Week one and Day one

Week One...July 19
Well We have been home a week.

It's been a good week for the most part.

Our adjusting is going well.

I will be honest - that part has been easy so far.

I say so far....

Being sick and Jet lag was/is the toughest.

My mom and sis came to pick us up at the airport

and help for a few days

and meet Hana

They got us grocery

enough for a month

tided house up

it was a big help

It was our 16 year anniversary on the 20th
We celebrated with Hana and my mom and sister
Went for a walk ate prime rib
pushed through the day to stay awake
It was a good day.

People have been visiting - that has been great

Dropping of meals and gifts for Hana

It has been a blessing for us.

Sometimes it has felt too busy for Hana and I

so I cut back

We need time to be just us too...the 3 of us.

Hana loves people but I can see when it's too much

for her too

It's been a week of figuring out how to do life now at home

A week of...

buying baby food
figuring out strollers
Highchairs
Car seats
(ya no car seats in China)
going for walks

Getting a haircut

Buying long sleeve shirts for Hana

(it's a tad colder here than China)

Catching up on emails

Bills

A Week of ...

Talking With friends ~ I missed that daily connection of what is happening

in the lives of the people I care about

Missed that connectional part of who I am in China.

A week of ...

Attaching...with my daughter...
well  3 weeks actually...

not sure what is right or wrong - can only go on what I am reading

and observing
We met 17 wonderful couples who have adopted many times
before and their advice and friendship has been amazing
helping us to understand

Hana and I are spending every minute together -

I am figuring we are bonding...

She loves to be held and has now figured out 

it's better to play with mommy than play alone... 

A week of...

Trying to get her to sleep before 10

She has developed this new habit now of staying up with us and

not wanting to leave us and trying her hardest not to sleep

that's not a bad thing but for some reason I think she should go to bed earlier

then again - why - she sleeps right through till 8

why change a good thing

So we go to bed a bit earlier with her and watch some TV and she falls asleep with us

It's what we did in China - So I guess it's a good thing. Something familiar to her.

So...The week has been good...Good to be  home with our daughter...Week one...
Day one...July 5
4:00 am...The morning is beautiful
we pack up the car and go...to the airport
friends pick us up and take us
I am actually awake and ready to go.
Flight to Vancouver - everything is a breeze
coffee and breakfast taste good.
12 hours later...3 movies later...
and some reading and a bit of sleeping
we land.
2:30 Beijing time.
First impressions...
hot...humid...moist...
and the people...
lots of people.
We get through our 'customs'
without any problems
And our facilitator
Fay
is waiting for us
I see the sign
with the Panda bear on it.
It takes an hour to get to the hotel
It's a big city with millions of people
traffic is thick and the smog is thicker
Our hotel
first impressions - nice
We unpack
go for a walk - get a coke
then go back
It's too early at  home to skype anyone
Found out Facebook and my blog is blocked in China
so...
we fall asleep till 6 the next morning

We are in China