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Jump for Joy!: March 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Sunday, March 26, 2006. Hi Ho Hi Ho. These photos are from the past week. I love the one with Joy eating an apple. She absolutely loved it and kept going back and forth between eating a bite and giving me a kiss! The one with Jarrah was at Isabella's first birthday party on Saturday and the one with me at the water is at Mission Bay Park. We fed some rather aggressive little birds there! Posted by Mary @ 10:27 PM. Monday, March 20, 2006. We ha...
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Jump for Joy!: January 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Monday, January 30, 2006. Well, in just a few short hours from now, we will be on our way to Hong Kong! We are spending the day repacking, rechecking, tidying, saying good-bye to friends and kitties and hopefully, at some point, actually zipping up the suitcases! Our flight to L.A. leaves San Diego at 8:30 pm and the flight to Hong Kong leaves at 12:15 am The flight to Hong Kong is about 16 hours! Only a week away! Posted by Mary @ 10:17 AM.
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Jump for Joy!: April 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Friday, April 21, 2006. Nothing But Some Cute Easter Photos. Posted by Mary @ 9:16 PM. Wednesday, April 12, 2006. It is Spring Break this week and Paul and I really enjoying our time at home with Joy. We have done nothing exciting to think of, except to relax at home, run errands and go on walks. This is my favorite kind of vacation! Joy had her first visit to Costco (That would make my brother happy. He loves that place! Sunday, April 02, 2006.
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Jump for Joy!: May 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Thursday, May 25, 2006. The photos start around the time she was taken in and end around the time we adopted her. An organization called "The Half the Sky Foundation" has a program of nannies that visit (or work) in the orphanages and at some point create these journals. I get a strong sense of sadness and longing. Why couldn't we know her then? Why couldn't that be me holding her? Posted by Mary @ 9:13 PM. Thursday, May 11, 2006. How do you g...
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Jump for Joy!: February 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Monday, February 27, 2006. Hello Dear Readers,. Thank you all so much for your kind and thoughtful comments and emails while we were in China. We are excited to post our first message (finally! We left on Thursday, February 16, and even though we were traveling for over 24 hours from door to door, we still arrived here on the 16th! She has met much of the immediate family, including a very exciting 7th birthday for nephew Zach. Joy can hol...
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Jump for Joy!: June 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Summertime and the Living is Easy! We are happy to report that we are enjoying our summer with Joy. Our days have been filled with fun outings, both big and small. They have also been filled with finally getting some things done at home. (We have even managed to unpack the souvenirs from China! When it was time to get out, she said her first sentence (at least to our ears): "No go! Both Paul and I love the water so, i...
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Jump for Joy!: September 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Saturday, September 30, 2006. This one is from the end of September. Things are better now as far as sleeping goes. Joy is still adjusting to preschool, but seems to enjoy it! Where is Mr. Sandman when you need him? Posted by Mary @ 10:33 AM. Sunday, September 24, 2006. Just a quick post to put a photo of Joy up from when we were in China. We just love this one. Posted by Mary @ 9:37 PM. Saturday, September 09, 2006. Posted by Mary @ 4:15 PM.
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Jump for Joy!: October 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Friday, October 20, 2006. Tell Me What I Say. I know I will forget all of this if I don't write it down. I have been warned by friends and parents to "Write ALL of the cute stuff down before it is lost! Well, unfortunately, cute stuff happens so much (and NOT so cute stuff) that I DO forget about it. I blame my forty-year old brain, my job and my mom, who had dementia. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to write about what Joy can and cannot say.
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Jump for Joy!: August 2006
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Our journey to China to bring home our little one and beyond! Wednesday, August 23, 2006. School, school, don't be late! If you know the rest of this rhyme, then you either teach or you were a master at jump-roping at some point in your life. The school is called "Olivenhain Country Preschool for the Arts and Infant Center". It is quite a name for actually a very small, friendly and what I call, very. Just so I can stay home with her. I love teaching. I just wish I could magically put my rooom on ice...
