we leave in the morning

We leave in the morning.

Here we are on lake Michigan it was a beautiful day.

We have our tickets!

We leave July 13th! We'll first visit ZG's foster family and ZT will officially be with us on the 19th. We'll be staying in Luoyang for 3 nights, Zhengzhou for 5 nights and Guangzhou 8 nights. Then off to Beijing for 2 nights, where we're taking AL (17) and the boys to hike the great wall. We'll be home August 4th. Our oldest S(28) will be staying with H(14), A(9) and MY(5).

Going we'll fly Chicago, Seoul to Beijing but the return is where the excitement is we fly from Beijing to Seoul, spend the night, Seoul to Honolulu, spend the night and then home to Chicago. Crazy and insane? yes (and yes we could have flown direct for $1000 more per ticket). I love my travel agent.

the bitter sweet of international adoption

I have been emailing New Day about our upcoming visit with our son ZG’s foster family and although this part fill's me with happy tears, to be able to thank the people that taught our son to love and give them the gift of being able to spend time together again. This trip will also mark the last days that our soon to be son ZT, will be with the parents that he loves and the home that he has know for 4 years. I will be shedding many tears, for the fact that we will be taking apart this family. I understand that it has to be this way, ZT could be taken from them at anytime and returned to the orphanage and his parents are too old to adopt him (I asked), so for him to have a forever family this adoption has to happen but today it is tearing my heart apart.

Happy 8th Birthday ZT!

March 10 was ZT's 8th Birthday, ZT has been with his foster family for 4 years, this is the last brithday that he will spend with them and it looks like they gave him quite a party. These are such sad and happy times for both our families.

Give Away at New Day

New Day is giving away Z's favorite ride on toy from his time with his foster family in Luoyang.

ZT's October update from New Day

Dear Friends,

We hope this note finds you doing well, and that you enjoy reading this month's update.

Terry (ZT) is 7 Years 1 Month Old.

Terry's foster mom wrote this update.

Our whole family was together for Mid-Autumn Festival. We ate moon cakes and Terry loved the ones filled with red bean paste the best. At noon on the holiday, we ate dumplings, as is our tradition. Terry loves to eat them and even likes to help make them. First he washes his hands, then he watched us so closely so that he could learn how to wrap the dumplings. Terry’s dumplings didn’t come out the roundest, but he worked very hard on each one. His dumplings were terrific! He was sure to make a small mark on each one to remember that it was his... that way, as they were finished cooking, he could eat them one by one. After working on wrapping the dumplings, Terry had flour all over his face. He looked like a little cat. I let him look at himself in the mirror, and he thought it was so funny, that he immediately ran to his older sister and put some flour on her face also. He said, “You’re whiter and prettier now!” Everyone laughed at that. It was a happy Mid-Autumn festival.

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Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

We’ll be walking around the neighborhood tonight with candle lit lanterns – (last night was cloudy in Chicago). We do this every year and I invite friends to join us. I try to have Moon Cakes and Ding Dongs but this year we’re having moon pies, (I never made it to the bakery to get moon cakes). It’s the walking around with the lanterns that the kids look forward to each year. M.Y., is so excited because this year as she gets a candle (I have some battery lanterns for the under 4). I keep it simple that way I can manage it each year. The pictures are from last year.