More of Lana

This was yesterday morning... Lana really enjoys coloring and playing with the crayons. Her coloring has gotten better day by day, it is so amazing. Interestly, she has started to break the crayons in half and give half to Nyah. What a great sharer... I guess :)


In this picture she is so serious, which is her natures so far, but she loves to play and laugh too. She is simular to Nyah with her serious side, so far...





This is a picture of the new sisters. Nyah is so happy to have Lana here, and Lana seems to think Nyah is really amazing also.


Finally, we have a picture of the new Baba and his new gal. Lana is now getting tired here, but she normally smiles with her Daddy.

On our trip to the market to get a few things, we came across this entertainer and his little friends. It was really neat to see although sad. The crowd around thought it was something.

Today, we finally got to go and have some fun with the kids outside of the hotel. We went to a local park. Lana was so interested in the bubbles and she really enjoyed it. Although today she has been quite down, I guess her new world is starting to sink in. But once we got back to the room, she was so happy and playing, she even enjoyed a pony ride on Daddy...

This place is a very important place for Lana's history. This is the location that she was found at. It was outide of a noodle restaurant. At somepoint this place and the surrounding may be very important to her. We are glad we could come and see this place, if only for a few minutes.

SHE IS FINALLY HERE...

This is the face of a very excited big sister as we make our way from the airport to get Lana (Ya Qi). So far it has been a very long day.



This is the walk of a big sister about to get her new Mei Mei. Life is so exciting for us all. Nyah was so excited to meet Lana. She is proudly walking in with her new stuffy for Lana.

Finally we have her and she is just so beautiful and full of life. She was a bit scared at the beginning but she did not cry. She came to us fairly easy and is very proud that she has a Jie Jie of her own. She has been attached to Nyah at the hip.

This is a group photo at the orphanage. The man standing next to Marc & I is the director and on the other side of me, past the other man is the directors wife. Everyone was so happy for us and the girls. They gave me a gift so a very tradtional sheep skin scarf and necklace for Nyah and Lana. You could really feel the love from the workers for the girls. It was a very special day for everyone.

This is a photo of the Director and his wife. They was all so wonderful. I tried to tell them thank you for caring so much for Lana. The guide did the translating and of course I cried. the director seemed to be very compassionate and sincere about what we were feeling. It was very special and a great memory for me and something to share with Lana.

This is Lana back at the room with us. She is having fun exploring with paper and crayons and playing with Nyah. It was so funny. Nyah wanted to change into some new clothes and as soon as Lana saw that she really wanted something new too. And she was so proud and full of smiles to see her new clothes.

This is our first supper with Lana. The day was so long that we were just exhausted, that we had our dinner in the room. One thing I forgot to mention, LANA LOVES FOOD... ANY AND ALL FOOD... AND LOTS OF IT... AND LOTS OF WATER TOO. Yesterday I think she drank like 4 litres...

It seems that just in in our hotel room Lana has discovered a completely new world and facinated by every and all things from the bathtub to the dimmer switch for the lights... she was taking in everything that she possibly could. I guess we'll need to consider baby proofing our house when we get back.

Well we are off to dinner soon.

From Dina, Marc, Nyah & Lana

We are here... Next stop Lana...

We have arrived. After a long 13+hours on an airplane, we are arrived in Beijing, China looking a bit haggard and tired but still running on adrenaline. The flight went wonderfully and although I worried, Nyah was a great little trooper. Thank goodness for the Air Canada plane with the fancy seats that has a TV at each seat... Nyah watched a lot of Treehouse and we played some Uno. She also did some sleeping.

Today we headed to a park that was so beautiful – what a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day. The kids had fun and the weather was great.

Tomorrow we are off very early to get Lana… More to follow.

A new sister is a coming...

She is so precious and excited. Marc made this great t-shirt for Nyah and one for Lana. Nyah's says - Jie Jie - meaning big sister and Lana's says Mie Mie - meaning little sister. I think the girls are going to be so cute with these... Almost Kissable... Most defiantly KISSABLE. I mean who will be able to resist this pair...

And the packing begins...

Finally everything is finding a place. There is still lots to do, but now it has begun.

I actually had to fully reassess all the clothes I was taking because the weather is showing to be a bit cooler than I was originally planning for. So less capris and dresses for the girls, more leggings and jeans. But here is the beginning... More to follow once we are all packed... I wondering what would be good easy, portable, no mess snacks??? You all know me, I am pretty picky. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

An Artist in the making...

Last night Nyah's school had an open house and we were able to go in and see all her work and meeting with her teacher and friends for a bit. Nyah really enjoyed showing me everything and getting to hang out in the library.

As part of our special night the kids prepared a model of a village in their social studies program - Poulet de Village - with building, homes and parks. Nyah made the school and a bus along with many other items for their backyard. What a treat!

In the school gym there was a display of all the classes art projects. Nyah class featured art with tissue and metallic. Here is a picture of Nyah and her art... Her master piece is the blue/green earth with the bright metallic sun.

Miss Hola Hola Girl

This is so cute and funny... Nyah has recently (like yesterday) taken up hola hooping and she is loving it. At our visit to Canadian Tire, she found this hola hoop and she just tried it and was doing great... But then we found out the hoop was like $8.99. Isn't that crazy, I remember it being so much cheaper as a kid and Marc didn't want to pay that much for it. So I remembered some money that Taunt Ingrid sent Nyah at Easter that she still had...

So after I reminded her about the money and told her she could get she was so excited. Although, I had to go over the concept of me paying for it now and when we get home she will pay me back...

This has backfired on me before, so we need to understand that one ;-)

THANKS TAUNT INGRID

Well here she is! I hope you Enjoy!

Nyah and Lana... Their special room.

Nyah is so excited to finally share her room with Lana. After many years waiting to be a big sister, the time is finally here. Just a few more weeks and she will be to show her sister their new room.

Over the weekend, Marc painted some letters to brand their door... Nyah & Lana... He did a great job and we were all so excited when he hung them for us. I hope you like them too!

Surprise!!!

We are so excited that just 2 minutes ago we got to see a new set of pictures of Lana and little update of information about our new little girl.

She is outgoing and active. She likes to play with other children and likes outdoor activities. She speaks really well, in Mandarin that is :-). She does a lot on things by herself like she east by herself. She likes all sorts of foods like snacks and fruits. She also likes to drink water. Apparently because of her eczema she can not eat lamb and seafood. She also sleeps really well and she has a 2 hour nap each day.

Currently her height is 94 cm (37 inch); 13.7 kg (30.2 lbs) and her feet are 14 cm (5.5 inch). so now we can look for a pair a shoes for our new gal!!!

Here are a few new pictures for everyone enjoy!

27 Sleeps and counting

27 more sleeps and we will have little Lana in our arms and finally in our family forever.

We are so excited to getting down to the final days of preparing for Lana.

Actually yesterday morning as Nyah noticed that we had 28 more sleeps and we are now in our 20s, and we still haven't packed a thing. How wonderful and exciting for her. She is just over joyed and excited to make the trip to China and become a big sister :)