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.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

HomeWrecker

We have a restaurant not too far from here.
It's called 'HillBilly Hotdogs'.
This is the kind of place you absolutely HAVE to see to believe.
If you've never heard of it and just drive by - you either won't believe it's an actual restaurant, or you'll be afraid to eat there out of fear of gangrene or some other unimaginable illness.
HOWEVER, they have the BEST hotdogs and the most delicious, unusual combination of things to go on them you've ever seen.
AND, I've never driven by, but what I haven't seen the parking lot full.
They've been featured on TV shows (such as The Food Network's 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'), as well as in several national magazines.

Well - our preacher found out about a 'special' hotdog they have.
He decided we needed to try it.
It's called the "HomeWrecker".
It's 3.5 lbs. The hotdog itself is 1 lb and 15" long.
Then they pile on jalapeno peppers, chili sauce, slaw, and a habanero sauce.
IF you can eat this concoction in 12 minutes - you get a FREE t-shirt.
Woo-Hoo!

Today was the day.
We had 4 guys up for the challenge.
(David and Austin were 2 of the 4.)
They've been planning their strategy.
It was discussed at the fellowship dinner on Fri.
It was refined at church this morning.
We went this afternoon.

Let me tell you - the pictures we had seen on the internet did NOT do this thing justice.


Even with t-shirts on the line, I'm sorry to say ... none of them made it.
Maybe if they'd had 15 minutes, instead of 12. But ... no.
A good time, a nice afternoon, but no t-shirts for us.

BTW - I had a fantastic hot dog.
Mine was deep fried with hashbrowns, eggs, cheese and bacon.
Darrell had a 'pizza dog'.
Leila's 'Puppy Dog Meal' had a hot dog, a juice, a package of cookies, a handful of candy and balloons. (She was loving it.)
3 of us didn't feel sick on the way home!

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