Wednesday, November 14, 2012
I was thinking of getting a night job writing a column in our local paper the Derrick. But I see that my viewership is dwindling so maybe not! No offense taken as the days become boring in the end. Anyway we slept in today. Lydia woke around 3 am and after trying to get her back to sleep in her crib she ended up in my bed and then rosannes. She fell back asleep at 4. I woke at 8:21. That is sleeping in for me! We went to breakfast and then started packing. What a job. It's a good thing we have most of the day. Then we counted all of our china money and went shopping at the local mall. Might as well spend it here. Rosanne keeps buying even though her suitcase is full. She told me not to worry she would "fit it in". We shall see! Lydia is doing great. She just stumbles around the room babbling and gets into everything. She is a smarty for sure. She's not a fan of anyone talking much to her besides us. Of course everyone wants to talk to her, so out of the stroller she comes to me, over and over again! Oh well, at least she's a little bugger.
It's very nice out today. We took a stroll out probably about 80 out. I can't imagine being here in the summer. Everyone says its melting hot. Glad we missed that. It is perfect out. We soaked it in as we won't see that again until maybe May.
Anyway we are excited to get home of course, at times it seemed like this trip would never end, but now it seems like it went fast. Lets hope the flight goes fast. We have over 600 pictures taken. I am going to make Kim develop them in sections. 100 at a time :). Not sure how much video we have. Rosanne has been doing most of that. I'm sure we have lots of screaming on there from gotcha day. Seems silly how much I worried before that day on how I would know how to take care of her. It has all fallen into place. Should have known it would. Signing off for now. Russ.
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As I type this it is my time on the prayer vigil. So here it goes. Dear God, We thank you for Lydia. We are so blessed to welcome her into our church family. Be with her and comfort her on the journey to her new home. Be with her in the coming years. Let her grow up knowing who you are and who you want her to be. Be with Russ and Kim as they gently guide and direct her down life's path. I pray for Addison to adjust quickly to her new sister. Give them many happy years together as sisters. Be with Russ and Rosanne on the trip home. Give them wisdom and patience. Thank you for your protection for them on this trip and for the enjoyment they had. Be with them all in the coming days, months and years. Thank you Lord. You are so good to us.
ReplyDeleteI'm still hanging with you, Russ! Have loved reading all your posts! :) Can't wait to meet Lydia.
ReplyDeleteHi Russ,
ReplyDeleteYour posts have been not been boring! You have shared funny, interesting,and insightful information about Lydia's and Kelly's birth country. Thank you.
Michael is a pro at making rice congee. Kelly's favorite rice is Jasmine rice. WalMart sells it. The Jasmine rice is a white sweet rice. It is not sweet in the context of how we think something is sweet but has a light delicate flavor. It is good and like Lydia, Kelly could still eat it for breakfast, lunch and supper. This was an everyday staple in her diet for the first four years of her childhood.
If you can't fit everything into your suitcases, run into a shop and buy an extra like we did :-).
Have a safe trip. We are looking forward to seeing your photos/videos and especially Lydia.
Carrie, Jasmine rice is fabulous! We use it all the time!
ReplyDeleteRuss, we're all still reading. Hanging on every word until we can meet Lydia. Maybe you should continue the blog until she's ready to come out in public and meet everyone. :) We want to know about her first days at home.