Our Journey to the East

This will be my last post to this blog. It was always my intention to set this blog up for people to follow our journey. But beyond that, I...

Sorry this is a couple days late in coming, but I got sick after we got home and this is the first day things feel somewhat "normal...

We woke up a bit late this morning and after talking with the kids we went down to breakfast. I have spent this morning packing to come home...

Not much to post today. We woke up late and went for a walk after breakfast. Then we went to our Oath Taking Ceremony at the Consulate. It w...

This morning we went for a walk into an open market in Guangzhou. We had to go off the island to get to it. It is very typical of the open m...

Ok... Last night I ate way too much at a Cantonese restaurant. I paid my dues today, so I'm done with Chinese food for the rest of the t...

This morning we headed out to a Buddhist Temple and the Chen Family Temple. The Buddhist Temple was pretty, but it was just not for us. We d...

Ashlyn woke up this morning with a fever of 100 degrees from the shots. I gave her some more Motrin and it went away, but while we were out ...

......LOTS and LOTS of shots!!! This morning we went to the Medical Examination Office to get Ashlyn's medical checkup done. She passed ...

Today has been a quiet day. We ate breakfast, took a walk around The People's Park, and now Ashlyn and Gretchen are taking a nap before ...

Alot of you have asked about the temperature here. The temperature has been in the high 80's while we have been here, although it is war...

Ashlyn continues to do well. We are still calling her by her Chinese nickname ~ You You (prononced Yo Yo) and throwing in Ashlyn on occasion...

We are absolutely amazed at how our baby girl is reacting. There has been absolutely no fear in her at all. She is taking a nap right now so...

We met Ashlyn for the first time at 3:30 this afternoon. There were 4 other families also meeting their children at the same time. As you mi...