July 9, 2006

The Dad in the family, whom I will affectionately refer to as "The Dad," gives me a bit of a hard time for my use of the internet. I consider it a tremendous source of information and a major time-saver for a working mom. There is really nothing better than being able to shop in your PJ's at 10pm after the kids go to bed without driving up a single drop of $3/gal fuel. I love it!

Well, in this whole adoption journey - starting with Big Sister (different than the Biggest Sister), I joined some Yahoo! groups. I have met some fantastic people through these groups and gleaned some incredible insight and advice. I saw Big Sister's orphanage before the trauma of seeing it real and in person, I knew what to pack and what to buy in China. The Dad always asks, "How do you know that?" when I have some sort of seemingly impossible piece of knowledge. It's one way for me to stay ahead of him - I will never be able to recite the US Presidents in order...

For Little Brother, I have joined the Chengdu orphanage group, the Waiting Child group and two Microtia/Atresia groups (one specific to adoption). Through these groups and local friends, I have determined what doctors we will likely see when we get home and know much better what to expect when we meet Little Brother.

BUT, best of all, I "met" a wonderful person who resides in Chengdu and visited the orphanage on July 4. She was kind enough to seek out Little Brother and he let her take some pictures of him. I will be forever grateful to her for sending me these precious pictures of Little Brother that drew me to tears...



Too cute, huh? We just can't wait to get him!

More later!