Leaving China

One last dinner in Guangzhou

Lily and mom

Silly girls!

Garden Hotel by night

Reporting to the lobby at 6:45 am.

Time for the long trip home!

Sunrise on the way to the airport. Nice.

Prisma portraits at the airport.

Diet Coke for mom

Our plane to Beijing leaves soon.

We are on our way!

At the next airport, we have fun with stickers!

Lily can use her leg to get her hand closer to her mouth. Resourceful.

Airport selfies with dad.

Enjoying the flight.

Thirty hours later we are home!

Hooray!

Excellent.

Home.

East Meets West

Lily likes sitting in her stroller in the room sometimes.

She also likes laughing and smiling (when no one is around except mom and dad).

Today she had a ham sandwich for lunch (her first taste of Virginia). She liked it.

Then it was time to act silly and play with some toys!

She liked her new hairdo.

She also tried on Susan's shoes.

Good luck filling those shoes, kid!

No one can.

We will be home in 4 days, depending on your view of time...

Incorporation (One Body)

And so begins the incorporation of another of God's children into a new life.

A life filled with love from an American family filled with children from three countries.

Kazakhstan

China

USA

Jackson delights in so many toys!

We are grateful for the support of family and friends, including the wonderful Neals from Nixa.

Jackson learns songs, numbers, and letters.

Noah works on an art project for school.

Fun on the computer for Samuel and Annabelle

Jacob creates a new world of blocks with MineCraft.

Jackson loves his new momma.

Lucy and Noah bat the ball back and forth. Lucy uses only her phone.

#doesthatvoidmywarranty?

Noah's fancy new Nike glasses

"Just Wear Them."

Relaxing Time!

Sophie (always posing for the camera; love it!)

Noah can pose, too.

Uh, ...okay.

Samuel, boy of 1,000 faces

Brothers before bedtime