Hey ho, hey ho, its off to China we go!

Basking in the joy!

Thank you everyone for your lovely words and kind congratulations, I really appreciated them.  Its been such a crazy time I hadn't realized just how much I needed to have a little bask in the joy of it all.

I loved all the comments but I think possibly my favorite was from Fixer Mamma with her "how are you doing that????" it just made me chuckle so much, probably because its exactly what I would be saying!

 I didn't mean to be so misleading, I thought I had mentioned that "baby girl" is currently residing in Taiwan but now I realize I didn't and so logical conclusions were drawn that she must be in China.  For a moment there you were all thinking that I had an "in" with the CCAA, that I knew the Top Peeps and had called in a few favors, pulled a few strings and hey presto expedited referral!  Whilst it would be fun to be known as "that woman who knows people at the CCAA" it is not a claim I can actually make.

I'll give you the run down on "The Call" in the next post but in the meantime here are the 3 photos we have and a little snippet of video.  I am hoping the fact that she is sleeping in one out of three is an indicator that she will be a good sleeper, please, oh please be a good sleeper little sweetie pie!

   

I love the way she looks to be breaking out the moves in the middle one, I love that in the first I can see her darling little legs and the last I love because it offers that hope that even with 3 children  4 years and under I may still, occasionally, get to sleep.

And here she is in action!

Pinch me!

Trust me no-one is more surprised than me to be making this particular post.  With great happiness, and a still spinning head, I would like to introduce Lulu and Beau's baby sister!  Yep, you read that right we have another daughter, behold her sweet, sweet face.  Born July 7th, Chinese name Ching-Lin, English name still to be decided.  We love her so much!

Shopping with a purpose!

It has been heartbreaking to see all the news reports coming out of Taiwan about the death and devastation that Typhoon Morakot brought to the south of the beautiful island of Taiwan, my heart goes out to all who have lost loved ones. 

The damage to property has also been immense and it will take time, money, effort and determination to rebuild.  The Taiwanese American Organization are trying to raise funds to help with the typhoon relief efforts, they have some great T-shirts for sale and they have also put out a "call to artists" to Taiwanese-American artists asking them to join in with the fund raising by contributing a percentage of the profits from sales of their work until August 31st.  You can find a list of artists participating here. One of my favorites, author and artist Grace Lin Grace Lin is participating, check out her online store, the Dim Sum Collection  is especially cute!  Shop till you drop, or at least till your mouse is exhausted from clicking and know that not only are you buying some wonderful music, art, t-shirts etc. but you are helping the people of Taiwan, and right now they really need our help.