Happy Birthday, Dallas!

This picture was taken September 21, 1968.

Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to Dallas!
Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday, Debi!

Today is my sister's birthday. I hope you had a great day, Debi! We were all thinking about you.

Grace's tests and Our Weekend

A little over a week ago, Grace had stool samples and urine samples tested. We are glad to say the tests all came back normal. Some kids come home with parasites. Sorry if I have already mentioned this but Grace also gave 4 vials of blood. She sat in my lap and watched the whole time. She never cried or showed any reaction to the needle or anything. The lady taking the blood was amazed. She said that had never happened before. All her blood work came back fine, too. They were able to tell she had most of her shots. She only needs about 3.

We had a nice relaxing weekend: The park, Baseball, shopping, putt putt and snowcones. We have the best snocone place near us. They have every flavor you can imagine. Kristopher tried dill pickle once. It was a little strong. It was like drinking pickle juice. Once I got peanut butter flavor. Not my favorite. I think I will just stick to strawberry.

Tomorrow, I will post some cute pictures I took of the kids this weekend.

New Blog Name

I am thinking of renaming my blog. I would like a name that would include all 5 of our children. I would like to use pictures of them at the top of the blog. I have,also, considered leaving Journey to Grace as is and starting a new family blog.Any suggestions?

Cute Video

The eyes in the middle of the night describes Julia to a T. Many a nights we wake up with her eyes peering at us. A couple of times she has scared us and we have even screamed.

Julia's Video

Julia was thought she was taking pictures with my camera but she was really taking a video. I don't even know how to do video on my camera.

Three Weeks Ago Today

Three weeks ago we arrived in Newark, New Jersey after a 15 hour flight from Hong Kong. Needless to say we were all exhausted. This is,also, the day Grace became an American Citizen the moment we touched down on U.S. Soil. Our flight to Raleigh was delayed 3 times so we spent 7 hours in the Newark airport. At 9:00 p.m. our flight finally boarded and we were on our way. We arrived in Raleigh close to 11:00. Dallas' sister Dee was there to meet us. It was great to see her and be home. Once home she had bought a cake for Grace and some balloons. The balloons were a big hit. Grace ran around playing with them until we decided it was bedtime(around 2:00 a.m.).

It is hard to believe it has been 3 weeks. So much has happened in that time. The kids have started school, baseball season has begun, my sister and parents have visited, and so much more. Grace is doing great. She still eats like it is her last meal. She is becoming more verbal and it sounds like she is trying to express herself more with words. We can't understand any of it but at least she is trying. She still wakes up screaming every morning and still cries quite a bit. The letter from the orphanage that said she cried a lot was right on target. A lot of times it is from not getting her way. We are confident this will change with time. She is a very lovable little girl and she learns something new everyday. We are so very lucky to have her as a part of our family.