Happy Mother's Day from China!

We spent the day hanging around the hotel recovering from over 26 hours of traveling. Ellie Ruth, of course, has not slowed down. Her excitement for tomorrow is definitely showing. She even has shared that her stomach is excited! lol We talked about her first day with her family and how she felt and how Yi He Yu is going to feel tomorrow.

Our "Gotcha" time tomorrow is 2pm so we are going to spend the morning wondering around sightseeing and just enjoying being in China.

This is the view from our hotel room.

I could not pass this up! Ellie Ruth LOVES Hello Kitty.

And of course we could not end the day without Ellie Ruth taking a dip in the pool.

We've had a very relaxing day, our first day in China. I pray tomorrow will go smooth with Allie Joyce and she finds the courage and peace to leave everything she knows and take a chance with us.

Until tomorrow.

Vicki

WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!!!

Friday, May 11th we leave Huntsville, Alabama and arrive in Guangzhou,
China late Saturday.
We will finally be meeting our sweet Allie Joyce on Monday, May 14.


This is a short post while I experiment with emailing posts to the
blog site. I hope to keep it updated daily during this journey to
bring home another precious daughter.


Vicki

We have PA!

We will be traveling once again to China to pick up our sweet little girl. Ellie Ruth is so excited to know we will be getting her "sleep mate" from China.

Here is a picture of them together in China.

One week in China

We have been in China for a week now and Ellie Ruth has been with us for just 6 days. 6 days... She feels such a part of my life that I can hardly believe it has only been 6 days.

Her smile warms my heart.

Her laughter brings joy to my life.

Her sweet personality completes me.

With just another 6 days before we are home in Alabama, we plan to visit the Safari Park, the Pearl Market, and ride the subway.

INTRODUCING ELLIE RUTH BUCKELEW

I have just a moment but want to post that we completed the adoption today and Ellie Ruth is now staying with us. She did cry and grieved for her friends and nanny.

WE ARE IN CHINA!!!

We are finally here at the Victory hotel in Guangzhou. The trip was very smooth except for the
extremely long flight from Detroit to Japan...13 hours... When we arrived in Hong Kong last night at 1pm (Hong Kong time) we were so tired. The train ride from HK to Guangzhou was very relaxing.
Our guide meet us outside the train station and arranged transportation to the hotel. The hotel is very nice. The guide gave us our schedule for the trip and we will meet Ellie Ruth Monday morning at 10am. I am very nervous...excited.....happy.....

I will post pictures after tomorrow!

Tomorrow we leave for China!

Our flight leaves at 6:05am Friday morning and we will arrive in Hong Kong Saturday night around midnight. Very nervous about the flight.... trying not to think about it too much. I am meeting Ellie Ruth's teacher this morning. I am hoping she will let me take a picture of her so I can show Ellie. We received updated pictures of Ellie Ruth on Thanksgiving. She is sooo beautiful.