Not all those who wander are lost

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New kid-o

Dude, I would have never gone to China and done that whole rigmarole if I knew we could have just picked one up in our neighborhood grocery store IN A BOX! NOTE: only 189! Just add water.

Hawai’i – That’ll be extra

Welcome to Hawai’i.Where pronouncing the ‘i means you will have to pay a lil extra. We have been faced with expensive drinks with no alcohol on many an occasion. When that happens in China, we usually switch to wine where you can’t take the alcohol out, right? Well maybe not, but they can take the …

Peasants Unite!

Yesterday we went to the 6Banyan Tree Temple and the Sun-Yat Sen Memorial. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone who stays at the Westin uses taxis. Especially, when taxis here have never even seen an infant car seat, much less used one. So we took the subway. There were some interesting stops along the way. …

Dancing Singing Baby

When they do the matching process in the orphanage they take it very seriously. Take our little rhythm bucket here. She loves music. We hear it in the elevator, in the cars, at the restaurants and we play it for her in the room. Where ever we are she dances along to the beat and …

What’s in a name?

Many of you have asked questions around:What is the baby’s name?How do you say it?What about her Chinese name?Where did ‘X’ come from? But before we get to that… I am reading a book called “Beyond Coincidence.” It is a great book from B that talks about all the crazy coincidences in life. Things like …

Please fasten your seatbelts…

To say there was some turbulence today as we started our journey towards Gioia would be an understatement. As B likes to say, “We were off like a herd of turtles.” The GoodI arrived in Chong QingThe baby stuff (crib, seat, etc.. ) is all fineThe hotel is great and a great room for usI …