Close Ups.

One of these things was fun, one was not.

Well it has been a couple of weeks now since we have become a family. Everyone is adjusting very well, our little girl is full of personality and mischief, we are in love with her and having fun learning more and more about her each day.

Oh poor Gaia, she does not like the snow.

A list of things our daughter hates. Hats, socks, mittens, hoods, winter coats, long sleve shirts, oh yeah and boots. Too bad she will have to get use to all these things in Canada.

New things for Gaia

All girls love shopping, our daughter is no different. She sure does love to make grabby hands. Snowsuite, not so loved.

Home

Well we have been home since Monday night and have not had a moment to think let alone keep up this blog. What terrible parents we are we have even slowed down on the picture taking. I was horrified to realize our first trip to the store was not documented, ha ha, we do tend to go a little overboard.
Since we have been home a whole 2 days, feels like forever, Gaia has been adjusting to the pets. First the cats, she has warm and cold moments with them. We only picked the dog up today and she is hit and miss with her as well. She loved feeding her some of her lunch, but does not like the dog to get to close. We have also been really tested with the word no, which has lead to a few fits of tears. As for husband and I we have not had a moment to sit. Between the jet lag, working on getting me identification again, trying to finish up the paper work for the adoption (we don't like to wait on things), doing laundry, cleaning the house and of course taking care of baby we have not had a moment of peace. But, it has all been fun. I will post some pics soon of the first few days at home.
To all the parents out there, God Bless you, I had no idea. PS, if anyone has any suggestions on how to get a 2 year old to eat veggies, I am all ears.

Trip Home

Finally we are on our way home. What a long long day. We could not have asked anything more of our precious little daughter she was brilliant. She only fussed on the first flight out of Taipei to Hong Kong, the rest of the day she was just a peach. We were so lucky. We finally arrived home late Monday night after securing a ride from Regina to Moose Jaw since our car keys had been in my purse which was lost. The end of one journey but just the start of our life together as a family.

Our final day in Taipei, we leave tomorrow with mixed emotions, so happy to get home but we will be a little sad to leave Taipei. Our trip has been so rewarding we still can't believe that this sweet, joy full, giving, brave, beautiful little lady is our child.

Oh Yeah, on a real bummer note, I lost my purse today. Lucky for me my husband held my passport, so we got the credit card and ATM card cancelled and I will have to wait to get home to get a birth certificate, driver's licence and that sort of stuff. Still a great day though overall.

Sight Seeing.

A night at the market and a trip to a national park, neither spot was stroller friendly. but nice to get a look at none the less.

Having a look around Taipei, Oct 2.

Taipei is an amazing place. In many ways it is just how we expected it to be from looking on the Internet and reading up, but it has also fascinated us and captured our imaginations. Our daughter is going to be so proud to be Taiwanese, we are going to make sure of that. The people are so friendly, we have had many people ask us about our daughter and curious as to why we have a Chinese daughter. They are not rude about it, just curious. Our daughter continues to thrill us and capture our hearts more and more each day. We are so blessed to have this little girl come into our family.

Silly baby, isint she sweet!

Family Fun - sleeping baby