Who knew when I created this site that it would be used for a trip to China to adopt our second son? Then it seemed like a good idea to bring back the blog for a second trip 3 years later to adopt our daughter. We thought that was the end of it. But now, more than six years later, we are off to adopt another child and everyone is asking if we'll bring back the blog. I was reluctant, but the masses have spoken so we shall try.
Posted on Feb 17, 2016 at 8:38 PM by Eric with 1 comment
It took less than 48 hours to perform major surgery and recover well enough to return home, but what a stressful 48 hours it's been, and we're not totally in the clear yet.
We awoke at 4 AM on Tuesday morning to get ready...
Posted on Feb 15, 2016 at 8:30 PM by Eric with 1 comment
I don't know that anyone is actively following this blog now that we have been home from China for almost two months but a new entry was warranted as we move forward on surgery for Seraphina. For the past couple weeks, she...
Posted on Dec 19, 2015 at 12:19 PM by Eric with 1 comment
(Note: this may be a long entry, but I think it sums up our return home quite nicely. Worth a read if you have 5 minutes to spare.)
Waking up Friday in China was like any other day since arriving just over two weeks ago....
Posted on Dec 17, 2015 at 12:53 AM by Eric with 1 comment
It's Thursday afternoon and we are less than 24 hours from returning home. All the official business is done; we receive Seraphina's visa this afternoon and then all that's left is packing and getting a good night's rest....
Posted on Dec 16, 2015 at 5:18 AM by Eric with 2 comments
Sometimes I just don't have enough material (or interest) to devote an entire post to a specific event while in China. Here are some miscellaneous pictures that didn't make the cut for an individual post, but deserved...