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We made it to Beijing safe and sound, all luggage intact and only a bit behind schedule. There were 7 of us families travelling early together on the flight from Vancouver. Alison slept only a few hours on the plane, and she’s in her pyjamas crashed out on the bed at the moment. Brenda and […]

For our Post-Wedding Tour Extravaganza (honeymoon), Alison and I put together a couple of mix-tapes (iPod generation click here) of songs that meant a lot to us during the weeks and months leading up to our nuptials. The other day I came up with the idea to do something similar for our adoption trip, and […]

I should be buying groceries right now. Instead I’m reading The New York Times. My name is Alison, and I am a narrative addict. Who Is This Child? And What Will He Be Next? (via Twice the Rice) This is what I look forward to most about meeting our daughter: discovering who she is, what […]

Shawn sent me an article about working from home with children. I think we’re both curious about how that will go. Shawn is taking six months of parental leave (February to July), and from March to June I will be attempting to work from home with both Shawn and Lia knocking around. The article addressed […]

You can tell how busy we are by the fact that we haven’t posted any updates in almost two months! Here’s an executive summary to bring you up to date: We spent a giddy weekend telling all our friends and family the great news about the referral. The following week, we received the translated referral […]