Heading Home

Sorry, we have not updated for a few days! We have been busy, busy, busy. We leave Guangzhou in the morning. Our wake up call comes at 4:30am-Yikes!
Sarah is doing well. We took the famous red couch pictures yesterday. She looked so pretty in her red Chinese dress. Today we went to the U.S. Consulate and received her Chinese visa. When we land in Portland, OR on Wednesday she immediately becomes a US citizen. Then we catch our connecting flight home.

Things could not be going any easier. Sarah's transition to our family has been an answer to prayer. Yes, she is still figuring out who is in charge but she is a happy, funny, precious little girl. It is hard to imagine how much her life has changed in the past few days and how well she has taken it all in. We know she is going to have so much fun with her brothers and sister. We have had daily melt downs the past few days. Thankfully they are short lived-only 5 to 10 minutes. They only happen when she does not get her own way and then she wants everyone to know she is not happy.

She wakes up each morning with a smile and wants to be held for a few minutes. Then she copies everything mommy does from brushing teeth to mimicing putting on makeup. She likes to wear several different pairs of shoes throughout the day. She does not like to wear bows in her hair but she has humored me more than once. I think she will like them when she sees Hannah wearing them. She loves to carry her little bag with her when we go out. She has quite the sweet tooth. She can spot a piece of candy through a closed door! Really! The maid came for turn down service and brought two chocolates. I answered the door and hid the chocolates under a newspaper. Sarah was sitting on the bed and when I came back she knew and started asking for them! She has been kind of hot and cold with her daddy. Sometimes she is just great with him helping her and other times it causes a melt down. She is always happy to play with him though! Well I'm off to bed, enjoy the pictures.