The first leg of our journey is finally over...

For those who weren't able to follow our trip on the other blog here is the abbreviated version in pictures...

Leaving for O'Hare 7am 11-09-06 

A journey of thousands of miles 

New friends Tom and Diana! 

In Tianmen Square in front of the Olympic count down clock 

Worth all the wait! 

Getting to know each other 

She's officially ours! 

A group dinner in Jiangxi 

Touring a rural village 

She's got a passport! 

Gum in a bottle is far more fun than any toys! 

Lunch at Lucy's Diner with friends Sheri and Mia 

Having a ball in the White Swan playroom. 

Red couch photo: (Top l-r) Grace, Leanna, Natalie, Mia
(Bottom l-r) Leah, Ella, Ren, Molly, Christine,Lucy and Paige 

A quick medical check for a US visa. 

Finally on our way home! 4:30am Thanksgiving day 2006. 

If you would like to follow us to China

I will be blogging about our journey on a different site because Blogger is censored in China and is often really hard to access. So you will be able to follow us for our time in China at http://www.journeytome.com Go to the Public journal section and Journey to Paige will probably be on the first page. If it isn't then just type in Paige (in the child's name box) and China (in the country box). Please post messages to us there regarding Paige. After our trip we will be ordering the journal on CD to keep for her.

For a little while I felt like we were home...

Caden's pre-school went to a farm/pumpkin patch today. It wasn't very far from our house but it felt like we were home. It sat in a little valley with TREES all around. All of it really reminded me of places back home. The boys had a lot of fun running around and even learning quite a bit about the farm animals. In the end though it was the kittens that won their attention! Trace was in tears as we left because I wouldn't let him take a kitten with him. I think it was the first time they have ever held tiny kittens!