By Shorel & Sandra on February 24th, 2010
Here’s a video of the first moments we met Sianna. Watching this back was so interesting because I didn’t know:
1. The hotel lobby was noisy. I heard nothing.
2. The director was asking questions about us. I heard nothing.
3. There were four babies in the lobby. One of them was crying. I heard nothing.
My entire focus
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By Shorel & Sandra on February 22nd, 2010
Here’s a video that Hubs took on midnight Chinese New Year’s Eve. Please note that these fireworks were shot off by families. Unlike most large U.S. firework celebrations, this was not financed by the city in any way. After watching a video like this, you can understand why China is the birthplace of gunpowder!
Chinese New
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By Shorel & Sandra on January 5th, 2010

It started snowing at 11am when I picked Schäfer up from preschool. We played outside for a little while, but Schäfer was pretty upset that he couldn’t build a snowman. We promised that if the snow stuck then we would go outside to play after nap time. Little did we know…
Schäfer loved playing with his
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By Shorel & Sandra on January 3rd, 2010

01.03.10
I promise today felt like January 1st. My days are still so out of order because we had Schäfer’s party after his birthday.
Today was a day of rest. Hubs took down the tree and star. I started packing all the decorations into one large plastic box. Even thought I passed along several items, my Christmas
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By Shorel & Sandra on January 2nd, 2010

The morning began when Schäfer woke up and said he wanted a chocolate cake. Good to know because that’s what we baked last night.
Anyway, the morning was one hour and a half of crazy, but the rest of the day was perfect. We had to buy milk, make pudding, put the cake together, welcome Yu
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By Shorel & Sandra on December 31st, 2009

At 9am Schäfer’s school hosted an End of the Year Carnival. After his morning exercises, he was super excited about playing games with Mommy and Papa.
The first game we played was “find your child”. They covered the kids in sheets, moved them around, then allowed the parents to turn around and find their child. So
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