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.

Friday, June 17, 2022

Girls Trip 2021

 I love summer!

No school and lazy pool days.

Plus - June brings our annual Girls Trip!

This was the first time we've flown for this.

Our resort was in Boca Raton, FL, but we traveled all over south FL seeing and doing.  


We had a somewhat rainy week, but made the best of it.


We tried to see as many lighthouses as possible 
(not as easy as it sounds).

We went to Miami - what an experience!  

(We've decided we just may not fit in there.)



Something that's been on my bucket list for a while,
 we drove across the Overseas Highway 
(down through the FL Keys from Miami to Key West).
It was rainy and overcast, 
but I still loved it and am so glad we got to do it.
On the way down, we stopped for a tour of The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, FL.

We didn't get to stay and see as much in Key West 
as we would have liked.
But we did see some of their most famous landmarks.





We went on a jungle cruise in Ft Lauderdale. 


However, one of the best memories - was an impromptu photo shoot in a 'bougee' Target on a rainy day. 

We do manage to have fun wherever and whenever!


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