WE HAVE BRYCE!

Hi everyone,

We met Bryce this morning and he is all boy! He was a bit skiddish when we first met but after a couple of hours, he warmed up to us. He is very quiet at first and prefers to study his surroundings then cry. We took him to the grocery store today and he really started to open up when we bought him a ball (one of his favorite toys.)

We came back to the hotel and he took a 3 hour nap. He had ridden a train all night from his town and had been up since 5 A.M.

After he ate some wonton soup and rice, I gave him a bath, which he liked. He got on his clean clothes and the play began. He really opened up, played peek-a-boo and blew us kisses. He's a ham.

Tomorrow we go to his town of Wenzhou City and complete his visa, we return to Hangzho on Wednesday.

We miss home and american food! It's a long way to go for weight loss program.

I will get some pictures up after we get back home due the fact that I can't download any pictures.

Love to all and thank you for all your prayers.

Shelley and Kim

We survived an excruiatingly hot day of touring yesterday. We flew to Hangzhou, Bryce's home province today and met our guide Kathy. She is great. She got us checked into our hotel and will come back at 5:00 tonight to take us grocery shopping.

Will will pick up Bryce tomorrow, Monday at 9:00 A.M. We will bring him back to the hotel to spend the day with us. We then meet Kathy at 3:00 and drive 5 hours to his town in Wenzhou City to complete his passport and visa. It has to be done in his home town. We will stay overnight and come back to Hangzhou the next day.

More to come!

Lets bring our boy home!

We are at the KC airport and it is a beautiful day to fly. Kim and I are excited for our journey and look forward to whats ahead for us. Got to bed at 1 am, to excited to sleep.

Thanks to Nicholas for helping with the webcam issue. Had to make a latenight run to Walmart for a new one. Hope to be able to Skype so grandma can see Bryce right away.

Take care and we will talk to you soon.

Preparing for our trip to China

Nesting...

Offical travel date has arrived!

I received my travel date from my agency this week. The plan is to leave KC on July 29, arrive Beijing on July 30 and we should get Bryce (Gotcha Day!) on August 2. We have a tentative date for our American Consulate appointment of August 10. Just waiting for final approval on this. I will hopefully have my travel itinerary within the next 5 days. As my friend Karen says "one more step, just one more step".

Time to get serious about packing!

Baby Showers

Some of my dear friends in KC have hosted two showers for me. First was hosted by my Adoption Group. They are a group of wonderful people who have prayed for Bryce's safe journey home to all of us and second was my friends from Russell Stover and DST Output. I am so grateful for such a supportive group of people in my life.