How Photos Can Rock Your World!

As I sit here with a migraine developing I am in awe of the little person we tucked into bed 20 minutes ago. She was such a scared looking wee poppet in the photos that Rocked our world 5 years ago.

We were so happy that after 2 1/2 years of paperwork and stress we finally saw our darlings face. She was such a surprise and I remember it as if it was yesterday.

The phonecall came in at around 11:30 am and Keith took that call!

I arrived home just after the phone call started and looked at Jocelyn and said this is the call!

I heard Girl

Jiangxi province

10 months old

I was gobsmacked!

Watching her grown and change has been a blessing beyond words and as I worried about her care then I worry more now that she is in our arms.

We know how blessed we are each and every day.

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And today's photo is still in the camera I will add it tomorrow!

Hugs Ruth

Images of Nanchang

View from Teng Wang Pavilion a very famous site in Nanchang it is an amazing building. We visited on a really hot day!

A chair outside a shop just down the road from the Hotel with a little baby duck being raised probably for food.

Working really hard and pulls a load full of papers and I just wonder how many of us could do this? Even if we wanted too?

A man fishing outside the Teng wang Pavilion.

Outside a Public Hospital in Fengcheng City about 1.5 hours away from Nanchang Alice's Birth place. I don't look to bad considering Miss Alice vomited all over all my clothes on the way to this city. Luckily I had a full change of clothes for Alice however for me no we pulled over on the side of the road at a farmers house and washed vomit off all my clothes nothing like a fat lady stripping down to her Bra and washing the vomit off her over shirt and then Spinning it around to get as much water out of it! I certainly earned many brownie points that day!

It still makes me smile and is part of Alice's story!

Aiden vomited on me in a plane. Emily had a big bottom explosion at the friendship store in Beijing. and Alice did both vomited on me and On our way home at the Hong Kong airport hotel had a major Bottom explosion! I know TMI! LOL

Hugs Ruth

Still walking down memory lane

On June 16 2008 we went to the Civil affairs building across the road from the hotel where we took our oath not to ever abandon Alice and to treat her the same as our other children. As you see I had both Alice and Emily on my lap!

The woman who officially made us a family of 5!

Alice and her foster mother!
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The man that found Alice also worked for the SWI so we got to meet him and thank him.

The outfit that several children have worn in China it has been to China 6 times.

Then June 2008
Now June 2009

The grubby serious face of Miss Alice. We are truly blessed!

Hugs Ruth

Snow day

A year ago we became Alice's legal parents we had loved for so long before we ever saw her. It was 30+ degrees in Nanchang and look what a year can do! Yes we live in the southern hemisphere and it is winter.
Today a few inches of snow brought our city to a standstill!
But the children did get out moving with the help of the white wonderland that was created!
Alice loved her first exposure of real snow at home!
I managed to do some work!
Now I am heading to bed to keep warm!

The view from our house of the beach yes snow to sea level! That is the Pacific Ocean lapping at the shore!

Hugs Ruth and gang!

A year ago today ............

about this time in reality we received our 3rd treasure!
Miss Alice Sandra Min Shu was handed to me in one of the conference room s at the Galactic Peace Hotel in downtown Nanchang.

She was incredibly calm and we were a mix bag of calm and anxiety.

Yes we had been here before and it was such a miss mash last time we wanted to be calm and hope for perfection and in reality it was a rush again!

We have watched a slide show of our trip in China this evening and it is wonderful to see the kids eyes light up and the conversation flow about the series of photos we took!

The joy this very blurry photo evokes a year on is just as intense as it was a year ago.

We are grateful each and everyday that these three children have entered our lives even on those days were we pull out our hair!

Hugs my babies as today has been just so neat reliving this day with you all.

Even though Aiden and I feel off colour!

Hugs Mummy and Daddy

A year in review continued

Emily on the platform in Ganzhou with her Take home Barbie from The White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou. After the 7 hour train trip!

Director Ding, Emily, Maggie (our guide) and me viewing the photo album that we made with notes and photos from families around the world who have adopted from this SWI.

Below the Maggie, Aiden Ayi that handed us Emily 4 years earlier, Emily Daddy and Director Ding!

The hotel in Nanchang after our hectic trip from Ganzhou

Watching the fireworks for a newly married couple they certainly made a big bang and there were fireworks flying everywhere!

Going back over the photos has been a blast reliving the memories that they tell us!

Hope you enjoy them!

Hugs Ruth