3 Years Ago On This VERY day @ 1pm!

Becca came into our lives! We got "the call" from our adoption agency and were told of our precious diva. Little did we know just how "DIVAFIED" she is! ;op~





Name: Guang Qiu Yang (chew yang)
Birthdate: 9/26/03
Weight: 8.7 kg (19 lbs.)
Height: 68 cent.
Orphanage: Guangchang Social Welfare Institute (SWI)
Province: Jiangxi, China

Ah, the good ole days. I remember standing on the second or third floor of this hotel that was quite nice.......babies started arriving! Crying, arriving, looking all over the place. I recognized our friends child first. (Aly S.) Her momma was next to me. Couldn't miss her. I didn't see Becca. WAIT.....in the middle was a very chubby baby, wrapped in a HUGE pink snowsuit with bright red cheeks looking all around, and eating something.

THERE SHE WAS! My daughter. Oh my gosh. I wanted to race down the stairs and get her, but we weren't allowed to do that. We had to wait for the official room, with the official, official, the nannies, the paperwork......I remember thinking to myself, am I fit to be a mom? Will she like me? Will she like daddy? God, what do I do with her?! Will the "motherly instinct" kick in? Will she cry? Will she love us? Oh Lord........help us!!! Just then? We got the go-ahead to go into a conference room at the Lakeview Hotel. There were about 6 parents/families in that room waiting for their children.







We sat, and about 5 minutes later, THE BABIES CAME IN!!!! REBECCA WAS THE FIRST ONE IN! She was so hot! Bright, rosy red cheeks. Crying. Not happy. Her little life was about to be turned inside and out, upside and ALL around. They called her name and daddy and I stood up to go and get her. That was one of the most proudest days in all my life. I was MOMMA! I am MOMMA! Rebecca went to me at first and cried her eyes out. Screamed her lungs to death. Kicked like nobody's business. Sad thing was, someone was suppose to take pictures of that FIRST MOMENT. (They didn't.) This fist, is just a memory! *sad*

Daddy got to hold her. Cried the dickens off everyone elses baby! Everyone was staring at us. Like we didn't know how to keep her quiet. Other babies were crying but not like Becca. Three solid, whole, complete days of crying. NONSTOP except to sleep. No eating, no drinking, no pottying, NOTHING. She was grieving and grieving HARD! Finally, we had to ask our guide for help. She sat little Miss Becca down on a bed, talked to her in Chinese VERY harshly, fed her some prunes and within 30 minutes we had her first POTTY experience! WE HAD LIFT OFF! :o)




We saw a piece of her personality and her little self, each and everyday after that! It was nice.

And now look at her?! Reminds me of a song...."Isn't she lovely" by Stevie Wonder.

Momma Kooky

Somebody's having a HUGE birthday!!!!!!!

Yep, Matthew's FIRST birthday here in the states will be this Saturday, November 10th! (Actual birthday is November 12th.) We're having it a tad early for one of his best friends.......Alex. Little Alex is having his cleft surgery on the 12th, so he needed his CAKE before, because we know it just wouldn't taste right in a blender! ;0)


Matthew will be 3 years old. YEAH! He's potty training pretty hard now. What an accomplishment since we got him in March! THAT'S RIGHT, March of this year! His vocabulary is HUGE now. He's already had one surgery out of the way. He's in daycare having FUN, FUN, FUN! He has a doggie named Charlie to play with. A bratty sister, I mean, wonderful sistah named Becca Boo to be reckoned with. What more could a boy ask for! (oh yeah, and PLENTY of food.....without hiding it in pockets or in jackets *which he use to do being from a orphanage*)

Um, apparently a boy could ask for something else.....BACKYARDIGAN PARTY STUFF! Yep, that's the theme for his party! Anything and everything Backyardigans! Whether it's Tyrone the moose, Pablo the penguin, Austin the (I'm not sure what Austin is or any of the other ones for that matter).......anyway, lots to celebrate! Lots to have fun with. Pictures of his first party will come, I PROMISE! I'll borrow someone's camera if need be!

What a delight to have a son who is like Matthew. It's amazing to me how some kids are dealt a "throw away" label on them but if they only had love and compassion to pick them up, look what they COULD be! Matthew was a child like this. For those of you who know him personally, look at him flurrish! He is over 3 feet tall now. In a 2T pants (length wise, around middle he can't fill them out yet). He's healthy. He's soooooooooooooooooooooooo loved! What a difference for him and for us! I just wish that for all the orphans! Especially the one's who wait, and wait and wonder when their mommy and daddy will come and get them.

Ok, tears are just rolling down now. I do this to myself every once in awhile. I just can't tell you how much adoption has meant for us. You have to experience it for yourself! There is NOTHING similiar like it! NOTHING!

Please send our Matthew a little note telling him HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We'd sure appreciate it. I know he will too! We'll make sure he knows what you wrote and who did it. Honest. Thanks in advance!!!

Momma Kooky

Just thinking about the past a bit...........

Ok, I'm sentimental somewhat. Yeah, yeah, big deal, right? For normal stuff, yeah, but for your kids? I mean, adopting them from another country? It's a huge thing. I was just going back and rereading every little thing about Matthew's trip this past March. I found myself tearing up at certain parts. Especially seeing his "blank" face look when we got him. And seeing the hints of his mentos that the "Mother" Nanny had given to him to keep him quiet and occupied. (semi laughing)

You wanted some photos? How about of our son's first pictures? These are the FIRST and only photos we ever received about our child when we (or should I say, GOD chose him for us) chose him. Enjoy.......... (In order, Matthew's visa picture, Orphanage photo 1, Orphanage photo 2.) THIS IS OUR BOY! :o)

JUST A WORD OF WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*This blog is under a serious reconstruction and possible name change! Be on the lookout for future OH MY GOODNESSES or jawdropping happenings!*

Rebecca's Results..........

Well, after a very long conversation with one of Rebecca's pediatricians, we know have the results of her tests.

Her bone xrays of her little self came out very well and are ok. They were able to tell us ALOT about her. (and maybe some we didn't want to know about) Her bloodwork was THEE best!!!! All clear there. They were worried about 2 particular chromosonal genetic heredities that could stunt her growth, but they are normal! (thank you Lord)

The end result? Apparently her biological parents are very short. Therefore, Rebecca will be short. They are estimating her total height (from her xrays) to be around 4'6 to 4'10. (possibly even up to 5'0, but that's on the high end) Short is ok! I'm 5'4, so that's ok.

There is one extra thing we were able to find out from her skeletal frame as well. It's something we were fearing, yet wondering about if the information we were given for her, from China, was correct. Her chronological age from her xrays say she could be actually younger than she is. (I WILL NOT get into this unless it's in private emails.) For Rebecca's sake, her birthday is her birthday! SHE IS 4 YEARS OLD! END OF STORY! Dad and I feel VERY, VERY strong (and united) on this! She knows her birthday. She knows what month it's in. She knows what day it is. She knows how old she is! AND THAT'S FINAL!

So, to this, we say, THANK YOU LORD for the tests coming out very well for her! God made short people so we could look after tall people! hehehehehehehehe.....*s*

Matthew's just about over his sinus/ear infection stuff. So glad. Poor guy, he's getting use to the augmentin taste! Ewww......smells like coconuts. Don't ask me to taste it! Yuck!

Just gearing up for Matthew's party and resting from a yucky week of quizzes, homework, classwork, midterm exam, and doing family stuff. Maybe we can relax? naa, not in the vocabulary! Until then?

From the mommy files

A little memory from our last trip to China

Every morning when we were eating breakfast in Chengdu, there was a song playing. I kept trying to find the artist and what the songtitle was but to no avail. The melody of the song was one of those earworms that you never forget. The search was not made any easier by Rebecca who made up her own words to the song. The melody was correct but the words all wrong. She wanted us to get the CD so we could bring it home. After we got home I have had a few search sessions online to find the song and now I have finally found it. So.... Here it is as a karaoke video from YouTube.



By the way..... Rebecca was singin..... Nanee da pee, nanee da poo....

The daddy flies..... I mean files......

A packed day of Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!

Today we took a leisure day. Yesterday the kids went to a friends birthday party and boy did they have FUN! They had the chocolate on their faces and lootbags to prove it! LOL

Today, we took the kids to a farm to pick pumpkins. Just a little place in northern Prince Frederick. The rule for the kids was if they couldn't hold it, they couldn't get it. (I honestly thought that would work!) Little did I know they would put their 2 heads together and test and see just how big of a pumpkin they could hold!!! They started small and went big...........meanwhile Dad and I were just laughing our heads off!!!! These 2 kids were bound and determined to get the "big one"! You had to see it to believe it.

Anyway, they ended up picking 2 pumpkins. Matthew held his for all of 2 seconds and then proceeded on dropping it. Momma to the rescue! I caught it. Matthew wanted it. So Momma held it until we paid for it. Rebecca's pumpkin was slightly bigger and daddy carried hers to the checkout. It was nice. Apple cider, jellies, jams, sauces, homemade stuff, hotdogs, sodas, moonbounce, mums, hay, you name it, it was there. We actually hung around for a bit.

Right now, the pumpkins are outside, cooling in the sun. We will get to carving them sometime soon. Rebecca wants to go ghoully, Matthew wants something with a BIG smile. (one he saw at the farm) Daddy and Mommy will get to carve these bad boys, so stay tuned for pictures. (no pictures from the pumpkin farm though. didn't think about it when we went)

The mommy files