I’m baaaaaack! Whew! That was quite the little adventure I was just on! We’re so thankful for our trip to China and even more thankful to be home now as a family of five :). As for food…I’ve had nothing…
Happy Birthday Smith!
Today, my sweet little Smith turns five. Five. I really can hardly believe it. My relationship with Smith has probably surprised me the most. I didn’t know how much I needed a boy until I met this boy. I…
China: Day 16
Ahhhh! These two pics are from yesterday but I thought they were worth repeating :). Today, we had our appointment with the US Consulate to finish up our very last piece of adoption business. No phones, cameras or whatnot…
China: Days 14 & 15
We have almost made it to the end. Tomorrow, we have our Consulate appointment and then Wednesday, we pick up Ashby’s Visa and fly back to Beijing to spend one night before flying home on Thursday. Whew. I’m ready. One…
China: Days 12 & 13
Hello from Guangzhou, China!! We are doing so well here on our third (and final) leg of this adventure. Yesterday, we waited around the hotel for Ashby’s Chinese passport to be issued, we picked it up and headed to the…
China: Day 11
Today was a very bittersweet day. This morning, we left and were able to visit Ashby’s orphanage. We took turns going inside, so that Ashby could stay in the van the entire time. We had several people (including our social…
China: Days 9 & 10
I could have named this post several things: China: New Baby China: New Routine China: Still eating rice China: Still no tacos to be found China: Smith has officially turned into a middle child China: That time we got into…
Ashby
Yesterday was such a crazy and unbelievable day. We waited around the hotel until 3:30 to meet Ashby. I stayed busy by reading and watching Breaking Bad but the kids…they were just so anxious to meet her. We left the…
China: Day 6
Well, Day 6 was yesterday but I’m not getting around to blogging it until this morning. Today…is the day we adopt Ashby London. Today. Right now, it’s 9:30 a.m. and we don’t leave to meet Ashby until 3:30 p.m….so, it’s…
China: Day 5
Day five is in the bag! Tomorrow, we are going to visit the Great Wall and then we head to the airport and fly to Ashby’s city…um, to say we’re excited is quite the understatement. We are pretty much beside…
China: Day 4
Day 4 in China has come to an end. We left the hotel at 9:00 a.m. and didn’t return until almost six…we are beat! Here are some general observations I had today… Observations about Beijing: 1. It’s very clean. The…
China: Days 1-3
Well, hello from China! The Shull four are in route to becoming the Shull five :). On Monday, we woke up at 2:15 a.m. and headed to the airport to catch a flight to San Francisco and then one to…
