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The months and days seemed to interminably CRAWL by the three plus years we were on our journey to Brielle. And now... zippola!! 6 months have past since Director Fu placed sweet little petite timid pale itchy Brie in my arms. Six months!! Can I just say that God blessed me with exactly what I asked for. He does cool things like that all the time! We have thoroughly enjoyed our daughter every

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Happy New Year Family & Friends!It's hard to believe that 2008 has come and gone. Last year at this time I was almost totally obsessed with reading Rumor Queen and anything I could get my hands on relating to our China adoption. Little did I know that at this time last year it would still be another 6 months before we would be united with our baby girl. God's timing is always the best, but it is

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Before I post a word about Brielle today, I need to apologize to the bloggers (or lurkers) who have been reading here and were offended with photo captions I posted. First of all, I LOVE my daughter and the country from where she was born and the Chinese culture. I never meant to "make fun" and intentionally hurt anyone. I have removed the wording which depicted dialect for fear of insulting

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Halloween was very low key for us here in our cul-de-sac. I went out and purchased way, way too much candy. Whole candy bars for my neighborhood kids and not a ONE showed up at the door. We only had four groups of kids ring the doorbell. I'm guessing parents are getting their children involved with community/church gatherings on that night versus letting them go to run from door to door as we

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On our third month anniversary of Gotcha Day ~October 22nd~ our little peanut decided she would quit messing around with scooting and sliding and decided to boldly step out and WALK. When I picked her up from the babysitter yesterday afternoon, Brielle walked all the way across the living room to me with a "Hi Mom" look on her face! I loved it. I had only seen her take a few shuffle plop steps

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I'm sorry we haven't posted anything in so long...What a totally incredible Summer this has been. God is so amazing! Talk about miracles ~ We experienced many throughout this adoption process and most recently our trip. One thing is for certain.. He keeps His promises, and Brielle is a living testament to that my friends!I've been simply stunned at how many people we had reading our blog while we

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Wow.. i think we were in airplanes for 1.5 days...can I tell you how many times our bags were searched and passports were shown to get out of China??? Tooooooo many. Brielle was a very good girl. She wasn't the wormy screecher I was dreading she would be. She actually slept as much time as she was awake. We flew from Gz to Beijing and had a 4 hour layover..I now know why so much time is

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Well we have had one beautiful last day in Guangzhou. First, Brie slept well last night as did Rob. I was up all night (anxious about this long journey ahead of us with Screech :) but...we had a wonderful breakfast and time at the pool with our friends. Then we went one last time to Lucy's for burgahs and fries and back to the hotel to pack whilst little one snoozed. At 2:30pm we had to meet the

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Hi gang,We found a Starbucks as we were walking the streets yesterday and stuck our head in to find they have wireless internet. We were so full so we didn't stay yesterday...but today has been a real test of patience so Rob decided to send me here to get out of his hair for a few minutes. Plus the internet is free here and expensive at the hotel...China ain't cheap. And the White Swan is very

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Today we went on a sightseeing tour to another temple and the most awesome pearl and jewelry factory that makes jewelry and ships it all over the world. Laura Fail would have thought she died and went to heaven! We tried to get pictures, but once again we just couldn't capture it! unbelieveable...everywhere you looked were piles and piles of any kind of stone, turquois, coral, gems, pearls in

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We are at the White Swan hotel and it is beautiful here!! We are on the 12th floor and the view is great. The hotel is on a river and when we got here last night music was piped into every floor...the same music that was playing outside to the laser light show from the buildings across the river. I will shoot some video tonight. We got here around 8:30pm. The girls did very well on the

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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeello from Nanchang for the last time. We got Brielle's passport this morning! Yay....she can now leave this province with her parents. We had to review several documents that will be presented at the consulate appointment in Gz... making sure every bit of information is absolutely correct or else it is major problems!LiPing also gave each of us an 8 x 10 photo of when the children

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This will be short because we need to get baby nighty night. We piled in a cab, Kerry, Brian, baby Easton, Brielle, Rob and I, and went uptown to find the two story Pizza Hut....We saw a new side of Nanchang and the girls were so well behaved. Brie had her first taste of spagetti! We had to get a number outside like at a steak house and wait and wait for a table. The place was huge. We had a

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Good morning USA! Pops here. I just wanted to let you all know that Brie and I are jammin to Third Day while Mom gets ready for another day in beautiful downtown Nanchang. It promises to be as hot today as it has been. One thing I've noticed is that you never see any service trucks running around. I know for a fact that 3/4 of the A/C in this country is broke, so ship my stuff over here and we

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Well today was a very exhausting day...emotionally mainly. Unfortunately I do not have photos tonight to post of what we witnessed today because I only shot video. Not very good video at that, but I did get some that hopefully Kris will be able to transform into something! Only one parent was allowed to go today. They did not want the girls going in this heat as it was a 2.5 hour bus ride! So

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Bruce told us we would do a little sightseeing today. He didn't tell us where we were going until we were all packed in the shuttle bus. Wow is it hot today. Soaked is a pretty accurate description of all of us by the time we got back to the hotel. Our first stop was at a Buddhist temple. Interesting. Haven't seen or smelled that much incense since high school! But these cats had incense on

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Hi all...we are on our way to breakfast again... Brie had her first poopie this morning! Big news on the 15th floor. She is the last of the 6 to make "it" happen. Here are a few shots from last night. We had Pizza Hut pizza and it tasted like filet mignon!!! Off for sightseeing this morning...Hugs to all,L&R&B

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Are you two still out there? Aunt Lydia thinks you are just dogs, but I beg (beg,,,get it?) to differ. Murph, I hope you are well and you haven't drunk all the water in the pool. Nikki, your new sister Brielle scratches as much as you. I guess I'll have to issue both of you Prednisone in the mornings. I know it's hot there, but it's hotter here so quit your whining (get it again??) We will be

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Today is a very lazy day. We got up a bit later than usual and meandered down to breakfast at 9am. A few other families did the same thing. It is so blazing hot here that we haven't even ventured out of the hotel. We came back to the room after breakfast and put Brielle down for a nap. That lasted for about an hour. Then we spent a good bit of time at the pool. We had the place to

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Our little Brielle went nighty-nite at 7pm and slept until 7 am this morning. What a great kid! She is a big eater too. All the girls are, and it just makes you wonder how much of what they were actually fed at the orphanage. We took our first official family photo today which is now on her adoption certificate. She is ours!!! We were interviewed and asked why we chose to adopt and another

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Surprise.... We had just walked into the Gloria Grande Hotel in Nanchang, and we got the news that our babies would be delivered to us at the hotel within the hour. Rob and I had the rest of the day planned out to unpack, relax & go to the pool and unwind to prepare for tomorrow's big event. WRONG. We were two nervous cats trying to get our act together in a hurry!! She's here and she's a

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We are having a "blast" but it's not from a bomb! :) We are fine everyone..we just got up and know nothing about a bomb!We're getting ready to leave for breakfast and then the airport. We'll write after we check in to the hotel in Nanchang. Only one more day!with love from Beijing......

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Day three of our trip included another whole day of touring Beijing. We took in Tianeman ? Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace - my new favorite place on earth, the Olympic village - well as close as we could get that is and to the Beijing Chaoyang Theater Acrobatics World! We learned so much history today and got to see many antiques from the last dynasty that existed in 1911. Fascinating.

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We woke this morning to some guy wailing outside of our window. This must be the Chinease verision of "This is the Day" or something. Maybe it's to save money on alarm clocks? All I know is if this continues, I'm leaving. (whatever)

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As much as I'd love to be kidding, the soles of my sneakers literally started to flop off the sides of both shoes by the time we got back to the room! We did a lot of walking, climbing and gasping for breath today! ok at least I was gasping. I made it up to four towers of the wall this afternoon and sat & sat & sat while Rob ventured up the mountain! The view was breath taking ~ the pictures do

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Well tried our best to stay up late and made it 730pm! We ate only peanuts for dinner...too confused after all we had on the plane i guess. We took a journey to the grocery store last night a few blocks away. I could have smacked myself for not having my camera. I will go back because you've just GOT to see this place. Everything is so cramped and they jam hundreds of people in. Sherie would have

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Even after a very long day flying 13+ hours from Newark, we are SO excited to be here. I keep pinching myself. It has actually happened. We are in China. Did I ever tell you that as a little girl my BFF and I used to pretend we were China girls? You should see the hoopla over the Olympics. People costumed in Olympic gear were all over the airport. Some standing guard so to speak in pairs

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It is 4:31 a.m and we are dressed and getting ready to throw our stuff in the car! I did sleep a few hours but ... man-oh-man I am excited!! Point #1 to you guys doing this after us... do NOT wait until the night before you leave to clean out your refrigerator. Holy Moly...just when you thought you're done another mess pops up. We got in bed sometime after 11pm.Thanks so much to our wonderful

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I really can't believe it is July 4, 2008, and we still do not have our little girl home. I never would have believed it would take so long. However, we DO have our referral which means we know who our little girl is, and we have a beautiful picture to look at and talk to!! That is what is getting us through another long wait. Where or where is our TA?? Let's hope we see it next week. RQ reports

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This is the second attempt at this post! How many times have I previewed a long post the then lost it because I didn't save it before previewing!! Argh!!!!!Anyway... rumor has it that packages are in the air already? Agencies do not know what is in them, but it is thought it may be referrals. How cool that the rest of my January buds may see their babies faces just three weeks after we got ours??

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Today is June 15th.One year ago today I was flying home from Denver, Colorado from the annual Human Resources Conference... and here I sit in Boston, MA once again at the HR conference. Little did I know that day that our little Brielle would be found and brought to Tingyan SWI. She was only hours old! On this very very special day I've prayed for our little girl's safety, happiness and health

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We just spent a wonderful evening with our children, Sherie, Dale, Whitney & Kris to celebrate the arrival of Brielle's referral! Of course we ordered Chinese food and had wonderful conversation about Kris & Whitney's wedding and honeymoon!! We took a silly group photo which I will post here tomorrow. We love you, Brielle! We can't wait to get your picture tomorrow.

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First of All..... Thank you, Heavenly Father, for your wonderful gift of the precious baby girl that you imprinted on my heart three years ago this month. I knew this day would come! I didn't know I'd have to wait three years for it; however, this day is so incredibly filled with your grace, it is worth every single minute of the three year wait. Our sweet little girl, Fu Tian Yu, will celebrate

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How on earth did we get to June 10th without a referral?? It is election day here, and I just knew I'd know who my child is by this date! Just goes to show you... we don't know what lies ahead of any given moment, day, month, year... This journey has shown me how impatient I've been and that I am NOT supposed to be. I'm still praying that today is the day, referral day that is. That was

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Ok...I'm finally back from Saluda, NC... What an excruciatingly long trip home. Stuck on I-26 in trafffic for over an hour due to an accident! I didn't think I would everrrrrrrrrr get here!!!!!!!! What a day to be away from RQ!!! The day that the stork is arriving.... I was going crazy trying to get here quickly and it took over 4.5 hours. Sheesh. My January buddies are getting their calls. THIS

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We are in Saluda, and I am sitting in Whistlestop cafe with Lydia searching RQ for news!! Can't stand being away at this very crucial time of possible stork sightings!!! Can we survive one more day ? I have been surrounded by ladybugs all weekend... Come on Brielle.... hurry.

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Is the Stork Flying?????Wow...I certainly was thrown for a loop yesterday when someone on RQ with a LID of 01-16-06 posted that they had received "the call"!! One minute I was reading that referrals had not been signed off yet, and that we wouldn't see anything until next week...and the next minute(literally) I was reading that someone had received a call form their agency. Can I just tell you

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I can't describe how exciting these past couple of weeks have been for me. I've attempted to blog about it several times, but I forgot my password and couldn't get into my account! I'm finally taking a few minutes to write.We celebrated a spectacular wedding this past weekend. Everything was perfect from the weather to the ceremony to the reception to visiting with family and friends to

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The most exciting development over this past year is that Kris finally found the girl of his dreams! In December, Kristopher asked Whitney Chipley of Florence, SC, to marry him. She is beautiful inside and out, and we are so excited to have her as a daughter. Their wedding date is planned for May 24th. We are hoping and praying that our trip to China will in no way, shape or form interfere

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I just read on RQ that there are rumblings of January 6th being matched this month as well??When will the insanity stop? This really makes me nervous. If the 6th is matched the possibility of us being matched in April is greater!!

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Well I sat here and typed my brains out several paragraphs long and somehow managed to lose everything i typed!! So i think i will re-do this in bits & pieces because I really don't have the patience to go through it all again now. I am very glad that I did not realize this time last year that in one year we STILL would not have a referral!! This is absolutely crazy! I am relieved to report

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Today I went to the annual Flowertown Festival in Summerville with my niece, Jess and little Zada. It was packed as usual...thousands of people milling about the streets and park of beautiful downtown Summerville. We went to see the "bow" lady and bought bows of different sizes and colors for Zada, Olivia and Emma. I can't wait to see them!! I also stopped at a booth of a Chinese artist who

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It's rolling around...it's almost referral time again!An early rumor was just posted by the moderators that the cut-off date may reach November 2nd. That would be incredible!! Every now and then - like when I just read that rumor - my heart almost comes out of my chest that there is hope that this may happen one day.I've decided to only look at it by the number left of referral batches til we

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Holy moly...RQ put up another poll for 2005 LIDDERS and results indicate we may not break into Novmeber until May referrals !! This is not good. By the looks of it ~ January folks are now pushed out to September or October before receiving a referral... and, that too may change! Will we ever see an end to this bizarre wait? It's so stinking hard not to think of my little one every day... how old

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It's around 6pm EST in SC, and we've had an absolutely gorgeous day here... one of those days where it's really warm and sunny - 70ish - and it makes you want to go buy every kind of flower and plant you can find. I'm sitting by the pool as the sun is quicky escaping behind a neighbor's house ~ trolling RQ's forum and reading a few of the blogsites of fellow RQ fans who also are patiently and

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My friends who have a LID of 10-27-05 got word from their agency today that they did not make the referral cutoff!!! No word if referrals have been mailed out from CCAA.... not alot of rumors floating around but for the major rumor that CCAA would be matching through December 2005 by May 1, 2007. NO WAY!! By the way it sounds this evening...they will be matching less days in March than they have

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I am still trying to figure out how to manipulate this site. There are so many things I'd like to do but don't know how. I'll probably keep changing the format until we finally leave for China. I've added just a couple of my favorite links. Rumor Queen of course and Radio Free Florence which is my son's internet Christian Radio Station. Take a look around the site. Kids love it! The other two

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We have been on this amazing journey for what seems like an eternity! I've wanted to adopt a little girl from China ever since.... well let's just say a very long time. I've been fascinated with the country ever since I was a small girl. It wasn't until about four or so years ago that my husband, Rob, brought home a picture he received from a friend he had made at a Kairos weekend. The picture

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