tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86415247022347581332024-02-07T04:39:14.052-08:00Building Block'sOur adoption journey to Xuzhou, China to bring Lily Mei home and waiting to bring home her sister, Anna Lin...and other life happenings.Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-18848196810261015342018-11-28T03:23:00.000-08:002018-11-28T05:17:52.148-08:00<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; "> Pamela https://goo.gl/YpXKtN <br><br>Pamela </div> <br> <br>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-31207308735225028312018-04-06T06:04:00.001-07:002018-04-06T06:04:21.538-07:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'>good morning Pamela<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><a href="https://bit.ly/2JoPm1x">https://bit.ly/2JoPm1x</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.2pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-91278546475836828332012-12-26T14:15:00.002-08:002012-12-27T06:52:33.531-08:00Merry Christmas ~ 2012<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’re enjoying the holiday season living closer to family
and friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pamela and the girls kicked
off the season with their tradition of attending the Nutcracker for Pamela’s
birthday. The girls also attended their first musical, Annie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas break started with parties at school for both girls. The girls then headed downtown to spend the weekend with our “Xuzhou Family”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five families from Atlanta, Charlotte and Cookeville gathered our Xuzhou born (and other adopted children) in downtown Chattanooga to enjoy the holiday festivities. We kicked off the weekend with a train trip to the North Pole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Santa was on board to great all the kids and elves handed out cookies and milk. Back at the hotel, the kids enjoyed swimming while the parents caught up on each other’s live. On Saturday, we headed to the discovery museum for the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the kids played so well together and fun was had by all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nana, Jeff, Danielle and Lillian spent Christmas with us and the cousins stayed up late playing with all their new toys. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where's the mistletoe?? Anna and Jaike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lila Lee writing a story at the Children's Museum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily and Bennett love to dance together!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening Presents</td></tr>
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Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-81423008332674339332012-11-10T16:49:00.001-08:002012-11-10T17:00:08.593-08:00Life on Signal MountainOur lives are becoming more routine now that we have settled into our new community. The girls are very much enjoying their new school, Pam is getting to know other Moms in the neighborhood and networking with the non-profit community, and John is adjusting to working from home again after 10 years in an office setting. Misha was a bit nervous for the first few weeks, not quite understanding that this was now her new home. But she is much more relaxed now and especially likes sleeping next to John's desk each day as he works. And she loves getting many more walks now that we are in a much less rainy place!<br />
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Anna turned 7 recently and was excited that Nana Barbara spent the weekend here for her birthday. We celebrated her birthday by visiting the Tennessee Aquarium and taking a boat ride down the Tennessee River to see the beautiful fall leaves.<br />
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Halloween was a fun time as the girls dressed up in very cute dresses and joined their friends trick or treating in their new neighborhood. At their school's Halloween Family Party, Anna was awarded the best costume.<br />
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We've started spending time each weekend getting to know and see our new home. In addition to the Aquarium, we've spent time taking long drives and visiting places including the Children's Museum, the downtown riverfront (including the world's longest pedestrian bridge), Lookout Mountain, and, of course, the famous Rock City.<br />
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Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-49011620782349971052012-09-21T18:53:00.001-07:002012-09-21T19:11:39.271-07:00Our Move to Signal Mountain, TN<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What an adventure we have been on! Having decided a year ago to take a huge leap of faith, here we are finally in our new home city. The "leap" was to leave our beautiful home in an incredible part of the world, Seattle, for a very different part of the world-- Chattanooga, Tennessee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The reaction we've heard over and over is... "Huh? Why would you do that?!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Our search for a new home was the result of wanting to leave some things behind-- long commutes, high cost of living, constant grey and rainy weather, and the multiple stresses caused by living in a major metropolitan area. And the need to welcome new things into our lives-- more simplicity, less stress, more time together as a family, a community, sunshine, and the ability to spend time with our extended families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Chattanooga? Several reasons that include-- a medium-size city that is on the rise, a much more reasonable cost of living (especially in housing), great year-round weather, beautiful mountains, lakes, and rivers, and a location that will enable us to spend lots of time with our extended families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Signal Mountain is a small community that sits atop a mountain, 1,700 feet above Chattanooga. A very curvey road connects it to downtown Chattanooga, but takes only about 20 minutes to get from one to the other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Pamela is enjoying a respite from her work schedule to get us settled and to spend more time with Anna and Lily. John brought his job with him and works from an office at home. Misha is still a bit confused, but seems to be accepting her new surroundings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The girls adjusted so easily to their new school. New friends were made quickly which was such a relief to Mom and Dad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A note about Anna and Lily. These girls have come so far since their trips home from China. Their joyous embrace of their daily lives, their incredible creativity, sense of humor, expressions of love, and great friendship with each other. We are amazed on a daily basis at how incredible these girls are. Our home is constantly abuzz with their energy and enthusiasm. How does such a thing happen? How can two little beings bring so much light to our world?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-61495259106405422272012-07-29T19:49:00.003-07:002012-07-29T19:49:51.212-07:00Anna Is Re-AdoptedThis week Anna was re-adopted, meaning she now has a birth certificate from the State of Washington. The re-adoption took place in the historic Jefferson County Courthouse in beautiful Port Townsend, WA.<br />
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Anna has been so excited about her music recital. She was so anxious to show her family that she could perform as well as her sister Lily has done. And she did. She made us so proud. In a bit less than two years, it's so amazing that Anna could achieve what she has since emeging from sitting in a chair in the orphanage.Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-19524387349444188462012-03-18T20:27:00.002-07:002012-03-18T20:40:45.425-07:00Lily is 5 years oldLily joyfully celebrated her fifth birthday this week. She invited some of her friends to a party where they had fun playing on the Tumble Bus. But her favorite time seemed to be her birthday dinner with family.<br />
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Today we celebrated in our traditional way by watching the dragon parade and then enjoying lunch in our favorite Chinese restaurant. The girls loved the dragons and were even able to deal with the loud firecrackers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>The dragons dancing around the firecrackers</em></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-45942434907028007052012-01-20T18:00:00.000-08:002012-01-20T18:00:44.864-08:00Snowy SeattleThis has been a very wintry week in the Puget Sound area, which is something we don't experience very often. Heavy snow and ice pretty much shut the city down. <br />
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But for Anna and Lily it was FUN!<br />
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</tbody></table>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-35437616104896729402012-01-11T15:26:00.000-08:002012-01-11T15:26:27.771-08:00A Joyful ChristmasChristmas was a joyful time for our family. How could it not be considering the excitement and fun that Anna and Lily brought to the season! These two girls relished every moment. Since Thanksgiving they were bubbling with Christmas spirit. Lily filled the house with her beautiful renditions of carols, and Anna helped Mom and Dad put up all the decorations.<br />
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Chloe joined us for the holidays and the three girls continued to build their close bond as sisters. Eric and Nana Barbara also joined us for a Christmas weekend filled with fun, food, and sharing of gifts.<br />
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We are so grateful to have been able to have our family together and to be so blessed during times that are hard for others around the world.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Lily at her pre-school Christmas celebration</em></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">A holiday trip to the Seattle Aquarium</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Anna looking so different than when we picked her up at the orphanage exactly 2 years ago... such a beautiful young lady!</em></span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-33768460664924580142011-11-27T17:49:00.000-08:002011-11-27T17:53:56.653-08:00Thanksgiving 2011Our Thanksgiving was extra fun this year. A house full of wonderful family-- Chloe, her boyfriend Erick, Nana Barbara, and Eric and his girlfriend Tara. Our dinner was traditional turkey with all the extras. As usual Anna ate an entire turkey leg!<br />
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New this year was Lily's rendition of "Albuquerque Turkey"-<br />
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Lily is starting a new preschool and, like Anna, is very excited. She met her teachers and visited her school room today and can't wait to get started. <br />
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They were great little strawberry pickers, even though they ate almost as many as they picked!<br />
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</tbody></table>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-90343410370790737952011-05-07T21:32:00.000-07:002011-06-07T10:17:41.494-07:00Our Vacation in the SunWe had a wonderful time on our vacation aboard the ship Star Princess visiting seven islands in the Caribbean. This is the first opportunity we've had to vacation with our girls and we all had a great adventure. Anna and Lily travel so well. They had so much fun in the ship's play area and on the days we spent on the white sands of some of the world's greatest beaches.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing in the white sands of Barbados</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Is that an iceberg!?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"This water is so warm!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three most beautiful girls on the ship.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving sisters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's fun to dress up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two beautiful sisters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the ocean roll by.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-91398519752869942232011-04-18T21:08:00.000-07:002011-05-09T09:42:14.664-07:00Life After the OrphanageLife after a Chinese orphanage consists of many different experiences. In Lily and Anna's case here are a few:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Saying the Pledge of Allegiance taught us by Nana. But note that the Chinese flag is also represented.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Spring is here and it's time to do Spring cleaning on our playhouse.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Until Summer comes. it's fun to swim in the hot tub.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Anna loves to cook! Here she is slicing onions for the salad. Note that Anna can use a sharp knife!</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Two favorite passtimes- coloring and computer games. Lily has mastered the computer mouse.</span></em></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"></span>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641524702234758133.post-36482013784205584082011-04-10T21:09:00.000-07:002011-04-11T18:41:26.727-07:00Now I Know What Love IsEvery night we have routine when putting the kids to bed where we sing songs. Pamela has written two little songs - one for each girl - that she made up in China to help calm the girls down. For Anna, it was a song with the lyrics, " Close your eyes and go to sleep, go to sleep, go sleep... Close your eyes to go to sleep....know that Mommy loves you." <br />
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Tonight when Pamela was singing the song, Anna stopped her and said, " Mommy, when you picked me up in China I didn't know what love means but now I do." Pamela asked, "Anna what does love mean ?" and Anna answered in her matter of fact, sweet little voice, "It means that you care about me and you want me to be safe." <br />
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Pamela came downstairs with tears in her eyes and said. " It's been a great weekend and we have two amazing little girls."<br />
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She's right.Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959894711422445872noreply@blogger.com4