Gotcha x 2!
Today marks the second anniversay that we held Caroline in our arms. She's been with us for longer than she's been apart. Just us the day that they handed her to me for the first time, there were intense tears today. But what a difference--this time she was crying for me to get her and not for me to leave her alone. Today she had an earache and had to have her ears flushed out, fighting three determined nurses all the way. It was a continual scream of, "I want my mommy." Wherever I was in the room her eyes followed to make sure I didn't leave. Two years ago she wouldn't even make eye contact. I think the big difference for me was that this time I was sure that once I got her in my arms she would be fine. And she was. God sure has great plan for balancing things out.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Happy Chinese New Year!
Our family had a great day of celebrating Caroline's heritage. Her teachers at school blew me away with what all they did to make her day special. The kids made their own chinese dragons and then went on a parade around the school, with Caroline as the leader. She's talked about this for days--mostly about the leader part. We took in red envelopes and chocolate dipped fortune cookies in Chinese takeout boxes (OK, the latter is not really part of the traditional festivities but we try to work chocolate into every holiday). When we were putting the gold coins in the envelopes I asked CB if she knew what the color red meant in Chinese (thinking she might remember good look). She put her little hand out and yelled "Stop." For dinner that evening the Ridgway family joined us for a yummy meal in Altamonte Springs. The kids did great using chop sticks, not so much for the adults.
Our family had a great day of celebrating Caroline's heritage. Her teachers at school blew me away with what all they did to make her day special. The kids made their own chinese dragons and then went on a parade around the school, with Caroline as the leader. She's talked about this for days--mostly about the leader part. We took in red envelopes and chocolate dipped fortune cookies in Chinese takeout boxes (OK, the latter is not really part of the traditional festivities but we try to work chocolate into every holiday). When we were putting the gold coins in the envelopes I asked CB if she knew what the color red meant in Chinese (thinking she might remember good look). She put her little hand out and yelled "Stop." For dinner that evening the Ridgway family joined us for a yummy meal in Altamonte Springs. The kids did great using chop sticks, not so much for the adults.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Let the memories roll. Here's the first picture we took on our journey to get Caroline. Darrin was being typical Darrin, but it's almost as if he knew what was in store for him. Yuck! Lucky for us the good memories of our venture outweigh the near death's door and afraid we we're not going to leave the country ones.
Definitely the saddest news lately for us was the passing of Granny South (Rhonda's dad's mom) in Tennessee. She was 93 and such a go-getter and left us with so many wonderful memories of life with her and Papa. She was so proud of all her grand and great-grand kids, so much so that she even stretched way beyond her bounds by developing a love for Chinese food after we brought Caroline home. We regret that we did not go eat with her at her favorite place, but she made sure that the owners knew about Caroline. 
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