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!


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.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

A New Car

I got a new 'car' last weekend.
It wasn't that my old car wasn't okay.
We bought it new back in 2001.
It's been a great little car.
It was a Cavalier, and it was just that - it was little.
When we bought it, Austin was 8, and Darrell was 5.
Now - Austin is taller than David, Darrell is taller than me, and we've added another person.
We simply outgrew it.
So we bought an Equinox.
Well, it's not actually new, but it's new to us. It's a 2007.
The color is listed as Black Amethyst. Sometimes it looks black, sometimes it looks purpley.
Best thing though (other than the extra room) is that it's all-wheel drive.
I no longer have to be scared everytime it snows - which it seems to do all the time.


Other than that, not much has been going on.

Wrestling season is still in full swing.

The kids have been to school very little since Christmas.
There's been snow, snow, and more snow....
I am SO very, very grateful now that Austin has 4-wheel drive.
I would worry myself to death if he didn't.

The boys went sleigh riding one night for a while, but we haven't taken Leila out in it yet this year.
It's just been too darn cold.
Single digit temperatures just aren't fun to play in.

1 comment:

E said...

Congrats on the car! Speaking as an Equinox owner, I think you'll be very happy with it. Bigger than a car, but not a huge SUV either :0) Enjoy

January 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM

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