Back in China at last

We finally made it back t China. It feels awesome to walk the streets of Beijing and hear Chinese being spoken all around us and eat favorite foods again. We have both had a re-confirmation that this is where we need to be right now, we don't know for how long but we wouldn't mind staying a while. Before going to Canada we didn't take Jada out much. We were really careful because not only was she a newborn in a city of 17 million but she was premature. We are having so much fun now going out as a family and showing of our beautiful little girl. I wish I could tape some of the reactions that people have when they see her, especially the old people, they start dancing on the spot and lifting their hands up in the air and squealing with delight. It is so funny. Yesterday I was waiting for the bus to go meet mike for supper and it was a chilly day so I had jada bundled up in the sling. I left a little air hole in the blanket over her face. I heard an older woman behind me say I saw a little nose. When we we traveling on the bus she was still saying over and over again, "I saw a little nose!". Little babies are such a miracle. They bring so much joy and wonder with them. The first day we were back Jada just screamed whenever anyone talked directly to her. We assumed that it must be because they look and talk different and she just needs time to adjust. She is doing a lot better but she still reacts better to English speaking Caucasians. We are all still trying to get over Jet lag. Yesterday we were so tired that we took a nap after church and decided to just continue sleeping all night long. Jada is really mixed up with the time difference, she doesn't just naps all day and night. I am really concentrating on getting her on a schedule during the day to try and get her night time sleep back again. Other then that all is going well. We are so thankful to our parents for all of their help and support while we were in Canada. We thoroughly enjoyed our time there with family.

photoshoot

We decided to have some professional pictures done of our little family and some of just Jada to give as Christmas presents to grandparents and great-grandparents and since we gave it too them early because we are leaving to go back to china next wensday we can now post some of them on here for all to see without ruining any surprises. One of our friends has a photography buisness called mountain edge photography and she gave us a really good deal. We are really pleased with how they turned out. These are some of our favorites.

Halloween fun

So last week was halloween, and we had a lot of fun. We had not expected to be here this long, but life happens sometimes. The letter is finally on its way, so with all luck we will be back in China before long.

Anyway, for costumes we borrowed some things from Jeff, and had some fun with it all. We did not go out trick or treating, as Jada is a little young yet. We did have a little halloween party, complete with scary movies and home made root beer and other treats (the sugar rush made Jada quite fussy for a few days, something to look out for for other holidays)

Jada probably had the cutest costume!

Bubble bubble toil and brew

Beware the killer baby

Chelsey, Mike, Jada, Jeff