Did I mention that Faye is a celebrity here in Beijing

 
 
 
 
Sorry, didn't really have time to blog last night, well you know what I do have this morning time, but I have a very important phone call to make home to our beautiful daughter Alexandria. So this will be short once again. As you can see we visited the forbidden city and Tiennaman Square yesterday and we also got to go see the Olympic village, didn't get to go inside any of the stadiums but we did at least get to go see the area, it was very nice. That was one of the things that Faye and I thought we would miss due to our delay. Today we get to go to the Great wall (God please give me the strenght to climb that thing today) Faye is already feeling little under the weather so hopefully she will get to go if she starts feeling a little better. Our travel group is quite small compared to last time, but they are all very nice. We went to dinner with our new friend Cynthia last night and had quite the interesting dinner at a little resturant close to the hotel, ordering food is always a challenge but hey we ate right? Will psst more pictures later, but I have a phone call to make.>>>>>Todd
P.S. Did I mention that Faye is a celebrity here in Beijing, you know that it is funny a couple of different people stopped Faye and asked to have their pictures taken with her. How funny is that, the Chinese are so amused by westeren people.

First day in Beijing, China

 
 
 
 

We made it

Sorry only time for a quick note, we arrived in Beijing 930 we were greeted by our FTIA rep. wisked away to our wonderful hotel where we both got cleaned up. We only have a couple of minutes till we meet up with the rest of our group and we are going to the forbidden city and Tiennaman square. We will be back in about 6 hours so stay tuned. Picturs to follow. >>>>>Todd

Smithsonian aircraft and space museum

 
 
 
 

Oh lord please help me

Well today didn't go as planned, we got up at 3:45am, got to Columbus airport on time our little RJ (regional jet)left as planned bound for Dulles Int'l airport, we arrived on time and all HELL broke loose. First of all we got to the departures board and saw that it our flight was delayed almost 4 1/2 hours, we were supposed to leave at 12:22 pm and now it was schuduled for a 4:45 pm departure, well Faye and I made the best of it and went to the Smithsonian aircraft and space museum. We were both got tired after walking around in there for a couple of hours so we decided to come back to Dulles and lounge around. Needless to say we got back and hung out until 4:45pm and there was no plane in the gate, they kept moving the time back, I believe we finally boarded at about 6 pm. Well now who knew that we would sit there for a couple of hours and then get thrown off the plane with 200 angry chinese people who couldn't speak much english, and then there was Faye who was speaking for all 300 passengers on the flight. Here to make a long story short we are still in Virginia and our flight is now schduled to depart at 0730 on the 9th. We are in a hotel room paid for by UNITED AIRLINES (SUCKS). Our flight last time left at least 3 hours late maybe later. This is Faye and I 3rd flight on United Airlines and not a one has went down without an issue. Needless to say this will probably be our last. We have already received $250 vouchers on future flight for the both of us. Hopefully we will make it to Beijing tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. >>>>>Todd

Schedule of events

Well we are getting ready, we figured we would let everyone know what our schedule will be like:

4-8-2009 Depart Columbus / Dulles / Beijing, China (4-9-2009)
Spend the next 3-4 days touring Beijing, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace

4-12-2009 Depart Beijing to Wuhan

4-13-2009 GOTCHA DAY, we get to meet our Gabriella
Spend the next couple of days getting to know our Gabriella, playing, coloring, watching movies, shopping, sight seeing. Faye will shop.......

4-17-2009 Depart Wuhan to Guangzhou
During the next few days we will have Gabriella's medical exam, visa pictures taken, U.S. consulate appointment. Faye will shop......

4-22-2009 Depart Guangzhou to Beijing to Chicago to Columbus all in a little less (hopefully) than 24 hours. A 3 year old on 3 flights in one day, don't know exactly how thrilled I am about that. In the end it will all be worth it.

For all our friends and families who are following along on our newest journey, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel to China and back. We will try our best to keep everyone updated so check in often. See you all soon>>>>>Todd

3 years ago

Three years ago yesterday we boarded a plane to take us on the adventure of a lifetime. In two days, we get to do that adventure all over again.

We won't be here for the 3rd anniversary for our "GOTCHA DAY". We will be in China having another "GOTCHA DAY". April is a very special month for us because that is the month we got to change our names to Mommy and Daddy. That is the month our lives were changed forever and blessed with not one but two beautiful angels.

Here are a few pictures from our long plane ride to China as DINKs ( double income no kids) to the blessed day we received our angel in our arms to the "red couch photo" day we became a family of three and now we soon will have another angel in our arms to make us a family of 4.

Please pray for us as we travel to China again to receive our beautiful baby girl.

GABRIELLA HOPE FUYIN

Family of Three

Soon to be a family of 4

The Poser

Ahhh yes, finally. My daughter has started asking me to take her picture and yes-- she poses. For 3 years this girl has looked the other way, ran away, or just made goofy faces. Not good when your second job is being a mamarazzi. haha. I have had to beg, coerce, and bargain to get any semblance of a good picture. Now all of a sudden, she has been asking me to take her picture and actually stopping and posing for the picture. WOW!! that has never happened. I am sure it is just a phase but I am loving it. So here are some cute pictures of my poser.

Playground fun

She is really in to firemen right now. They are "heya woes" (heroes). So this is her best fireman pose.

Cutie Pa Tooties

My Aunt Karen stopped by today for a few minutes and brought over her grandbaby, Cami. This would be Alex's cousin. Aren't they adorable.

They are gowing up too fast

Two little cuties, Molly and Alex, having fun at the zoo. Yes-- we spend an enormous amount of time at the zoo. We have a pass, we can pack a lunch, we can stay as little or as long as we want, it is close by and it is educational. Everything the mother of a toddler could want. And of course the mamarazzi were out in full force.

St. Patrick's Day cutie

Here is our little leprachaun who has brought us the luck of the Irish. Daddy even did her piggy tails for school that day. Good Job Daddy.

Zoo fun with Daddy

I haven't blogged much lately. I have been so busy. Between finishing things up at work and trying to get everything done for China and being a mommy when I get home, it doesn't leave time for blogging. Here are a few picture of time at the zoo with daddy while mommy is at work.