Wednesday, May 20, 2015

years home in Canada

Yesterday, I realized that Miss Diva was home in Canada 4 years...4 years already. It seems like yesterday that we walked down to Sheraton elevator and around the corner and there she was standing with her nanny.

The kids dates are somewhat the same...we left to travel for Miss Diva May 5 2011, received her on May 8 2011, returned home to Canada, May19 2011. Mr Jiggles (new name baba calls him) we left for him on December 5 2014, received him on December 8 2014, returned home December 19 2014.

We are so proud of this little girl. She is so brave and strong. She makes me smile everyday! We love her so much and so glad we get to parent her.


Tuesday, May 19, 2015

5 months home





5 months home today and I can see huge changes in our boy! He has grown almost 2 inches within this time. It's crazy! He no longer hoards food but takes his time and will pass on things he isn't so fussy about. He can be a little stinker when he wants to be. Like pulling mama's ponytail and running and hiding. Then giggles when I see him.

He is getting content to go to sleep by himself. This is just starting with his nap in the afternoons. I am falling in love with this little boy! Attachment for is us has been hard. He prefers baba over me anytime, that's okay.

He loves his jie jie! He looks for her when she is not at home. he will go to her room and sit on the floor, wondering where she is. She loves him too. We are so blessed.



he loves to play and enjoy the backyard. I love our backyard too. It is huge with lots of room to run around and have fun. He screams and cries when it's time to come for dinner.

He has been enjoying the water table with this nice warm weather. I think this is what he is use too. The cold weather would crack his little cheeks until the bleed, even if I put Vaseline on them.
His love for food is amazing. he loves yogurt and almond milk. He is an amazing little boy!

I wish I could sent his china family pictures, just so they know he is okay. We have been sending emails to his orphanage every month. I hope they are getting them.










                                                                                 

Friday, May 8, 2015

Four Years Today

Four years today, we walked out of this airport in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. We new that we would meeting our daughter sometime that day but not within the next 2 hours. Our guide got a call from the orphanage director as we were being delivered to the Sheraton Hotel, that Wang Feng Yan would be arriving within the next hour.




This was when I finally peeled her of her nanny. I was so heart broken but didn't want her to see me cry...she was so brave and loud. I had fallen so in love with the little girl I had  pictures of for 6 months



She patiently waited with the orphanage director for her mama and baba. She had no idea what was going to happen to her world. She was curious about were she was and what the fuss was all about. The fuss was her, the most important little person in our lives.

She was so brave!



Our first family picture as a family of three



Then she shut down and fell asleep. We went back to our hotel room and let her sleep. Then she woke and we played. I will never forget this day!


Happy Forever Family Day Yan Yan! We Love You!