Snow in Oct - A Nice Day for Museum Visit

Yesterday was a nice day for hanging out in a Museum considering we woke up to 30 degree temps and new snow on the ground again -- It was October 11th!!!

It felt like Thanksgiving was two weeks away and not Halloween!

MIA had a family day so we made the most of cold day in October... here are a few shots that our friends from Target took of us. We are lucky to be the home of Target Corp; they are generous sponsors of a lot of fun, free events.

Nora Sighting!

Today I connected, via a Yahoo Group for families with children from the Yiyang SWI, with a women name Doris who was allowed to visit the orphanage yesterday and she saw Nora. The orphanage just moved in August to a new building and so here is the old building and the new building. Doris and her party were not allowed to take photos of the children or the nannys but reported that Nora was wearing a pink t-shirt and was sitting up alone and playing. It sounded like the new building is very nice and clean, unfortunately Nora lived in the old building from November of 2008 until just last month.

Introducing Eleanor Bingliang

My littlest one is in YiYang Social Welfare Service Center, Hunan, China. Eleanor (Nora for short) is about six months old in this photo. Her birthday is Nov 3rd, so we'll be celebrating it together in Guangzhou China next month.

I received an update in August (that would make her about 10 months old) that said she now has 6 teeth and is standing alone for 8-10 seconds at a time. She can also pull herself up to standing by holding on to things. She's described as a very cuddling, social girl and is very attached to her nanny. Sounds like I need to be prepared for some heavy grieving during our time in China. She also sounds like she will fit into our family just fine with Isabel and the dogs.



I can't believe I leave in 18 days.