
So, signing off for now. Look for more pictures before we head home.
When we get home it will be an avalanche of pictures! And we have
about 3 hours of video to edit through. It's all good though. Enjoy-
-robert
hotel to post some pictures and do some more shopping, only to find
that I left the USB cable back in the room. So for now I will just
post. We have some time this afternoon free, and Andy Crosby told me
about another place a block from here that has a faster internet
connection. So stay tuned. (I keep coming back here to Blenz because
it's a coffeehouse and the caffe lattes are pretty good.)
We took Lucy out for her first stroller ride last night! There is a
lovely riverside park area along the hotel, and we took our free
loaner stroller from Sherry's Place (those of you who've been here
know where this is probably) and went for a nice walk. Lucy loved
it. She was goggle-eyed at everything. She fussed a little at first
but realized that (a) it was someting that moves, which she likes
and (b) lets her take in more of the world around her, which she
also likes. We went to some stores and bought gifts for ourselves
and for family members. The locals love Lucy - all they can do is
talk about how pretty she is and how big her eyes are.
One of the things we've learned about here is how to communicate
with people without using a lot of English. The locals do speak a
little English because so many Americans and Europeans come here to
adopt. But for the most part there is very little overlap in
language. But somehow we get it done between pointing at things,
makign hand gestures, and using very simple language in our
sentences. Our group is joking (but how much of a joke?) about how
we're going to probably continue to talk like this once we are back
home. I know Cathy and I have already fallen into this because it's
how we talk when Lucy is asleep.
We're still a little concerned about Lucy's cold - it's not bad by
any means but it's persistent. In the last 12 hours she's started to
have stuff come out her nose, but in talking to some other parents
that's apparently good. We thought of taking her to the hotel clinic
but since we're coming how tomorrow (which is the day after tomorrow
for most of you reading this) we're thinking we can wait until our
pediatrician appointment on Tuesday.
We gave Lucy her first bath last night too. She liked it - she liked
to splash the water around and make a mess. Unfortunately she is
having a little bit of a skin rash this morning, which might be a
reaction to the soap we used. But it might also be reaction to the
heat, or something else. We're not panicking, even though we are
noticing every little thing that happens!
Unfortunately we put Lucy to bed too early last night - around 8 PM -
and she woke up at 3:00 AM in a playful mood. So we're a little
sleep deprived right now. (Hence my caffe latte.)
Today is a big day for everybody here. At some point this afternoon
we will walk a couple of blocks away to the US consulate and take an
oath that will seal the deal and make Lucy officially our daughter.
I sort of explained this in last night's post and what it means. One
thing I didn't mention is that after the oath, Lucy will officially
be named "Lucy" rather than Hai Yi. So there's no pressue with any
of this but it's kind of the culmination of the entire process that
has taken so long. All the paperwork, all the money, all the
waiting.... it caps off in this simple ceremony this afternoon.
It's a lovely day here in Guangzhou - the humidity has (thankfully)
been cut out of the air and it's only aout 85 degrees. ("only"?) I'm
checking my Franklin College email (finally - all 120-something
messages) and posting this, about to go hit some more of the stores
for shopping and then back to the hotel room by aroudn 11:30 or
12:00.
Congratulations to our friends Curtis and Michelle McGill, who just
had their baby Noel on the 20th, a day after we got Lucy. If you
know the crowd at Grace Church you know there are babies coming out
of the woodwork! Keep them in mind too during this exciting time.
I'm actually not sure how much time I'll have after today to post. I
hope to get out one more time to post up some new pictures. But if
not, here's the schedule for the next couple of days. This afternoon
is the consulate appointment. Tomorrow we're going on a bus tour of
the city (it's a huge sprawling place, and as much as we've been on
busses in the last few days we're only seen a fraction of it) and
then checking out of the hotel. We fly out of Guangzhou for LA at
9:00 PM local time, arrive in LA at 9:00 PM local time (yeah, that's
wierd) and then we're back in Indy around 3:30 AM, which will feel
like 4:30 PM for us. Or maybe we'll just all feel like we've been up
for 36 hours straight like we did on the plane ride over. We're just
giong to take it one moment at a time.
So, signing off for now. Look for more pictures before we head home.
When we get home it will be an avalanche of pictures! And we have
about 3 hours of video to edit through. It's all good though. Enjoy-
-robert
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