http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china Our journey through the process of Adopting Internationally Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:59:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rylan gave us each a kiss for the first time today!  Prior to today he would put his face next to yours, but wouldn't actually make the kissing *sound*.  But today Chandler was laying on the floor and Rylan went up to him and gave him a kiss.  Then Katiya ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=147 Those are now Rylan's favorite words.  He says them every time he leaves the living room.  He also likes to say Hi or Hello when he comes into a room! :)  It's very cute! http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=146 Chandler set up the tent in the living room and the kids have been having run playing in it.  Here's a couple of pictures of them in the tube that goes with the tent!      We got back the rest of the test results and they all look good, with ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=145 We're all getting along well here and starting to get into a routine.  Rylan has had lots and lots of doctor's appointments, which I think we're finally seeing the end of the initial appointments anyway.  We've found out he's healthy.  We're still waiting on a couple of the results, but ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=141 It's so great to be home and have all 3 kids together!  The kids are playing so well together!  (Don't worry, I know it won't always be like this ;). Here's a picture of them after their bath tonight! Our flight yesterday was pretty good.  It was very long.  We flew from ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=140 It's so wonderful to be home.  We're completely exhausted, though.  It was awesome getting to see Chandler and Katiya.  And Rylan got to meet his Grandma and Grandpa (my Mom and Dad) tonight!  We came home to welcome signs and food in our fridge and flowers and gifts, too!  All from caring ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=138 We went to the US Consulate today and took the oath.  So now we have Rylan's passport back, complete with the Visa to enter the United States! YAY! :) This morning we went to the Pearl Market.  Then we ate at the Pizza Hut that was in the same mall.  We ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=137 We had our consulate appointment this morning.  Jason, our guide, took our stuff to the consulate for us.  Everything looked good and we will have Rylan's passport back and with his visa tomorrow!  We'll go to the consulate tomorrow afternoon and take the oath. Today we went to the Chen Clan ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=136 Here are the pictures from the red couch.  This is everyone in our group.  We went to three different provinces, but were all together in Beijing and again in Ghangzhou.  Seven of the families went to Jiangsu Province (counting us). Here are the 3 kids that were together at the Nanjing ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=133 Happy Mother's Day!  I got up to go work out at the gymnasium (as they call it here) and Trent remembered to wish me a Happy's Mother's day before I even left the room.  He gets Kudos for that! :) We did lots and lots more paperwork this morning.  I think we ... http://www.dawnandtrent.com/china/?p=128