Our Journey to Sarah

Days 8-10: March 22-24

2006-03-23T22:13:00.000-05:00

A few pics from the past few days:

After her bath - ready for bed...
Looking lovely in red, playing with her toys.
On the way out to the group dinner Thurs night.
Figuring out the remote control Friday morning.
Posing for the camera.

Day 7: March 21

2006-03-21T21:26:00.000-05:00

March 21nd:

Physical:

I weight how much??

Sarah with the ear, nose and throat doctor

Hanging around with Daddy after their nap.

View from our window. The Pearl River at night is all lite up.

The White Swan Lobby.

Day 5 & 6: March 19 & 20

2006-03-20T02:11:00.001-05:00

Pictures of "Gotcha" Day March 19

Her first bath with us later that evening - she did not like it at all!!

Pictures of Adoption Registration March 20

"Congratulations, she is officially yours!!"......How awesome it that?!?!

That's it for today. Battery is a bit low so you'll see another post of pics in a dat or so.

Day 4: March 18

2006-03-18T05:47:00.000-05:00

Pics from today:

Great Wall

Day 3: March 17

2006-03-17T11:45:00.000-05:00

Pics from today:

Tiananmen Square:

In front of Mao ZeDong Memorial Hall.
In the second pic, you can see just a few of the thousands of people lined up to see Maos body.

Countdown clock to the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Monument to the People's Heroes

The Forbidden City:

Palace

Male and Female Guards to the Temples.
Males hold the ball and the females hold the baby cub.

More tomorrow.....

Day 2: March 16

2006-03-16T13:30:00.000-05:00

Pictures from our second day in Beijing:

Bicycles have the right of way.

City Buildings.
As we walked around the town, these were some of the sights to be seen.

Anne-Marie and Jane (salesperson) at the Fanghua Pearl Store.
This girl was awesome. She spoke perfect English and was a great help in picking out our gifts.

Chris by the Dressing Terrace.
The Dressing Terrrace is a square stone surrounded with white marble balustrades. This is where the emperor would come before the sacrificial ceremony to wash his hands and put on is ceremonial dress. After the ceremony, he would return to change back into his clothes before going back to the Imperial Palace.

Anne-Marie by the bridge.
Not an actual bridge over water, but a walkway connecting two parts of the park. It said that the bridge is set on an incline, and that as you walk you appear to be heading uphill towards Heaven.

Chris and Anne-Marie at the Temple of Heaven.

Group Dinner at Korean Restaurant
Chris, Mark, Linda, Dan , Ann, Dave, Deb, Bart and Kris.
I would be right next to Chris if I weren't the one taking the picture!!

That's a wrap for Day 2. Take Care All!

AM & C

Day 1: March 14 and 15

2006-03-15T13:03:00.000-05:00

Here are a few pictures from our first day

All packed and ready to go.
One suitcase weighed in at 68 lbs so we had to pay an over-the-limit -fee. Oh well. At least we have everything we need. (so far)

Our plane from Newark to Beijing.

Chris on the bus from Beijing Airport to the Jianghou Garden Hotel.
We were just glad to be on the ground and on our way.

The Jianghou Garden Hotel in Beijing.
This is how it looks at night. We are on the 5th floor of the hotel, right above the "E" in hotel.

That's it for now. Thanks for looking at yet another site. Our caringbridge site does not allow a lot of pics, so we figured we get a second site for all our Kodak moments.

AM & C

2006-01-12T11:07:00.000-05:00

Sarah's Referral Picture #3

2006-01-12T11:06:00.000-05:00

Sarah's Referral Picture #2

2006-01-12T11:03:00.000-05:00

Sarah's Referral Picture #1 - 5 months old?

Announcing the Referral Of Sarah Emilie

2006-01-04T18:15:00.000-05:00

It is with great pleasure, excitement and long awaited anticipation that we finally announce the referral of our new daughter:

Chinese Name: Gao Shao Xin
Soon to Be: Sarah Emilie Manasier
DOB: June 4, 2005
Currently Residing: Gaozhou Social Welfare Institution, Guangdong Province - China
We will be getting more info tomorrow along with her picture!!! We won't know much about our anticipated travel until some time next month.

FYI- In "adoption land", a referral is the information provided to a family once they are matched with a child. That info contains the baby's name, age, height, weight, residence and various tidbits about the child. Oh- and of course a photo!!!

First Post- September 1, 2005

2005-09-01T08:59:00.000-05:00

We just wanted to set up this blog space to enable our family and friends to follow our journey to Sarah.

Although we won't be leaving for a few months, we wanted to create this space to chronicle all the upcoming events until the big day "Gotcha Day" as they call it in adoption-speak.

So, we hope you enjoy our site. Please feel free to post your comments. We looking forward to hearing from you.