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Category Archives: Adoption

September 5, 2010

Today was a bad day. It’s the last day of vacation, unofficially the second to the last day of summer, last day of rest before school, last last last. We got up, lotioned up, packed up, and headed to the … Continue reading →

Posted by grrlTravels on September 5, 2010

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February 13, 2010

Today. 2 years ago. We met R. In the lobby of the Holiday Inn, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, PRC. Poor little guy was sick, afraid, and so, so sad. A Retrospective of R. February 13, 2008 October 31, 2008 January 17, … Continue reading →

Posted by grrlTravels on February 13, 2010

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January 7, 2009

We are now the proud owners of two trampolines—one indoor, one outdoor—and it’s all thanks to Z. Poor Z. She never really wants anything and it’s very difficult to think of things to give her so we always resort to … Continue reading →

Posted by grrlTravels on January 7, 2009

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November 3, 2008

I’ve put on the hip boots and I’m currently mucking around in the swampy stew that is the slurry of adoption issues / personality / maturity levels. The going is slow as the boots tend to get sucked into the … Continue reading →

Posted by grrlTravels on November 3, 2008

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September 6, 2008

Today is our official adoption anniversary. A bittersweet day in many ways, today I find myself weepily, deeply in love with my girl. I love her. So much. Much, much more than I ever dreamed I would during that first … Continue reading →

March 17, 2008

We have only seen glimpses of R.’s personality so far of course. People kindly ask about the adjusting, how the kids are doing, and I am loathe to lie about it so I say it is going slowly and smile. … Continue reading →

February 24, 2008

Re-entry sucks. We are home. The trip was uneventful and long. The kids all slept for 4 hours on the plane and we woke them up so that they could possibly sleep that night when we arrived home. It was … Continue reading →

February 3, 2008

Travel Blog http://www.grrltravels.com/im2008/ Come on over and join us. We leave early tomorrow morning and arrive in Beijing Tuesday at 3 pm local time. No more posts here until we get home. See you on the other side. Yo.

January 30, 2008

Just a quick note as I am going through the paperwork to take to China with us… I am not going to password protect the travel blog. I am setting up a separate blog because it makes more sense to … Continue reading →

January 28, 2008

This time next week we will be on the plane. My brain really can’t go there right now. I attempt to imagine myself on the plane and one second later I see images of frying eggs and I hear someone … Continue reading →

Category Archives: Adoption

September 5, 2010

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