This morning we went to a park. It was the largest park in Guangzhou. There was a museum that had all sorts of things about the history of the city. On the 1st floor was a map where you could push a button and it would light up different things on the map. SO, on the second floor there was a picture on the wall. There was a round, red thing with a button in the center. David thought it was the same type of thing. He pushed it. It was the fire alarm. We toured the rest of the museum with the fire alarm blaring and the telephones ringing. It was fun. (It's hard to pretend you're not with someone when you're the only Americans in the place.)
After that, we saw a big statue of goats. It's really symbolic to GZ for some reason.
We stopped at a roadside stand for a drink. David bought an ice cream bar. It was pea flavor. He and Austin have finally found an ice cream they do NOT like.
We’re David and Lois McBeath. We live in Point Pleasant, WV – a small town along the Ohio River on the western side of the state. We have 2 sons. Austin is 15. He’s a sophomore at Pt. Pleasant High School. Darrell is almost 12. He’s in the 6th grade at Roosevelt Elementary.
We actually began our adoption journey more than 10 years ago. I saw an ad in the newspaper about Chinese babies. We called about it, but it just wasn’t even feasible at that time in our life. All these years, it was always there, stuck somewhere in the back of our minds. I don't know why exactly – it just was. The thought never completely went away.
We also talked off and on about having another child. Our house was only 3 bedrooms, and we know the boys could have been in a room together, but we didn't want to do that if we didn't have to. In the spring of 2006, for some reason (I don't recall exactly what) - it came up again. We started thinking and talking - why not? So we started checking into it more. We did a lot of research online. The more we found out, the more we felt a calling, a desire and even a need to do this.
We started the adoption and added onto the house all at the same time. It took about 6 months to get the paperwork together. Then about another month after we sent it to China for them to translate it and 'log us in' (11/6/06). That's when we started to officially wait.
We finally got "THE CALL" on 7/13/08. It was a Sunday afternoon! After 2 ½ years, we are finally going to get our baby!
We actually began our adoption journey more than 10 years ago. I saw an ad in the newspaper about Chinese babies. We called about it, but it just wasn’t even feasible at that time in our life. All these years, it was always there, stuck somewhere in the back of our minds. I don't know why exactly – it just was. The thought never completely went away.
We also talked off and on about having another child. Our house was only 3 bedrooms, and we know the boys could have been in a room together, but we didn't want to do that if we didn't have to. In the spring of 2006, for some reason (I don't recall exactly what) - it came up again. We started thinking and talking - why not? So we started checking into it more. We did a lot of research online. The more we found out, the more we felt a calling, a desire and even a need to do this.
We started the adoption and added onto the house all at the same time. It took about 6 months to get the paperwork together. Then about another month after we sent it to China for them to translate it and 'log us in' (11/6/06). That's when we started to officially wait.
We finally got "THE CALL" on 7/13/08. It was a Sunday afternoon! After 2 ½ years, we are finally going to get our baby!
Leila Ann McBeath, formally known as Shun Xi Yi, was born on Oct 29, 2007. She had a cleft lip and cleft palate. The lip has been repaired, but not the palate. (We'll have to do that when we get her home.) She's in the Children's Welfare Institute of Shunde District of Foshan City, which is located in the Guangdong Province, in the southern part of China.
Shunde, the hometown of flowers, is one of four cities under the jurisdiction of Foshan City. Covering an area of 806 sq meters and with a population of 1.05 million, Shunde City is situated in the middle of the fertile Pearl River Delta, between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. It was set up as a county in the 3rd year (1452 AD) of the Jintai reign of the Ming Dynasy (1368-1644), and conferred with the administrative status of a city in 1992 by the State Council.
Foshan City is also where the actor Bruce Lee was from.
Shunde, the hometown of flowers, is one of four cities under the jurisdiction of Foshan City. Covering an area of 806 sq meters and with a population of 1.05 million, Shunde City is situated in the middle of the fertile Pearl River Delta, between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. It was set up as a county in the 3rd year (1452 AD) of the Jintai reign of the Ming Dynasy (1368-1644), and conferred with the administrative status of a city in 1992 by the State Council.
Foshan City is also where the actor Bruce Lee was from.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
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Hi. You do not know me, but Wendy (Craig) Bailey sent me your blog address. I just wanted to tell you that I think it is wonderful that you are able to adopt such a beautiful little girl. May God continue to bless your family!
thats great that he pushed the fire alarm, that sounds like something I would do. hope you have fun the rest of the trip, good luck with Leila-ann.
Mac(everyone calls me toes now)
Hey Lois, it sounds like you guys are experiencing some very different things there in China! I loved it about David setting off the fire alarm! Very funny indeed.
Leila is beautiful and I've thoroughly enjoyed all the pictures you have posted thusfar. I'm sorry she's been so fussy today and hope she's in a better mood tomorrow.....poor little thing.
I'm sure it will be a relief when your family can return home with Leila and resume normal lives once again. Hopefully your time will pass by quickly and you'll be back before you know it. Oh by the way, do you think it possible to purchase some dry ice and have David send some of that yummy pea flavored ice cream our way? LOL I nearly gag just thinking about it!
Love ya's!
Phyliss
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