She is adorable, and so is her Mommy and Daddy. Love and prayers to all of you for the very best future anyone can have. - Jo & John, Sat, 14 Aug 2004 6:59PM
Congratulations, looking forward to visiting with the entire family in the near future. - Gary & Joyce Shore, Mon, 9 Aug 2004 1:13PM
Congratulations!!! Can't wait to meet her. - Norma, Mon, 9 Aug 2004 9:42AM
Congrats!! Isn't adoption wonderful!!!! Tim and I are very happy for both of you, and just know you're in for many, many wonderful adventures with Madison. We leave for China on 8/29/04, and who knows, we just might adopt again !?!? - Dianne Applegren, Tue, 3 Aug 2004 1:33PM
What a blessing from Heaven, she is beautiful! I can't wait to hold her. - Sandra, Tue, 3 Aug 2004 1:34PM
Cousin Chris is a Daddy!!!! You both look so happy and I'm so happy for ALL of you! Welcome to the family, Madison! - Janine, Mon, 2 Aug 2004 9:12PM
She is so beautiful. Standing by furniture -- WOW! She will keep you busy. Congratulations. Can't wait to see more. You are in our prayers. - Judy & Paul, Mon, 2 Aug 2004 8:42PM
You look so happy. If you think she is active now, wait for another year. See you when get home. - Butch & Cindy, Mon, 2 Aug 2004 3:38PM
Congratulations - she takes after both of you - has her Daddy's eyes!!! - Nancy & Bruce Lindenfelser, Mon, 2 Aug 2004 3:29PM
I have been checking your site every day since you left. I'm so glad to see you finally have your daughter. You all look so happy. We will continue to pray for you as you finish your time in China and travel home. - Shelly H, Mon, 2 Aug 2004 12:31PM
1 Here we are with Madison! We only have this one picture of us with her. It was all very confusing at the time and everyone was trying to video for each other, so we didn't get alot of digital pictures. We do have alot of video with each of us holding her. "I don't see Any tears! Th..." "You guys look just so happ..." "I showed this picture to J..." "This picture became my des..." View Comments...
2 We went to the Civil Affairs office to get Madison and complete some paperwork.
3 They took us all to a room and had us wait for the babies there. We were told that the other orphanage's babies had arrived. But we didn't know if Maddy was there yet or not (different orphanage).
4 They brought the first baby in and said her Chinese name. They had to say it twice before we realized it was our baby! We weren't expecting her until after the others. So, we didn't have the camcorder ready, but some of the other parents grabbed it and tried to get some video of us crying and hugging her. We haven't watched it to see how it turned out yet. "What is her Chinese name, ..." "Her Chinese name is Hua Qi..." View Comments...
5 This is just another shot of the room. We have lots of video of her and each of us together.
6 This was taken just before she came into the room. "You look so good here. Hap..." View Comments...
7 Mr. Chen, the orphange director with Kitty, the assistant director and another administrative staff worker.
8 They seemed to like her very much and Mr. Chen kissed and hugged her goodbye. She didn't cry at all though. She saved her crying until we got back to the hotel! :)
9 She is crawling and can stand while holding on to furniture. Oh boy, are we going to be busy chasing her down! "Oh boy, a fully active kid..." View Comments...
10 This is a friend we have made on the trip, Eva, and her new daughter. That is one of the nannies holding her.
