Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Happy Birthday Patrick
Well we started off the weekend with big plans. Joe and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary on Friday, we had reservations for dinner at a fancy restaurant in Boston. We left the kids with my Mom, and headed into Boston! About halfway through dinner the cell phone rang, and Patrick was not feeling too good. We headed home, and then made the decision it was time to take a trip to the emergency room. Patrick had a fever of 105, was weak, lethargic and couldn't even walk. After a wait that seemed endless, Patrick was seen and we soon found out he had pneumonia! The poor guy turned 4, in the emergency room. We did have his doctor and nurse figure out it was his birthday, and they came in and sang Happy Birthday about 12:05. I am happy to report, he was feeling much better in the morning after a few doses of antibiotics, and now seems to be on the rebound. I will post pictures of Paddy boy, once I get my camera back(I left it at Nana's over the weekend). So happy birthday Patrick, I can't believe my baby boy is 4!!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
China Travel Get Together
Last week we got together, with our travel group for a cookout! We all had a great time, and it was great to see everyone again! Everyone is doing great, it's amazing to see how much the kids have changed in less than a year! How lucky are we!!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Ready, Set, Go!!!
Uncle Brian finishing the race with Joseph! Auntie Brandy with Maggie and Seamus
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
One Year Ago Today!
It was June 5, 2007, one year ago today that I received " the call." It was Meg our social worker from CAWLI, who left a message to call her back at the office. I started to panic, why would she be calling, is there news?? I called her back, shaking and barely able to speak when she told me " I was just calling to update your file, do you want to keep your name on the special needs/ waiting child list?" I immediately lost all hope, this was just a routine call. I told her to keep our name on the list, we didn't want to change anything, our name had been on the list for a year, we had made the decision a long time ago that we were open to a child that was considered "special needs" and that was the way we felt. The conversation went on and on, again Meg stating " You know you are getting close to a refferal, it could take you longer to bring home a special needs child, are you sure this is what you want to do?" With no hesitation I said "Keep our name where it is." After all that being said, Meg said " well if that is your decision, I have a little girl to tell you about!"
I almost dropped the phone, I couldn't believe it! Meg started to tell me about this 18 month old baby girl, from Nanfeng China. I tried my hardest to listen, control myself, but I couldn't. I was a mess crying, shaking oh my I was a mess! Lu Dan Peng was her name, she had VSD, received surgery and was currently living with a foster Mom. I was then asked "would you like to review her file?" The answer was yes, and that is how this all began.
I can honestly say that day was one of the most emotional days of my life, for some reason I knew it was her, my daughter I had been waiting for! I called Joe barely able to breath, he had no idea what was going on, when I finally spit it out he was shocked! He wanted me to tell him what I knew, which wasn't much at the time but I told him what I could remeber. He then told me I am on my way home, we'll look at everything and then said " Call the agency back tell them we want her." He must have known too, we hadn't seen her picture, had not yet looked at any medical records, it was just right, for some reason everything felt right!
I almost dropped the phone, I couldn't believe it! Meg started to tell me about this 18 month old baby girl, from Nanfeng China. I tried my hardest to listen, control myself, but I couldn't. I was a mess crying, shaking oh my I was a mess! Lu Dan Peng was her name, she had VSD, received surgery and was currently living with a foster Mom. I was then asked "would you like to review her file?" The answer was yes, and that is how this all began.
I can honestly say that day was one of the most emotional days of my life, for some reason I knew it was her, my daughter I had been waiting for! I called Joe barely able to breath, he had no idea what was going on, when I finally spit it out he was shocked! He wanted me to tell him what I knew, which wasn't much at the time but I told him what I could remeber. He then told me I am on my way home, we'll look at everything and then said " Call the agency back tell them we want her." He must have known too, we hadn't seen her picture, had not yet looked at any medical records, it was just right, for some reason everything felt right!
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