Sunday, November 11, 2007
Please Pray for Lillie Mei Today
In about an hour Lillie Mei (about 7:30 or 8:00pm your time) Lillie Mei will have her medical exam. I don't think it's too intense but I can promise you she will NOT like it. She is strong-willed and is not going to like anyone making her open her mouth or be still while they poke and prod her. Please pray for her! I'll let you know how it goes later.
Monday Morning-Harrison's ( E.P's)Post
How many more days until we can come home to see you? Thank you so much for remembering us because we are in a foreign country we cant see our own blog!!!!!!
P.S the E.P in the title is along story that I will tell you later but that is my nickname here see you later!!!!!
P.S the E.P in the title is along story that I will tell you later but that is my nickname here see you later!!!!!
Lillie Mei's 1st Birthday
We were so happy that the orphanage returned the 2 cameras we sent with Lillie Mei's birthday cake back in June. We think the lady in the pictures is her foster mother. Here are a few of the pictures we got developed back in Jiangxi.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Sunday Morning
It's 6:30 here and everyone except Zeke and I are still asleep!! We all got a good night's sleep--the most uninterrupted sleep any of us have gotten. We're all sharing one room now so it's a little more difficult if one person wakes up we all wake up(i.e. Lillie Mei) but she did great last night. We decided to go with one room b/c there were no adjoining rooms and we didn't want the boys to be separated from us. The beds are tiny. I slept with Harrisons knees in my back all night.
Lillie Mei loved her bath last night. I think she's going to be a swimmer. She's also started imitating the cow sound. We brought some markers shaped like animals (thanks Donna). When you put the lid on them they make the animal sound. When we do the cow she makes this grunting sound back--too cute. I'll try to get a video of it for you. She has changed so much. She already calls the boys gu gu--the Chinese word for big brother. They love it. She babbles da da da da. She says
"ama" when she wants me to pick her up--it works everytime. Before we had to really work to get her to smile or laugh now it comes much more easily. What a blessing she is! We're so thankful God lead us to her so quickly.
Today we're visiting a park and I'm not sure what else. The boys are dying to go swimming. It's supposed to be around 80 degrees here so we might swim in the outdoor pool.
Please pray for Zeke. He has a strange rash on his legs--hoping we can clear it up with the pharmacy I brought with us. The boys also fought a lot yesterday. They're tired of being together. It's safe enough here that one of us take one shopping or walking around while the other goes somewhere else. Hopefully that will help but we could use prayers for that also. Everyone is just ready to come home!
Love you all!
Swimming Pool Fun
Yesterday the pool was warmer so Kirk, Lillie Mei, and the boys had fun swimming with one of the other kids on the trip, Ellis. Lillie Mei absolutely loved the water!
Goodbye Jiangxi! Hello Gaungzhou!
For some reason I couldn't access the blog this morning so this is later than usual. Lillie Mei had a decent night-went to sleep well but woke up several times b/c she couldn't breathe well.
We left our hotel room at 7 am this morning to eat breakfast and head to the airport. It went very well. Lillie Mei did great on the plane and didn't cry until the last 5-10 minutes (it was only an hour flight). Everyone's luggage arrived quickly and we were at our hotel by 12:30. We went to Lucy's for lunch and ate hamburgers and french fries with cold drinks (no ice but they were colder than any others we've had)! They weren't the best burgers ever (no comparison to Scott's back home)but were great considering how long its been since we had American food.
Gaungzhou is very quaint. The hotel lobby is beautiful and the rooms are nice enought--realtively small but clean. We have quite a few English TV channels for the first time which is nice. There are tons of shops within walking distance and we have already hit most of them. The kids and I took a short trip while Kirk rested and stopped by Starbucks which was also a treat.
Here are some pix from the zoo and park yesterday and the airplane today.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
One of Lillie Meis first exposures to the TRUTH. She was watching a baby praise and worship DVD.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Friday Morning
Good morning! I slept a little later this morning but both boys are awake earlier than usual. It's hard to teach them that they have to be quiet b/c their sister is sleeping. We ended up getting 2 rooms at this hotel and I'm very thankful we did. The beds are only slightly larger than a twin bed so everyone has had their own bed. At the next hotel we can't get adjoining rooms so we'll probably just have 1 room which will make it harder for everyone to sleep. We're trying to at least get a suite.
After her little temper tantrum last night, Lillie Mei has slept soundly. She's still asleep and it's 6 am here. We leave at 9:30 for the zoo this morning and a local park then lunch. I am so sick of Chinese food! It's different here than back home and some of it is very good but we've eaten it a dozen or more times already.
We leave our hotel at 8:00 in the morning for the airport and our last flight before the big one coming home. It will be a good test to see how Lillie's going to do on the flight home. Tomorrow's flight is only about an hour. I'm so ready to get her home. We're over half-way there! Guanzhou is the most "Americanized" of the places we visit b/c the American Consulate is there. Every American family adopting has to go through there before coming home so there will be fewer stares and more American food! There is also a lot of shopping there!!
Several people have e-mailed me that you can't post comments. You can just e-mail me if you're having trouble- chwilk1@bellsouth.net Just remember I can't e-mail back.
Thanks again for all of your comments. They have been such a comfort. I am so thankful for all of the prayers. We asked people to specifically pray for safety, that Lillie Mei would bond quickly, and that none of us would get sick--they have all been answered! We love you all!
After her little temper tantrum last night, Lillie Mei has slept soundly. She's still asleep and it's 6 am here. We leave at 9:30 for the zoo this morning and a local park then lunch. I am so sick of Chinese food! It's different here than back home and some of it is very good but we've eaten it a dozen or more times already.
We leave our hotel at 8:00 in the morning for the airport and our last flight before the big one coming home. It will be a good test to see how Lillie's going to do on the flight home. Tomorrow's flight is only about an hour. I'm so ready to get her home. We're over half-way there! Guanzhou is the most "Americanized" of the places we visit b/c the American Consulate is there. Every American family adopting has to go through there before coming home so there will be fewer stares and more American food! There is also a lot of shopping there!!
Several people have e-mailed me that you can't post comments. You can just e-mail me if you're having trouble- chwilk1@bellsouth.net Just remember I can't e-mail back.
Thanks again for all of your comments. They have been such a comfort. I am so thankful for all of the prayers. We asked people to specifically pray for safety, that Lillie Mei would bond quickly, and that none of us would get sick--they have all been answered! We love you all!
Such Good Big Brothers
I couldn't ask for more from Harrison and Zeke. They are such good big brothers. They have helped with her a lot and always want to hold her and walk with her. They have even done great with the food. They had a nice break today and went swimming in the indoor pool here. The water was cold but they seemed to enjoy it. We are all looking forward to seeing the pandas at the zoo tomorrow!
Nap Time-Sort Of
This afternoon Kirk took a turn helping the boys with their school work while I put Lillie Mei down for a nap. She took her bottle and I put her in her crib. She drank some and then played for a while, drank some, babbled for a while. Finally, she learned how to play peek-a-boo. She is quite the ham. Needless to say there was no nap! She threw a major temper tantrum tonight when I put her down for bed. The only thing that would make her happy was looking out the window. She finally went to sleep!
A Rural Village
This morning we traveled to a more rural village that would be more like where our babies would've lived in China. We were told this was a nicer village than some. The people were so nice and kind. We drew a little bit of an audience. It was very interesting to see how more of the Chinese people live. We are so lucky in America!
This lady was doing laundry in some very dirty water.
A Christian house. Our guide said that b/c they were in a village the govt. wouldn't bother them. They didn't seem to be hiding it.
This is the family that let us come into their house. Below are the kitchen and bedroom in the house.
This lady was doing laundry in some very dirty water.
A Christian house. Our guide said that b/c they were in a village the govt. wouldn't bother them. They didn't seem to be hiding it.
This is the family that let us come into their house. Below are the kitchen and bedroom in the house.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Exactly how I do laundry
Yesterday we received our laundry back from having sent out the day before. It was all ironed (including underwear), had a little tag stitched in each piece with our room number, and most of it was folded in cellophane bags. That's exactly how I do it at home :0)! BTW it was also the first thing that was more expensive than we expected--we spent $14 just on socks on underwear! We'll be washing those out in the sink from now on!
My Sweet Husband
Yesterday my sweet husband had flowers, lilys of course, delivered to our room. They are beautiful and smell wonderful. What a blessing he is.
Thursday Morning
Hi everybody! It's 4:30 in the morning here (yeah I slept much better last night-went to bed at 9:00pm).
Yesterday afternoon went very well. We went for our foot massages at 3:30. What an experience! We rode in a taxi. It was Harrison and Zeke's first taxi ride and might be their last. The traffic here is unbelievable. It's almost as if there are no lanes. Buses, cars, motorcycles, bikes, and pedestrians all ride together constantly weaving in and out of traffic. If three vehicles will fit in one lane fine, if only 2 will fit thats OK too. I felt we would surely kill someone. They use their horns constantly. When we got where we were going we had to cross the street. That was another scary expereience. Traffic has the right of way, not people, so you just have to start walking and hope they stop. Our guide went in front of us so I guess she would have gotten hit first.
The massage was quite interesting. They pounded are feet and legs literally. I have sore places on my back from the "rubbing". It was still very cool and worth the $15 dollars to relax (through the pain) for an hour.
Lillie Mei pitched a fit at dinner and wiggled her way out of her high chair. Once the food came she ate like she was starving again and stayed in the chair. She ate dumplings, rice, noodles, and watermelon. Somebody back home needs to start learning how to make Chinese dumplings for this child! She loves them! After dinner she took a quick bath, downed her bottle, and has been asleep with no crying since 8:30.
She's starting to babble a lot. She can crawl very well and I think will walk within a week or 2. As for her measurements--I think her weight is accurate-about 18 pounds. The 12 months clothes are mostly big on her--I should've brought more 9 month outfits. I brought a little sewing kit with me (mostly for the little scissors) that happened to have a tape measure in it. Kirk measured her head with it and the number he got was much bigger than what we were told. Based on that number, she would be closer to the 20th percentile on the growth chart. She seems very smart. I think she is going to be just fine intellectually. She will have a medical exam at our next location and it will be interesting to see what they say. I know God has answered our prayers in so many ways.
Today we are visiting the "countryside" to get a taste of a more rural area like where the babies are from. It should be interesting. Then we are going shopping for porcelain. Jiangxi Province is famous for its porcelain so I'm excited to get Lillie Mei a tea set and do some more shopping. The guide said we could expect to pay about $40 for a hand-painted tea set or $15 for a machine-painted one! After that we are taking the kids swimming in the indoor pool here. It is beautiful and they are very excited--at least Harrison and Zeke are--not sure about Lillie Mei.
There are a couple of e-mails I want to respond to and since I can't e-mail out forgive me for doing it here.
Jennifer--love the pictures of Abby!!! I think Lillie Mei will be right there with her in the kitchen cabinets. I think we may be in trouble when they get together!
Kelly--Noah is adorable sucking his thumb! Thanks for the pictures. I'm glad you are getting some rest!
Dee Dee- Congratulations! We read the Digital Courier and are so happy for you--we didn't even need to vote early!
Lisa R., Donna, Jennifer, Kelly, Liza,and anybody else with little ones--e-mail me the size of the babies' feet in cm (if you want squeaky shoes) and let me know what colors you would like. We will get those in Guangzhou next week.
Amy- sorry about the pizza--not sure what happened there. I'll be praying for you in just a couple of hours--you'll do great!!! I think giving the Mission Friends shirts is a great idea! Thanks again for filling-in for me!
I think that's all for now! We'll have pictures and hopefully video later--the camera died yesterday. Love you all!
BTW-Lillie Mei just woke up and I put her in bed with her Daddy--she went right back to sleep!
Yesterday afternoon went very well. We went for our foot massages at 3:30. What an experience! We rode in a taxi. It was Harrison and Zeke's first taxi ride and might be their last. The traffic here is unbelievable. It's almost as if there are no lanes. Buses, cars, motorcycles, bikes, and pedestrians all ride together constantly weaving in and out of traffic. If three vehicles will fit in one lane fine, if only 2 will fit thats OK too. I felt we would surely kill someone. They use their horns constantly. When we got where we were going we had to cross the street. That was another scary expereience. Traffic has the right of way, not people, so you just have to start walking and hope they stop. Our guide went in front of us so I guess she would have gotten hit first.
The massage was quite interesting. They pounded are feet and legs literally. I have sore places on my back from the "rubbing". It was still very cool and worth the $15 dollars to relax (through the pain) for an hour.
Lillie Mei pitched a fit at dinner and wiggled her way out of her high chair. Once the food came she ate like she was starving again and stayed in the chair. She ate dumplings, rice, noodles, and watermelon. Somebody back home needs to start learning how to make Chinese dumplings for this child! She loves them! After dinner she took a quick bath, downed her bottle, and has been asleep with no crying since 8:30.
She's starting to babble a lot. She can crawl very well and I think will walk within a week or 2. As for her measurements--I think her weight is accurate-about 18 pounds. The 12 months clothes are mostly big on her--I should've brought more 9 month outfits. I brought a little sewing kit with me (mostly for the little scissors) that happened to have a tape measure in it. Kirk measured her head with it and the number he got was much bigger than what we were told. Based on that number, she would be closer to the 20th percentile on the growth chart. She seems very smart. I think she is going to be just fine intellectually. She will have a medical exam at our next location and it will be interesting to see what they say. I know God has answered our prayers in so many ways.
Today we are visiting the "countryside" to get a taste of a more rural area like where the babies are from. It should be interesting. Then we are going shopping for porcelain. Jiangxi Province is famous for its porcelain so I'm excited to get Lillie Mei a tea set and do some more shopping. The guide said we could expect to pay about $40 for a hand-painted tea set or $15 for a machine-painted one! After that we are taking the kids swimming in the indoor pool here. It is beautiful and they are very excited--at least Harrison and Zeke are--not sure about Lillie Mei.
There are a couple of e-mails I want to respond to and since I can't e-mail out forgive me for doing it here.
Jennifer--love the pictures of Abby!!! I think Lillie Mei will be right there with her in the kitchen cabinets. I think we may be in trouble when they get together!
Kelly--Noah is adorable sucking his thumb! Thanks for the pictures. I'm glad you are getting some rest!
Dee Dee- Congratulations! We read the Digital Courier and are so happy for you--we didn't even need to vote early!
Lisa R., Donna, Jennifer, Kelly, Liza,and anybody else with little ones--e-mail me the size of the babies' feet in cm (if you want squeaky shoes) and let me know what colors you would like. We will get those in Guangzhou next week.
Amy- sorry about the pizza--not sure what happened there. I'll be praying for you in just a couple of hours--you'll do great!!! I think giving the Mission Friends shirts is a great idea! Thanks again for filling-in for me!
I think that's all for now! We'll have pictures and hopefully video later--the camera died yesterday. Love you all!
BTW-Lillie Mei just woke up and I put her in bed with her Daddy--she went right back to sleep!
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