jbeck Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 What yesterday brought, Jill wantd Cadee weighed. So Daddy got on the scales, checked his weight and then picked up Cadee. Yep she came in at a whopping 16 lbs. LOL Mommy is calling her peanut. Then is't get ready for breakfast. So dad picks out the outfit he would like, Here she is in her first Levis Jeans. Ok, head down stairs and Cadee eats all solid food for breakfast. Of course Daddy hits the bacon eggs and sausage hard. LOL Then Jill starts working with Cadee on feeding herself, finally she teaches her to pick up a cheerio, and put it in her mouth. Please remember, Cadee is 21 months old. Well we get the eating out of the way, time for a shopping trip. Here we are in a coat Mommy loves, and Daddy ain't sold on yet. LOL After shopping it is time for a nap, wake up and off to get Cadee's pictures for Visa. she has fun there, and smiles a couple of times when we are playing with her, loves to be turned upside down. We get home and Mommy pulls out the stacking blocks. It took 2 min. of working with her to show her how they went, and off she goes. She used both hands to stack, and if one wouldn't go she would switch off to the other hand. THis was the first she really used some motor skills. Now bed time, We gave her 2 stacking blocks to take to bed. She started experimenting with them, she would hold one up to her ear and scratch the end. THen let bang them together. finally after about 30 min. of clack clack clack Mommy took them. Oh my did she ever put on a preformance of being upset. Big Crocodile tears and the saddest crying you ever heard. After she figured out we weren't falling for it she went right to sleep. I just can't wait to see what today brings. It is now 2pm at home and 3 am at home. I think I'll be on here for awhile this morning. I might go down stairs and call the office to make sure everything is going well. I sure am glad I can post and talk to you folks while I'm over hear. It makes it seem like I'm not that far away. Love Jeff, Jill, And Cadee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Glad to hear things are going well Jeff. Hope you all have a good and safe trip home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Cadee sure is a cute little bugger. Have a safe trip home and Godspeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Thanks for the updates Jeff! Seems slowly but surely Cadee is coming around. :) I'm sure it will take lots of time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Some thing I've failed to mention, and I appoligize for it. To all that serve or in our armed forces currently or have in the past, or for those who have family serving or have served. I would like to thank you for your sacrifice. Without your loyalty to our great country, I would not be able to bring my girls home from China. From my family to you and yours. Thank you will all of our hearts. I will admit, tears are welling up as I write this. You and your fellow service men and women have allowed me to have a family. God Bless Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Sounds as if things are progressing real good! I bet you are going to be glad when you get back to the states! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Love the pics Jeff, she's such a sweetheart. :D Glad things are going well over there, looks like she's coming around very quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Great Thread ! Congrats to you and your wife. Enjoy ! tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 hey, jeff. thanks for including us in your family pics. this is absolutely super. i love it. congradulations, daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Good luck with the new addition to your family what a cutie pie :D :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 OK folks, we had an interesting day yesterday, we all went shopping as a group. We went down town to a temple, then over to a shopping plaza, then to a books store. This really wore us out, Cadee was exhasted when we got back at 12 noon. here is Jill and Cadee in down town Guanzoah. this is another family in our group. You sure see God working in bringing these families together. They had called in about switching to special needs in the adoption to cut down on the time of the wait. The social worker told them that she had just got off the phone with a family that had rejected a little girl because of her age. She was 8 and considered special needs because of her age only. THe mommy said that is our daughter and we want her. I watched the joy in this little girls eyes when she came out of the room and imediatley hugged and bonded to her Mommy and Daddy. The second day they asked her in Chinese if she liked her new parents. And she told them she loved them and they loved her and she was going back to USA to live with them. This deffinatley cause some tears of joy from the whole group. Here they are going shopping. Next we headed to some temple, I'm not sure what was going on there, but it was kinda cool for the first 10 min. LOL This is a pic of Cadee with the director of her orphanage, she didn't look real impressed with him. And now the moment you've all been waiting for. The amazing smile, yes this is proof that Cadee does have teeth. LOL It is very rare to catch this allusive animal on film, and I'm proud to have done it. We had talked to another lady about Cadee being so backwards, and she explained that in an orphanage little ones who don't cry out are thought to be happy. Cadee rarely crys, so she probably didn't get handled much. She is learning very quickly that if she need something and she crys we check with her to make sure her needs are met. This is truly bonding time for her. She will learn to love us because we meet her needs. When we give her food, we grow closer when we give her attention we grow closer. Last night mommy sat on the floor away from Cadee and called her to her. it took a little bit, but before long that game was great. She jumps from a sitting position without the help from her hands, Just hops right up and runs to ma ma. LOL then we get a little coy grin. Well, at 3:30 we got a call. One of baby's have chicken pox, USA says to vacinate all the baby's within 72 hrs. This will cost 350 Yuan ( $50) Is this OK. I told them that was fine, and was told all families where to meet at 4:30 to go to the medical center. I'll tell you what, Cadee cried there. Daddy shed a few tears too. After that she wanted nothing to do with any Chinese person, expecially the ones wearing masks.LOL Then back to the hotel where we dined on Pa Pa Johns pizza, coors light, and Diet coke. Cadee ate conzgee(rice, milk, chicken) then bed at 8pm. I'm sorry if I rambled on to much, just needed to tell my friends how things are going. I will say it is really nice to be able to share all of this, it make me feel were not so far away. Jeff Jill, and Cadee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Wow Jeff.............such an amazing story. Your daughter is a precious angel. God bless your family. This is making me want to adopt a baby............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 You are right thats the pic we have been waiting for!! GREAT PIC :) Well, at 3:30 we got a call. One of baby's have chicken pox, USA says to vacinate all the baby's within 72 hrs. This will cost 350 Yuan ( $50) Is this OK. I told them that was fine, and was told all families where to meet at 4:30 to go to the medical center. I'll tell you what, Cadee cried there. Daddy shed a few tears too. After that she wanted nothing to do with any Chinese person, expecially the ones wearing masks.LOL. Amazing how quickly children learn those people with mask hurtme:eek: KEEP THEM AWAY :D Thanks for the updates :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 great updates, jeff. and ramble on some more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Thanks for the update Jeff, cool to see Cadee progressing at the rate she is! I tell ya I look forward to seeing this thread everyday when I get home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Just got on and saw this post Jbeck. Thanks for the updates and pics. It's great to see how things have been going for Cadee, mom and dad. Keep us posted and have a safe trip home. Michelle enjoyed the pics as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 By the way, this is a doll that is given to adopting parents that stay at the white swan. This is a barbie doll holding a chinese baby. We got one for Carlee when last over hear, we were hoping they still did it this trip. Also mom purchased this outfit today, I pretty sure Cadee feels the same way about it as I do. LOL And now for the great wonderful new. The light just came on in this little girls head. SHe jumped up and ran to mommy when called smileing from ear to ear. SHe then ate dinner, she picked up the spoon for mommy, held her own sippy cup, then for desert she picked up Cheerios and ate them all by herself. she is over joyed when we praise her, and is actually trying to show off. LOL Look at this look. This is by far the happiest she's shown us. She is really changing by the minute. If she continues at this rate we will be enrolling her in Harvard by the time we leave for the states. I handed her a stacking cup upside down and she switched it to the other hand before putting it down. As you can tell I'm one wound up Pa Pa right now. Keep prayers coming, but I'm here to tell you they are being answered right in front of our eyes. Jeff Jill, and Cadee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 She is a cutie. Congrats on the new addition. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 More great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 she looks upset about the new hat and outfit Glad to hear that all is going well Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Love those last pics, priceless! Looks like she's warming up to ya's now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Love that smile. It just gets better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Love that smile. It just gets better now. Thats awesome! She is beautiful! So glad she is excepting you two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Ok folks, sorry I didn't post last night. I ended up in the pool lounge with 2 guys from our adoption group. THen we were joined by a fellow from England, one from Ireland, and A gentleman from Poland joined us latter. That guy from Ireland was buying rounds, I talked hunting with the guy from England, he shoots skeet over there. He was into match pistols, but they lost them because of some crimes. Now he said only the criminals have pistols. any how, here are the events of the day. Jill went to the area where the tropic of Cancer comes across. It's called the 5 rams. This next pic is of a local shop owner named Dong, boy is this guy ever a great fellow. I sat and had tea with him, and we talked for more than an hour and a half. He was interested in hunting in the USA, so I used his computer to pull up RT photos. He was amazed at the deer, elk, bear, and turkeys everyone was getting. LOL In china they grind up antlers for women to drink, good for body thay say. He thought we could make a killing with the antlers we were getting on the deer at home.LOL I'll post the rest in the next post. Jeff Jill and Cadee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 THis is a pic we took yesterday of some children on the street, they are studying english, and come to this area to practice on Americans. THey were asking our names, favorite foods, favorite colors, favorite hobbies, and where we were from in USA. THey were a joy to be around, all wanted us to write our names in ther notebooks to save them. THey gave us all kids of candy from there back packs as gifts, and they wanted there pictures taken with them. I'll tell you what, I'd have taken them all home if allowed. LOL We all went to the zoo today, what fun walking around a zoo not exactly feelling the best. My wife didn't feel sorry for me one bit, something about self induced. I do know she made me carry alot more than usual, funny how women have a habit of doing that. LOL Here is a pic of Cadee and I in front of the Indian Elephant. Then I got a pic of these little deer, THey had little horns that looked something like Sika deer, and only grew about 6" above there heads. I would love to bow hunt these little things. LOL I'm telling you a 20 yard shot would have to be right on. Well guys and gals, that is the update for today. I'll keep hanging out here and trying to update you on how things are going. Cadee is really takeing to us, she is smileing more and more each day. SHe still hasn't talked other than the few words the other day before nap. Her little eyes are sparkleing though. Keep up the prayers, we sure appreciate them. From china, Jeff Jill and Cadee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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