We're finally home! It's soooooooooooooooooooo good to be home!

The journey home was loooooong but we made it. Julianne was once again a trooper! We had to wake her up way early to get to the airport... she didn't fuss on the take off (actually slept through it after her bottle). Julianne slept for 8 out of the 15 hours on the flight. Dad had a really bad cough so they slept together. When she was awake, I ended up playing with her so Kit can continue to sleep. During the layover in Newark, our flight was delayed by 2+ hours so it ended up being a 9+ hour layover! She slept for about 4 hours and honestly, I have no idea how we made it through the 9+ hours. We made it home FINALLY 1am Monday morning!

Day 20 was an extremely busy day. Friends and family are all egar to have breakfast, lunch or dinner with Julianne before we leave for USA... I think we had 5 meals today so that we can accomodate everyone.

Julianne, Kit & I had a blast today though. We were able to see our closest family and friends before we go. Tommorrow, we leave for the airport bright and early to catch a 10am flight. We should arrive in Manchester around 10PM Sunday night - yes a 24 hour trip. Let's pray that Julianne does as well as she has in the past 20 days!!!!!

Here's a slide show one last time from HK.

We're almost there! 2 more days before we COME HOME! Yeah!!!!!

Today, Mommy and Daddy went shopping with out me so I didn't have to smile for the camera as much! (Oh, thank goodness! - that flash just gets to me sometimes!) I spent about 3 hours at Grand-Auntie's house and she let me be a little terrior! Yup, I had a blast!

Look what I can do - I can stick out my tongue. Mommy says that I am a smart cookie and learned how to do this on my own!
I love to play with Grand-Auntie. I love to see her every day when Mommy and Daddy bring me to Dim Sum.
This is one of my Auntie. She lets me do what I want! I love that!
Looke at my very long lashes - aren't they beautiful
There's the tongue again! I'm getting really good at it and making a rain forest when I blow out!

Hello everyone!

Julianne is adjusting extremly well and has been a real trooper with all the changes that she's been through - new people, new places, traveling on planes, trains, automobiles, buses, taxis, mini buses in HK, walking etc.

She's so adorable and gives us her signature smile every day! She has her moments too - like when she doesn't like to be put into her crib and wants to play. She loves to play! She had her first fall today and cried when she hit her head on the ground (she was sitting on the ground so she didn't have far to fall). She only cried because Kit jumped immediately to pick her up (yes, she has us wrapped around her tiny little fingers!)

I went photo happy today - enjoy!

KJJ

This is her signature smile!

Well, today I was a slacker on the picture front. The fam slept in late this AM - Julianne got up as usual at 7am for her bottle but she decided to let mom and dad sleep in so went back to sleep until 9ish.

Today was mega hot and I tried taking pictures of the daddy/daughter alikes - they both sweat like crazy! (first few pictures)

Tonight again we had dinner with a few of Kit's friend. Unfortuately, I was only able to take picture of one of them!

I will try to take more pictures tomorrow. I've also been unsucessful with uploading more videos so if I can do it, I'll upload some older videos of Julianne for your viewing pleasure!

Good night from HK!

KJJ

Day 14 was family day with Kit's Auntie and Uncle and cousins.
Enjoy!

Day 13 was very very hectic. We had dim-sum with Kit's Auntie and Uncle in the AM. Aftewards we went to a temple in HK to scope the place out for Kit's ancestors. After a short nap back in the room, Julianne & I spend about 7 hours with Kit's friends at dinner. They rented a room within a restaurant and spent hours laughing, screaming, and talking about the good ole days! We didn't get back to the room until after midnight! Julianne took 3 naps and fell asleep right away!

Julianne got sick yesterday - probably from a combination of many things:
- change of formula (yes she was on suspecious forumla so we stopped her cold turkey)
- 1st time in AC (prob didn't have any of that in orphange)
- lots of hussle since we've been in HK

She has the sniffles and has been coughing. No fever - thank goodness!

Here are some pictures:

I just realized that I didn't put up pictures yesterday.... sorry family & friends!

Julianne took the train, light rail, mini bus, and double decker bus for the first time in the last couple of days. She's such a trooper!

Day 2 in HK - just as hectic. Kit has so many things to do and so many people to see. I'm told that after Monday, it will be less frantic and I'll be able to get some shopping in! Can't wait!

See you all soon!

Jen, Kit, Julianne

We finally made it to HK around 9:30pm and then took a short taxi ride to Kit's Auntie's house for late dinner. Julianne ate a whole bowl of congee! I cannot believe her tummy has all that room for it! Way to go girl!

Love,
Kit, Jen, Julianne

tomorrow is a big day for us............we swear in at the Ameican Consulate & get our baby's VISA. Yeah! Then it's a travel day to Hong Kong. So I cannot guarentee that there will be a post or pictures (just a warning so I don't get the call for pictures tomorrow ) :-)

Today we met on the second floor for the famous Red Couch Photo opp! I jsut went snap happy with the camera today - enjoy!

I don't really have many pictures yet but thought I put this one up... we have a king size bed in the room and she makes sures that she covers every inch of space on the bed..... good thing that cribs have railings or else..... :)

These pics are for the Nelson family:

I posted a photo a couple days ago and here's the video of her doing her thing. It's always in the high chair.... hopefully she'll be able to do the same when she uses the high chair at home! Hee Hee Hee

We went to get our visa photos and physical exam today at the American Consulate. Julianne was not a happy camper with the doctors in the white robes...she started crying immediately We got the clean bill of health! Yeah! One step closer.

Here are her measurements:

Weight: 7.0 kg (15.4 lbs)
Height: 68 cm
Head: 42 cm


We're back in the room and Daddy is sleeping with Julianne while I try to upload some pictures and start packing AGAIN!

Enjoy pictures for now. I think we're going swimming later so we'll have some more pics and probably another video to come! Stay tuned.

--- a BIG HI to Pearl's family in New Hamsphire --- (I'll do my best to post some photos of the family for you! :-))

Julianne learned how to wave Bye Bye. We taught her how to do that the other day and she used it last night with Jacky's Aunties and Uncles. She's so smart!

Today was another hectic day as well. We went to the local temple of 2000+ years to have all the babies blessed by the monk inside the temple. But because today was the 15th of the month and Chinese Holiday (Moon Festival), there were a gozillion people at the temple - and everywhere else we went for that matter. As you can tell by the pictures, it was a crazy busy day in Guangzhou.

There are alot of picutres today because I've decided not to edit them and only show Julianne pictures. There are some pictures of the temple and pictures of the other children we are traveling with. There are some pictures with Jacky's and Joanne's aunts and uncles as well! Julianne was the star of the show, of course. She kept them all entertained!

Enjoy the pictures!

Tummy time!

This was our first day in Guangzhou and it was a LONG day! We got up around 7am (which is our usual wake up time with Julianne as our alarm clock). Finished breakfast around 8:30am and headed out for our LONG journey to Shenzhen to visit Kit's 80 year old aunt. We had to take the hotel shuttle to the train station (30 min ride); then 1 hour train ride from GZ to Shenzhen; then 1.5 hour taxi ride from train station to his aunt's place! The whole time, the taxi driver was complaining about how far he had to drive to bring us there and to return to the city with an empty cab - I feared for life! That was just the beginning - on hour way home, Kit's cousin told us it would be so much faster to take the bus from their rural town back to Guangzhou. Again, I fear for our lives. The bus driver was driving like a maniac; I almost got sick from it! The girl next to us did get sick and they actually have vomit bags hanging from the top rack of the bus! (Scary). Once we got off, we had to wait 30 minutes for a taxi to make it back to the White Swan. Just riding on train and car was about 6 hours today. Julianne is such a trooper. She only got figity a few times, and sleep most of the way there and most of the way back.

This is not of Julianne crying - she's barely done that - but of her taking care of her business. There's no mistaking when she does - and it happens in her high chair of all places. As soon as we sit down for dinner, she will put her feet up and take care of business.... It's the funniest thing!

I'm not sure if this is going to work but I took this video today and thought I would put it up for you to hear and see Mun Mun play!

Today we went to a temple local to Nanchang - built from the Ming dynasty. It was a nice day and it was nice to be tourists for the day. It was hot and tiring but was only a 1/2 day event so it was nice.

She's definitely a handful but we're so blessed to have her!

XOXOX from Nanchang

So it's now 8:52pm and she's sound asleep for the night. The afternoon was fun for Ms. Mun-Mun (we're trying to stick to calling her by her Chinese name for now) - there's a Children's Fun Land so we got to go and hang out there for a while. Tomorrow we're having play dates with the other girls and Kai (18 month old adopted boy from our group) after our trip to the temple so that all the babies can be blessed.

Here are some pictures from this afternoon and evening.

Enjoy!

Today was a mellow day. We had the opportunity to go to the orphanage (3 hour drive there and back) but we decided that it was not a good idea for the family to go. So we stayed behind to spend some quality time with Julianne.

She did great last night. She slept from 9pm and woke up once at 4am to take a bottle. Went back to sleep until about 7am. We did not hear a peep from her when she woke up... only when daddy got up to go to the bathroom did he see that she was awake and playing with the toys in her crib!

That's my sweetie!


It's 3:15pm and Julianne is napping. She just loves to play and will not sleep today! She finally feel asleep in daddy's arm and I am able to break away to write a few words and upload a few pictures for you early risers - I want to make sure that there's fresh stuff every day for you guys :)

She's such an angel when she's sleeping!


Can't wait to see everyone!
Jen, Kit, Julianne

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Good Morning from Hong Kong! It's 6:50 A.M.

Kit and I made it into HK last night around 6:37 P.M. (which was Saturday morning your you guys in the US). We had a very busy night last night.... after we got our 4 gigantic pieces of luggage, we checked into the hotel (which they upgraded us because, I think, they saw how many pieces of suitcase we had! :)), then we went to Sum Gang to get BBQ Goose (very famous place for goose), and finally we went to visit Kit's Auntie. By the time we made it back to our hotel room it was around midnight.

You would think after a 15 hour flight and 20+ hours of travel, Kit and I would have a great night sleep....and to make sure we get some sleep before we pick up Julianne.... WRONG! The both of us couldn't sleep last night - I think it's a combo of jet lag and excitement...............13 hours to Julianne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More posts and pictures to come....

Jen & Kit