Glad to be home!!

Even though we've been home almost a week now, exactly a week ago we was in the air in between Washington/Dulles DC airport and Knoxville, TN...arrived on time, we had several there to meet us, which was really nice to know people really do care. We had a motel reserved for that night, since we knew we would be really tired after we had been traveling for about 30 hours...well DH got an extra dose of air and decided to drive on home that night, arrived home about 1:30 am Friday, sat around talking for awhile, unpacking some, watching Aimee look around her new house and asking, "What's that?" We finally went to bed about 5am, must still be on China time?
Can you say soft bed? If you've never been to China, you really don't understand what a HARD bed is. I've heard people say they like sleeping on a firm mattress, well let's say how about just spreading a sheet out on the floor and trying to sleep on it. I had read from others about how the beds are..but experience is the best kind, I guess.
I don't have any updated pictures download to my computer, believe it or not, the ones that really know me. And I did buy me a new small digital camera to be able to keep it in my purse. I had just bought me a new Canon Rebel XTI a couple months before our trip, when my small camera torn up, that's the first thing DH asked me, why didn't I bring my new camera, I didn't want to take up the space??
Everything here is going great most of the time, she likes the word NO! She loves...going bye bye! Anytime we get her dressed, she says, me go bye bye. Anytime we go anywhere, me eat. I guess part of that is staying in a motel the first couple of weeks with us and everytime we left the room, we went to eat. Anyway, she's our beautiful little angel that God has given us and we're totally in love with!
She did have her first doctor appt this week, everything seems to be on schedule for her age. They will set up appt with Neurology Doctor soon, get her PT, OT and speech, and a eye appt set up. Her blood work did show her iron was a little low, chewable Flinstone vitamins with iron will fix that, here hearing is great. Now only one more poop sample to save and take the three in for testing tommorow, isn't it great being a Mom...to dig in poop?
Hope everyone is enjoying there little one's that God has blessed you with as much as we are..
Love to all, it was great getting to know you all! Maybe someday we'll get to know each other more, after we get to know our children more.

When we went to do more paper work today, we was getting ready to leave the office there and one of the orphanage people walked up to us, James was holding Aimee, the lady tried to let her hold Aimee, she backed up and didn't want her to take her from her Baba's arms...LOVE IT!! She's already completely happy and secure where she is at.


This picture is of Baba carrying her back to the hotel after we received her...can you tell he was ready to get her with us only. So she would be ours, he was so scared they would still try to not let us take her home, I guess this was part of what we've been thru in our failed adoption in the US.
The picture of us three was taken after we gave hugs, let her go thru her back pack, (she loves her back pack), she really curious of the things we have, zippers, necklace tags that CCAI gave us, etc.. She doesn't like Coke or Sprite. She's a really good eater, just like Mommy.
Keep Praying daily for us.

30 Minutes to GO!!!!

This was right before we left the Hotel in the lobby to walk down to the office to receive Aimee Lynn LeLe in our arms forever!
My nerves are starting to get upset really bad now, my stomach is turning pretty bad, we only have about 30 minutes before we have Aimee in arms forever!! Keep praying!

The shooting in Illinois was awful, I saw that on line this morning...we will pray for the USA also, we really need it in our country!

Love
Becky and James

A few happenings from yesterday, in Beijing

Since my camera tore up, I've just having to write things to let you know what is happening here. Yesterday, first went to the Jade Factory, enjoyed but you get tired of shopping at their shops. But, we did decide on getting a jade family ball, which is four layers, one for each Generation of the family and we thought it would be something neat for Aimee to have in the future.
The big high light of the day was the Great Wall I think, even thou dh and I didn't climb much of it, it's just amazing thing to see and climb part of it. We did some visiting with some of the other couples & families, had a cup of coffee.
Went onto the Friendship Store(?) for lunch and more shopping. Both days for lunch we ate a places where about 8 or 10 people sit around a round table, you have a lazy susan in the center; the staff keeps bringing out plates of food, turn it around and serve yourself. The plate they give you to put your food onto is about the size of a saucer at home and you get one glass of drink with a meal; the glass is about the size of a small orange juice glass at the Waffle House in US.
We also did a drive-thru tour of the Olympic Aquatic Center and the Bird's Nest.
The Acrobat Show we skipped the night before we took in last night. It was a amazing show, dh and I was in the 4th roll so good close sitting. All of the entertainers was amazing what they can do with their bodies. Barbara (our guide) told us they where from a different Province, they start training them at about the age of 3 years old.
I was until about getting everything packed away, seperating money, etc. for the most IMPORTANT part of our trip to China, our daughter! The tours, shopping, etc. has been enjoyable...but we're so ready to have her in our arms. It's only about 16 hours now before that happens. As always keep us in your prayers!
Love to all!

Celebration!

We're in Zhengzhou province now, so close but yet so far away! The rest of the evening will be for rest when DH gets back from the bank to exchange money for all of the fees. Can you imagine a bank in US open 0n Sunday? I don't think so. Our guides was there to greet us at the airport, got on a bus, after loading the suitcases and onto the Motel. Really nice place. Everywhere we go they really check us out! When we drag our luggage to airport, etc..they really look at us, because as Americans we pack way to much.
We get to meet our daughter in the morning, she will be with the first group of children that meets families! Thank You Lord!

the rest of today's tours

This is the Olympic Aquantic Center, also known as the Water Cube
Closer view of the Bird's Nest.
Bird's Nest from the Olympic.

Part of the Great Wall.

Silk Factory in Beijing.

Onto Lunch at a place included in our tour fee, pretty good stuff. I was surprised how feeling it was of the food I ate. Onto the Silk factory, DH has really wanted a quilt like thing he had slept under while he was in Ukraine last year. We got one for our bed at home, along with cover, two king size pillow cases,and a square pillow cover for Aimee's bed.
We then went on a Ricksaw tour thru the Hutong neighborhoods & invited into a person's home. Definitely poverty in the area, yet the people took pride in their homes and themselves.
Barbara got a guy to take DH & I to find a camera, well it ended up being a one time camera. But at least it's a camera.
Tommorrow will be our tours of the Great Wall and Jade factory and hopefully to see the Bird's Nest(the Olympic stadium)
Enjoyed our tours, but I'm so ready to be able to take Aimee in our arms, this is the main reason we came to China. Just keep us and her in your prayers daily.

First Full Day in Beijing!

Part of Beijing skyline

Chairman Mao's Tomb

The Bridges we crossed to get to the Forbidden City.



Ni Hao from China..we did a lot of touring today, can you say tired? Left motel at 8:30 am, toured all day until about 6pm, with the traffic we finally made it back to the motel about 7pm. I sure needed my diet coke fix; so us and other couple from our group walked across the street to the Merry Store (sp?), interesting, us four was the only people in there that wasn't from here I think. Then, we walked on down the street to McDonalds to grab a bite to carry back to our room. On the menu posted it showed your could get french fries or a cup of corn. How would you like a cup of corn with your Big Mac? YUM! DH ordered Sprite with his meal, he kept on trying to tell them a Sprite, they remade it four times, he gave up. When we got back to our room, he had no ICE in his drink, maybe that is what they thought he was trying to say.

Now a few things about our day of touring, Started out with the Forbitten City and Tinnamen Square, enjoyed it. The building were so beautiful built so long ago. All was going great until my camera broke, and all who knows me, knows how that went with me...not good! Barbara, our CCAI guide helped me to find a one time camera, $23.00 american dollars. And they say things are cheaper here. Oh well!

the two pictures just alike are of our Hotel Lobby, Quianmen Jianguo and of course we had to share a McDonald's in China with everyone.