Monday, December 28, 2009

July 2009 Part 2

Too many pictures for one post!

We played with Grandma.

and Grandpa.


Then off to the County Fair! Lela the adrenalin junkie loves the rides. Lian will go - if she has company.


Lela went on the jet flier. According to her, it was the best.


Finally left about 8 hours latter after a second spin on the Ferris Wheel. Why we only go on dollar a ride day.


Another day. Lunch at Ella's Deli, a theoretically "New York" style deli. The place is crammed with mechanical toys, whizzing along the ceiling, in the tables, all over the walls. And they serve a pretty good corned beef.

And they have a carousel.



Lela rides horses too.

Then off to the butterfly exhibit at Olbrich Gardens. Lela had a zebra butterfly that was very attached to her. That's supposed to be good luck.


The Wilson's assembled for a photo, courtesy of photo shop. Who wasn't in the first picture?

And then the long trip back.

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Mother's Day

Last spring while riding the train home from the city where I had just handed in the last of Lian's paperwork, I had nothing to do since I had gone through all my reading material while waiting at the Chinese Embassy. I got out a notepad and this poem started to flow and practically wrote itself. Adoption can be bittersweet as there is no gain without a loss.
http://www.emkpress.com/mothersday.html

Lian on left in yellow

Lian on left in yellow
about 14 months, with her friend Hailey

Lian at 6 months

Lian at 6 months
Who could resist that smile?

Lian at 4 months

Lian at 4 months
Right after surgery for her lip

Sha'anxi Province Map

Sha'anxi Province Map
HanZhong in lower left

China Map

China Map
Sha'anxi Province in center