Travel Plans

We are still finalizing our flights and all the details. Our daughter will finally be in our arms and in our family forever on June 21, 2010.

The Dragon Boat Festival or The Slow Boat To China?

Why is it taking so long to confirm our Consulate Appointment?

The provincial offices do not process paperwork on Monday June 14, Tuesday 15, and Wednesday 16 because of the Dragon Boat Festival, therefore we have to wait an extra week to travel. The exciting news is that we hope to be in Hong Kong during the Dragon Boat Races.

Dragon Boat Festival:

This ancient event, also known as Tuen Ng Festival, commemorates the death of a popular Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers. Legend has it that as townspeople attempted to rescue Qu Yuan, they beat drums to scare fish away and threw dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating his body. 

The real highlight of 

the festival is the 

fierce-looking 

dragon boats racing in a lively, vibrant spectacle. Teams race the elaborately decorated 

dragon boats to the beat of heavy drums. The special boats, which measure more than 10 metres, have ornately carved and painted "dragon" heads and tails, and each carries a crew of 20-22 paddlers.

Participants train in earnest for the competition. Sitting two abreast, with a steersman at the back and a drummer at the front, the paddlers race to reach the finishing line, urged on by the pounding drums and the roar of the crowds.

Today festival activities recall this legendary event. People eat rice-and-meat dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves; and many look forward to swimming or even simply dipping their hands in the water.

My Little Mermaid

WE HAVE TRAVEL APPROVAL!

WE'RE COMING TIAN TIAN!

Lady Bug Sighting!

Wait a minute, what do I see?

Who can it be?

This Lady Bug looks familiar! 

This Lady Bug belongs to me!!!!

It's Jie Jie the Lady Bug 
in the second grade play!

A Day In The Life

Hi there

No these are not noodles I'm eating, 
they are fish snacks... so yummy!

Delicious

Sorry to eat and run, but it's time to go now

Here we go

Yes officer, of course I have my motorcycle license...

Zai Jian!

Happy Mother's Day

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys

or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held down a screaming child

so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night

watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put them down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,

I didn't know the feeling of

having my heart outside my body..

I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby..

I didn't know that bond

between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small

could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

the heartache,

the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom.

Cover Girl

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Our Article 5 was sent to Beijing on May 4th 

and now we are waiting to receive Travel Approval.

Stay tuned!

Identity Crisis

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(Help entertain my parents during their long wait for TA... on day 23 since LOA )