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From cjones823KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-6401146258578300732009-12-16T09:37:00.004-06:002009-12-16T09:54:36.987-06:00Dogs, daughters and asanasWell, it's been quite some time since I posted. Motherhood of two has kept me on my toes for sure. Both girls are doing great and enjoying the snow (lots of it to enjoy). They are also enjoying our new puppy Bella - a 2nd generation golden doodle and she is quite the cutie. We went to Great Harvest last Saturday for wheat rolls and came home with a new puppy from the pet place across the street. KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-62241285781213406012008-02-16T19:21:00.014-06:002008-12-09T00:10:29.309-06:00Hong KongIt's been way, way too long since I've posted but I wanted to finish the journey so that when I transfer this all to DVD for the girls memory books, it is complete.Hong Kong was absolutely wonderful - something about that place that really struck a chord in me and I can't quite explain it. We stayed at the Empire hotel at 62 Kimberly Road, Tsimshatsui Kowloon - just literally 10 minutes by cab KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-44405417339131436752007-12-18T07:31:00.001-06:002007-12-18T08:31:55.172-06:00gotcha day videosHere are some videos taken gotcha day - not the actual "gotcha" (as our group hired some people to do that) but that day and after. They appear black but click twice on the play button and they should start.One hour after gotcha at the hotelA little later at the hotelin Guangzhou at the VictoryKAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-49995853216327524342007-12-12T07:50:00.002-06:002008-12-09T00:10:29.521-06:00guangzhou - last night - proper farewell Notice the little one snoring away on the far left? Guess who? :-) I am adding to my last post because I don't feel likeI've given a proper farewell.I wanted to give a proper farewell to all of my travelcompanions as I feel like they have all been such abig part of this whole experience and I will miss themall so much. It is almost like having someone in thedelivery room with you - KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-1626284537267148312007-12-12T06:55:00.001-06:002007-12-12T06:55:10.541-06:00guangzhou - last nightIt is Wednesday night - our last night in Guangzhou. It is very bittersweet. The swearing in ceremony atthe US consulate was today - it brought tears to myeyes again - not sure why as the whole thing is a"raise your hand, swear that everything you said andwrote is true and then we are officially a family"kind of thing. It is such a simple, quick littlething after all of this long hardKAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-43651536359916070772007-12-10T12:43:00.000-06:002007-12-10T12:44:02.627-06:00Gunagzhou - TuesdayIt has been a pretty easy few days in Guangzhou. Alot has changed since 2002 but this is still myfavorite little area here on Shaiman Island. Thingsdo seem more expensive than I remember but I wouldimagine that it is due to their ever progressingeconomy.Monday we visited the 6 Banyan Buddhist temple and wewere able to get blessings for the girls from theBuddhist monk. It touched my soul.It wasKAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-51983248744242835472007-12-09T08:35:00.001-06:002007-12-09T08:35:01.875-06:00Sunday - GuangzhouFunny enough I have absolutely no idea what the dateis today - I had to really think about it to figureout it is Sunday. What a whirlwind. On my last postI had mentioned that we were going to take the LiRiver cruise from Guilin part of the way to Yangshoubut that our guide had been notified by governmentofficials that our group was some sort of specialgroup because, as it turns out we are teh KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-52379379804394029672007-12-07T07:57:00.001-06:002008-12-09T00:10:31.623-06:00Guilin - last day - PICTURES ADDED Our wonderful guides! elephant hill park street fruit vendor Chloe and new friend Bao-bao Water color artist in gallery 7 Star Park guilin Monsters Inc in 7 Star park - guilin 7 Star Park in Guilin 7 star park Elephant Hill (?) parkBright and early tomorrow we are heading for Yuangshouvia the Li River Cruise. The water is very low rightnow so I guess we cruise only for about 2 hours andthen get KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-2774836380749631222007-12-06T11:28:00.000-06:002008-12-09T00:10:31.896-06:00Pictures!KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-38624988002702233452007-12-05T06:30:00.001-06:002007-12-05T06:30:31.613-06:00Nanning 12/5/07 8:05 pmBusy day today. We had paperwork for about 1.5 hoursthis morning - completing what we could and confirmingthe US side of the paperwork in prep of guangzhou. Then lunch. Gige went down for a nap and Chloe and Iwalked around the neighborhood - get a lot of staresin this town - our guide told us we would because itis not a tourist town and caucasians aren't usuallyroaming around the streets,KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-78858884340683585932007-12-04T00:30:00.001-06:002008-12-09T00:10:32.698-06:00Nanning 12/4/07 2:00 pm local time - PICTURES ADDEDGOTCHA!Sorry everyone - I had typed an email last night thatliterally took me an hour and the computer juststopped - I lost everything - this was about 10:30 pmand right after Gige woke up. They just now fixed thething so I am able to update.Yesterday was gotcha day and what a great day! Irecognized gige immediately as she hasn't changed atall since her referral pictures. They had her dressedin aKAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-28987398579526179542007-12-02T15:21:00.001-06:002008-12-09T00:10:33.491-06:00nanning day 2 - PICTURES ADDEDdowntown nanningDowntown NanningChloe in our hotel lobby (the Majestic)Chloe and new friend SarahNanning grocery storeNi Hao:It is 4:30 am on 12/3 in Nanning;I can not believe Iactually slept until 4:30 (2:30am wakeup yesterday) soit does appear that the Jet Lag is slowly resolvingitself. 5 of us families got in last night around4:30pm and were greeted at the airport by XiXi(she-she)-and her KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-12886970899375144312007-12-01T05:17:00.001-06:002008-12-09T00:10:34.762-06:00Beijing Day 2 - PICTURES ADDEDUpdating on 12/20 to add some picturesNi Hao. Hope all are well. This is day 2 in Beijing - just aswonderful as day 1! One more family joined us atdinner last night as they had been delayed by a nightin Tokyo - so we are 5 families strong now with Ithink 3 more to be added in Nanning tomorrow. We areleaving for the airport at 10:30 am and I believe ourflight leaves at 1:00 pm. When we get to KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-55319832878582581962007-11-30T09:22:00.000-06:002007-11-30T09:24:37.251-06:00Hello - No WorriesHi Guys:Sorry I haven't updated before now -we were either way too busy or way too tired! So thought I should send a quick note instead to let all know that we made it here - yesterday actually. We are all very, very tired. We were all up by 3am this morning - neither mom or I slept on the plane (Chlo slept about 2 hours on the plane) - so we've all been going on adrenaline today.We did KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-66642635419685145212007-11-26T13:01:00.001-06:002008-12-09T00:10:35.245-06:00out the door, wondering, bday picsWell, we have one foot out the door so to speak. All bags are packed and weighed except one that is missing only the cosmetics. Even though I have weighed the bags and each weigh in at 44.2 or lower, I really have no idea of actual weight since everytime I put them on the scale, the weight kept going up (and nothing was changing) so I guess we will need to wait until we get to the airport to findKAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-10516650613076102592007-11-07T21:14:00.000-06:002007-11-09T08:32:08.294-06:00Booking - updated with picture linksUpdate: I am adding a few links that one of my travel mates was kind enough to forward to me (Thanks May!). Check out these pictures - they are all breathtakingly beautiful. I believe that all pics were taken in Guangxi province (where we will be spending about 7 days) and in the cities of Guilin and Yangshuo. We will be traveling to Guilin and then taking the Li River Cruise which stops in KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-57434756972963397902007-11-05T12:32:00.000-06:002008-12-09T00:10:36.068-06:00TA, Space Bags, P-matesThe official TA was received today. These official Chinese documents are so cool to me. They are almost beautiful with all of the characters and the red stamps and such.We do not yet have confirmation on the U.S. Consulate appointment. The agency requests 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice dates (in our case 12/11, 12/12, 12/13) and the U.S.C. decides which date works best for them. Once that is confirmed,KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-66226131149735497562007-10-29T20:46:00.001-05:002007-10-30T15:08:12.422-05:00Hannah Montana, Boys, age disparityUpdate: This just in: TAs are on their way - according to my agency we should see these tomorrow. That is great news - now we just need the confirmation of CA and we can start making travel plans. I am hoping since we received TA so quickly that we will actually be able to travel the week of 11/25 - fingers crossed anyway.Well I was hoping I would have some pics to post of the HM concert but I KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-51270042101806008712007-10-12T08:23:00.001-05:002008-12-09T00:10:36.826-06:00city/province picsAll of the acceptances from our group of 8 families were sent back to the CCAA yesterday! Now we wait for the CCAA to send back Travel Approval (TA) - it could take up to 4 weeks for this. Once TA is received, our agency makes an appointment with the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou for the final bit of governmental documentation that needs to be done when we are in country. This consulate Appt (CA), KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-63782116050675840622007-10-02T17:02:00.000-05:002008-12-09T00:10:37.333-06:00New Intro(finally), My girl can scream!Introducing:Jin Yu Ni Aka: Gianna Yu NIAka: Gia, Gi-Gi, Gige (thanks Vick for the last one!)Born 10/10/06 - Residing in Guangxi Province (directly West of Guangdong -where Chloe is from).Are those cheeks squeezable or what?Hoping to travel in mid-november.Scroll all the way down to see Chloe's reaction (Ahem, I think big sister will be teaching little sister how to scream, ya think?)Cheers10/09/KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-35481471590375178952007-09-27T13:09:00.000-05:002007-09-27T13:10:59.174-05:00Update is no updatesBelieve it or not there are very few referral rumors floating around as of today. One rumor is that the CCAA is working over the weekend in order to get a batch out before their national holiday next week. Another rumor is that the batch will be mailed at some point over the weekend. No rumors at all on how many lids/how far they will get with this batch. Reminder: the cut off for the last KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-26899733310734051992007-09-24T00:22:00.001-05:002007-09-24T00:22:04.462-05:00Chloe ballerinaI thought I would give this video uploading a try and as it turns out it is not as easy as I thought it might be so am not at all sure at this point if I will be able to do this while on the road. Of course, Chloe was more than happy to oblige her moms technical endeavors as a guinea pig as she was already dressed in her princess dress and was dancing around mimicking Barbies Princess and the KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-25970790503484918052007-09-18T08:59:00.000-05:002008-12-09T00:10:37.923-06:00new photosI thought I would practice uploading some more pics before I actually get to China as I suspect there will be a learning curve here. Good news though - I heard from a buddy that I traveled with last time that the Victory suites do have computers in each room - a definite plus over using at the business center, paying, waiting, etc. My blog service has just notified me that they now allow videos KAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20618585.post-37569345684004542822007-09-10T09:46:00.000-05:002007-09-10T10:51:14.937-05:00A Pocket Full of KissesEven though I've been (slightly) preparing Chloe for her babysis for quite some time now (though I did back off a bit when I realized how long the wait was getting), since we are now so close to referral, I thought I had better hit it hard as far as prep goes - so off to the bookstore!A few books were recommended to me from the famous RQ (rumor queen) so I snagged those right away - A Pocket FullKAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05136288503231734523noreply@blogger.com0