February 16, 2002

     Brian Higgins calls.  He has pictures from inside the babies rooms at Guigang.  RaeAnne is in one of the pictures!  We are so thankful this man took the time to track us down!  This is an amazing red thread to me.  Our weather this weekend has been in the 50's and 60's.  Winter?  Weather!  RaeAnne is finally getting over her cold, but now I have it!

     That is RaeAnne in the front pink walker.  The earliest photo we have of her!!

February 10, 2002

     We had a cyber shower in our NovDTC group.  Everyone met in the chat room to open gifts.  We received a Winnie the Pooh outfit and rattle.  RaeAnne and I went shopping today at WalMart and bought a cherry outfit and hat and I got RaeAnne's Valentine's Day gift.  A Barney VHS and a red outfit.  Very windy today!

February 9, 2002

     We attended the Wichita Chinese Associations New Year Party this evening.  Lots and lots of beautiful children there.  Mark and I has several beauties picked out.  We decided that our next child would be born in the year of the horse which starts on the 12th of this month.  Now we will wait and see if we are right.  We are leaving the year of the snake-that is what Daddy is.  Mommy is a dog.

     Our weather is very windy with some snow and rain mix.  RaeAnne and Nicholas had a good time at the party.

February 5, 2002

     It is snowing again today and tonight.  RaeAnne has to see a pediatric eye doctor the end of this month.  Her right eye continues to have trouble with the eyelashes rolling in.

     I emailed with another family who received their referral from Guigang.  The lady has a cousin who is also Christie VanCamp.  Talk about red threads.  I wonder if this is our red thread to another Guigang baby?  I send quilt squares off to Norway today.  Hope to get some from there soon too.  Am excited to get the squares in the mail and see all the pretty colored fabric and wonderful wishes.

February 3, 2002

     Called Shari Gabbard from Ohio tonight.  She is a single mother who adopted her first daughter one year before we did RaeAnne.  She also wants to take her daughter to China with her.  I also visited LeAnne from our first group.  They are anxious to meet us in St. Louis this June.  It will be so much fun to see the girls together this summer.  Heidi is scared to fly.  We don't know if she will make it in June.  We hope she does.

     Shari's first daughter Valarie is from the same orphanage that Kim's daughter is from.  Kunming in the Yunnan province.  She did not request in her letter for another daughter from the same orphanage again.  She wanted to leave it up to chance.  They will be a part of our travel group.  There are two other couples who we haven't heard anything back from yet.  Shari also wishes that we have our babies home by Christmas.