Birthday!!

Here are a couple of photos from Makena's birthday party.

Day Seven

Today was a free day since we opted out of the Temple tour. We went down for breakfast and then shopped for a little while. All the shop owners are so nice you want to buy from them, but you can only get so much to fit in the suitcase! After shopping we went to the park and let Makena run around a bit and watched the locals dancing, and exercising. It is quite interesting to see. So far Makena has not had any temper tantrums today and she has eaten less today also. I had been told she might try to eat non stop and this has been true. We are headed dawn for te red couch pics next and then off to supper.   Margaret

Day Six

Today we went to Makena's physical appointment. She screamed the entire time she was being examined. One doctor kept asking about her medical records and was not happy with them. The report says she has malformation of all four limbs but it is really just three and he didn't like that at all. He also kept asking about the surgical scar on her left thigh and even though I had a copy of the surgical report he just kept shaking his head. I think the fact that Makena was screaming so loudly finally got us out of there. After that we walked around a bit and shopped for a dress for the red couch pictures. Then we had a cheeseburger! and called it a day. Margaret

Day Five

Today we flew down to GZ. All went well on the flight with the babies. Makena was not fussy at all and did not get sick. Maybe she will be a better traveler than her mom! We are happy with the hotel location being close to shops and restaurants that have an American menu. Margaret

Day Three

We have had Makena 3 days now and she is truly an amazing child! For a day or so she was really quiet, but last night and today she is "talking". Mama, Dada, Bye-by, and of course lots of Mandrin that we have no idea about. We are feeling o.k. Could be better, or worse. We are really loking forward to flying to GZ tomorrow where things should be better. The food is not really agreeing with us here and I did not pack enough warm clothes for this area. Now that things have settled downa little I will try to post more frequently. Margaret

Fw: Hello From Zhengzhou!!!

--- On Sun, 9/20/09, margaret george <mgeorge17@att.net> wrote: From: margaret george <mgeorge17@att.net> Subject: Hello From Zhengzhou!!! To: margaretg17.makena@logger.com Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 7:15 PM Thanks to my wonderful friend Jenny I believe the blogger problem has been solved and we should be able to post now! Not sure what has been posted for us so far so I'm going to recap a little. We arrived in Beijing on Thursday afternoon the 17th. EXHAUSTED. That is the only word to describe it! Friday morning we toured the Great Wall, a Jade Factory, and the Olympic Village. Saturday we toured the Forbidden City, amazing to see something that was built before our own country was even discovered!! We then walked thru Tian'anmen Square, had a traditional Chinese lunch, toured a Silk Factory and wrapped up the evening with an acrobat show. Again, exhausted! Sunday we packed up and flew to ZZ where we are now awaiting the trip to the civil affairs office in about 7 hours to get Makena. I will try to post pics tonite. Margaret

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WallWe're Here!!

Arrived safely on Thursday night. I am still jet lagged. This time difference is awful!! And I can't get blogspot too work so I am emailing a friend who is posting this for us. still2 days til we get Makena. Just touring Beijing for a couple of days. Overall all is well. Will post more later!Margaret

Travel Approval

It's official, we have Travel Approval !! After our CA arrives we will be booking tickets leaving on September 16th! Gotcha should be the 21st! We are beyond excited!!

Margaret & Michael

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Party!!

We sent Makena a care package that included a cake to share with her friends. Totally unexpected, we have recieved pictures from the party!

LOA!!!

Okay, I'm BEHIND!! We recieved Letter of Acceptance on Friday August 7th. We are now waiting on TA (travel approval), our official invitation to come get Makena!

Where O Where

I am really hoping for our LOA to arrive this week. Once we have it we should travel in 5-8 weeks and right now that time frame falls before the trade fair in October! Also, we want to hold our baby girl!!! We should not be waiting very much longer but I am having a fit to get her in my arms! Everyone think good thoughts and hope for our LOA by the end of the week!
Margaret

A New Picture!!

Today we recieved a little update with a new photo!! LOVE that they have not shaved her hair!! According to the new measurements Makena is currently 22 pounds!! I really hope we get to travel quickly, our little one is growing up!!!

Makena Klaire Fu George

Pictures now, more information later!!

Margaret & Michael

Shouting From The Rooftops

Have you ever wanted to shout something sooo badly, tell the entire world your news, only to not be able to?!? Hhhuummm...wonder what it might be that I want to say!?? Keep checking back.....more, later!

Margaret

Could This Week Be The Week?!?

Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since the last time we changed our medical conditions checklist. I believe we are close to referral. I feel like this could be the week. Or, maybe I know how busy we are about to be with the property we are closing on this week and how much work we need to do to make it ready for the little one's nanny to move in.
Our fingerprint appointment is scheduled for July 24th. Glad to have that in the works, as Memphis tends to be a little slow on these approvals. Just happy we are still under the I600A/I171H and not Hague. That means our time from referral to travel should be quicker. Our I171H is about to expire however, and that is going to cost another approximate $1250 unless we get referral in the next week or so.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers in the coming days and weeks.

Margaret

About Ten!!!

I spoke with Sarah about 2 weeks ago and was told there are less than 12 families left in front of us! YAY! I know 4 of these families thru an adoption yahoo group I belong to, and would LOVE for any of us to get the call TODAY! Hopefully, more news to arrive soon, GREAT news, but nothing yet!

Nothing New

No news to report. I found this picture on another blog and thought it was super cute so I "stole" it!

Margaret

My Family

My immediate family got together and took some pics last Sunday. I grew up in a small town in Alabama on a farm. My parents still live there, and always will! Dad and my brother Kevin recently restored a John Deere tractor that my dad then put up for sale. A couple of weeks after it had been for sale I had the bright idea that we would get together and take pictures in front of the tractor. Well, low and behold the tractor sold the day before we were to take pics so dad drug another tractor out, but this was not quite what I had planned. Oh well!!

Update

I spoke with Sarah at our adoption agency yesterday and FINALLY got a ballpark number out of her. Something I have been trying to do for about six months!! There are less than 30 families in front of us!! This does not mean after 30 more children's files come in we will be matched. We have a narrow checklist of medical needs and someone behind us with a broader checklist will be matched before us. However, we have needs selected that families in front of us do not have listed, so we will be matched before them. While the list does not move chronologically, it felt good knowing we are close to the top!! I am still hoping to know something by the end of May!!

Update....Or Not

I thought I needed to post something, but I don't really have anything of any importance to say. We have not recieved "the call", and I am not expecting it anytime soon. At this point I really hope we know "who" and "where" our child is by summer, but who knows. We are MCC 15 months today and I know some families who are 17 months +. I know of 2 families waiting for babies with malformed fingers/toes, club feet, malformed ear in frontof us. But, there could be 20. That is 1 thing that drives me crazy, just plain not knowing!!!!!!!!!!!

Nursery Pictures

Some of you have asked if we have started the nursery. Actually, we are done!!

The Room Is Finished!!

Today we finished the nursery!! Adding her name was the only thing left to do, and now it is done!!

Happy 2009 !!

It has been so long since I set this up I can't remember how to post pictures! I am going to try to put a picture or our puppy Sadie up so everyone can see how cute she is and so I can figure this out again!! LOL