Today is Friday, we will be getting ready for our trip to another country! Please pull up a map of Seoul Korea and you will see how far away it is. When Brianna was born in Korea, a nice lady called a foster mother took very good care of her when she went home from the hospital. The FM lived in a tall apartment building and we have pictures of her simple but clean space. She was cooking in an electric skillet on the floor and they sometimes eat sitting at low tables sitting on floor pillows. When she was 6 months old the adoption papers were ready so two ladies from the agency brought her over on an airplane. The trip was 23 hours and we met her at the airport in Chicago. When I picked her up she smiled and me then went to sleep in my arms. She knew I was her mother.
Braelyn was born in Yangchun, China. There are too many people in China so sometimes a family can not keep their baby. Babies are taken to a place called an orphanage where lots of ladies called nannies take care of them. The baby cribs in China are usually metal with a board instead of a mattress. To keep them warm they are kept wrapped in thick quilts but they are not able to move around much. We went to China to adopt her and bring her home. She was 17 months and 17 pounds. With not enough money they only feed the babies milk with cereal in it. They have to prop the bottle and cut a big hole in the nipple so the babies do not need to be held and will eat quickly. We had to teach her how to be held, how to sit up then how to walk.
Chase was born in Qingdao China. He lived in an orphanage for 6 months then a nice foster family took him to their home to wait for his family to come adopt him. He will be two the day we meet him. We have to go to several appointments to do his adoption then travel to another city to finish. It will take over two weeks until we can come home with their new brother.
Korea will be our first stop to meet Brianna's foster mother who we wish to thank for taking such good care of our daughter.
I now need to go call the travel agent to finish booking our tickets then pack our suitcases. I hope you can visit our blog each day to see what the girls did that day. Ask your parents permission to do this and to help you to look up anything you have questions about. We hope you will post comments so we know you are reading our story. Thank you! We are happy to share this exciting journey with you!
Mrs Ausdenmoore, who helps you in the library on Tuesday in Ms Cecardo's class and Brianna's mother, and Braelyn in Ms. Hoffman's classroom.
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