Category: Adventure

Little Man enjoyed his first trip to Jellystone this weekend– our cocoon is mobile, you recall. Don’t be too impressed, it’s literally in our backyard– a scenic one hour drive around the mountain perimeter of the park, or twenty minutes as a crow flies. Since it’s the same expense as visiting just two times, our family…

Hello, me again. Yes, I’m still alive- and even rested after a pretty nightmarish week of sleep deprivation, which left me too incoherent to attempt any musings here on the blog. An adoptive mom  friend recently asked me what I have found to be the biggest surprise this side of our adoption journey, to which…

It’s our last night here at the China Hotel in Guangzhou. We leave extra early tomorrow morning to board our flight(s) home. Though I will surely miss the daily visits from housekeeping that miraculously left the beds perfectly re-made and towels replenished, our family is eager to get home. Even the nicest of hotels get old…

I fear I sounded a bit like a whiny princess in my last post about leaving Zhengzhou. To be clear, I realize that we are not here for vacation, and any “hardship” we endure is absolutely worth it to bring home our precious son. For the record, we regularly pay good money to sleep under the stars[camp] and I have…

After an early morning departure and short flight from Beijing, we arrived in Zhengzhou this afternoon. It’s been a long day of logistics and settling in, in anticipation of the culmination of our trip here: Meeting our son. We are exhausted and heading to bed soon, but tomorrow morning is the moment we’ve long been waiting for. We’ve packed…

We were served a generous helping of our son’s rich Chinese culture today. Though it obviously wasn’t our main motivator in bringing them, I’m thankful to have our girls along for this incredible opportunity to see a unique region of the world. We spent another full day in Beijing with our travel group today, three more adoptive families from…

Today we toured some of Beijing’s most famous landmarks. Everywhere we went, we were a spectacle. Tianamen Square Chinese from all over the countryside take their holiday in Beijing, and many have never before seen Caucasians until such a pilgrimage. We were a spectacle because we were clearly Americans, speaking English, and had two blondish, female children in…

We’re there, Man. (-spoken with Jim Carey inflection, circa Dumb & Dumber) If the relentless paperwork chase is the “pregnancy” of adoption, then the 13 hour travel we just endured was most certainly the labor. It was mentally and physically exhausting, unglamorous, uncomfortable, and absolutely worthwhile.  And, as is true with most pregnancies, my feet are…