Swearing In, Keeping Up and Going to Hong Kong

Hello everyone, it is Friday night and we are all packed for tomorrow's trip to Hong Kong. We leave at 11:30 for a short 45 minute flight up and down. We are looking forward to our last part of the journey. The only thing we have planned in Hong Kong is to maybe tour, maybe go to Disney Land and go to Macau Island ? We'll see how Miss Claire is doing. We will keep up with our blog once we return back to TX so everyone can keep up with Miss Claire, it may not be as often but we will update you. We will also update you sometime in Hong Kong. Today we had the oath and swearing in at the American Consulate. Claire was laying on my shoulder holding up her right hand looking at her fingers. Mommy was crying with tears of joy in being able to bring her to America and Baba was proudly saying our oath. She continues to make great strides! She loves to stand and may walk before she crawls? She loves apple sauce and continues to make us laugh and smile! Yesterday the red couch photos were so cute! The babies all sat on the couch very cutely and quietly until they started crying, falling over and wanting Mama's. Well, we will updte you once we get settled in Hong Kong. Love to all, MA, J and C

Red Couch Photos from the White Swan

All the babies took a picture today, as you can see Claire had her foot up as usual. The boy is the one in blue in the middle. Tonight at dinner we met a family from Mt. Vernon TX, wow! So, enjoy the new pics of the playroom and red couch and family photos. Love, MA, J and C

1st swim and more adorable pics of Claire

We had our first swim, she looked so cute and liked the water. We had a restful day and tomorrow we go before the American Consulate for our ceremony and visa to return her to the USA. She becomes an American citizen upon reaching American soil, which will be our stop over in LA. YEAH! She continues to make us laugh and smile every moment, our hearts are full of love, we are blessed. Can't wait to see everyone soon! Love, MA, J and C

Our morning 926

Hello everyone, Claire is asleep with Baba, she usually takes a 3 hour power nap. Now that I am a new Mommy, I continue to sleep even more lightly always saying prayers for our sweet Claire, Jason and our new forever family. We went to a Temple today and the babies got a monk blessing, this afternoon we hope to swim in the pool for the first time! Claire continues to do well and is really liking baby apple paste and some yogurt. Tonight we will have a quiet evening and play in the Swan Room and maybe go for Starbucks and 7-11 ice cream. Tex Mex is sounding so good right now. Claire does great on travel, we get in and out of a tour bus a lot and she does fine in the stroller too, we are so blessed. Will post more pics later, your later morning. Love you all, Miss you! MA,J and C

More cute pics for you ! Love to all, Miss you all!

Claire is so cute! Click on the pics to enlarge, she loves to suck in her bottom lip and the towel one is after her bath in the sink. The one with Jason is at the Chen family Temple, will post more pics later! xoxoxo MA, J and C

New Pics from 9/25

Pics from our day at the White Mountain Gardens, beautiful place and pics with Claire and her Baba! Love to all, MA, J and C

More pics from 924 Day

She was knocked out after our trip to the DR. and McDonalds and then DaDa is reading her ladybug book to her in her jamjams almost ready for bed. xoxox MA, J and C

Praises, McDonalds, Swan Play room and more !

Well, the Dr.'s checkup went great, no tears and development is all normal, praise! She weighs 18.2 lbs and is 68 cm long. So, after our visa photo we went to the clinic for the Dr's exam. Claire is a gagger like her MaMa, Daddy did most of the holding. After the dr's appt. we had the day free so we all came back for a 3 hour nap! WOW! Then the day started very rainy but we got out and walked to McDonald's for lunch,we had chicken nuggets and fries and it was good! We passed on the soy bean pie and other local McDonald items. Once we returned to the hotel we took Claire into the Swan Playroom made and sponsored by Mattel. She really responded to Winnie the Pooh and gave him a big hug ! After we played we came back to the room to rest and got out later for a 7-11 ice cream! So, we had another terrific day with Miss Claire! Her hair is growing and tonight she ate a lot of rice cereal, well a lot for her :) We will 1/2 day tour tomorrow and rest in the afternoon. Tomorrow in all of China they will celebrate the moon cake festival so we might try to fnd a mooncake for a dessert. We still haven't been to Starbucks but will go soon. Love to all, MA, J and C

New dress, new barbie, new pics! Oh so cute!

Her first Chinese dress, what a doll! Will post more pics from our day! Love, MA, J and C

dadadada, shopping, Spicy girl and thumbs up

Well everyone, we are loving Guangzhou! Everyone told us we would and we do! We went from pbutter crackers and stale animal cookies to 7-11 and Papa Johns Pizza and Maserati shopping center! Yesterday we just got oriented to our new place at the White Swan. Claire's sleeping was still sound yet a little more restless due to the different crib. This morning we ate a delicious Western breakfast overlooking the Pearl River, we had french toast, tater tots, bacon, omelet and more! We were still hungry from our trip in Chongqing, however we did enjoy a delicious PaPa Johns large pepperoni pizza last night! The mommies are going for a mommy starbucks soon and then the new dads are going for another type of beverage ha ha! Everywhere we take Claire in the stroller she rides with her feet in the air, we still think she will be an acrobat or gymnast! She catches everyone attention young and old with her hair sticking up and blowing in the wind and her feet in the air. Yes, it is very windy and tropical here and we enjoy the more fresh air and water! When people ask us where she is from we say Chongqing and they all say oh .... she is a Spicy girl so we have nicknamed her Qi Spice! For us, that is good because we know she will love TexMex once we get back to TX. However, for now she is only eating her bottles, she gags on cherrios, fruit puffs and apple paste but is trying. The Chinese also give us the thumbs up for meaning you are a very good person, they appreciate us loving Claire and taking her to America for a good education, little do they know how much we appreciate them for giving us such a sweet child. Tomorrow we do the medical exam so we hope all goes well with that and it is not too traumatic! This morning Claire was singing daddadadadadaddaddad all morning, so cute and when Jason talks to her she just smiles and smiles. She also loves Mommy to kiss her and tickle her nose. Well, we will post pics later, just wanted you to know all is well. Love, MA, J and C