One more day in China!
Reluctantly, but successfully, using a stroller.
Shopping in the White Swan Hotel
Ella Grace with Kayla Vannoy who will be going home to St. Louis
Playing in the room with playdoh.
Well, we finished our Christmas shopping today! We are ready to get home. Tomorrow afternoon at 3pm we go for a 20 second oath at the American Consulate and they give us the “guard it with your life” envelope and we can leave the country with our daughter-wooopppeeee!!! It has been such an adventure and wonderful memories have been made, but like Dorothy said “There’s no place like home!” Two weeks is a LONG time- we really don’t know how Ken and Cindy did it for more than 3 weeks in the Ukraine.
Ella Grace has really come out of her shell and is learning signs fast. She signs more, please, thank you, shoes, mama, daddy, and works real hard on that I love you hand-it is hard for her. She voices mama, Ella and tries shoe and other words, but they aren’t very clear. She has such a good attitude and is learning more everyday about what it is like to have a Mama and a Daddy. She’s going to LOVE having sisters!
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I can’t believe it’s finally time for ya’ll to come home! It’s been so long. I have been wondering and meaning to ask about her English and signing and how ya’ll are communicating. Although, love is oretty easy to understand.
We just can’t wait to get our hands on her, get to know her and welcome her in to our big family. 
See you soon!
she’s going to love having grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins AND sisters and a whole great big wonderful family
lucky girl, and lucky family! \o/