tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72806671878325375362024-02-18T21:19:57.703-08:00A Miracle for MegUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-27923860996611059932016-06-29T00:31:00.000-07:002016-06-29T00:31:28.872-07:00One Year!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I can't believe it, but it's been a year since Ewan came running into our lives. I can't believe it because it feels like we were just in China. I also can't believe it because it feels like Ewan's been in our family forever. I know I haven't blogged in a long while, but life has been such a whirlwind these past few months. I was going to just post a picture or two, but I actually had been making a folder of pictures I wanted to post on the blog, so here we go! Lots-o-pics!</div>
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This is Ewan on his first day as a Sunbeam in church clear back in January. He was so excited!</div>
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Ewan had a minor surgery done on February 1st. He's such a trooper!</div>
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Ewan woke up in the night to use the bathroom, turned the water on and couldn't get it off. This, in turn, flooded the house and ruined my parents' wood floor, bathroom floor, vanity, and it leaked into the basement ruining the flooring, ceiling, light fixtures, etc. down there as well. Awesome. They're so glad we stayed with them for six months. Yarg!!</div>
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Happy Chinese New Year! Ewan celebrated by watching the Chinese celebration whilst eating noodles. He LOVED it!!</div>
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Another big event for Ewan was his first birthday home!</div>
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On his actual birthday, he had a Mickey Mouse coffee cake for breakfast, </div>
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went bowling, </div>
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had cupcakes, </div>
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and opened presents.</div>
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(including a Kylo Ren costume)</div>
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had cupcakes, and went swimming. It's fair to say that Ewan is a big fan of his birthday. Every time he sees a cake, candles, or balloons, he's 100% certain it's his birthday and we have to sing to him. In fact, he's been convinced it's his birthday pretty much every single day since his actual birthday. Hilarious!</div>
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Ewan had to go have a sleep study done the night of his party. Keep the party going into the night I guess. </div>
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Silly boy! Luckily everything looked great in the sleep study!</div>
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My dapper little Valentine.</div>
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My sweet Milo is due his own post. Soon...I hope. Love this little man!</div>
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I registered Ewan for school on the first day after winter break. By the first of March when he still didn't have an IEP and wasn't in school, I started to become livid. We got in a huge fight with the school district about many things. The most frustrating is their clear lack of ability and willingness to really push for the Individual in the Individual Education Plan. We FINALLY had our IEP meeting after lots and lots of exhausting testing.</div>
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So here he is on the first day of school! It was St. Patrick's Day. Ewan could not have been more excited! And after a rough first few days, it's gone pretty well. He continues to love it, even though I'm still not. He was able to be mainstreamed half day with the kindergartners, so that's progress. Especially considering how the principal initially responded when we said that's what we wanted. Anyway, I could write forever about the broken school system, but it's summer, so I'm not going to. Haha! I'm going to enjoy the sunshine and swimming and deal with school woes in the fall.</div>
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Ewan's first Easter!</div>
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It's just a shame this boy doesn't have any personality ;)</div>
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We finally got to go to the beach. Something Ewan saw on a tv show and has been asking to visit every day since. The beach surpassed all expectations, even given the level of anticipation he had.</div>
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And while we were in Newport, we couldn't not visit Disneyland again!</div>
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And my brother's wedding.</div>
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And Sea World. Before I saw Blackfish. Now that I've seen it, I guess this was our one and done Sea World trip for Ewan. He sure loved it, though!</div>
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Ewan has a magical way of connecting with animals. It's amazing.</div>
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We had a glorious 11 day California vacation, then back to reality. Ewan had a cardio follow-up and I was so nervous! Guess what!? His residual hole has completely closed. His heart has healed. The doctor got teary and told me it was a miracle. He's totally fine and doesn't need to be seen again for another year. Yes, he really is our miracle boy. </div>
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And he sure does love the beach. Even if it's just in his imagination.</div>
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Summer so far has been full of swimming, cousins, grandparents, late nights, laughter, and so much fun!! </div>
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I wanted to end this post with a side-by-side of the day we got Ewan and a picture I took a few weeks ago. One year apart. Leaving all he ever knew, getting to know his new family, open heart surgery, moving in with my parents, starting school, moving back to our house, several vacations, learning a new language, learning how to be in a family, learning, learning, learning. It was a year of great growth, both physically and emotionally. Ewan continues to amaze everyone who meets him. He's brilliant, he's friendly, he's hilarious, he's the life of the party. He's mischievous and curious. Bold and brave. He's got an unmatched zest for life and a way of finding the magical in the mundane. He's pure and genuine. He loves big, he laughs much, he forgives quickly, he apologizes genuinely. He is feisty and gentle, playful and kind. He is an amazing little human and we are truly the luckiest family that he joined us. I love him from the bottom of my heart and don't know what I ever did without him. Happy family day, Ewan Tang!<br />
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We didn't know how he'd respond, but he loved it! Usually there aren't children in the temple, and it's a very sacred, reverent experience. This time was definitely sacred, but not so reverent. Ewan came running into the room yelling, "Mama! Baba!" He gave us huge hugs and then went around the room yelling everyone's names and hugging them. Though it wasn't the usual reverence we're all used to, it definitely brought the spirit regardless. He was so sweet and we were all reminded of what the reunion in heaven will be like! After the sealing we took a few pictures, but it was freezing! If you remember from <a href="http://amiracleformeg.blogspot.com/2014/07/forever-and-always.html" target="_blank">Milo's sealing</a>, our whole family gets to go into the temple. We wear white, and took pictures of us in our white clothes to remember this special day!<br />
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We love you, Ewan Tang! There's nothing we want more than to be with you forever!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-9902811261308618212016-02-08T22:32:00.001-08:002016-02-08T22:32:53.425-08:00Disneyland!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
We got a trip to Disneyland for Christmas since we are living with my parents and have no room for toys. We gave the kids tickets to the park, and my parents gave us all airline tickets. We went mid-January, and it was perfect timing! It gave us a break from the snow and something to look forward to after the rush of the holidays was over.</div>
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Ewan had been looking forward to going to "Mickey Mouse's House" for a whole month. He could not wait! Since we had actually taken Ewan to Hong Kong Disneyland (<a href="http://amiracleformeg.blogspot.com/2015/07/hong-kong-disneyand-typhoon.html" target="_blank">see this post to read about our HK Disney disaster!</a>), I felt like I had a pretty good idea about how our trip would go. Ewan would hate the rides, but love the characters. Well, I was right about one thing. He LOVED the characters. It was way too cute! GOOFY!!! Ewan really loves Mickey and his pals and could not wait to meet them! Goofy was the first character we saw (after arriving early and getting our Disability Assistance Passes!)</div>
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Everyone else in our party wanted to run to Space Mountain, but Ewan spotted Mickey and that was that. I stayed with the three littles and we waited in line for Mickey. Ewan was absolutely furious with me for making him wait in line. He wanted to meet Mickey, and he wanted to meet him NOW! When it was finally our turn, I was overwhelmed with autograph books, Milo, and Ewan. I could not hold Milo, so he stayed in his stroller. Mickey signed all three of their books, then gave an excited Mei Mei and Ewan big hugs. Really, so darling.</div>
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Ewan was beyond excited to hug Mickey!</div>
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So fun!!! It was 100% magic!</div>
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Well, as one could imagine, Mickey's line got really long really fast. Mickey's handler started telling people in line behind us that Mickey would only be there for a few minutes and to consider coming back at his next scheduled visit. This always creates a bit of a panic, and I knew there was no way I could get everything that was in my hands back into the stroller to get Milo out. I was wrangling Mei Mei and Ewan, and looked up to find Mickey Mouse on his knees playing with Ewan. I about died! It was the cutest, sweetest thing I've ever seen!</div>
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A very busy, very in demand Mickey took time to connect with my boy.</div>
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There I was, 20 minutes into our Disney experience, crying.</div>
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Disney, you already had me as a fan for life. This was just over the top!!</div>
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Bye, Mickey! WE LOVE YOU!!</div>
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I wanted to go meet up with the rest of our party, but Ewan spotted Daisy. She too was leaving, but she took the time to hug the kids as well. So special!</div>
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I know this picture is lousy, but she's giving Milo a kiss. So stinkin' cute!</div>
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We had a really wonderful first day at Disney. Ewan went on Buzz Blasters, Nemo, Small World, saw the Tiki Room and also saw the parade AND the light parade and fireworks! This is Ewan and Quin playing Star Wars while we waited for the parade to start.</div>
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My parade buddy!</div>
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Waiting for the parade. Such a pretty time of day!</div>
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The parade was a HUGE hit for Ewan. He clapped, cheered, danced, waved, and blew kisses through the whole thing! We headed straight over to Small World after the parade. It was still all done up for the holidays. I sure love it with all the lights!</div>
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While the big kids were on Thunder Mountain Railroad, I took my littles on the carousel all by myself. It was not easy to get everyone buckled and stand by Ewan and Milo PLUS get pictures! I was quite proud of myself!</div>
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Disney day one was the best. Day two we went to California Adventure and after the Toy Story Mania ride (which Ewan quickly became obsessed with), we met BUZZ!! Ewan was so, so excited!!</div>
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Carousel part II. This time Quin was with me, which made it all much easier!</div>
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We had another amazing day on day two. Ewan's favorite rides were Radiator Springs Racers and Toy Story Mania. I thought Radiator Springs Racers would scare him, but he had a blast! He laughed the whole time and even had his hands in the air! So fun!!</div>
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Day four we headed to California Adventure again. We were so happy to meet Sofia!</div>
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Then Elsa and Anna. Ewan has never seen Frozen, so I didn't think he'd care. Oh, boy. He LOVED them! Look at him holding Elsa's hand!</div>
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Then he wanted to hug her and surprised us all by planting a big kiss on her cheek! Hahaha!</div>
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He marched right over to Anna and did the same thing. He's really the cutest.</div>
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Olaf!</div>
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And Jake!</div>
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Ewan went on every ride he could and loved them all. I was shocked. Shocked! What happened to my scared, motion sick boy? He didn't exist at Disneyland!</div>
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Day five was our last day and back to Disneyland we went! We had a great morning at the character breakfast.</div>
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Max!</div>
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Eeyore!</div>
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Chip!</div>
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Winnie the Pooh!!! Ewan didn't know who Winnie the Pooh was before our trip, but he fell in love and has begged to watch Winnie the Pooh every day since.</div>
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Minnie Mouse! Can you see how Ewan is lovingly looking at her? Melt my heart!</div>
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Fives from Dale.</div>
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Tigger! Milo's cracking me up in this. He is a man on the move and does not like to be held anymore. So funny!</div>
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The first few days, my brother and his family joined us. Of course I forgot to take a group picture when they were there. Ugh! This is us, my parents, and my other brother and his fiancƩ. We had the best trip!!</div>
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Tiana. Ewan was really enamored by her and didn't want to leave her side after we took the picture. We learned this trip that he likes pretty ladies. Haha!</div>
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Chip and Dale's treehouse. We also toured Mickey's, Minnie's, Donald's, and Goofie's houses. "SO AWESOME!" as Ewan would say.</div>
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On our final Disney day, Ewan went on every single ride he was tall enough to go on and loved every single one of them. The faster and scarier the more he liked it! He blew me away. He loved every second of Disneyland and I can't wait to go back!</div>
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One of my favorite moments of our last day was meeting Jesse from Toy Story. We saw her right as she walked up and ran over to meet her. I only had my phone with me, so I took lots of pictures with it. She was absolutely darling with Ewan and hugged and kissed him for the longest time. I got the greatest photos of them! I also took pictures on the rides and lots of video from the parades, etc. Then guess what? About a week and a half after we got home, my car was broken into while I was at a viewing. Someone shattered my window and took my purse, wallet, and phone. It has been pretty devastating, and the worst thing they took is the pictures from my phone. I am so, so, so sad. </div>
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Anyway, our Disney trip was the best ever. We made some incredible memories. Ewan had to have surgery on February 1st, so it was a quick jolt back to reality. Today is Chinese New Year, and Ewan loved watching the celebrations on CCTV while eating noodles. It's his birthday tomorrow, so he and Quin, Geh Geh, and my dad all went to the Harlem Globetrotters tonight. He, of course, had a blast. I just love this kid and I can't wait to celebrate him tomorrow for his birthday!</div>
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We get our pictures taken with the real Santa every year, and it was extra, extra exciting this year as it was Ewan's first time meeting the big guy! We weren't sure how he would respond, but he fell in love! From here on out, Santa's his BFF! Everything Christmas all season was exclaimed in the most excited voice, "Santa!" Too cute! The thing I love most is that Ewan had no clue that Christmas meant presents were coming. He throughly enjoyed the holiday season for the beauty and magic that it is, and payed no attention to the material side of things.</div>
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Even though Christmas looked very different for us than usual (we weren't in our home, for starters!), we tried our hardest to keep up with our traditions. This meant making a trip to the Festival of Trees, even though we were in the midst of the busiest week of the season. We love the Festival of Trees, which is a huge fundraiser for Primary Children's Hospital. We saw several rows of trees, then headed to the kid zone to make some crafts! Ewan was quite proud of his sand necklace!</div>
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Fishing for a lollipop. Obviously it's not his first round of fishing, as evidenced by the candy already in his mouth.</div>
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The hands down highlight of the evening had to be the huge bubble machine, though. So funny!</div>
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They'd pull the bubble up, but instead of blowing out, he'd take a huge breath in to get ready to blow out. This would cause the whole bubble to suck in and pop on him.</div>
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You get three tries, and this happened every time. Too cute!</div>
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The most exciting thing of the season happened to us on December 7th. Ewan had his follow up heart appointment and was given the clear to get off his day time oxygen!!! I have scarcely been so excited!! It was really starting to affect our bonding. I had to put his oxygen back on him 10,000,000,000 times a day, which was beyond frustrating for both of us. Last appointment, which was two weeks after his surgery, he had a residual hole in his heart. It was tiny and insignificant, but there nonetheless. Also, his heart was still in shock and swollen. It wasn't beating hard enough and needed the oxygen to avoid strain. At the checkup on the 7th, they couldn't find the hole. It's too early to say whether it's really closed or not, but yay! His heart was also beating regularly again! The right side was still a bit swollen, but his pressures looked good! So amazing! He still wears the oxygen at night, but he's in the clear during the day!!</div>
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These pictures were after church on the 13th of December. This is the last snowless weather we've seen since! It snowed like CRAZY that night and several times since. Its nuts!</div>
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Oh, Milo! How I love you!!</div>
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These pictures were taken only 18 hours after the ones above. What!? It snowed so much we had a late start day at school. Ewan had SO MUCH FUN playing in the snow!!</div>
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We had a late start day the next day as well, and Ewan was begging the kids to help him make a snowman. This cute creation is what they came up with, and Ewan asked to go play with the snowman every 30 minutes for days. Cute boy!</div>
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We met Santa for the fourth time this season at Grandma and Grandpa's. They have an annual Santa and Mrs. Claus breakfast party. Here's Milo getting his present.</div>
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Ewan thought it would be a fun idea to dress up in a Transformers outfit before Santa came, then refused to take it off. Silly boy! </div>
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Ewan also had a follow up eye appointment, and everything looks good! Yay!</div>
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Every year we have our Christmas Eve celebration with Quin's family on the 23rd, so the day before Christmas Eve. We call it our Christmas Adam party! We have a delicious prime rib dinner, and Quin's parents go all out! It's one of the best nights of the year! So, so fun!</div>
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Ewan is a baby hog. Here he is next to his new baby cousin! He wants to stay by her as much as possible and it's so cute!</div>
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As part of our celebration, we have a talent show. My kids played the bells and sang this year, and Ewan stole the show (as usual). He's such a character!</div>
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This is what he did AFTER he'd already taken a bow. Ha!</div>
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Ewan holding his sweet baby cousin. She wasn't so excited about it.</div>
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Ewan and Milo's 4 year old cousin wanted to share his talent for trapping his guinea pig. The kids all gathered in a circle and Ewan quickly became REALLY invested! Ewan loves all animals. Very much.</div>
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Haha! He's so dang cute!</div>
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Caught him!</div>
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Ewan decided in addition to playing the bells, he'd share his talent of dancing. He was in rare form, even for him!</div>
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Ta da! Or as Ewan would say, Da Dong!</div>
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Milo's walking is really taking off! He stands in the middle of the floor by himself, then walks to the nearest piece of furniture or person. It's super impressive! I love it!</div>
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After the talent show we did a piƱata. Go Ewey!</div>
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Even Milo was fascinated by the piƱata and wanted to see what all the kids got.</div>
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PiƱata remnant fun!</div>
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Ewan was so obsessed with the whole piƱata! We came home and he reenacted it about 15 times. He'd show how he hit it, then show how everyone picked up the candy. It was a hoot!</div>
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Christmas Eve!</div>
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We started our evening by going caroling to three ladies who needed some cheering up. Ewan has a sixth sense about who needs a hug, and he was the most cheerful of all!</div>
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We went to dinner with some family, then had a nativity puppet show. We were all excited when our Elf on the Shelf left Christmas Eve pajamas on the porch!</div>
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Silly, hyped up Christmas Eve kids!</div>
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Christmas morning magic! Ewan was so surprised that the very thing he'd been asking Santa for appeared in his living room!</div>
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Weeee!</div>
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Food in the stocking. Amazing!</div>
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He carried this can of Pringles with him all day. Too cute!</div>
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Pops, or Pause as Ewan calls him, helping with the Jumparoo.</div>
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We had a fairly low-key Christmas. One gift from Santa, a trip to Disneyland from Mom and Dad, and one sibling gift. Ewan's sister got him a Boogie Board, because he loves stealing hers. It was a hit!</div>
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Milo had a rough night and, therefore, slept in a bit. He was excited about the Jumparoo as well! (This was a combined present for both Ewan and Milo).</div>
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Opening his sibling gift.</div>
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The best part was the wrapping paper!</div>
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We headed to Quin's family's house mid-morning for more fun!</div>
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This little face is my favorite! I adore him!!</div>
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Milo playing with his baby cousin. He was enamored by her! He touched her so gently!</div>
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So sweet!</div>
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We had a wonderful Christmas full of love and laughter! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year!</div>
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The day after Christmas we went sledding with more cousins! Ewan was a wild man! He initially went other people, but eventually started going down the hill on his own. He was so brave and so funny! He'd get to the bottom of the hill and put his hands above his head in victory!</div>
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He tried every sled and had the time of his life!</div>
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On one of the last runs of the day, his sled went sideways and tipped him out. He banged up his cheek and got a fat lip. Poor boy! He's okay, though, and had a great time!</div>
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On the 27th, Quin and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary! We were such babies! Life has turned out differently than we could ever have imagined, but so, so much better!</div>
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The 28th is the third anniversary of the Russian Adoption Ban. We met Dasha the 20th of December, 2012, so December is always a bittersweet month for us. I still think of this little peanut every single day. I pray for her. She's not on the database, so I have to hope and pray she's safe and loved <a href="http://amiracleformeg.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-believe-in-miracles_19.html" target="_blank">in her foster family</a>! Thank heavens she's not on the database, really!<br />
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Please continue to pray for the orphans in Russia. There are still at least 25 kids who'd met potential American parents who remain orphans. It's unbearable.</div>
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We had a wonderful first Christmas with Ewan. His 6 months gotchaversary is tomorrow! Unbelievable! We had our first post placement report the week before Christmas. It's hard to believe! Time flies when you're having fun!</div>
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Anyway, I have been completely delinquent in updating the blog! I have been saving all the pictures I've wanted to post in a folder, but just haven't had time to do anything with them! I hate being behind, so I'm going to try to get caught up! I'll focus on Halloween through Thanksgiving in this post.<br />
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We had a really fun Halloween this year! Ewan chose to be Woody, so naturally Milo had to be Buzz! And our five year old chose all on her own to be Jessie, so hooray! I just love matching costumes!<br />
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Every year we do cousin Halloween pictures with Quin's family. I cherish these pictures! Ewan was so, so excited to be in the family picture this year! Plus look how he has his arm around Milo! Melt my heart!</div>
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One of our Halloween traditions we fit in every year is seeing the witches at Gardner Village. We had so much fun this year! Ewan was hilarious as usual and had his own little personal dance party to the blaring Halloween music. Pretty soon he had a crowd gathered around him and they all clapped when he finished. He ate it up! To say he likes the spotlight would be an understatement. Ha!</div>
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A few days before Halloween (Halloween was on a Saturday and they didn't have school Friday) we went to the kids' school parade, then our kindergarten baby's program.</div>
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Ready to trick-or-treat!</div>
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We had a lot of fun trick-or-treating! Ewan was <i>really</i> into it. He's a crack up! The problem is, people would offer their candy buckets and say, "Take one!", which of course he didn't understand. He took a whole handful at every single house. Good thing he's so cute and everyone laughed instead of getting annoyed! He thought Halloween was the best ever! People giving away candy!? Yes, please!</div>
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This fall we finally did family pictures! Our dear friend, Suzy Browning, and her husband, Dallas, did these beautiful pictures for us...for free!!! I won a mini session in June, and they upgraded it after Ewan came home. If you are in the Salt Lake area, please consider <a href="http://www.suzypalmerphoto.com/" target="_blank">Browning Photography</a> for your next photo needs! They are fabulous!</div>
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The day Milo started going to school in November, Ewan cried. He wanted to go to school, too! It was all too unfair! The public school said he couldn't come because he was on oxygen, but could get a teacher to come to our house a few times a week. This really wasn't going to meet his social needs, so I found a private school that would take him. Since he wouldn't leave his oxygen on, he could only go for two hours a day. I take him Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for two hours. He LOVES it! Here is is on the first day of school! He got a new pair of glasses two days before he started school, and this pair is a keeper! We tried Miraflex initially, but they didn't work with Ewan's face. They wouldn't stay up unless they were really tight, which then pressed into his eye lids and he couldn't open them. We asked around the Ds adoption crowd (specifically the Chinese one), and found out there is a brand of glasses called Tomato that is made in Korea and works really well on Asian faces. I ordered some and got lenses in them, and we're all in love! They fit him perfectly and he has kept them on since day one!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">It was our year to have Thanksgiving with my family, and since we've taken over my parents' house, we decided to get out of town. We went to Durango, CO, and had a blast! We rented a condo and stayed all together with my whole family and we had the best time! We ate well, went to Mesa Verde, saw a movie, played games, laughed a lot, and went to the Polar Express. </span></div>
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We went to Mesa Verde the next day. Milo's into giving kisses these days!</div>
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Cousin BFF's!</div>
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Can you see the Native American ruins in the background? Amazing!</div>
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Saturday night we went on the Polar Express. It was so, so fun! The absolute perfect way to kick off the Christmas season! I didn't get a picture of the train pulling up, but it was quite a sight! I took this one off the internet. So awesome!</div>
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Ewan LOVED the train ride and LOVED Santa!</div>
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Here's Milo getting a bell from Santa!</div>
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Group shot! You can't see Ewan, but he's beside me. You can see his tiger hat sticking up. So sad you can't see his face!</div>
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Telling Santa all about wanting a Jumparoo for Christmas!</div>
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My sweet Milo man was on Santa's good list for sure!</div>
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Cousin Santa love!</div>
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After we got home from Colorado, it was full steam ahead to the Christmas season! Ewan loved every bit of it, and experiencing it with him for the first time was absolutely magical! Here he is eating a Candy Cane Joe Joe and watching Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (one of our favorite Christmas movies). Let the Christmas season begin!!</div>
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<span id="goog_667251893"></span><span id="goog_667251894"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-10542037773831772742015-12-08T20:43:00.001-08:002015-12-08T20:43:02.682-08:00Kantha Quilt Giveaway!<p style="text-align: center;">To find out how to enter to win this gorgeous quilt, please visit this blog:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jeniferparris.com/2015/12/09/kantha-quilt-giveaway/KANTH">http://jeniferparris.com/2015/12/09/kantha-quilt-giveaway/KANTH</a><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wvySVzgkGW1nhfGp10H7oorlf5Xs1RQR4neurFXZ14-6rSf_Cxyt6g73njIy5oceFmBjImpf6Wt87cnqT9Iz7wF24EM6jxEZ7bqE_UmQjnc05US8ZJgiWZMi0VgYGkl7ifxTVQBbrCM/s1024/Photo%25252020151208214224364.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wvySVzgkGW1nhfGp10H7oorlf5Xs1RQR4neurFXZ14-6rSf_Cxyt6g73njIy5oceFmBjImpf6Wt87cnqT9Iz7wF24EM6jxEZ7bqE_UmQjnc05US8ZJgiWZMi0VgYGkl7ifxTVQBbrCM/s500/Photo%25252020151208214224364.jpg" id="blogsy-1449636180669.1912" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="500" alt=""></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> All donations are tax deductible and benefit our Angel Tree darling, Trudy! I hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season! I have much blogging to catch up on, so check back for an update soon!</p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-69582130800615319782015-11-18T19:52:00.002-08:002015-11-18T19:52:55.482-08:00Angel Tree!!Last year deciding to sign up for Angel Tree <a href="https://www.blogger.com/udy------%20%3Cdiv%20align=%22center%22%3E%3Ca%20href=%22http://static.reecesrainbow.org/angeltree2015%22%20title=%22%22%3E%3Cimg%20width=%22100%%22%20src=%22http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc502/ReecesRainbow/rrangeltree2015/trudychina.png%22%20style=%22border:none;%22%20/%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/div%3E%20%20%3Cdiv%20style=%22text-align:left;%22%3E%20%20%3Ciframe%20src=%22http://static.reecesrainbow.org/donation-box/Trudy.html%22%20hspace=%220%22%20vspace=%220%22%20marginheight%20=%20%220%22%20marginwidth%20=%20%220%22%20scrolling=%20%22no%22%20frameBorder=%220%22%20allowtransparency=%22true%22%20width=%22200%22%20height=%22508%22%3EIFRAME%20not%20supported!%3C/iframe%3E%20%3C/div%3E" target="_blank">brought Ewan home.</a> This year I was too reluctant to even look at the list of waiting kids. It scared me! Ha! But, the friend I blogged about in the post previous to this one is crazy. I mean, she is still working on funding her own dang adoption, but that doesn't stop her generous heart. I was in the midst of a secret fundraiser for her when she messaged me asking to help her to an Angel Tree. I had to laugh, but how could I say no? We teamed up with a few other friends and got this cute girl!<br />
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Her advocacy name is Trudy. She is 11 years old, lives in China, has Down syndrome and is Hepatitis B positive. I have first hand experience parenting a child with Hep B, and it's not too big of a deal. As long as the child's body doesn't recognize the virus as foreign, it doesn't affect the body. If and when the body starts to try and fight the virus, this causes liver damage. Blood work is needed yearly to monitor viral counts and check liver function. If at some point the body starts fighting the virus, daily medicine combats the virus. It's easy to get vaccinated for Hep B to protect family members, but using simple blood precautions will easily help prevent the spread of Hep B as well. According to her Reece's Rainbow profile, she was found at about one year old. She is independent, can speak simple words and numbers, can read simple children's song and words, love music, gets along well with other children, likes helping people, and loves to be praised. She can draw, do jigsaw puzzles, and play with toy blocks. She dances to the music, loves watching cartoons, and enjoys being outside. </div>
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This beautiful girl needs a family! To help her find her family, we will be advocating for her as well as helping her fund with Reece's Rainbow grow! Any donation of $35 or more will get you an ornament with cute Trudy's face on it! How awesome is that!? In addition, I'm trying to think of something the boys and I could make to send donor and raise money. I cannot wait to see this darling girl's grant grow! Please consider giving a donation to help Susy find a family this holiday season!!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-33784393223634486002015-11-15T22:32:00.002-08:002015-11-15T22:32:55.348-08:00Birthday Boy!Today is Milo's 3rd birthday! I can't even believe he's such a big boy! He has had an adventurous week and was able to start preschool this past Tuesday! For nearly the whole time we've had Milo, I've been pretty vocal that I was not interested in sending him to preschool. I mean, I don't send babies to school. I've never even had a babysitter for any of my kids that wasn't a grandparent and the very, very occasional aunt for crying out loud! Why would I send a child that can't walk, talk, or even feed himself to school?? It sounded so absurd! As the time got closer, though, I had many people talking to me about it and I finally realized it's not the same type of preschool my other kids have gone to. This is a special school where specialists will continue to work hard with Milo to achieve new goals, much like Early Intervention. We met for his IEP a week and a half ago and I was so impressed! He only has five other kids in his classroom and they have about 7 adults in there. His IEP goals were reasonable and obtainable. The specialists and teachers were committed and lovely and I left SO excited! I *might* have cried in his IEP meeting. I didn't mean to! I just wanted to express that we absolutely adore Milo just as he is. We will also, however, do anything for him to reach his highest potential, whatever that is.<br />
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He goes to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays for three hours. He's only been twice, but it seems to be going well! The teacher comes to pick him up at the door in a wagon. So cute! Here are some first day of school pictures!<br />
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Milo has always been a happy, easy-go-lucky kind of kid, but lately he is so smiley and cheesy! I cannot imagine a sweeter child if I tried. He loves to give hugs and kisses and has the sweetest spirit I know of! We love him so very much! He smiles this big all day long. I don't know what we did to deserve this child. I know to so many that don't know him he seems in his own world. He does makes a lot of funny noises and is always doing funky things with his hands. It can be hard to interact with him, because he doesn't make eye contact and oftentimes doesn't seem to pay attention to you when you're talking to him. The thing is, though, he really is! And if you take the time to really get to know him, you'll fall madly and deeply in love! He is just the best. It doesn't take too much to get to know him, either. Just a willing heart and a few minutes to connect.</div>
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We did a huge party for Milo last year, so this year we had a low-key immediate family celebration. Yesterday we went to Milo's favorite place: Chuck-E-Cheese. So funny, but this is a sensory-seeking kid's Mecca! See what I mean!?</div>
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Milo gobbled up his cake and ice cream and loved when we sang to him. Today (his actual birthday) we had a yummy dinner and more ice cream for this little guy. I can never express the love I have for this boy. He is perfection and we are beyond blessed to be his family! I can't wait to see what this year holds for him!<br />
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There is a little girl in China who was chosen by a family. They recently travelled and decided she is not what they expected, and as a result she was left in China. They disrupted her adoption, and she has now had her file pulled. This means she is deemed unadoptable and no longer has a chance at a family. Her only hope is if a family is willing to fight for her SOON. If they were to plead with China and her orphanage there is a chance they could relist her. Please share her sweet face! She was left because she was displaying many institutional behaviors. I have first-hand information for anyone interested. She reminds me so much of my sweet Milo. There is some darling video of her looking in the mirror and laughing. She will absolutely thrive in a family! She just needs to be given a chance!! I believe there is a family out there for every child. Could you be "Juliana's" mom?<br />
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A few months after the Russian Adoption Ban happened, there was one girl on Reece's Rainbow who caught my eye.</div>
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She was a darling little girl from China with the advocacy name of Laura. It was the first child I saw that made me do a double take and really think that perhaps we could add a child from a country other than Russia to our family. I wasn't ready to commit to a different child at that time, but I checked on her every day. Eventually she made it to the MFFM page, meaning her family had found her. I was so excited for her! About seven months later and several months into our adoption of Milo, I found out who Laura's mom was going to be and I was ecstatic! We were on a similar adoption timelines and couldn't wait to get our China babies home! "Laura's" mama is named Jenifer, and Laura is MinLan. She's been home about a year and a half and seriously couldn't be cuter! She's absolutely thriving!</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em;">Jenifer lives across the country from me. I've never met her, but I feel like I have. She is a friend to everyone. She is considerate, thoughtful, kind, sweet, talented, bold, and brave. When we were adopting Milo and found out he hadn't gained weight in 9 months, she didn't just say she was praying for him, she really did. Her whole family was praying for him, in fact. She didn't stop there, though! She asked her whole church community to pray for Milo. Who does that!? When I found out there was a problem with Ewan's heart, she not only messaged me several times a day, she would also record videos of herself talking and send them to me when she just had too much to say to type it all out. Haha! I love this mama to pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em;">About three to four months after we committed to Ewan, Jenifer and her family made an announcement that they were committing to the child she'd been advocating for. His name is "Timothy" on Reece's Rainbow, but his name will be John Preston once he's home. Jenifer met him when she was adopting MinLan and they all fell in love with this sweet kid!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em; text-align: left;">He's been waiting so, so long for a family, and Jenifer told me that she had a sinking feeling that if they didn't commit, he would likely end up an orphan for the rest of his life. Remember how I felt that same way about Ewan? There are just so many older boys waiting. Here is a link to their </span><a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/88597/sponsorparris-2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em; text-align: left;" target="_blank" title="Reece's Rainbow page">Reece's Rainbow page</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em; text-align: left;">. It tells a bit about their journey to saying yes! They also have an adoption blog. You can </span><a href="http://www.thestoryof1000.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em; text-align: left;" target="_self" title="">find it here</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em; text-align: left;">. They also have a family blog <a href="http://jeniferparris.com/" target="_blank" title="">you can link to here</a>. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 1.3em; text-align: left;">Jenifer has worked her fingers to the bone raising funds for this adoption. While they don't have the $30,000+ it takes to adopt, what they do have is faith, trust, and knowledge that this boy's life is much more important than money. They still have around $15,000 to raise before they can travel. They should be getting their Letter of Acceptance from China any day now, so they have about two months to make 15K. It's an overwhelming position to be in. They have several fundraisers planned, though, and they also have two different matching grants right now. One is through the Brittany's Hope Foundation. As soon as they receive $2,000 in donations for the Parris family, they send them a check for $4,000!! To help them meet their matching grant, send a check to 1160 North Market Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. If you send a check, please make sure to include the family name in the memo line so it goes to their account. This is a tax deductible donation! The next matching grant is through Reece's Rainbow. It's for $500. Donate to their account by <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/88597/sponsorparris-2" target="_blank" title="">clicking here</a>. If you donate either of these places, your donation is effectively doubled! So great! If both matching grants are met, they'll be $5,000 closer to their goal! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had been feeling peaceful all morning...until the surgeon came to talk to us. He listed a myriad of possible problems and complications, most of which ended in death. It terrified me. There were several things that could go wrong that I wasn't ever aware of until that moment. The tricuspid valve was precariously close to the hole and may incur damage from the surgery. The heart's electric system runs down the mid-line of the heart and is invisible, so fixing a hole and stitching around it might damage the system and make a pacemaker necessary. The bypass machine causes an allergic reaction and causes the blood vessels to leak fluid, so Ewan would most likely look puffy when we saw him. He gave the statistics for complications on the bypass machine, which only increase as the child's age increases. He then went into all the scary details about the possibility of the heart not starting again, which, once again, increase as the child's age does. My peaceful feeling was shattered and I was suddenly filled with fear and anxiety. Ewan's surgery was to last 4+ hours and included an internal echocardiogram to begin with, then they break the sternum and spread the ribs, thin the blood and lower the body temperature, basically unhook his heart from the body and hook the body up to the heart/lung bypass machine, stop his heart and repair it, hook it all back up, do another echo to make sure it all worked, then wire his sternum back together and stitch him up. They called us from the OR several times to give us updates as they went, which was simultaneously calming and scary. It was nice to know what was going on, but I also cried every time an update came. To know your child is currently on a bypass machine and his heart isn't beating...well, it still gives me a stomach ache to think about.</span></div>
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Eventually we got the call that the surgery was complete and they were stitching Ewan back up. About 30 minutes later the surgeon came to talk to us. He said, "That was the biggest hole I've ever seen in a heart hands down. I honestly don't know how he has lived so long, and how he's doing so well has no explanation." Quin and I both, in that moment, knew without a doubt that Ewan's life had been preserved by the Lord, and his very life is a gift and miracle. Before we even heard the rest of the update, my body filled with chills and the honor of being his mother overwhelmed me. I was taken back to this time last year when I was filled with doubt and fear over another adoption and another child to care for. I remembered in a split second how we debated the decision to adopt for months and how I couldn't get his face out of my mind. I recalled how, when the definitive answer finally came, I knew he was ours. I don't even know how to put into words how honored I feel to be the one chosen to be the mother to a living, breathing miracle child. Quin's whole body was shaking he became so overwhelmed by the doctor's news. "I honestly don't know how he has lived so long."<br />
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The rest of the update was no less miraculous. The doctor had to remove Ewan's tricuspid valve because it was over the hole. They put a plastic mesh patch on the hole and stitched it into place, then had to reposition the tricuspid valve at a slightly different angle than it had been. Ewan also has a small hole between his two atriums, and the doctor purposely made the hole a bit larger to act as a "pop off valve" for the heart. He was very worried about the pressure in Ewan's heart after surgery, and hoped that this hole would act as a buffer for the newly repaired heart and that the blood pressure wouldn't be too high in the right ventricle, which feeds blood to the lungs. The big worry is pulmonary hypertension, which they anticipated would skyrocket for a while after surgery. He said in the echo post-surgery that the repaired VSD still had a small leak in it, but only about a millimeter. It would hopefully fill in by itself around the stitches, but if not, it is an inconsequential hole. He said overall that things went well, the surgery was a success, and that we could go see our miracle boy in recovery 30 minutes from when he left. I can't even imagine the crazy miracle that modern medicine is! They stopped my child's heart, fixed it, then got it beating again. I don't think that will ever not amaze me to think about.<br />
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We headed to recovery, and I was pleasantly surprised at how great Ewan looked! He was sleeping peacefully with his eyes half open (which he often does). He didn't look puffy. He looked pale, but I was expecting him to look terrible, and instead he looked good!<br />
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He felt very cold and the nurses were working on warming him up. He had about three nurses working on him when we got there. Once they had him settled a bit more, the charge nurse explained what all the tubes and monitors were and gave us a lot of valuable information. Ewan's hands were tied down, which really freaked me out for a few minutes, but the nurses explained that Ewan had a breathing tube in and when he started to wake from the anesthesia he would be disoriented and start ripping things from his body. He had several wires and tubes hooked directly to his heart, and it would be a disaster if he pulled them. They showed me the wires in his heart and explained that they were carefully monitoring any arrhythmia and would shock his heart directly if needed. There was a chest tube which was filled with blood that was draining from his distressed heart. There were IV's all over the place. There was a monitor on his forehead and more wires and tubes coming out of his little body then I ever knew possible. They explained that while they would like to keep him sedated with a breathing tube in for as long as possible, they needed to start waking him up because the sedation medication causes the heart to pump hard, which they were also trying to avoid. We had an excellent nurse who never left Ewan's bedside. She monitored every single thing going on with Ewan like his life depended on it, because it did. Quin and I sat and waited for our boy to wake up.<br />
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Ewan became twitchy for about an hour before he woke up. Suddenly he was awake, terrified, and fighting. About 10 nurses and doctors surrounded his bed and held him down while the respiratory therapist removed his breathing tube. I was completely overwhelmed. He was screaming, but no sound was coming out (because of the breathing tube). He had tears flowing from his eyes, and there was nothing I could do to calm him. His heart monitors started beeping like crazy because his heart was going nuts out of fear. The breathing tube finally came out, and he was screaming a terrible visceral scream. He had no idea what was happening to him. He was yelling, "MAMA!!", but he didn't recognize Quin or I. All I could do was lay on him and sob. I was so overwhelmed and full of sorrow for my boy. They gave him morphine, and he quickly fell back asleep.<br />
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He slept for about two more hours, then the same episode happened again. He kicked his cute nurse who was trying to hold his arms down right in the gut and was fighting for his life. It was so scary. I hated this part. They said he had post-op delirium and nothing we could do would help him, but I sat and rocked his bed for hours. He was in and out of sleep all afternoon, but luckily the episodes became less violent and he was less scared with each waking.<br />
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The nurse told us they'd had a meeting previous to surgery about how much care Ewan would need to receive. He was a very high-risk patient, and it's not often that 7 year olds are able to have VSD repairs. They had several safe-guards and plans put into place before we arrived, and once again, miraculously, Ewan did remarkably well. His pressures were high, but not all that high. His heart had some arrhythmia, but they weren't too concerned about it at that point. His stats all looked great. Finally, by about 9:00 pm, Ewan woke up and was himself for a few minutes. He knew who we were and was responsive...and thirsty! He drank lots of water, which the nurses said he could have as long as he didn't throw up.<br />
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I headed home around 10:00, and Quin did the night shift. Friday morning, the day after surgery, I was getting ready to head to the hospital and had a strong realization that Ewan was most likely abandoned by his birth parents because he needed heart surgery. Ewan was 10 months old when he was found. Most people do not have health insurance in China, and a staggering number of parents are faced with the impossible decision of leaving their child and hoping they get medical care or keeping them knowing they cannot afford the life-saving surgery their child requires. Since the cardiologist told me Ewan should have had surgery in his first year of life, it hit me that at 10 months, I bet his mother gave him up to save his life. I became very emotional thinking of the awful, terrible choice it would have to be to leave your child in a park and hope they get the medical care they need or to keep them and know you were responsible for their early death. I can't imagine having to make this choice. It breaks my heart. And to know that Ewan didn't receive the medical care he needed for seven years made me even more sorrowful. All I want to do is find his birth mother and let her know he finally got his surgery. He is taken care of and so very loved. I wept thinking of how happy this would make his first mama.<br />
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I made it to the hospital Friday morning and Ewan was grumpy, but he was definitely Ewan! He had been awake nearly the whole night watching movies and coloring. He had had lots to drink and was eating crackers when I showed up. Quin went home to get some sleep, and I took over at the bedside. I ordered him a breakfast of Ramen noodles and scrambled eggs and he gobbled it all up! We knew it was time for more medicine when he would start to get grumpy. The nurse the first day told us the second day would be the worst because the anesthesia would be all out of his system, but the pain would be terrible. It was definitely a long day. Ewan refused to sleep and was extremely grumpy. He was eating well, though, and we entertained ourselves by watching movies, coloring, painting, and playing with toys.<br />
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He even got up to go to the bathroom! Quin came in the evening, and we all spent time together for a few hours. Grandma brought the kids up to visit, and it was a much welcome distraction!<br />
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Quin and I were able to eat dinner with them and Ewan was very excited to see them! I went home to put the kids to bed and Quin stayed to spend the night again.<br />
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The second night Ewan slept through the night and was in a much better mood Saturday. The nurse had removed several wires the day before, and continued throughout the day to remove gear. Quin sent me a picture on Saturday morning of Ewan walking around the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, chest tube and oxygen in tow! The physical therapist had shown up to make sure Ewan could sit up. He surprised everyone by walking laps around the CICU! After the third lap, the physical therapist chuckled and noted that he wouldn't need to stop by again. Ha!<br />
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On his walk, Ewan found an electric piano that he moved into his room all by himself and continued to play for the rest of his stay there.<br />
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He was grumpy, but he was also doing incredibly well. Saturday afternoon he got moved to the Children's Surgical Unit. This is a great indication that Ewan was doing well and didn't need as intense of care. He could have unlimited visitors in the CSU as opposed to only three at a time in the CICU, so the whole fam came to visit! It's always nice to break up the day with a visit from your siblings and grandparents!<br />
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Quin spent the night again on Saturday, and it was the plan that my mom would come take over for a few hours while we went to church together since it was the primary program and our other kids were participating. We were all surprised when we were told Ewan would have a sedated Echo that morning. We decided it would be best if Quin stayed with Ewan instead of watching the kids in the program. They also removed his chest tube and bandages.<br />
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It was good Quin stayed, because Ewan was super grumpy coming out of the sedation again. I came up Sunday afternoon and spent the rest of the day with Quin and Ewan. It was so nice to see Quin! We'd been passing in the night for days and hadn't even had time to talk. Plus it gets lonely sitting in a hospital room all day! We got to go to the playroom and had a fun time!<br />
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Ewan also had a blast "fishing". We had a few more visitors on Sunday, and it was our best day in the hospital.<br />
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Sunday was Mid-Autumn Festival in China. That is a big holiday there where they celebrate the harvest, the moon, and family and friends. It reminds me of our Thanksgiving. Since it was our first Chinese holiday together, I thought it would be fun to get some traditional Chinese mooncakes to celebrate. These mooncakes are only available during Mid-Autumn Festival. Quin went to the Chinese market on Saturday to pick some up. Despite the feast above, Ewan had no interest in the mooncakes. I don't know if he doesn't care for them or if he just wasn't in the mood. He got excited to see them, but didn't want to eat them. Maybe we'll make our own mooncakes next year.</div>
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I came up early to switch him, but we found out Ewan would be going home soon, so Quin worked from the hospital room while we waited for discharge. Of course it always ends up taking hours and hours longer than anticipated and we didn't get home until about 2:30. It was SO nice to get out of the hospital, though! We were all going stir crazy! Ewan was super grumpy by the end and was throwing a fit when the surgeon came in to say goodbye. I tried to get a picture of the, but this is the best I got. Pathetic.</div>
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In the hospital Ewan was pretty dependent on Morphine for about the first three days. They took him off of it and he was doing well alternating Lortab and Motrin. We'd have to stay right on top of the pain meds, though, or he would spiral out of control pretty quickly. He was also on oxygen so his right ventricle wouldn't have to do so much work and would lower the pressure in his lungs. He is taking blood pressure meds to help the left ventricle pump harder as it was being sluggish (which is apparently a common side affect of heart surgery) as well as a diarrhetic to keep the swelling in his heart down. The doctors all told us multiple times that they couldn't believe how well Ewan was doing. We saw the surgeon a few times as well as Ewan's cardiologist. We also saw two fellows regularly and four doctors employed by the hospital. Every single one of them was surprised at how well Ewan was doing. They also expressed surprise that he was even able to have the surgery. It's all so overwhelmingly incredible! </div>
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We came home with Ewan on oxygen as well as the medications he was taking in the hospital. It's the hope that at his two week appointment he'll be able to get rid of all of it! I sure hope so, because keeping oxygen in his nose has proved to be a full time job! It's exhausting how many times he rips that out of his nose a day. The first night he needed Lortab, but by Tuesday morning, he was acting completely normal. He said he didn't have owies and didn't need medicine. I gave him Motrin to stay on top of the pain, but he hasn't required Lortab since Tuesday. He blows my mind! Being home has been a breeze for him! He acts like his chest wasn't cracked into just a few days before. Truly the hardest part is keeping him chill. The biggest worry is that he would fall and disrupt the wired-together sternum. He's happy, playful, and eager to show his "owies" to anyone who asks!<br />
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I am so beyond thankful for the gift and miracle that is Ewan's life. Thank you all for your prayers and good thoughts. We could feel them all and it was such a comfort to know so many people around the world are rooting for our boy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-92055372250579488002015-09-17T14:51:00.001-07:002015-09-17T14:51:55.103-07:00The Busy BoysWe've had a busy and exciting month! Ewan and Milo certainly keep us on our toes. Ewan is SUCH a fun addition to our family! He enjoys each moment and experience like it's the best he's ever had, and he is a true joy to be with.<br />
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He also is the real-life Curious George. He gets into EVERYTHING and makes the biggest messes imaginable, but he's always genuinely trying to help or is simply curious and leaves a wake of destruction behind. One example is when he dumped four boxes of cereal into the dog's bowl. It covered the floor of the kitchen and down the stairs. He was so proud that he'd given the dog food, though. Stinker! We also do a lot of grunting and gesturing to get our point across, much like George does. Curious George is friendly and kind and enjoys every activity he does. Ewan again! Every morning at the crack of dawn, Ewan climbs into our bed and exclaims, "George!" I keep thinking I should say no to him watching, because heaven knows he doesn't need ideas on how to be a curious little monkey, but YOU try saying no to his big brown eyes! Impossible! So I just repeat the Man in the Yellow Hat's mantra of, "Be a good little monkey!" and hope for the best! The theme song always reminds me that good things come to those who are curious:<br />
You never do know what's around the bend<br />
A big adventure or a brand new friend<br />
When you're curious, like Curious George<br />
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When everyday is so glorious, then everything is so wondrous<br />
There's more to explore<br />
When you open your door<br />
And meet friends like this<br />
You just can't miss<br />
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Get curious and that's marvelous! And that's your reward<br />
You'll never be bored<br />
If you ask yourself, what is this?<br />
Like curious, like curious, like Curious George.<br />
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Even though I joke about the lack of English, Ewan's actually he's learning at lighting pace. We've finished the whole first series of Signing Time (you can quiz him. He knows every sign) and have started the second series. He understands a lot of phrases now and is starting to say them. My favorite thing he does is say (as enthusiastically as possible) Good Morning! No, not just in the morning. He doesn't quite understand the whole morning part. He says it to anyone he hasn't seen for a few minutes. It makes us giggle every single time.<br />
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Another think Ewan is really into right now is Toy Story. He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES Woody and Buzz. Loves them. He's going to be Woody for Halloween...if the costume lasts that long. I finally had to hide it because he was wearing it 24/7!<br />
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Ewan sure has a friend in Woody! Best buddies! Here's a video of them playing together. </div>
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Ewan insists on sleeping with Woody. He won't even attempt to lay down if Woody's not there with him. I think it's the cutest ever! There's nothing like little boys and Toy Story! This Woody has a pull string, and Ewan has every phrase memorized. Yee Haw! is heard around our house a lot!<br />
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Ewan finally had his appointment with the Ophthalmologist at the end of August. He, not surprisingly, needs glasses.</div>
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I ordered him some Miraflex frames, but they don't fit his face very well. I'm working to buy another pair called Tomato. They are made in Korea and fit Asian kids much better. The only problem is they don't carry them at a retail store in Salt Lake, so I will be ordering them online soon. </div>
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He doesn't love wearing them because they either press against his eyes or slip down. He sure looks cute, though! When they put the glasses on his the first time, his reaction was amazing. I sure wish I would have recorded it! He kept saying, "Woah!" over and over again. It was SO cute! He was seeing clearly for probably the first time in his life! </div>
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Another thing Ewan is obsessed with is animals. He goes over all their names, signs, and sounds about 500 times a day. We went to the state fair this past Friday and I knew it would be a hit for this animal-loving boy!</div>
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Here is his first look at the cows. Cows! He couldn't even believe he was seeing cows!</div>
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He started yelling hello to them from quite the distance.</div>
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I just had to include these two pictures because he looks so dang handsome in his glasses!</div>
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Sheep!</div>
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Next up were the goats. Goats are always a favorite with our family. They're so funny!</div>
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I wish these pictures had sound. Ewan kept saying, "Hi, goat!"</div>
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He was showing us the baby goats. If there's anything cuter than a goat, it's a baby goat!</div>
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The sound on this picture would be, "Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!"</div>
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Getting brave and petting the goat!</div>
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We asked Ewan several times if he wanted to ride a pony. He was VERY excited about the idea!</div>
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So we bought tickets and waited in line...</div>
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But Ewan quickly decided the <i>idea</i> of riding ponies was much better than actually<i> riding</i> the ponies. Haha! Luckily Quin grabbed him off as soon as he set him on. Ewan gleefully watched his siblings ride from a safe distance.</div>
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Milo, however, enjoyed the pony ride!</div>
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Ewan was adamant that he be able to ride every ride he saw. As soon as we'd get close, he'd want nothing to do with the rides, though. Luckily he agreed to ride on this little train with Mei Mei (who is just as big of a wimp as Ewan is when it comes to rides.)</div>
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I say luckily because he had the time of his life! He was adorable!</div>
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He yelled, "WAHOO!!!" through the entire ride. I just love this kid!!</div>
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He was so proud of himself!</div>
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And I was, too. He's hard to see in this picture, but he has his arms up whooping out a victory call. He's just the best.</div>
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And this guy's favorite things at the fair were all the lights and...the food. Haha!</div>
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Ewan insisted on going in this little fun house type thing. I made Geh Geh go with him to help him out. Ewan was SO excited!</div>
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High fives all around!</div>
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And then it was time for the Big Yellow Slide. He rode with my dad, or Pops as he's known around here. Ewan had SO much fun!!</div>
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I know these pictures are awful, but I had to include them because the look of pride, joy, and excitement on his face is just too much!</div>
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And then, because he literally is not physically capable of hearing music and not moving his body, he broke out into a victory dance.</div>
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Including lip syncing to a song he had never before heard.</div>
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Oh, Ewan. You certainly take the party with you! </div>
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And for one final event before bedtime, Ewan played a duck game where you pick a rubber ducky out of a pond to win a prize. </div>
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He won this stuffed animal duck...</div>
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then threw it back into the water. Because all the other ducks were in the water. Whoops. Ewan got to take a soggy stuffed duck home. Winner winner! </div>
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A few weeks ago Ewan started a Dancers with Disabilities class at Tanner Dance. Tanner Dance is amazing, and this class is even more amazing. I am kind of obsessed. </div>
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It's a creative dance class with a live pianist, an incredible teacher, and lots of assistants. Several of the assistants are adults with special needs. Melt my heart. Seriously, I cry every time I watch them. Given Ewan's love of dance and mother who is with him nearly 24/7, he relishes in his hour at dance every week. I let him go in by himself and then I sit near the door. He cried for a minute in the second lesson because the music stopped and a helper told him to stop dancing as well. It upset him and he was yelling for me. I ran in and scooped him up and thought, "YES! That is exactly how you should be reacting!" Other than that, he has loved every single second of dance class. In fact, he signs "dance" to me every day to ask me if he has dance that day. We get to drive his friend with us as well, so it's a double dose of fun!<br />
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It has been so long since I've done a Milo update! Milo is doing well with Ewan. It's interesting to watch, because Milo tries to copy what Ewan does every once in a while. This is a major accomplishment and makes me so happy!<br />
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Milo is the most laid back, easy, smiley, happy baby on planet Earth. He is a gem!</div>
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He is by far the easiest child to parent, even though I have to physically take care of him (feed, dress, change diapers, etc.) He is generally happy and entertains himself easily.</div>
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He loves big and has a ready smile. He gives the BEST kisses and hugs and is my little snuggle bug.</div>
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I just love him! On July 6th, it was Milo's "Plus One Day". This means as of July 6th, he's officially been with us longer than he was in the orphanage. SO awesome!!</div>
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Milo is getting pretty darn close to walking! He's kind of a chicken, though, so he has to be in the right mood to try. Here he is the other night.<br />
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I didn't catch his best attempt on video, but you get the idea. He'll be running around here before we know it! Milo only has about a month and a half of Early Intervention left, then he'll be in the special needs preschool. Aaaahhh! I have my first real IEP meeting for him in a few weeks and I'm SO nervous! I can't believe my little baby is growing up so fast! We love this squishy little guy!<br />
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Ewan's open heart surgery is scheduled for one week from today, which is September 24th. He will go in the day before for some more tests and we will go to a class to prepare him for the surgery. We requested a Mandarin translator be present for the preparation class. Who knows how much he'll understand, but we owe it to him to try. He will be hospitalized for a minimum of four days after surgery. It could be longer depending how his heart pressures react after the surgery. Please keep our little guy in your prayers! We feel blessed that the surgery is possible, but it's scary at the same time!<br />
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Our sister-in-law is 40 weeks pregnant, so Ewan thought he'd copy her at Sunday dinner ;) I have a feeling the greatest challenge of heart surgery is going to be keeping this boy low-key for 6 weeks. Heaven help us!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-72192215793513629002015-08-21T21:11:00.001-07:002015-08-21T21:14:19.519-07:00The News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today was the day we've been waiting for: Ewan's cath procedure to find out the extent of his heart damage. We arrived at Primary Children's Hospital at 8:00 am and began the lengthy check-in/waiting process. Luckily Ewan didn't seem to notice too much that he hadn't had breakfast! He was in a great mood and, as usual, enjoyed finding the fun in life (even when it involves collecting vital signs.)</div>
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The doctors and anesthesiologist all came to talk to us and were SO very nice! They were loving and understanding and promised to take the best of care of our boy. When it came time to go back, Ewan excitedly ran. His sock had turned around backwards and the non-slip side ended up on top of his foot. This caused him to slip and he went down right on his head. Oh dear. It was awful! He was screaming and there was a big, red bump on the back of his head. All the doctors and nurses gasped and we were all very upset. They told us to go regroup before they began the procedure. I picked Ewan up and after a few minutes (and being able to watch himself dance on Baba's phone) he calmed down. The anesthesiologist let me hold Ewan while they put the laughing gas on him because of all the trauma. He quickly got a glazed over look on his face, and I laid him down and gave him a kiss and hug before we had to leave him.<br />
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After leaving him, the panic really set in for both Quin and me. I was nervous about the procedure, but I was mostly nervous about the results. The doctor came and found us after about three hours and took us back to the office to discuss the results. He went into great detail (most of which went over my head), about the hole, the effect the hole has had on his heart and lung function, and where we go from here. All in all, the doctor is quite surprised and pleased at how well his heart is doing. He does have about 3 times the amount of pressure on his lungs that a normal heart would have, but his lungs haven't been too adversely affected! They still look healthy and there has been minimal closing of the arteries. These results are just preliminary. They still need to look at all the numbers from the blood they took from all the chambers of his heart. They also analyze all the data and review all the images they captured after they have all the numbers in. He feels fairly confident, though, that a VSD repair is a possibility. This would extend Ewan's life about 30 years. I am so relieved!! This is absolutely the outcome we were praying for!</div>
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After talking with the doctor, we got to go see our boy. He was just waking up from the anesthesia and was quite groggy still. He gave a giggle when we walked in, though. He's so cute! He was out of sorts for a while, but not too crazy. They let him sit on my lap since he needed to hold his legs as still as possible. </div>
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Once they let him start drinking, he seriously guzzled three sippy cups full of water! He was allowed to eat and started with crackers, then chicken nuggets, fries, and a shake. He ate for the next four hours straight. He was so, so hungry! We had to stay in the hospital to make sure he didn't bleed and his leg clotted properly. Finally we were discharged at 5:00 pm. We had to head to get a chest x-ray before we left in anticipation of his VSD repair.<br />
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It's scary to think open heart surgery is in our very near future, but really this is the very best outcome of all. I fell overwhelmingly thankful for Ewan's preserved health. He is a strong, resilient boy and I can't wait to get that heart fixed up so he can start growing and really thriving! We are all tired emotionally and physically, but I have a feeling we'll sleep peacefully tonight!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-51174823740239315372015-08-05T20:43:00.001-07:002015-08-05T20:52:19.605-07:00The Not-So-Good NewsI have a whole slew of doctors appointments set up for Ewan, and we began our appointment adventures yesterday with cardiology. Ewan's file specifically says his heart is normal, so I had no reason to think otherwise. I made the appointment pretty much to check the box of specialists he'll need to see. I walked in with confidence that we'd hear, "Everything looks great, come back in a year!" The doctor listened to his heart, then ordered an EKG and echo. Even just getting Ewan to let the doctor listen to his heart was a challenge, so I didn't know how well those would go. Generally kids need to be sedated to get a good echo. I did my best to entertain him, and we had success with the EKG. He got a little nervous with all the wires hanging off of him, but I told him we'd take pictures to show Baba and all the kids at home, and he quickly became excited.<br />
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We went back for the echo, and I was nervous! The technician told me he'd need to lay down on his side and hold still for 30 minutes. He didn't love having to lay down, but he held my hand and let her do the ultrasound. Luckily they had a big TV with the Lego Movie (he loves any cartoon) on, so he was much more willing to cooperate. He held my hand and would look at me every minute or so to make sure everything was okay. He was such a good boy!<br />
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I was watching the screen occasionally, and at one point the color was on the screen showing red and blue. I figured that was indicating the oxygenated vs. deoxygenated blood. His red and blue were mixing, though, so I thought I must have had it wrong and was actually looking at something different.<br />
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When she finished the procedure 45 (longer than planned) minutes later, Ewan and I were both relieved! We had to wait for her to review the images and make sure she didn't need to redo any pictures. While we waited, we took selfies for Baba. Lucky Baba. I'm so glad the phone kept him entertained, though!<br />
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Once she got back, she had a bunch of toys in her arms. She told Ewan he did such a great job that he could pick any toy he wanted. Of course he had no idea what she was saying. He just saw a bunch of toys and thought they were all for him. Haha! She said he did such a good job that he could take whatever he wanted. So nice! He settled on a beaver Beanie Baby and a Hot Wheels firetruck.<br />
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The doctor then met with us again. He was very somber and let me know that Ewan has a sizable hole between the ventricles of his heart. A Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect. He said if this had been caught when Ewan was a baby, it would have been corrected and that would be the end of the story. Unfortunately it wasn't corrected, and it has had seven years to wreak havoc on his little heart. The left side of the heart is supposed to be the high-pressure side and pushes blood through the whole body. The right side is designed to be the low-pressure and just pushes blood to the lungs. When there's a hole between the two, sometimes the right side of the heart compensates by becoming high-pressure as well. This damages the lungs, and the damage is most likely irreversible. Because Ewan isn't showing signs of being under oxygenated (blue lips and fingers, etc.), the doctor's best guess is that Ewan's right chamber is indeed high-pressure. This causes pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is incurable. It is sometimes treatable. It is also sometimes terminal. To figure out exactly what's going on with his heart, we will need a cath procedure done. They will be able to know what the prognosis and course of treatment is once that's done.<br />
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Life has been a blurry whirlwind since I met with the doctor. I can't even believe this is happening. I have cried off and on for 30+ hours now. I scheduled his cath appointment for August 21st, so at this point all we can do is pray. We will be joining in fasting and prayer for Ewan this Sunday, August 9th, and invite any who are willing and interested to join us. Thank you to all who have already said they would. We are desperate to make sure Ewan has a long, healthy, happy life. He is such a part of us and I just can't imagine our life any way but together.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-74653916560256306462015-07-29T15:40:00.000-07:002015-08-05T15:47:47.860-07:00One Month!<div style="text-align: center;">
We held Ewan in our arms for the first time one month ago today. It's hard to believe, because it feels like just yesterday that we were preparing to go to China. In other ways, it feels like we've had him for years and I can't remember how my heart felt before he was such a big part of it!</div>
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Ewan is doing remarkably well. He is happy, funny, darling, and finds something amazingly fun in every single thing he does. He's just delightful! Mei Mei (our 5 year old) said to me yesterday, "I wish I was Ewan because he's so cute and is always having fun no matter what he's doing!" We have Signing Time DVD's, and we watch them in the car. This has helped our communication more than I can say! Hearing the word "ball" followed by pictures of balls and showing the sign for ball is a brilliant way for a child to learn a different language. And he's learning two at a time: English and ASL! Perfect! When he forgets the English word, he always remembers the sign! It's the best! I filmed this on my phone a few minute ago to show just how perfect he is :) I always forget to turn my phone sideways when I take a video on it. Oops! Sorry!</div>
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We've been having lots of fun this past week! Ever since my mom was a child, her family would take trips to Lake Powell. We've had this annual vacation since I was born, and the tradition is still alive today. It's SO fun, but SO tiring and overstimulating. We didn't think Ewan could handle it this year, plus Quin couldn't take any more time off work. The big kids got to go with my parents, and the three littles stayed home. We promised Mei Mei we'd have a week o' fun since she missed China as well as Lake Powell. Quin and I each got to take her out on our own personal dates, but this weekend we did a lot of family activities. The 24th of July is a holiday in Utah. It's celebrating the Mormon Pioneers making it to the Salt Lake Valley and the eventual founding of the state. We started the day off by going to the parade. Ewan, in true Ewan style, had a blast.</div>
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Waving hello. So fun!</div>
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Once the marching bands started coming down the street, that was the end of it. He could sit in his seat no longer. He <i>had</i> to dance, and dance he did! It was the cutest, most heart warming thing. He'd been home from China exactly two weeks, and here he is dancing in the streets with a large family (as well as all the surrounding parade-watchers) as a captive audience cheering him on. He's just the best.</div>
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This little man had fun at the parade as well. He's doing quite well adjusting to another sibling. He's been happier and more smiley than ever lately. I just love this little snuggle bug! I have an important Milo blog post in the works...soon!</div>
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One of the craziest things Ewan did at the parade was walk up to a man, say hello, then grab his vuvuzela right out of his hand and immediately put it in his mouth. Oh, man. I know we should be embarrassed and this shows an obvious need for parental intervention. He needs to know personal and social boundaries, yada yada yada. Truthfully, though, I just laughed and laughed. Oh, and had Quin buy the guy a new, non-slobered-on vuvuzela.</div>
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He didn't know how to blow it correctly and instead voiced a sort of sick sounding horn noise of his own into the tube. It was loud, though, and quite obnoxious (while simultaneously hilarious). This went on for the entire last half of the parade.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">While I thought it was cute and funny, these ladies most likely did not. He might </span><i style="text-align: center;">look</i><span style="text-align: center;"> like an angel with this horn, but they had to have thought he was the devil. He stood so close to them and blew that thing in their ears relentlessly. We'd get him to back up for a minute, then he'd go right back to their ears. They were good sports about it, luckily!</span></div>
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Milo played with a shoe for most of the parade. Our parenting skills were on fire this day, clearly.</div>
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We came home from the parade and had a mandatory family nap. When we woke up, we headed to the canyon for some campfire fun with Quin's family. Ewan helped roast his first marshmallow and enjoyed the fruits of his labor with his first s'more. He liked it for a few bites, then was disgusted at the sticky mess he'd become and quickly ditched the idea of the gooey goodness.</div>
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There was also this perfect little hiking ledge. He was scared of walking up on the rocks at first, but with his Baba's help went up a few steps. He was SO proud of himself. This pictures makes me chuckle. You'd have thought he'd conquered Mount Everest with the amount of chest beating and praise he required. Ha! I love this kid!</div>
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In the mean time, Grandpa and Milo were having a tickle/laugh fest. Too cute!</div>
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We had such a wonderful holiday! The next day we headed to a local "fun center". They have little rides and games as well as miniature golf and laser tag. Ewan and Mei Mei had lots of fun on the playground and even rode a few rides. Family time is the best, even if we are missing a few kids!</div>
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Mei Mei was invited to a play with her best friend the other day. She was getting fancy and even put some lip gloss and body spray on. Not to be left out, Ewan joined right in the fun. I love these two, sparkly lips and all!</div>
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Ewan has slept on his own in his room for the past four or five nights. He's done pretty well, and it's been SO nice to be able to sleep in my own bed with my own husband!! We have a video monitor so we can run down if he needs us. He's only woken up once in the night, luckily!</div>
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This first month has been a month of adjustments, learning, and growth for all of us. Ewan still has a lot to learn about what family means. He thinks every man who isn't a grandpa or child is Baba (dad) and every gray haired person is Yeah Yeah (grandpa). An older male child is always Geh Geh (older brother), etc. I don't know that he understands that his family consists of the seven of us, or that he only has two sets of grandparents. This seems to be a new concept, and I think time is the only way to resolve it. He's pretty attached to us, but I also don't know that he understands the permanence of us. He's also learning at lighting speed, however, and seems to be adjusting well. We've come up with a sort of modified system of cocooning (cocooning or nesting is an adoption term referring to making your world small and staying close to home while your child is still learning who mom and dad are<span style="font-family: helveticaneueltstd-roman-webfont;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The whole point of it is to bond with your child and have your child bond with you. The most important part is that Mom and Dad fulfill all the child's needs.) We are venturing out more and more, but Mom and Dad are the only ones to take care of Ewan. We feed him his meals, help him get dressed, etc. It's working for now, but obviously we'll tweak it as necessary.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: helveticaneueltstd-roman-webfont;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">When I think back to the boy we met on that June 29th afternoon, I can scarcely believe this is the same boy sitting beside me today. There are a lot of things about adoption that are difficult and exhausting, but there are even more things that are rewarding, wonderful, and beautiful. I am so, so glad we said "yes".</span></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-25398230841578954292015-07-21T23:30:00.000-07:002015-07-21T23:30:04.492-07:00Hooray for the USA!We got our airport pictures back from the photographer, and they bring back a flood of emotions! These candid pictures are definitely not always the most flattering, but they tell a story like no posed picture ever could.<br />
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For a 7 year old who's never really had a family, all of this can be a bit overwhelming. We had to pull out the ol' iPad for a few minutes, but he got used to the attention quickly. Being greeted by so many friends and family was just the best. Plus, balloons! Truly, there's no place like home! Thank you to all who made it to the airport! You made us all feel so loved!!</div>
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We came home to a wonderful dinner with the family. Ewan had an absolute blast playing on the play set with all the cousins. He was laughing and having a great time! I was embarrassed at the weeds growing taller than the fence and the dead grass, but I guess that's what happens when you're out of town for over three weeks! Don't worry, I spent five hours weeding just a few days after we got home, and the yard's looking much more presentable now!</div>
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Coming home is always a whirlwind, as I expressed in my last post. Luckily my body finally adjusted to the time change, and I'm able to sleep through the night. This makes the biggest difference for me! I feel mostly normal again! I am still on the floor in Ewan's room. He was waking at ridiculous hours, so we got a blackout shade and put cardboard over the window well (our neighbors love us), and he's now sleeping in a little!</div>
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Here's a picture of a very happy boy at 5:30 am. His mama wasn't so happy.</div>
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Cute Ewan and Mei Mei in their matching Hong Kong Disney shirts. They are so fun together and have a great time playing...until they don't. Ewan is still learning to share, and Mei Mei is still adjusting to having a big/little brother with strong opinions, much like herself. </div>
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Here we are in one of our rare outings. We went to get a blackout shade. It was the first time we'd really gone to a store, and I honestly felt like I was hauling around a preschool. Look at all those kids! Can they seriously all be mine??</div>
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We got to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house the other day to meet Great Grandpa Jack. Here Grandpa Craig is reading to Ewan.</div>
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I knew Ewan would take to Grandpa Jack immediately, because he has grey hair! Anyone who has grey hair is Yeah Yeah (Grandpa). He spend the whole afternoon playing with Yeah Yeah. Too cute!</div>
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While I was weeding the other day, Ewan played outside for five hours straight. He is way too fun. He jumped and whooped and thoroughly enjoyed every single activity he did. He poured water in the water table from one container to another for a good hour before he decided it would make a fantastic swimming pool.</div>
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Baba and Ewan playing...dressups?</div>
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I know I was extremely worried about how Ewan would adjust and how I would adjust to him, but I have to say it's been way easier than I anticipated! He has thrown himself into life without any reservations. He is so brave and trusting! He honestly and truly has fun no matter what he's doing. His fits have decreased, and he's learning how to be a family member. He has hit Mei Mei and Di Di a few times, but he's quick to say sorry and correct himself. He loves to play and be silly. He loves an adventure. We've kept our world fairly small. We tried to go to church the first Sunday back, and that was a mistake. He did fine until everyone started saying hello to him, and it was just too much. So we went home and had a nap instead, and stayed home this week as well. He already knows his grandparents and is so in love with all of his family! He loves to play ball and he loves fish. He's terrified of our family dog, but he's getting more and more used to her. He tries to be brave, and he even pet her today and fed her a treat! Big progress! The last few days he wakes up around 6:30 and climbs onto the air mattress with me and sleeps until about 8:30. I have never been a big co-sleeper, but I really enjoy those few hours of snuggles! He can't see in the dark, so he feels around my face and kisses my nose. </div>
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I was worried I wouldn't bond well with Ewan, as is often the case with older kiddos. It's easy to see how it would be hard to feel like a 7 year old kid is your own who hasn't been with you for more than a few weeks. I knew this going in, and never worried or forced myself to feel anything. The thing is, though, I DO love him and feel like he's my own! I don't know how or when it happened, because there were definitely those days initially, but we've had him in our arms less than a month and I don't know what we ever did without him! He's my own through and through. I love him to absolute pieces. I love his smile. I love when he cries when he gets the slightest owie because he wants the love and attention. I love how he talks. I love how he sings to "Signing Time" (oh man, I have to record that! It's a hoot!!). I love how he rubs his nose on mine and kisses my face. I love how he says "Wo Ai Ni, Mama!" I love his enthusiasm for life. I love how he loves me to rock him. I love how much he loves his siblings. I love how brilliant he is. I love how we can communicate using very few words. I love how once he finally holds still, he falls asleep almost immediately. I love his smile. I love his spirit.</div>
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To think we might never have had each other makes me weepy. He was in a "good" orphanage, but he has scars that prove it wasn't always happy, and he didn't get to experience much of life. He was loved, but not loved like a child is loved by a parent. To watch him grow and change before our eyes is nothing short of a miracle. He is an absolute gem, and I'm so, so thankful we said yes!!! </div>
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In a nutshell, we're still adjusting, but we're doing well. Quin went back to work Monday, and we're all still alive. There's still work to be done in finding our new normal, but we're on our way!!</div>
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We had a wonderful reception when we landed. I hired a photographer, so I'll post pictures as soon as we get them.<br />
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Life since being home has been a whirlwind. Adding a child through adoption is similar to adding a child through birth. It is a disruption to the flow of the home, and takes some getting used to by every member of the household. Ewan is doing quite well, especially if we stay at home. He gets along with his siblings and is happy most of the day! He requires a lot of supervision and direction, as everything in the house is new to him. He's loving exploring, which can be endearing as well as frustrating. He's terrified of the family dog, so she spends most of the day outside. We're working on modeling how nice she is to the other kids, and hopefully soon he'll overcome his fear. Ewan isn't loving American food much. He has eaten a lot of Ramen Noodles lately. Bleh. We will work on feeding him healthier food he enjoys, but for now we're in survival mode. He doesn't understand much English yet, but we're somehow making the language barrier work most of the time. He is sleeping well, even though he wakes up early. We have an air mattress on his floor, and Quin and I are switching off nights sleeping in his room. The other parent sleeps in our bed and takes care of Milo, who still occasionally wakes in the night. To say we are all exhausted is an understatement. Jet lag is a real thing, and Quin and I are both having a hard time sleeping at night. Two hours of sleep going on several days is starting to take its toll on our patience. With the sleep deprivation, it really does feel like we just had a baby!<br />
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I always have a hard time adjusting initially when we add a child to the family, and this time is no different. I get anxiety when I start to think of the new normal and how it's going to work out. I tend to play out the worst-case-scenario in my mind and struggle with how I'll handle it. I had a panic attack at 4:00 am yesterday worrying I'm not a good enough mom to the five children I've got. They all need so much, and I'm only one person. This has been a fear of mine from the beginning. I feel so inadequate. I have to remember to take it one moment at a time. From moment to moment, we're making it work. It's beyond a blessing that Quin has this week off. He has a 30 day paternity leave and will return to work Monday. Monday morning is going to be a sad time in my life for sure! I don't know how we would survive this week without him!<br />
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I know everything I'm feeling is normal, which helps me keep it together. I know we'll all adjust soon, and I knew going into this that I would feel this way. It's just part of the process. One thing I was worried about is bonding with Ewan, but luckily we love each other! He's such an amazing boy! He even told me "Wo Ai Ni" last night, which means I love you. Way to melt your mama's heart, buddy!<br />
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I keep telling myself to "just keep swimming". I'm confident that my anxiety will ease as the days go by and that our new normal will be found soon. I know that the hardest parts are nearly over, and we are the luckiest family ever to have the five remarkable children we do!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-51800503354336127662015-07-09T05:40:00.003-07:002015-07-09T05:49:56.976-07:00Hong Kong Disney...and a TyphoonYesterday we took a van to Hong Kong. $400 and they didn't even have a seat for all of us. The van was poorly designed and had zero trunk space, so they fold down the whole back row of seats to put in luggage. That left three seats for five of us. They made Quin sit in the front, and luckily Geh Geh wanted to sit on the floor for some reason, so that worked out nicely. It was approximately three hours, and included an emergency pit stop (Geh Geh, of course), an exit of China, and a separate entry into Hong Kong. I got emotional as they stamped Ewan's passport and he officially left mainland China. It's an exciting moment, but also a loss. He's leaving his homeland for good. He might come back to visit, he might not. Either way, he'll never live there again. He's leaving for a better life, but it's still a big loss.<br />
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Ewan didn't love the van, but we survived thanks again to Ni Hao Kai-lan.<br />
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So we have been planning for <i>months </i>and <i>months</i> to go to Hong Kong Disneyland at the end of our adoption trip. If you've been following our blog since we got Milo, you might remember how Quin and I made our way to the <a href="http://amiracleformeg.blogspot.sg/2014/03/hong-kong.html" target="_blank">Disney grounds last trip but didn't go in</a> and have regretted it ever since! It IS a costly excursion, but we felt like that would be a perfect conclusion to our trip! We have looked online at Hong Kong Disney and planned our day months ago. We knew what rides are different than the Disney parks back in the States, and we knew just what we needed to make sure we rode them. Our big kids have been absolute troopers, and we promised them a Disney day as a reward. We even booked a Disney hotel, which we have never done before. We always stay at the cheapest hotels possible when doing Disney, but we thought this would be a wonderful treat for the end of a very long trip. We checked in last night, and we were so excited! They even sold us tickets to Disneyland at the hotel last night. We were ready!<br />
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Disney opened at 10:00 this morning, so we got ready and were there right around 10:00. SO excited!</div>
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CANNOT WAIT!</div>
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Then the unthinkable happens. We wait in line, get our bag checked, and make it to the turnstile. And the attendant says, "All the attractions are closed today because of a potential typhoon." I couldn't even process what she was saying. WHAT!? ALL the rides are closed? ALL day? What about the infamous light parade? And how did we make it to the entrance of the park before hearing about this??? In fact, I've never even heard of this happening before! Yes. All outdoor rides, all day. The parade most likely will be canceled as well. Guys. I felt sick as can be and started crying! I had to choke it down because my heartbroken kids were looking at me for cues on how they should respond, but I'm still now, hours later, absolutely crushed. Here's the next picture we took. We were all forcing smiles. Well, most of us were trying. Geh Geh had given up on the smile. He looks how we all felt.</div>
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I don't even know what to say. We tried our hardest to make the most of the day, and we did have a fun day, but I'm still heartbroken. We got delicious waffles for breakfast and smiled as Ewan chased all the birds around.</div>
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We decided we needed to make the most of the day for Ewan. HE didn't know all the rides were closed. We could still have a fun Disney day for his first experience. There were four rides open that are indoor, so we got a disability pass. One of them is the ride we were most excited to try. It's called Mystic Manor. We got on the ride, and Ewan lost his mind. He was screaming. He was terrified and wouldn't even sit down. Quin rushed him off the ride and out the door, and the rest of us went on the ride. We then swapped after, and even when I got there, Ewan was still scared. He was afraid I was going to take him back to the ride. I sat down on the benches so he knew I wasn't going on the ride, and we had some orange juice and cuddled. He calmed down and was fine the rest of the day, luckily!</div>
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After Mystic Manor, we headed to Toy Story Land. We downloaded this movie to Ewan's iPad before heading to China, and he's watched it several times. He loves it! So as soon as we walked into this land, he was SO, SO excited! It was the cutest thing ever to watch him explore!!</div>
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I couldn't get the shot, but Ewan was waving like crazy to Rex!</div>
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He even found the fence amazing! Haha!</div>
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He just kept saying, "WOW!"</div>
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Everyone gets a "Ni Hao!"</div>
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Checking each other out.</div>
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Dancing to the music!</div>
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Life's a party in Toy Story Land!</div>
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He saw the Slinky Dog ride, which made us all sad we couldn't go on it. Instead of being sad, though, Ewan just decided to act like a dog, complete with barking and all. So cute!</div>
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In love with the giant baby monitor!</div>
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And the giant crayon marking the line :)</div>
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Again, we were all sad to be missing the RC Racers ride, but Ewan cheered us up with his enthusiasm to get to sit in RC!</div>
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I love this cute boy!!</div>
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This guy was so cute with Ewan! </div>
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Jessie! Once he saw her, he had a <i>very </i>hard time waiting in line to meet her! He wanted to hug her right away. So funny!</div>
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She was super cute with him as well! Gotta love Disney!!</div>
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After he'd hugged her and said hello, he wasn't at all interested in the photo. Haha!</div>
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"Ni Hao, Woody!!'</div>
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Ewan had a mini meltdown that he couldn't get on the Dumbo ride. He was really upset! Luckily we found the picture posing one, and he was happy again.</div>
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After this we rode the Winnie the Pooh ride. He was nervous to get on, but also excited. He got a little scared when it got dark, but he was thrilled with himself when the ride was over and he successfully rode it! So we thought we'd press our luck and go on another ride. Small World! Who doesn't love Small World? It was so picturesque with the mountains behind it! In fact, I think the grounds of the Hong Kong Disney resort are well above and beyond those of the resorts in the states! They're GORGEOUS!!</div>
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He was a titch nervous to be getting on a dark ride, but it won him over quickly!!</div>
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Oh, the amazement!! I've never been so thankful Small World is an indoor ride! I'm SO glad he got to go on it! It truly made our whole Disney disastrous day worth it!</div>
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And he was SO proud and excited when we got off the ride! I adore this kid!</div>
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As soon as we got off, he had his arms in the air and was yelling, "WAHOO!!!"</div>
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We went on the last open ride after Small World, which was the Buzz Lightyear Blaster. He loved that ride as well! For a kid who loves shooting guns, it's perfect! So after the Blaster ride, we went to get lunch. We asked the attendant which line was for food, and she told us to get in her line because Buzz was almost there! YES! BUZZ!!!!</div>
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After lunch, we went to the store to buy some presents. We planned to do a few more things, but the park closed because the Typhoon warning was raised to a level 8. It became mass chaos. I had taken Ewan to the bathroom and was separated from the rest of the family. It felt like hours we couldn't find each other. I was terrified! I knew they were in the store, but there were hundreds and hundreds of wall-to-wall people in there. I felt like I was drowning in people. I even started to cry at one point! Luckily Quin and the kids eventually found us, and we headed home. It was only 3:30ish at this point, and we were all again bitterly disappointed. No light parade. We walked back to the hotel and posed for a few pictures.</div>
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Quin went inside to complain that they had sold us park tickets at 8:00 the night before with no mention of a possible storm. They were extremely nice and offered to refund our ticket purchase. So kind of them!</div>
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Here's Ewan modeling his new hat! There is an episode of Ni Hao Kai-lan that talks about a hat. He's obsessed with them because of it and walks around with his hat singing "Mauzi, mauzi, hey, hey, hey!" </div>
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I'm trying to teach him to smile for pictures, so I pointed to my mouth and smiled. I guess he thought I meant that's exactly what I wanted him to do. He's the cutest!</div>
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We went to explore the beautiful grounds!</div>
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Getting lost in the maze.</div>
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Our lovely hotel!</div>
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Made it to the end of the maze!</div>
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This is how Ewan makes his way through the halls of hotels. Full speed ahead!</div>
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Today was not at all how we envisioned, but we still had a good time. I have loved these last 16 days with three of my kids and Quin. We made memories that will last a lifetime! I have to say, though, that I am BEYOND ready to hug my babies that were left home! I miss them fiercely! We leave in the morning for home and will travel nearly 24 hours to get there. USA or bust!!</div>
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Every good day starts with some panda play, especially when you steal Jie Jie and Geh Geh's before they wake up!</div>
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This morning we had our big U.S. Consulate appointment for Ewan's visa. We got stuck in traffic and the stop-and-go was making Ewan SO carsick. It was awful. He was screaming the entire ride, and didn't even stop when we finally arrived. Luckily when we walked into the consulate he finally calmed down. We were a few minutes late (not our fault!) and were the last to check in. There was one bully Chinese kid (not adopted. He was there with Chinese parents) in the play area, and after he pushed Ewan, spit on him, and wouldn't let him in the play house, I <i>may</i> have had some words with him about how we treat others in America. We were technically on American soil, so it was appropriate. Other than that it went well, though. We should get Ewan's visa tomorrow, which means we're clear to go home!!</div>
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After the consulate and lunch, we put Ewan down for a nap and the big kids and I and our friends braved the subway to go to the Toy Market for some gifts. The subway. Oh, the hilarity. Let's just say we're used to our cars, and this whole mass public transit in Chinese can be quite comical to navigate ;) We made it, though, despite me having to beg for help TWICE from less-than-helpful Chinese transit officials for kids who were stuck behind the gate that lets you out. We had a fun, exhausting, sweaty time. That place is insane. It's not just toys, it has all sorts of gifts. It is an amazing place, but 7 stories of crazy mazes. You could look all day for a few days and still not see everything! We were trying to hurry, but I wish I had endless room in my luggage and time to really shop! There are such fun things there!!</div>
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We headed back to our hotel and made quick plans for dinner. We were supposed to meet as a big group of adopting families, but the arrangements never really got finalized. So the two other families we went with last night and ourselves decided to go on the subway for yet another adventure. We bought some coconuts on the way to the subway, because why not add balancing coconuts to the handful we had!?</div>
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We had to switch subway lines and everything, and here we are with four big kids, a single stroller with two newly adopted toddlers stuffed in it, and Quin and I switching off carrying Ewan. We had a bunch of kids with a wide variety of special needs, and we were <i>quite</i> the entourage in this crowded Chinese subway! </div>
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This time it was our own Geh Geh that got stuck behind the gate as we were trying to leave the subway. The coin wouldn't work, and the gate didn't open. The official was much less friendly with Quin and it took a few minutes to convince them to let him out! Geh Geh even had to sign some kind of paper. Craziness!</div>
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You should have seen these buff mamas lifting the stroller on and off the escalators and even up flights of stairs! No obstacle could stop us! Well, until we turned the wrong way off the subway and got lost. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then Geh Geh fell and cut his knee open. Then Ewan fell and cut HIS knee open. Then nobody would give us directions. Then the taxis wouldn't even roll their windows down when they saw how many kids we had with us. Those things DID slow us down. But we couldn't be stopped! We were too hungry! We knew there was a Mexican restaurant in the area, and we were bound and determined to find it! It's a good thing we had a tenacious, genius, 8 year old American student-of-Mandarin with us! He had no hesitation asking anyone and everyone for directions. And he found the restaurant for us! He's our hero!</span></td></tr>
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Chips and salsa and air-conditioning never did a body so good!</div>
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After the kids ate, they played on the indoor playground while the adults chatted and finished our meals. Our kids were being very loud. And maybe we should have cared more, but we didn't. The restaurant was mostly empty by this point, and I don't know why there's an indoor playground if it's not to be played on!</div>
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Here are all our cute kids back at our hotel. We've had a blast together this week! We're going to miss them so much!</div>
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Tomorrow, if all goes well with the visa, we leave Guangzhou. We took the train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong last year, which saves a lot of money, but this year we're taking a van. We can't imagine juggling all the luggage PLUS Ewan this time. Dang it! Oh well. The van is door to door service. It takes you from your hotel to the next hotel. It's the best choice for us right now. Signing off from mainland China! I'm so sad to leave in ways, yet so happy to go home! I cannot WAIT to be with my babies at home!!</div>
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For those locals who would like to greet us at the airport, we arrive at the Salt Lake airport on Friday, July 10th at 4:02 pm on DL Delta flight 395. Yay!!</div>
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Today was quite the day! Quin's watch told him we walked over 5 miles! We started the day at the Safari Park. Holy cow, this place is amazing! It's also so beautiful!</div>
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Here we are on a safari. Ewan loves animals and was SO darling! He waved Ni Hao to every animal and knew all the sounds they make. Smarty pants! He also knew their Chinese names...well, I'm assuming that's what he was saying!</div>
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This safari was unlike the one in San Diego and Disney World in several ways.</div>
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For one thing, there were more animals than either of those parks have. (Both in variety and sheer number of each variety.)</div>
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Here's an employee throwing food to a black bear to make it put on a show.</div>
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All of the animals are wide awake and alert because they keep throwing food to them! Not sure how healthy it is for the animals, but I have to say that as a spectator, it was fabulous!</div>
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Look how many tigers!</div>
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And even several white tigers!</div>
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Ni Hao, rhinos!</div>
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The biggest difference in the parks, however, is that not only are there park-sanctioned safari rides, but you can also just drive your car through!!! And people were getting out of their cars to take pictures, and there were no fences in many places! Craziness!</div>
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^This is by the hippopotamus. You know, the animal that kills more humans per year than any other? Don't worry about it, they were just taking a picture. Yikes!</div>
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Lions! Oodles and oodles of lions!</div>
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Can you see them all in the background? SO many!</div>
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He's impressed!</div>
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The predators did not have fences in front of them, but there was a big, deep mote. The African part of the safari had no fences and the animals were free to roam. Even in the road.</div>
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These giraffes were right in the road and were actually really close to us! Pretty cool!</div>
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After the safari, we saw this "Animal Kindergarten" section. Baby monkeys of all kinds! CUTE!</div>
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We saw this tiger mascot kind of thing, and Ewan was super excited to say Ni Hao. Too cute!</div>
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Next we made the best decision ever and bought him in ice cream cone. This kept him entertained for seriously a good hour!</div>
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These giraffes were so great, and you could buy leaves to feed them! I would have done it, but, um, look at the crowd. No thanks.</div>
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Next was an Australian section. Here was a wallaby.</div>
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And koalas! I have never seen these in person, and they're so dang cute!</div>
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All through the park, Ewan kept pointing to the picture of the pandas. When we finally got to the panda section, he was giddy!</div>
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Large bamboo lined the walk into the pandas. The whole park was beautiful!</div>
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I'm convinced pandas are the cutest animals on earth.</div>
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This boy sure loves his pandas!</div>
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Food-on-a-stick kept these guys on their toes. Literally.</div>
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This guy was hanging out getting a good back scratch.</div>
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Snooze time<span style="text-align: center;">!</span></div>
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Look how many elephants! We got there just in time for a show! They were marching back and forth!</div>
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Ewan's second favorite animal has to be the elephant. His elephant sound is fantastic. We'll have to film it!</div>
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Ewan really wanted a stuffed panda bear, and he was so sweet with it!</div>
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Here he is petting it so softly and lovingly.</div>
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So proud of his new friend!</div>
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The elephants started spraying the crowd, and Jie Jie and Geh Geh wanted in on the action.</div>
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Wet with elephant spray. Gross, but awesome at the same time!</div>
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We had a great time at the safari park! We got home, and I put Ewan down for a nap while the big kids and Quin went back to the Island. This is our friend, Peter. He's the one who owns the shop where we've purchased so much both trips. He's a hoot and we love him!</div>
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This is his sweet wife. They work so hard!</div>
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After naps and the island, we headed to pizza with two other families. One of the families is here for their fourth or fifth time adopting. They know their way around the place and it was SO fun to have them be our tour guide tonight! After pizza they took us down the back alleys home. </div>
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This guy made some noodles to show us how it's done. WOW!!</div>
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Here's a video of it. (I think you can only see the videos I post on a computer, not a mobile device...)</div>
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We then headed across the street to a park. The parks in China are unreal. Ginormous and perfectly manicured. </div>
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This building is on the water. Not sure what it is, but it's so pretty!</div>
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Ewan insisted to be carried. We tried to put him in the stroller with his buddy, but he wasn't interested in that plan apparently!</div>
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Our own Tarzan swinging from the tree. I'm sure this isn't allowed, and Geh Geh was quickly told to knock it off. </div>
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Ewan has to be just like his big brother, though, so here he is doing his own version of swinging on the vines.</div>
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Cutest kid!</div>
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There were a lot of people running in the park for exercise. Every time someone ran past, Ewan would run after them. Luckily our friend's son was able to convince him to turn around and run back to us!</div>
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More forbidden climbing, more copying Geh Geh.</div>
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A view of the lake. So gorgeous!</div>
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My personal favorite section of the park was the badminton courts. They were full to the brim, and if people wanted to play and couldn't get a court, they'd just play in the middle of the path!</div>
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Here is exercise equipment. Again, full!</div>
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Pretty soon we heard music and turned around to see two rows of power walkers with people joining onto the back like a Conga line! I had to laugh and gawk!</div>
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And what would a Chinese park be without ping pong tables...</div>
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...and stray cats?</div>
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We had such a great day! Ewan was such a good boy and really, truly enjoyed himself! He was exhausted by bedtime and fell asleep within two seconds of his head hitting the pillow. Holding his beloved new panda, of course.</div>
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We also rented a stroller from the hotel today to see how Ewan did with it. He LOVED it! Yahoo! This could be a game-changer in a great way for us!</div>
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We then headed for a store we spent much time and money in last year to say hello to the owner. We were good buddies by the time we left. He remembered us, and the shopping commenced! It was fun to have the kids there to pick out their own souvenirs this time! Poor Ewan just doesn't know how to act in stores. He thinks everything is for him to touch and hold and have. I took him from the store after a while because he couldn't stop grabbing things and there are many fragile items. He screamed bloody murder for a few minutes, but we'd purchased him some cute little Chinese stuffed dolls that he began playing with. He was in his own imaginary world with them for a bit. So darling!<br />
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Next we went to Jenny's to pick up some shoes. I just love the shoes in China! Inside Jenny's, though, Ewan was even more of a problem. I had to physically remove him, kicking and screaming, from the store after he'd dropped and broken open some bubbles. Oops. We tag-teamed and did some major power shopping in there for a few minutes. Luckily he was distracted outside as he played with the remaining bubbles we were forced to buy! We knew our shopping excursion on the island was over just like that, though. Such a bummer! Oh well. We went to Lucy's to make up for it. Lucy's has American food as well as Chinese food. Perfect! I enjoyed a quesadilla while Ewan ate some noodles!<br />
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While we were tag-teaming the Jenny's shopping, these two girls sat down by Geh Geh and helped themselves to pictures with him. Hahahaha!<br />
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Ewan was tired and grumpy by this point, though. I wish we could have taken more pictures, but it was time to go back tot he hotel and give Ewan a nap. Luckily he had a nice, long three hour nap!<br />
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Ewan's new eating habits are starting to catch up to him. He definitely has food-related anxiety, which is always to be expected with kids who've been institutionalized. If he sees food, he thinks he needs to eat it. He would eat for hours at breakfast if we let him. He's starting to have an upset stomach a lot of the time and has to go to the bathroom. It's either from overeating or eating different foods than he's used to, or maybe a combination of the two. It seems counterintuitive to let him eat himself sick, because you'd never do that with a child you'd raised from day 1, but food, eating, and bonding all go hand in hand. He needs to know he's in control of his food and that he will always have food available to him when he needs it. This is one of the most fundamental things we can teach him to let him know he's safe. Karyn Purvis is very clear on this subject. If your child, whom you adopted from an institution or circumstances where they didn't have enough food, asks for food, you give it to them. Period. Nothing sends them into fight, flight, or freeze mode faster than denying them food. It doesn't matter if you think they don't need it or that they've had enough. You give it to them. Of course you need to have healthy snacks available and not fill them up with garbage, but this is parenting theory we're using with Ewan (and Milo). It's working great, really! We have to keep all snacks out of site, but he still knows they're there. He is eating a LOT of food at meals, but if we feel like it's getting to be too much, we let him take some in a napkin to-go. As long as he's allowed to bring it with him, he'll happily get up and leave. I'm so glad I feel empowered in this parenting subject with Ewan. It could be overwhelming to know what to do in this situation without the education we have, but I know we're doing the right thing. Ewan feels safe and happy around food, and I know he'll self-regulate soon.<br />
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We went to dinner tonight with friends again. It was a restaurant with a good reputation, but we didn't have very good luck. It was super expensive and not tasty to our Western palates. Luckily our Chinese boys enjoyed it, and the kids are currently eating Easy Mac back in the hotel room. At least we had a fun time together!<br />
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Tomorrow we're going to the Safari Park. I'm excited, but nervous. I hope Ewan has a good time and doesn't get too overstimulated. We shall see!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-73628609266934349982015-07-04T05:38:00.001-07:002015-07-04T05:44:57.661-07:00Medicals and Noodles with Friends<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy 4th of July! The best we could do this year was dress festively. For some reason China doesn't do a big firework display celebrating America's independence. I brought some glow stick balloons, so maybe we'll bust those out as a consolation prize.</div>
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We had three big firsts today. It was the first time Ewan posed for a picture for me, it was the first time I got a kiss from Ewan (a sweet, unprompted one on the cheek), and the first time Ewan took a nap!<br />
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Our day started with a big, yummy buffet breakfast. We then met our guide with one other family from our agency and we headed to our medical appointment. This is required by the U.S. in order for them to issue a visa. It's so fun having another family to go places with! They're adopting two little girls and we're loving the company!<br />
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The medical went just fine. Ewan was in a good mood and was charming all the doctors checking him out with high five's and Ni Hao's. I was nervous when they took him back for the TB test. They wouldn't let us go in, and I was afraid he'd freak out. Luckily he came out with a big smile and was proud to show us his bandaid and owie!<br />
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After the medical we went to a grocery store and picked up some essentials. We then came back to the hotel and had the rest of the day free! Yay! We had lunch, and then I thought I'd try putting Ewan down for a nap. He has so far refused, and it's really catching up to him. He's exhausted. We pretended everyone was taking a nap, and I laid down by him like we do for bed. The real plan was that Quin and the big kids would go swimming while we napped, and Quin made the mistake of coming in for a room key when he already had his swimming suit on. Classic dad kind of error ;) Ewan knew exactly what it was, since they'd gone swimming together the night before. He FREAKED out royally, and I felt really bad about it. They'd already gone, though, so I just tried rocking him for a minute to calm him down, then I was going to take him swimming if he was still sad. Luckily he fell asleep while I rocked him, though! Yay!! I laid down by him and we had a nice little nap!<br />
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A group of Facebook friends were meeting at 4:30 in the hotel playroom to visit. It was so fun to meet them in person!!<br />
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After we played, one friend and I and our families went to the restaurant that is nicknamed the 99 Cent Noodle Shop. It was delicious and so fun to be together! Plus both of our families ate for under $20! So awesome! Ewan was showing us all up with his noodle slurping skills, though!<br />
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Tomorrow we go the Shamian Island with our agency group for some shopping. I'm currently trying not to feel sad about missing our neighborhood 4th of July parade that will be starting in a few hours. Mostly I miss my cute kids that will be in in the parade without us. We're having a good time, though, and will be home kissing the babies we left behind soon!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280667187832537536.post-9078572495563209092015-07-03T06:03:00.001-07:002015-07-03T06:03:49.446-07:00The Walk in the Park That Wasn't...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Yesterday was our first real free day. It was so nice to take our time and relax! Here is Ewan double fisting the Dim Sum. So funny! He takes FOREVER to eat and freaks out if we leave and there's still food on his plate, so we've taken to wrapping his food up in a napkin and letting him bring it with him. Most of the time he takes a few bites and realizes he's full, but it's nice to let him know he's safe and can have all the food he desires.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc81EhXJXqqu6ftutvADjm032kq5N229O_nau5KdVj3opFiROQmJqbhbOVvetaHWDkrAEIt93jdVTrGje8iqDg97jxFmWkBUr07Vno83jTBMozexm7oh40NFCp6qMCSf9__tAvIYhT4GM/s1600/DSC_0557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc81EhXJXqqu6ftutvADjm032kq5N229O_nau5KdVj3opFiROQmJqbhbOVvetaHWDkrAEIt93jdVTrGje8iqDg97jxFmWkBUr07Vno83jTBMozexm7oh40NFCp6qMCSf9__tAvIYhT4GM/s400/DSC_0557.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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After breakfast we headed to Walmart to get Ewan some shoes. He quickly found the guns. From the very start, when he's mad at us he pretends to shoot us. He apparently really loves guns! My question is how an orphan from a country where it's illegal to own a gun knows so much about guns?</div>
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Of course he chose one that's bigger than he is! And of course he lost his ever-loving mind when we told him to put it back. I love fits in Walmart. They're the best.</div>
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All in all it was a successful outing. We got him some cute shoes, socks (since he thinks you can't leave the house without them), and had lunch at Papa John's. Ewan has never had pizza and wasn't so sure about it, as evidenced by the picture below. We convinced him to try it, and he loved it!</div>
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On the walk back to the hotel. He still insists to be carried everywhere, and was having fun holding hands with Geh Geh while he was carried.</div>
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We came back to the hotel and hung out for a while, then our guide wanted to take us to a park. Ewan was so tired. He's refusing to nap and isn't sleeping as long at night as he's used to, so he's always on the verge of a meltdown. The park was the worst place ever to take him. It was a beautiful, fun park, but there was WAY too much stimulation. Everywhere you looked there were things to buy kids, and he wanted to touch them and take them all. There are also several rides, and he wanted to get on them all. Not a good idea for a boy who gets motion sick by just looking at the rides. He threw a fit about every 5 seconds the whole time we were there. It was no good. Truly a walk in the park that was anything but. Here we are by the fake camels. I still have no idea why these were there.</div>
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My turn to carry the disregulated child.</div>
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We found a slide, and he loved it. The problem is he didn't ever want to quit sliding. After a good 20 minutes of letting him slide, it was time to move on. More freak out. It was fun while it lasted, though!</div>
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To distract him from the slide, we let him ride the Angry Birds little kiddie ride. He loved it, but once again freaked out once it ended. Oy.</div>
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We promised the big kids they could choose one ride to go on. They chose the swings. They had the whole ride to themselves. While they rode it, since Ewan was freaking out, I took him to a different area. He had fun chasing the birds and was adorable. Until all the birds flew away. More freak out.</div>
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So we found this area with pigeons you could feed. He was darling! We didn't have food at first, but he was convinced a pigeon would come over to him if he yelled at it long enough. Haha!<br />
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So we bought some bird food.</div>
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But instead of keeping it in his hand, he kept throwing it to the birds. He was yelling, "Food! Food!" at it in Chinese. So cute!</div>
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Well, we ran out of food after a bit and it was time to move on. More freak out. Big time.</div>
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At the tail end of a screaming session, these boys asked to take their picture with us. Ha! It was all fun and games until Ewan PULLED HIS PANTS DOWN AND PEED. Right there in that spot. People seriously gathered around to gawk and pull mean faces at us. I generally love China and I love the Chinese people, but sometimes I don't. They can be so ornery and mean! We had this experience with Milo, too, where they make little "tsk tsk tsk" noises as they pass you and shake their heads in disbelief and disgust. At this point, it was time to go. Here I am pulling his pants back up, and here's the puddle he left. He really did need to go!</div>
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We had already purchased tickets for the big kids to ride a "Splash Mountain" sort of little dragon ride, so here's Ewan freaking out while they rode it.</div>
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This was how our park outing looked. Jealous? The thing is, it was very overstimulating to an already tired boy who's just learning to experience the world. I can't blame him at all, nor should we expect any different. It's important for us to remember he's going through the biggest life change imaginable. He doesn't have control over much, and he doesn't understand why he can't get what he wants all the time. He'll learn, though! It will just take some time.</div>
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Here are the kids enjoying their ride.</div>
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After the ride, as we were leaving the park, Ewan heard music. He went running to it, of course. It was a group of people dance-exercising. He ran over to them and joined in. He was dancing like a champ and they started yelling at him. They were SO mean! He wasn't doing anything wrong and wasn't even in their way. Jerks! So cue the next round of tears. He finally calmed down with Baba. By now he was completely exhausted from all the tears. Once we got back to the hotel, he was his happy, lovely self again. Definitely too much stimulation at the park.</div>
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We packed up last night and got all ready for our trek to Guangzhou today. Here we are in front of the hotel with our sweet guide, Coco.</div>
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She's been there with us through it all and has truly seen Ewan at his lowest points and loves him anyway. Bless her! She's always so calm and patient and explains things to him in Chinese. He loves her and asks her to hold him sometimes. So cute!</div>
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One more picture with our driver. He thinks Ewan is so funny and cute and laughed at him during our hours and hours in the car. When Ewan would start yelling that he wanted to get out, our driver would reassure him in Chinese that we were almost there! He was so patient through all the car sick screaming and always had a smile on his face. I truly love him!</div>
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We made it to Guangzhou, though the plane ride was pretty awful. Ewan was terrified. And I don't think he's ever had a seatbelt of any kind on him. The flight attendant was so mean! She held him down and buckled it up. He screamed bloody murder as we took off, and he was SO scared! It was the saddest thing! His whole body was shaking. Once we were in the air and he could turn on his iPad, he was fine. We took his buckle off and tucked it in the seat so they didn't notice it wasn't on. Haha! They served us a lunch of noodles, and Ewan was in heaven! He slurped them all up and was a happy little flier for a while. When it was time to land, he got scared again and they made him turn the iPad off. I read him a book and made sure it was on his lap so they didn't notice the seatbelt. The book distracted for a little bit, but it was a super bumpy landing. He was scared again. I can't wait for our 23 hours of travel we have coming up next week. Fun times! I wish he could understand better what was going on. I hate how scared it makes him!</div>
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We made it to Guangzhou and got unpacked again. Quin took the kids swimming tonight. Ewan was a hoot. He loved it, but of course threw a fit when it was time to leave, darn it!</div>
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Guangzhou is SO hot and humid! It's crazy! I feel like I can't breathe! I sure love Guangzhou, though! We have our medical appointment in the morning. It's going to be a great week! One week until we're home! I'm determined to enjoy every ounce of being in China we have left, because we'll be home before we know it!</div>
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I forgot to include this picture in yesterday's post. It's on the drive to Datong. Ewan is making himself comfortable ;) What else are siblings good for if not a pillow and foot rest?</div>
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I had to take these next two pictures. It was on our second night. Ewan and I were in our own hotel room, and he was not wanting to fall asleep. We'd already brushed his teeth, but he found this fruit that was left for us by the hotel on the nightstand. He wanted to eat it. At first I said no, but I'm doing my best, per my Karyn Purvis studying, to pick my battles and especially not fight about food. I decided, why not? It's just fruit. He had so much fun eating the fruit. He laid right by me and cuddled while he did it and giggled the whole time. Score one for Purvis!<br />
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The second night was better than the first. It didn't take nearly as long to fall asleep, but he did have a total meltdown after he was done eating the fruit and wanted to leave the room. I wouldn't let him, and he started bawling. He let me cuddle right into him and rub his back. Sweet boy eventually fell asleep. Nighttime is so sad. I'm sure Ewan gets scared, confused, and homesick. It's heartbreaking!</div>
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The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel. Ewan is such a ham. He commands the attention of every room. It's so funny! He was SO excited to have noodles for breakfast, and he let the whole room know! </div>
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We packed up and left the hotel. This hotel, the Hiton, was near ours. It cracked me up. So close to the Hilton, yet so far away...</div>
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The city of Datong is actually quite amazing! It's so pretty! It has this old city wall around it. I think, other than Guangzhou, it's my favorite Chinese city I've seen so far! It also had the first blue skies I've seen since leaving for China!</div>
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The ride home was not much different than the ride there. Jie Jie made a great foot rest!</div>
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Months before we left for China, we knew that if we wanted to travel to Datong to visit the orphanage that we'd probably need to spend the night. With that in mind, we did some research and found these hanging temples near the city. We arranged to go visit them on our way home. They were absolutely AMAZING!! Other than the Great Wall of China, this is my favorite site I've seen here! They were built in the year 491. They are more than 1400 hundred years old! WOW!!</div>
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The drive into the canyon and the surrounding mountains reminded us so much of Utah!</div>
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Except for THIS view! SO awesome!!</div>
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See the temples nestled in the mountain?</div>
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Little man making his way. He's about the size of a typical American three year old. The smallest size clothes I brought are a 4T, and they're a little too big for him. Don't let his size fool you, though, there's a BIG personality hidden inside!</div>
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The lady below posing by the rock behind Ewan is my favorite. She did several different poses while her husband snapped photos. I love her arm dramatically swooped over the rock with her hat in hand. So typical in China, but it never gets old to me!</div>
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And then there's this pose. So glam!! Ewan thinks so, too.</div>
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It's a bit of a hike up to the temple on uneven cobble stone-type pavement. Ewan was having a hard time walking on it. He hasn't loved anyone carrying him places, but he let Quin finally pick him up and carry him. Ever since then, he hardly wants to walk anywhere. Quin and I have become his personal sherpas! I love it, though! You're supposed to let kids adopted from orphanages regress to where they need, and he's loving being carried everywhere, so that's what he gets!</div>
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There's some sort of large tunnel on the way. You can also catch a glimpse of a dam in the distance to the left. This is apparently a flood zone, so the ancient people built a temple on the mountain for protection from the floods. It used to be much higher up, but the flooding over the years has brought the ground level up. Now there's a dam to prevent flooding.</div>
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As we were walking, our guide informed us that this structure made it into Time magazine as one of the 10 most dangerous structures in the world. She was quite proud of this fact. They believe the temple was built miraculously and don't believe it to be dangerous. This FREAKED me out, though!! AAAHH!! We considered backing out, but we'd come so far! We decided to press our luck!</div>
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We started walking up the many stairs to get up there and Quin tried to get Ewan to walk on his own. No way! He like the idea of someone carrying him, so the two of us had to switch off on different flights of stairs until we got there.</div>
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This is the name of the temple written in flowers below.</div>
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This is as we approached the last stairs. It's absolutely breathtaking in person!</div>
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Geh Geh went up the stairs and quickly got yelled at by a bunch of Chinese people that he needed to get down. We thought it was because when he walked upstairs it was creaking and unsafe. It is creaking and unsafe, but we later learned you come down these stairs at the end of the tour. He was going backwards, but you're totally allowed up there.</div>
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Coco and Geh Geh rubbing Buddha's belly for good luck!</div>
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I am so in love with this place! Unfortunately Ewan brought a little basketball (the one he swiped from the orphanage the day before) and couldn't help but throw it. Even on the hanging temple.</div>
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Coco trying her best to explain to Ewan why he couldn't continue to throw his ball into the crowds of people on the unstable structure. Her powers of persuasion failed.</div>
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There's a souvenir shop in the temple. Of course. And, of course, we stopped. And, of course, we bought some stuff.</div>
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Everyone crammed in the bitty little shop.</div>
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So beautiful, satellite dish and all. I don't understand what the purpose of this is?</div>
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Ewan showing off his basketball and new necklace. 24 hours later his new necklace was shattered to pieces as he twirled it around and it flew off his finger and hit the tile in the lobby. It was nice while it lasted, though! So much for good luck!</div>
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Geh Geh and his new necklace and one he bought for a friend.</div>
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And...the boys being boys again. Throwing the ball and chasing it on the hanging temple.</div>
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Isn't this place just incredible!?</div>
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It's absolutely breathtaking! And absolutely freaky! The higher we got in the temple, the more scared I got!</div>
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Look how high up we're getting! Ah! The floors got steeper, more slippery and much more creaky the higher we got! </div>
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One of the many rooms with statues in it. You're not allowed to take pictures of most of them, unfortunately.</div>
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A "bedroom" for travelers in old days.</div>
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Onward and upward we go! Such tiny, narrow staircases!</div>
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Now look how high up! It makes me dizzy, even now! So freaky that we're just literally hanging there!</div>
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A certain free-fall to death if something were to happen to the rickety old structure!</div>
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Another statue room.</div>
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Quin had to carry Ewan the rest of the way. It was way too scary and dangerous. Even with Quin carrying him, Ewan was freaked out! He insisted to be on the inside and wouldn't look down.</div>
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Ewan looking in the Buddha room. Look how scary this is! Just hanging over a cliff! It was also SO magnificent! You need to take your life in your hands every once in a while to live, right?</div>
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A view looking down at how far we'd come.</div>
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Ni Hao! Just on top of one of the world's most dangerous, yet beautiful, structures!</div>
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Heading down a slippery slope. Literally. It was so worn you practically slid down it.</div>
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Notice the writing on the wall? Again, literally. This reminded me so much of the Indian ruins in Moab and Arches!</div>
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Trying to make it down alive.</div>
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So amazing! Even though this place was dangerous and kind of freaky, I'd do it again in a heartbeat! I'm SO glad we went!</div>
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This picture of Quin and Ewan is the same stairway Geh Geh was on at the beginning. It was SO TINY! I don't know how he managed to squeeze them both through that opening!</div>
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A view from beneath. Notice how on parts of it, it's well, just hanging? They were very creaky, and I'm glad I saw this view <i>after</i> we finished!</div>
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More people forcing toys into Ewan's hand. This time we bought it for him. It's already broken. Like the necklace.</div>
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We made it the rest of the way back to Taiyuan. It was a L O N G drive. Ewan did okay, but he just really hates the car. The only thing that would distract him was the iPad. More Ni Hao Kai-lan. He sat in the back and cuddled with me all three hours, so it was worth it! It was so nice to be back in our big apartment-type hotel!</div>
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While he waited for me to get ready for bed, Ewan took the Magformers and made a track for his cars! He's so smart! What a creative idea!</div>
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Bedtime continues to be a challenge. He punched me in the face with a Magformer when I told him it was time for bed. I told him sternly in Chinese "Please don't hit me", and he immediately began to sob inconsolably. He let me cuddle him and pat his back, but he cried for quite a while. I finally picked him up and rocked him, and that did the trick. He stopped crying and calmed down. He laid back down by me and almost immediately fell asleep. It was our best night yet! He stayed asleep from 10:00 pm to 6:40 am! Yay! Hoping to get to bed earlier tonight to give him even more sleep. Poor guy is generally just exhausted.</div>
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This little guy is so much fun! He loves all of us and doesn't let a language barrier stop him from telling us exactly what he needs at all times. He has one of the most expressive faces I've ever seen! He can act things out so perfectly, and I'm also learning to recognize what some of the phrases he says often mean. We're making it work! He's an absolute gem and I'm so thankful he's my son!!</div>
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Immediately after the adoption became official, we headed on a long and treacherous journey to Ewan's hometown, Datong. It is a four hour trip, and Ewan is more prone to motion sickness than anyone I've ever known. He does okay for a few minutes in the car, then starts grabbing his stomach and screaming he wants to get out. We successfully distracted him for about an hour and a half, then we took a pit stop. We got out of the van and went inside the gas station type store and he puked. I did what all responsible parents would do: walked away and pretended I didn't know my kid had just puked on the floor. You do what you have to do to survive, folks! We eventually made it to our hotel, and we had an hour to rest before we left for the SWI. I tried to get Ewan to take a nap, but there was no chance on earth he was going for that.<br />
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We headed to the SWI, and as you can imagine, Ewan was less than thrilled to be getting back in the car. We arrived and at first he was thrilled to jump out, but when he saw where we were, he really started freaking out. He was crying and screaming and yelling that he didn't want to go in. I told the guide to translate for me, and explained to Ewan that we were just visiting to give his friends some presents and say goodbye. We brought a lot of donations with us, so once we showed him all the gifts we had to give out, he was super excited to march in there like he owned the place!<br />
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This is right at the front and is apparently an administrative office building.</div>
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This is a large, gorgeous courtyard with all the buildings surrounding it.</div>
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Ewan leading the way.</div>
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A sweet statue. Well, I thought it was sweet until I noticed the child is completely naked!</div>
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Ewan isn't very good on stairs. I think his eyesight is so poor that he struggles with depth perception. It's much more successful if someone holds his hand while he goes up them.</div>
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Once inside, Ewan right into the first room he saw and immediately began passing out stuffed animals. He was so excited, and so were the kids!</div>
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I wish everyone could have the opportunity to go to an orphanage. There's nothing like it.</div>
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The cute boy holding the fish (below) is one of Ewan's foster brothers!</div>
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Ewan is from a very unique orphanage. It's revolutionary, really. They have a building of apartments on campus where foster parents live. All the kids in the SWI have a foster family. They go home to their family for lunch, dinner, and bed. So amazing that these kids get some semblance of family life!!</div>
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The girl in the white picture (above) is Ewan's foster sister!</div>
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This classroom is Ewan's old classroom. This is his former teacher saying goodbye.</div>
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Look how clean, charming, and bright this classroom is!</div>
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Unlike many orphanages, all the toys in this building get played with. All the kids go to very enriching school and have plenty of play time. They also have several therapy rooms. Music, physical, water, language, and even a sensory therapy room! And they were all in use! AMAZING!!!</div>
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This next classroom is Ewan's current classroom!</div>
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Ewan was SO excited to hand everyone a gift! These kids are so, so amazing. Truly. They are darling and polite and sweet as can be.</div>
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Ewan saying goodbye to his teacher.</div>
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These kids are just so amazing! I wish I could hug every one of them!</div>
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Ewan giving his buddy a farewell hug. I couldn't help my tears from falling. So much loss, yet so much gain. Even though these kids have foster families and wonderful, loving teachers and SWI staff, they are no replacement for permanent families. They just aren't.</div>
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The girl in the back in the red is the cutest thing on the planet. She is in Ewan's birthday pictures and I've yet to see her without the biggest smile on her face! She's SO darling!</div>
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She patiently waited for her turn...</div>
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and couldn't have smiled more if she'd won the lottery!</div>
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On a mission to deliver to the other side of the table.</div>
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Hugs all around! Goodbye forever, sweet school friends!!</div>
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Even the halls are charming with clean walls, murals, and Chinese lanterns.</div>
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The next classroom was for younger children. They were sweet as pie!</div>
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The boy in the green striped shirt is another of Ewan's foster brothers.</div>
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Last hug for his brother. So bittersweet!</div>
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There are several kids with Down syndrome at the SWI. They are all SO darling!!</div>
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We were running out of good loot by this room. They got toothbrushes and stickers. The funny thing is, they were completely stoked about it!</div>
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I love this little one! She's such a doll!</div>
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Ewan's cute foster mom came in to say goodbye.</div>
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He was hesitant to go to her, but we told him he needed to go say goodbye and he ran right over to her. She is such a sweet lady!</div>
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I wish I could understand what she was quietly whispering to him!</div>
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We had a special present for her with a locket and picture of Ewan in it. He also threw in a toothbrush for good measure ;)</div>
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Goodbye, darling little ones!</div>
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They were doing some kind of therapy in the last classroom. I just love these kids so much!</div>
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And I can't speak highly enough of all the staff here. They are the most loving, gentle, sweet ladies! I am so thankful to them all for the love they've give Ewan!! It makes such a difference!</div>
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Gifts all around. Even to the teachers! My favorite part of this activity is how he'd give it to them, then say "Ni Hao" immediately. He was instructing them on how they should act. Haha! Told you he was bossy!</div>
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I mean the ham in the striped shirt!? Come on!</div>
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I happen to know this cutie pie has a mama of his own coming for him! Such a doll! He couldn't quite figure out why I was taking a bunch of pictures of just him.</div>
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The next room Ewan ran in blew my mind. What orphanage has a sand tactile play area!? And it gets used! He knew just what to do in there!</div>
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AMAZING!!</div>
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My mind was officially blown at this point!</div>
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Full on sandpit!</div>
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And they have two shelves of little toys like this so they can swap them out!</div>
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Hydrotherapy room!</div>
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Goodbye, beautiful orphanage! Thank you for taking such amazing care of our son. He has clearly been loved and now has a full, wonderful life ahead of him. No orphanage can take the place of a family, but this one does their best to try. Thank you, Datong! Thank you!</div>
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Here's the courtyard from a different angle. There's a waterfall and a fountain. So lovely!</div>
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This building is where the foster families live. There was laundry hanging up in the living rooms and they look well loved and lived in. Wonderful!</div>
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Our boy's last walk on the grounds of the place he's called home all but 10 months of his life so far.</div>
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He decided to celebrate the occasion by throwing the ball they'd let him take from the sensory room.</div>
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He and Geh Geh had a wonderful, belly laughing time throwing the ball back and forth.</div>
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Sometimes boys just need to run!</div>
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He loves balls! He's going to be a soccer player when we get home!</div>
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This park is on the SWI grounds and the local kids come play with the kids in the orphanage on the weekends! So great!</div>
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I included so many pictures of the brothers running because they were having such a good time! They ran like this for quite a long time!</div>
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Once we finally convinced the boys to leave, we saw all these older people. Ewan ran right over to this lady and gave her a big hug. Apparently there is a home where older people can come to live if they have no children to take care of them. The kids from the SWI visit with them. SO great! Ewan knew this lady from visits and they're apparently good buddies!</div>
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Putting older people who are lonely with children who are lonely is the greatest idea ever! Just when I thought I couldn't be more impressed with the SWI! It's about the <a href="http://amiracleformeg.blogspot.jp/2014/03/its-official.html" target="_blank">complete opposite of Milo's</a>, and I'm SO THANKFUL that my boy wasn't trapped in an awful place for 7 1/2 years! He was loved and well taken care of and waiting patiently for us to find him.</div>
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Here's the front of the home for the older people. Many of them were out enjoying the sun and blue skies!</div>
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The front of the SWI. Ewan was sad to leave. He kept saying he wanted to go play with his friends. Broke my heart!! He'll never see them again.</div>
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As we left the SWI, I asked to go to Datong Park, where Ewan was abandoned at approximately 10 months of age. This was the exact gate where he was found, and here the family that found him stands with him.</div>
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He was lured away from the pinwheel by the sound of music in the distance...</div>
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Right around the corner was music playing on a ride. Ewan immediately began to dance. It was the cutest site ever. </div>
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We aren't the only ones who thought so, either. He had quite a crowd of Chinese people watching him!</div>
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The symbolism of the moment was not lost on us. Here he is, right at his finding spot. The spot where his birth family had to leave him, for whatever reason, dancing. Celebrating life. Showing all who watched him how perfect he is!</div>
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It didn't end at dancing...</div>
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Cue the lip-syncing!</div>
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Look at the crowd watching him!</div>
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It was time to leave eventually, and he was not happy about it. I had to carry him out screaming and crying. We were quite a site. People continued to take pictures and video as I carried him, hitting and kicking me, out of the park. Well, you win some you lose some. I just kept reminding myself that I'd never see these people again.<br />
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On the way to the hotel, we spotted a McDonald's. We weren't going to pass that opportunity up! We walked back. At first Ewan was hesitant to give it a try, but he followed Geh Geh's lead and quickly became a fan of the deep fried goodness.<br />
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He's ready to become an American!</div>
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I don't think he's ever had ice cream, either. He wasn't so sure at first, but he really enjoyed it!</div>
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I will admit that I was quite overwhelmed yesterday. I even broke down in tears at McDonald's. I miss my kids at home so fiercely it makes my stomach hurt, and to think we're only 1/3 of the way through the trip is very discouraging. Luckily I'm feeling better today, and I think we're going to make it. Each day gets better with Ewan. I couldn't imagine taking him to a restaurant the day we got him, and we left McDonald's after eating for quite a while and only two fits later! And he's calmed down quickly as soon as he realizes he's 1) Getting what he wants, or 2) Not getting what he wants, but okay anyway. Progress! The fits all come from lack of communication. He's frustrated and thinks we can't understand him. His needs are getting met and he's happy, though, so I think he's starting to calm down a little bit.</div>
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A lot of people have commented about how he has a lot of energy and we must be exhausted. He's so great, though. Yes, he has a lot of energy, but his energy is all appropriate. He's not running around in restaurants or running around the hotel room all day. He runs and plays like all boys do, but he can also sit still and play for hours at a time. He's truly amazing! He watched the iPad in the car for 4 hours yesterday. We're all a little sick of Ni Hao Kai-lan. And yes, I know that doesn't do much to help his carsickness, but try telling him that! It's the only thing that would distract him from his screaming about his stomach ache. He also loves playing Magformers, coloring, and reading books. He's just so fun! I can't wait for everyone at home to meet him!</div>
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June 29th, 2015. A day to remember forever!! Ewan Tang day! We had a relaxed morning and took our time getting ready before heading to the Civil Affairs Office at 2:00 pm. We had our cameras in our bag, but as soon as we walked in, Ewan was there! He came running down the hall and gave his Jie Jie (big sister) a big hug before I could get my camera out. He quickly ran off and started throwing a big light-up bouncy ball he had. He immediately started playing with Jie Jie and Geh Geh (big brother) like he'd been doing it his whole life.</div>
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They were having a great time, but Ewan started throwing the heavy bouncy ball the other way down the hall. It was hitting people and causing all kinds of problems with other kids having their own traumatic days. Already, five minutes into our meeting, I was nervous about the language barrier.</div>
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I quickly sat down and opened the backpack of tricks we'd brought. I pulled out his cars, and he sat down and forgot about the bouncy ball of terror for a few minutes.</div>
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He came over and gave me a hug. He is so dang sweet and more than happy to play with us all!</div>
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The lady in the green is his orphanage director. She is amazing. She is the one that was doing the QQ calls with us and Ewan. I had no idea she was the director! She is doing revolutionary things as far as orphanages are concerned, and I have the upmost respect for this great lady!!!</div>
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She came over to check on Ewan and made sure he knew she loved his new cars. I love her!</div>
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Here she is asking about Geh Geh. So cute! The girl to the other side of Ewan is our cute guide, Coco. She is the size of my right thigh. She's a teensy, pixie of a woman. So young and so nice! She's absolutely darling!</div>
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We had to go into a different room, so we had to pull out the big guns to get him to follow: Cheez-Its. Serious business. He loved them. He also went around the entire room sharing them. It was hilarious. Awkward and uncomfortable and totally funny. There were a few other kids having a hard adjustment. They were sobbing and everyone was on edge. Ewan didn't mind, though. He walked right over to the crying kids and offered them a snack. Such a love! My own personality is very shy and reserved. Ewan is the complete opposite. He is beaming with joy and wants to share it with the world. He has a lot to teach us all!</div>
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Baba pulled out Ewan's big gift, his new iPad. We figure we've had 7 missed years of Christmas and Birthdays, so we owed it to him. To say he loves it would be an understatement.</div>
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Here's Ewan sharing a Cheez-It directly into the mouth of an unsuspecting new grandma.</div>
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It was time to leave after we'd filled out some paperwork. This was when the trouble started. I think Ewan didn't want to go with us. Completely understandable. We tried several times to get him to follow us on to the elevator, but it was not working. He wasn't interested in going on the elevator. He was interested in walking into every room down the hall he wasn't supposed to. Our guide wasn't being very assertive with him, so Quin finally just picked him up, screaming and all, and headed into the elevator. We got him calmed down and had to walk down the street to a photography studio for a picture of Quin and I with Ewan. He waved to every single person we passed, including people in cars, and yelled, "Ni Hao!!" His radiant spirit just spreads and makes everyone he comes in contact with happy. He got more smiles in the five minute walk than I've seen all five days I've been in China! Getting pictures was a challenge, but we did it. We had to wait while for them to be printed, and I pulled out a book from his backpack. We sat down on the dirty floor and read it. It has little flaps with animals hiding behind the flaps, so we had a great time making the animal noises. He thought that was funny. He's such a charmer! And so smart! He was mimicking the sounds after he'd only heard them once!<br />
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We got our pictures and it was finally time to head back to the hotel. More trouble. Apparently Ewan gets extreme motion sickness and got really sick on the four hour drive he'd had from the orphanage. He DID NOT want to get in the car. We carried him there and he sat by me. I had success diverting his attention for a few minutes, then he started wailing. His stomach hurt and he was clutching it in pain. He slithered onto the floor and sat there bawling. I got on the floor with him and rubbed his back. He eventually stopped crying and laid his head in my lap. I feel so bad he was sick!<br />
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We made it to the hotel, finally, and the real fun began! He got right into all the toys and played with his Magformers for a really long time. He's super creative and made some great creations!<br />
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His cute foster mom sent the stuff we'd mailed him in the package back with him, and this is him pointing to Baba in the picture and Baba in real life! So fun!</div>
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Balloon time! We'd yell 1, 2, 3! and throw the balloon up. He learned quickly and would yell, "THREE" and throw it up in the air. So cute! He was partial to the red balloon and wanted nothing to do with the others.</div>
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He had taken his shoes off and was in his socks. Unfortunately the floor is slippery and he took a spill. Poor guy! Luckily he let me comfort him and was back to playing in no time!</div>
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I had to convince him to take his socks off. It makes for much better balloon chasing on a slippery floor!</div>
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Baba built a tower, and Ewan was super impressed. He came over and clapped! So funny!</div>
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I had to include this picture, because it shows so much of Ewan's personality. He has his Geh Geh's shoes on, clutching his red balloon, and turning a lamp on and off. He's full of mischief and fun!</div>
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Joining Baba for a little rest.</div>
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It wasn't long before the tickle monster made an appearance!</div>
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Time for some iPad and cuddling. It only took about 30 seconds to realize how bad Ewan's eyesight it. He has to hold the iPad right up to his face and squints so hard it looks like his eyes are closed. I'd bet money that this boy will soon be sporting some awesome eyewear!</div>
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We didn't want to go far for dinner since we didn't know if he'd even follow us, but room service was absolutely ridiculously expensive. We decided to revisit the executive lounge from the night before. The one we left because they had no western food. We knew they had food Ewan would like, though, and that's what mattered. Luckily they had some noodles, which we all ate. He was such a character during dinner! He took FOREVER to eat, and thoroughly, slurpingly, enjoyed every bite.</div>
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A few minutes more iPad time before bed.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Bed time was a disaster. He got all ready and even knew how to brush his teeth. He had zero interest in sleeping in his own bed, so he climbed in with Quin and I. Then he insisted the red balloon come, too. Pretty soon we heard, "THREE!" and he'd throw his balloon. I was laughing at first, but he couldn't see a darn thing. The balloon got lost every time and he'd have to climb off the bed, turn the light on, find the balloon, then get back into bed. It was disastrous. It took about three hours for him to finally fall asleep. He slept in every direction imaginable. I don't know if he has sleep apnea or what's going on, but there's no way he's getting quality sleep with the amount he was moving around. Looks like a sleep study is in our near future.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We had a great first day with Ewan. There were a few times he was scared and got teary, but he mostly took to us right away! He is amazing. Quin and I are a bit overwhelmed with all of it. He's very strong willed and wants his way every minute of the day. It's SO hard to deal with when he can't understand what we're saying! We're taking it moment by moment, though. I just keep reminding myself that it will get better soon, and I know it will. He is the most darling, charming little soul and most of our moments with him are fun and happy. We love him to pieces already and can't wait to get to know him better!!</span></div>
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