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Journey to Claire: April 2006
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Chinese Name: Nan Yu Zhe. Soon to be Named: Elisabeth "Claire" Lou Mei. Born: March 22, 2004. Letter of Intent: May 5, 2006. Dossier to China: June 9, 2006. Pre Approval: June 12, 2006. LID: June 19, 2006. When I knew that there would be a "special" email for our little girl, I had no idea it would come the very next DAY! That morning I looked at my email, and it said "Another Special Needs Child that is Available"! Laura sent us photos of Claire at one and more current ones of h...
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Journey to Claire: First 4th of July!!!!
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007. First 4th of July! Claire had a wonderful time at her first 4th of July celebration. We started out at the parade where Claire rode in a wagon for our church. Half way thorugh mom accidentally got her foot ran over by the trailer that our church was pulling! We took a break, Claire got a nap, I got x rays (nothing was broke! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). First 4th of July!
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Journey to Claire: GREAT News!!!
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Claire slept SO well last night. I think that having her daddy home may have helped! Hey Lisa and James,. I am so glad to hear you are together again! What a thing to come home for though! I will pray for all of you! I know you are both going to be incredible and Claire could not have better care! I know you are busy, just know that I love you all! July 11, 2007 at 6:55 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). First 4th of July!
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Journey to Claire: July 2006
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006. James and I went to our doctor's appointment last week. Our doctor was SO sweet and got us all the meds we will need and sent us to an official "over seas travel briefing." This is where I learned that my "old" records (that are lost in archives) must have record of my immunizations. Since we have no proof, better safe than sorry. I received SIX immunizations total at one time! James only had to get two. Lucky dog! I have Claire all packed! Na I will just buy more there. We ca...
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Journey to Claire: One Year With Claire
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007. One Year With Claire. Minutes later I could not contain my emotion but I sucked it up in order to not frighten our new little girl. We realized that we were starving! We decided to give Claire a bath. We had been warned that the Chinese children are not put into water until they are much older and that she may be afraid of being in a bath. Nothing could have been further from the truth! The year has been intense. Surgeries and military deployments were our mountains to cl...
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Journey to Claire: September 2007
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007. One Year With Claire. Minutes later I could not contain my emotion but I sucked it up in order to not frighten our new little girl. We realized that we were starving! We decided to give Claire a bath. We had been warned that the Chinese children are not put into water until they are much older and that she may be afraid of being in a bath. Nothing could have been further from the truth! The year has been intense. Surgeries and military deployments were our mountains to cl...
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Journey to Claire: Children's Hospital
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Claire's surgery went very well today! She went in around 12:45pm and was out about 3:30pm. Michelle is here with me and Claire is fast asleep with the aid of morphine. Thank you all for your prayers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). First 4th of July!
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Journey to Claire: October 2006
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Saturday, October 21, 2006. Claire is loving the weather here and thinks that hunting for pumpkins is a blast. I hope that she enjoys hunting for a Christmas tree as much! We also visited a corn field on this day and had roasted corn. YUM! Friday, October 20, 2006. It has been forever since I was able to write in here. I will try to do a few entries to get us caught up to date. Having a toddler around has been a great joy again! She makes us laugh continuously. She is also very active!
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Journey to Claire: Claire is GREAT!!!
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Thursday, July 12, 2007. Claire is doing VERY well. Susan came to visit her last night and they went on a very long walk. Claire directed her to the play area and even convinced her to take her outside in our heat wave. Did I mention that Aunt Susan was in long sleeves, and black? Pour Susan, but she was a trooper and Claire had a great time. She started having bowel movements yesterday and today we have started liquids! James and I are so pleased for her. She is doing remarkably well. First 4th of July!
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Journey to Claire: June 2006
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Sunday, June 25, 2006. We were sent a photo from another family who traveled to Maonan last May. It is good to see her smiling. More exciting news . we got to see Claire in a video from another family who traveled last July. Her head does MOVE! It is only for a couple seconds, but sometimes it feels like she is frozen in time with the still shots. It was good to see her , even for just a few short seconds. Kind of makes it more real! Thank you all for your prayers. God bless! Thursday, June 15, 2006.
