Isabelle and Hallie continue to blossom in our home, and it is now hard to remember what life was like without them. Hallie, especially, seems happier than she has ever […]

How is it possible that we’ve already been home for four weeks? It seems, in some ways, like we just stepped off the plane a few days ago—the memories of […]

Well I can’t believe it, but we have been home a full week tonight. Things really are going very well over all, and the girls have slipped into life here. […]

This morning we had our appointment at the U.S. Consulate here in Guangzhou, and everything went very smoothly. Now, all we’re waiting for is for our guide to pick up […]

Greg has been writing pretty much all of the updates since we left for China, so I decided that tonight it was time for me to do one. We had […]

We are now officially a family of eight! Isabelle’s adoption was finalized yesterday ( Tuesday), and the process here in Guiyang was much easier and more direct than it was […]

This afternoon, we left our hotel in Jinan. While we’re both excited to go get Isabelle, we’re a bit sad at leaving Jinan behind. We have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves this […]