As you can see, Gwen and Lydia have discovered “Photo Booth” in our new iMac.

They really enjoy taking creative pictures. It’s like an art form for them.

Or maybe it’s just being silly.

Doug has gotten into it as well.
Okay, down to what I’ve been thinking about.
There’s a blog I read regularly. It’s a […]

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Samuel, originally uploaded by One Blessed Family.

Today when I went to check our mail, I had a very pleasant surprise waiting for me!!! We had a DVD of Samuel’s Social Welfare Institute! And, […]

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Samuel, originally uploaded by One Blessed Family.

Samuel is the teeny tiny kiddo in the middle of this shot. He’s wearing yellow pants and a white-ish shirt. He’s holding the hand of the tall […]

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Samuel Yi Shan, originally uploaded by One Blessed Family.

Samuel is the boy standing up facing the camera wearing yellow pants and a white-ish shirt.

Have you ever noticed that you hear all the time about “accidental”pregnancies, but never about couples who experience “accidental” adoptions? Can you imagine?
Wife: Honey, sit down. I have some news for you.
Husband: What is it?
W:Well, I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll just come out with it. I went to the mailbox today […]

Things are going much better here! Lydia is finally finished taking the codeine, and is much more comfortable with plain old Tylenol! Her palate looks so much better than before! It will look very much like a normal palate when all is said and done. It’s exciting!
Things with Samuel’s adoption are going […]

Tuesday morning Lydia had surgery on her cleft palate. It was not
completely successful. She will need to have another one within about
6 months.
The 2 hour surgery turned into almost 7 from the time she fell asleep
(after a HUGE fight with the anesthesiologist, complete with kicking,
hitting and clawing) to the time they finished the […]

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Gwen & Lydia….which is which?, originally uploaded by One Blessed Family.

Edited to read:
This picture was taken in Texas in Grandma Bonnie’s living rooom. Gwen is the head and arms, Lydia is the legs.
We […]