Friday's pictures

They went to see a peony garden, but it wasn't in bloom quite yet. They also went to some place called White Horse temple. It doesn't sound like either was too interesting, so there are not too many pictures today. This one is from the peony gardens:


She got another pair of shoes. Abby loves her shoes. I love them too. I wish they were big enough for me, but then I guess they just wouldn't be cute any longer if they were:


Here's a video on YouTube of Abby playing with her shoes: Abby loves her shoes

Thursday and Smiling some

They gave Abby this stuffed pig at the orphanage when they went to visit there:


Soooooooo cute:



At the Longmen Grottoes:




It is nice to see her smiling, as cute as she is when she's all sad and scared looking, it is even better to see her smiling:

Wednesday

In my e-mail that these pictures came with, Mom said,

The one pic is hillside life. All along our way from Zhengzhou to Luoyang, in the hillsides, people live in caves. We stay in Luoyang 3 nights. We did all the provincial paperwork today and got to go to the orphanage... Tomorrow we get to go to the Longmen Grottoes... I've definitely have had enough Chinese food and can't wait to get home for good old American food. Both hotels we've been at have been pretty nice. Abby has done much better with us today and smiled a little and even giggled a couple of times.

New Shoes and Tuesday's pictures

Mom sent me a picture from when they went to get Abby new shoes. All the little shoes look so cute. No wonder Abby had fun.


Abby likes Aaron. How could she not? He will be such a great big brother. She has her cell phone in her hands here. Mom says she likes playing with it, as well as her ball.


She is going to steal my daddy. I don't like sharing my daddy. I'm supposed to be Daddy's girl.


She is just so cute! I can't wait until they bring her home.

Gotcha Day Pictures

Abby has not been too happy at all yet, but boy is she cute.


Mom says Abby likes clothes and shoes. They went out and bought her some new shoes. She also like her toy cell phone and ball, as well as her big brother.

Made it to China

Mom called at 9:00 our time and said that they had made it to China. Everyone was very tired, so they were going to find their luggage and their guide and get to their hotel to sleep. They will be meeting Abby in the morning (8:00 pm tonight for us). I will put up pictures once they send some.

On their way to China now

Mom, Dad, Aaron, and Uncle Howard should all be on their way to China now. I saw them off at the airport at 7:00, and their flight was at 8:40. They stop first in New Jersey, and then they should be in Beijing by 2:00 am Sunday (my time, 3:00 pm their time). They have a five hour layover in Beijing, before their flight to Ghaungzhou. They should have Abby by Sunday evening!

I can't believe their actually gone. We have been waiting for so long it seemed like it would never actually happen.

Two more weeks

We were given a Consulate Appointment for March 13th, Chuck's birthday. So we will in China the first two weeks of March to bring Abby home, finally.

We were able to send a package to New Day with some gifts for Abby and her foster family. We sent Abby some crayons, coloring books, and a pink Pittsburgh Steelers zipper sweatshirt, and we also sent some really good chocolate for her foster mom. We got pictures today of Abby with her gifts. Though she doesn't look particularly happy at the moment:


There are also new pictures of Abby on the New Day website. It sounds like Abby likes to eat a lot, she'll fit right in our family: Chinese New Year at New Day

Pictures and Info about Abby

Abby was born May 1, 2005 in Luoyang, Henan with the name Dang HongYu.

These are our referral pictures (approximately January 2006)

And this one is from November 2006:

Preliminary approval... finally

My parents just found out today that they have been approved to adopt Abby. So now we can put up pictures and information about her. The next step is to travel to China to get her, the travel approval can come at any time now.


My little sister is so cute, I can't wait for her to come home!