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Our Journey to Four: November 2007
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Friday, November 9, 2007. Here is what Mike found on the CCAA website:. The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before August 31, 2006. The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before December 8, 2005. Thursday, November 8, 2007. We've received a few squares already. Here are portions of each fabric. The above star fabric came from our friends, the Slupes.
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Our Journey to Four: Dedication
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. Afterwards, we celebrated with Mike's parents at Red Lobster. Grace proved that she was meant to be my daughter by scarfing down all of her shrimp. and a few of mine! She is the only child we have that will eat shrimp. ;-) We came home and watched the Redskins win. so all in all, we had a wonderful time! It's hard to believe we've been home 5.5 months now! On one hand, it seems like Gracelynn has been with us for years. On the other, it seems like we were just in China.
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Our Journey to Four: July 2008
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Last weekend, we took the Hollar crew up to. The next town to visit some friends. Steve was in our wedding as the best man; Susan is his wife. They breed Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Since the litter is nearly 8 weeks old and ready to move out, we decided to take the kids to check out the. Ally stayed clear of the dogs especially when they were jumping up a lot. Grace liked them unti. L they began to ju. Mp on her too. then she watched them from afar. Tommy. Mealtime for the pups! Each k...
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Our Journey to Four: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008. We are way overdue in posting this, but wanted to close out our adoption blog with Grace's first birthday celebrated here in the US. On December 7, 2008, our little girl turned four! Here she is at Chuck E Cheese's:. Playing on the phone (a favorite thing to do) with Chuck E Cheese. Popping in the window to say hi, while crawling through the tunnel. Ryan, a neighbor, is peeking from behind. Mommy and Grace with the birthday cake! Gracelynn, all dressed in her new cooking outfit.
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Our Journey to Four: January 2008
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Well, with all of the wonderful news, I guess we were bound to have bad news. When you adopt, you go through so much paper-collection at the beginning. birth certificates, marriage certificates, medical reports, child abuse clearance, police clearance, fingerprinting, etc., etc., etc. We did all sorts of things for both our home study collection and then for our dossier. If not, it's another $45 for an online 19 chapter course! Saturday, January 26, 2008. Remember my post yes...
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Our Journey to Four: May 2008
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Monday, May 26, 2008. Today we took a drive around some neighboring country towns since it was a beautiful day. Here is the sight from the front seat of the v. An as you can see, we nearly fill. After our drive, we headed to the mall for a few little things, lunch at Chik Fil A, and a quick stop at the indoor playground. Gracelynn and Tommy both played very well on the playground while Ben and Reagan helped Mommy do a little shopping. I'm not positive what the official temperature was, but. On Wednesday,...
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Our Journey to Four: March 2008
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Monday, March 31, 2008. I just got the call from our caseworker! We have travel approval! We are just waiting on the consulate to set an appointment. At that point, we'll arrange our travel. It's looking like we'll be leaving on May 2 and returning on May 16. YAY! One more month. In about 35 days, we'll meet our little girl! Friday, March 28, 2008. Still No Travel Dates Set. Thank goodness for the three assistant leaders who are jumping right in and taking over. Whew! In the meantime, though, I'm keeping...
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Our Journey to Four: August 2008
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Friday, August 15, 2008. So Why Do They Make a Peace Sign? My sorority sister Amy W. was curious too, so she and her husband looked it up on Wikipedia (why didn't I think of that? They were at our picnic two weeks ago and saw our slideshow of China. in which there were many V-sign photos of Gracelynn. Here's what Wikipedia says. apparently it must originate from Japan. Japan and the V sign in Photographs. During the 1972 Winter Olympics. Figure skater Janet Lynn. Stumbled into Japanese pop culture. Excla...
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Our Journey to Four: October 2008
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. Afterwards, we celebrated with Mike's parents at Red Lobster. Grace proved that she was meant to be my daughter by scarfing down all of her shrimp. and a few of mine! She is the only child we have that will eat shrimp. ;-) We came home and watched the Redskins win. so all in all, we had a wonderful time! It's hard to believe we've been home 5.5 months now! On one hand, it seems like Gracelynn has been with us for years. On the other, it seems like we were just in China.