and... I'm back

Well after I roamed around in my ambian altered sleep, I figured I might as well try to go back to bed. I mean we are about to embark on a 30hr travel adventure! So, I did what any girl would do, found the bottle in the dark ( without waking Sean) and took the other 1 /3 of the original pill, that I had taken earlier in the evening which kept me asleep for exactly4 and 1/2 hours! Now just how long do you think this 1/3 kept me asleep????? You guessed it, 4 hours and a little change!!!!!!! I would say a little prayer here for ambian by it might come ac cross flip, when I truly am as serious as a mama with 8 hours of sleep can be!!!!!!!!!! See in LA!

Hey Mom and Dad I sure have missed you guys! Hope all is well! We love ya and will be praying for you! See ya soon.


Shannon

Leaving soon baby!!!!!!!!

Well it is 2:23am....... I was sure that sleeping pill I took would at least get me to 3:00 or 4:00am...... YUKKKKKK! Know I just cruise the net and wait for everyone to get up!

We will post from LAX later today and then from Guangzhou ( ummmm that is at 6:20am on Thursday) . We are 12 hours ahead of you guys here so when you are getting ready for be we are pretty much getting up. After we board the cruise we probably will not have wireless access to it may be Monday before we are in Wuhan in a hotel where we can post again.

Please pray peace, blessings, and safety for our entire family.

Shannon

4 M.O.R.E days!!!!!!!!!!

4 DAYS! Can you believe we only have 4 days before we leave?!?! Life is VERY crazy around here. Victoria has started throwing up, Sean's work load is crazy, he is on call this weekend, the girls were exposed to whooping cough 2 weeks ago ( just found out yesterday), i woke up at 12:00am feeling like I was going to be sick, Olivia is starting to just want to sit in my lap and be rocked, we did not get to go to our homeschool classes due to Victoria throwing up............ The list goes on! Oh yah, we leave on SEPT 11th! Of all of the days in the year to travel this would be my least favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT, after 4 short days we will be on a plane to a country I can hardly fathom. This time next week Sean and I will be on a river cruise dn the Yangtze river, and in 11 short days we will meet Miss Alexandra Kai-Li for the first time! God is good!

When Sean and I were praying about the adoption in Dec of 2004 and Jan of 2005 God gave us this scripture and it confirmed in our hearts that this was Gods will for our lives:

Isaiah 43:18-19

Stop dwelling on past events and brooding over times gone by;I am doing a new thing; it's springing up- do you not perceive it? I am making a road in the desert, and rivers in the wasteland.

Kai turns 1 year old today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAI!

Our sweet baby Kai turns a year old today. I am sure she has no idea that in 13 short days her life will forever be changed. Please continue to pray for an easy transition for all. Now here's another picture of our sweet baby girl!