Made it to Guangzhou!

Well, yesterday was a busy day. We flew out of Zhengzhou and made it to Guangzhou. Hannah had a hard day yesterday. She was very tired and Ray was trying to take her toys. Hannah decided that she would like to give Ray back!!! Today Hannah is doing a lot better and thinks she would like to keep him!!! Whew!!!

Today we did the red couch photos. We did some shopping but it is very different here this time. Some of the shops have closed and the ones that are open they are very aggressive in their selling. The econonmy and slower adoptions have really changed Guangzhou from 5 years ago. Tomorrow we all go for medical exams of the children.

Last Day in Zhengzhou

It is our last day in Zhengzhou and as much as we love it here we are starting to get ready to come home. Ray continues to do awesome along with the girls but everyone is alittle tired today. We went to the Park today in the morning and enjoyed seeing all the people playing games and exercising. We did our last time feeding the birds. The people are very nice and continue to thank us for adopting Ray. We leave tomorrow for Guangzhou..so goodbye to Zhengzhou.

Love is Growing!

Well, today we could go touring or have free time. We decided that we had so much fun at the park yesterday we would just stay and go to the park. We are waiting for all our documents to be notarized and Ray's passport to be processed. We stay here for one more day then we head out for Guangzhou.

The girl's are still doing quite amazing!!!! This Province has not had a lot of adoptions so we get our pictures taken whenever we go out over and over again. The people here are very nice!!

Ray amazes us every day with his athletic ability. He will jump and twist off anything. If he sees a stump or wall, he will climb and jump off it. The boy loves to jump!! He is pretty fearless and is not afraid of anything. He loves his bath. He is so funny. He is also very jealous!!! Yesterday Madison was holding one of the other boys in the group. He ran up to her and pinched her arm. When that didn't work, he went up to Hannah took her arm and brought her over to Madison and pointed at the boy and shook his head for the boy to leave. Madison had to put the boy down so she could hold him. Madison can hold him well because he really is so small.

Free Day!

Today was free day in Zhengzhou. We needed a free day so bad. We got up at 5 a.m which was the latest we have all slept so far. We felt like we had really slept in. Ray and girls are doing better than I could ever imagined. He is so sweet and very active!!! Oh my gosh, I am so happy Madison and Hannah are with us because he wants to play all the time. He just loves his sisters. He has figured out that I am the one that really takes care of him but his sisters are for playing. It really gives me free time though. Right now they are all playing with their Legos.

Today we went exploring Zhengzhou. We found this cool park and played for hours. Right now everyone is resting and playing.

Sending some photos of our park adventure.

It's official!!! We recieved our Adoption Certificate today!!!!

What an exciting Day!!!

Ray is officially our sweet baby!!!

The girls are doing amazing taking care of him and playing with him. I am so proud of Hannah and Madison. If you didn't know it you would think they were together there whole life!!! He is so attached to his sisters.

A little bit about his personality. Ray is so smart he can figure anything out. He plays Legos with Hannah and Madison and can build. He has great fine motor skills. Ray is extremely active and loves to run and jump off anything!!! He is fearless!! The amazing thing is he will calm down when he needs to. At the Adoption Ceremony he was so still and quiet but when allowed he will run and jump. They must of taught him a little Kung fu at his foster home because at any moment he will get into an offical Kung Fu pose, it is so funny!!

Today's a big day!!! Ray if officially our baby!!

Gotcha Day!

We have Ray!!!!! Oh my gosh he is just amazing!! He never cried once and acted like he knew the girls his whole life!!! We are all so in love with him. He is so busy and happy. He laughed and played with the girls all day. He laughs all the time!!! When they brought him in he just started running around and playing with the girls. I think it was about 3 hours before I could really hold him. He just wanted down and play. well, I could talk all day about his personality,he is absouletly precious!! I think Mike and I will lose a few pounds he is sooo active!!!

What an amazing day!!!

Today is National Childens Day in China...What a great day.

Guest Blogger: Sharon

Hello everyone,
My name is Sharon Ankerich and I will be blogging for Cathie and Michael as they are in China. Blogger and Youtube has been banned there so they are unable to post to this blog. I hope you will join them as they begin their life with sweet Ray!!!

Day 1-4

As we wait for our amazing day we did get to tour Beijing. We had so much fun with all the tours. Some of our highlights were the Forbidden City,Great Wall and the Olympic Sites.