Tuesday, August 16, 2005

We have Madelyn!!!! After enduring an excrutiating 2 and a half hour wait on the runway in Beijing, we arrived in Nanchang 2 hours late. We immediately went to the Civil Affairs office and got our tired babies who had been waiting for us for hours. Madelyn has been such a beautiful sweetie! She lets everyone hold her and has only cried during her bath. She is so content and happy. Molly has done very well with her, and has had only one "melt-down" when I was holding the baby and couldn't hold her. We all slept well, and woke to another busy adoption day. This morning we went back to the Civil Affairs office and completed her adoption and passport information.

We are still having battery and adaptor problems, but we finally found a three pronged plug for Missy's laptop. She is charging it now, and we hope to post pictures later in the day. We also can't find a hotel employee who speaks English well enough to give us directions on how to call home from our room. Sorry Michael and Matthew!!!!! (We love you!)

We are so blessed! Madelyn is beautiful, happy, and healthy. Molly wants to go home everyday, but she has done so much better than I ever thought possible. Keep praying that we all stay healthy, and that Molly continues to do well.

We miss home very much, and will post more later today or tomorrow!


2 Comments:

Blogger Schromom said...

Hellooooo Strickland's - Thank you so much for keeping us updated (I check everyday). Kristin will be excited to catch up on the news when she gets her computer set up at A&M this weekend. I am praying for you and all the bonding that is going on! May God just give you blessing after blessing for the remainder of your trip. See you soon!

12:50 PM  
Blogger sandra/tx said...

We've been praying for y'all and are so happy to hear the girls are doing well. Sounds like Matt's a little lonely. We'll have him over for dinner sometime this weekend.

7:32 AM  

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