tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36036685685906536602024-02-07T02:40:59.687-08:00Little PeasMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-4712593079778971322013-08-25T09:53:00.005-07:002013-08-25T09:53:55.517-07:00We are back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a long time since I have posted anything. I am not sure how regular I will be, but some families associated with China have been asking about the girls lately. I need to figure out how to update the profile part as a lot has changed in our lives since the last blog:)<br />
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A <b>very brief</b> update for now, Teagan is four now and going into preschool for her second year at the most amazing preschool. She loves dancing and her BFF Kathleen. We had the gift of the most loving Nanny for two years who took some of these photos and watched T and K. She is moving on now, but will still be part of Teagan's life.<br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-41254262218509228642011-07-10T05:44:00.000-07:002011-07-10T05:44:52.101-07:00More 4th!Belated, yes, but here are a few more photos of the girls from the 4th.<br />
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Our neighbors and friends hosted a fabulous 4th block party.<br />
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Does it get any better than that?Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-14818505952795884022011-07-04T11:07:00.000-07:002011-07-04T11:07:09.554-07:00Happy 4th!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHGyQ-UPJLj0RgMIYJM24RmGg-6jokkWqb9O1w6cuxTo2hEk_Nt-2j27r9DQVmOK6CKiEMHpHdpamnVrUhiVlduIpCXvdWRiOIr1bdboPc9snjcMiXerOu30eLKT5-tuJHmOpvDT92-4/s1600/IMG_1669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHGyQ-UPJLj0RgMIYJM24RmGg-6jokkWqb9O1w6cuxTo2hEk_Nt-2j27r9DQVmOK6CKiEMHpHdpamnVrUhiVlduIpCXvdWRiOIr1bdboPc9snjcMiXerOu30eLKT5-tuJHmOpvDT92-4/s320/IMG_1669.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Wow! What a change in one year! Same dresses as last year :0<br />
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We are off to a bike parade today - kids get to decorate their bikes and then parade around the block. Hoping to get some good photos.<br />
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Speaking of photos, I'll post a random bunch below.<br />
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From our reunion, this is Sarah, who called us for both our girls' referral calls.<br />
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And Josh, the co-owner and founder of CCAI. <br />
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Here are the girls outside CCAI gates.<br />
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And a few photos from June 28th- Double Celebration- Family Day! <br />
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I can't believe it has already been one year since we first held Teagan!<br />
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We started Wednesday by meeting Emily and her 5 children at CCAI for culture camp. Natalie is doing culture camp with Catherin for 3 days. Emma is doing 5 days.<br />
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We got the girls settled at the camp, and talked to Xia, the charity director at CCAI. I am a HUGE fan of Xia's and all she does for children. I hope to travel with her to China on one of her trips.<br />
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After that, it was off to the park with the other 4 children and Teagan. Let me say, Teagan has mad love for Emily's younger daughter Amy.<br />
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Teagan could not get enough of Amy. She is a SUPER big sister.<br />
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After camp, we met Emma and family at the pool.<br />
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After that, it was time for "happy hour" which for the girls meant, Shirley Temples, nachos, card games and nintendo.<br />
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Time for dinner - more Shirley Temples (Yep, Natalie's Mom must be Thrilled with my parenting::)<br />
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Then, time for movie night. This was Cat's first sleep over by the way. BIG BIG DEAL!<br />
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We had lunch in Evergreen and then off to Ft. Collins to meet with friends and colleagues. Jason claims it is impossible that I actually had a research meeting in a wine bar with my colleague, but really, we worked! After that, we saw my advisor and his family. We had a great time with Dan and Margot and their kids. Catherine and Ethan performed a magic show for us all.<br />
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Today was an amazing day - Catherine and Emma spent the first 11 months of their lives sharing a crib in Dianjiang. We spent two weeks together in China in June and July2004 with our families. Today, the girls were reunited!<br />
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This picture is sadly blurry, but perfect nonetheless.<br />
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Here is Catherine on her last day of First Grade! Wow!<br />
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We are heading to Denver for a little bit of work with colleagues and a lot of fun with a reunion of families who have adopted from CCAI!<br />
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We can't wait to reunite Catherine with her cribmate of 11 months, Emma! And I can't wait to see Emma's mom again and meet her DH and other children!!!<br />
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How great is that?<br />
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Melissa's family will be there too! I think we get the whole family now!<br />
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I wanted to update those of you had followed this blog in the past about something else - JiaYi, Teagan's friend. She is home now with her family since March, and has had her first surgery and is doing really well. I hope one day we can get the girls together again.<br />
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That's all for now<br />
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Oh and congratulations to Dawn's family on their precious little girl!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-76513673416047588192011-02-12T09:18:00.000-08:002011-02-12T09:18:33.027-08:00Halfway There Birthday Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KpxCdGIFypcjWyRTjM1cdtLPuAUvvdfPrmtPQgiTMKCj5V7makEqCDn5Wq2tZIADvBsauTzHWbvkvy36HaxdrMmr1KfZ9KizjQF__yiCWZe7qOJVhf62RFuK_X0LBhU3Twfg3Dd3WJs/s1600/IMG_0282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KpxCdGIFypcjWyRTjM1cdtLPuAUvvdfPrmtPQgiTMKCj5V7makEqCDn5Wq2tZIADvBsauTzHWbvkvy36HaxdrMmr1KfZ9KizjQF__yiCWZe7qOJVhf62RFuK_X0LBhU3Twfg3Dd3WJs/s320/IMG_0282.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
Catherine's 7th birthday came 6 days after we arrived home with Teagan, so we celebrated a halfway there party last night instead. <br />
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She wanted a roller skating party...at the Roller Garden....think disco ball lights, games, loud dance music and occasional fake smoke......<br />
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Jason and I are still recovering. <br />
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Notice the looks of dismay on Jason and Teagan's faces:<br />
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The kids seemed to have a great time though:<br />
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A big hit were the fake teeth, some of which glowed and flashed. <br />
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More looks of horror from the birthday girl's father below:<br />
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By 700 pm, things were winding down and it was time for cake and ice-cream (this way we could maintain the high level of energy among the kids).<br />
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She asked for a cherry cake with a girl walking a golden retriever, in the sun, with a flower and bee..!<br />
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Mommy did a bad job and did not light the candles the first time through (there was a lot going on). So, Jason went and got the power lighter and we sang Happy Birthday a second time. Despite the delay in game, the children rolled with it and added "Cha cha cha" at the end of each line of the song. And then a concluding High-YA! Piece of Cake! Bellyache! Blah! They all seemed to know this. I don't know how or where they learned this version of Happy Birthday.<br />
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To the five other adults who stayed and helped us - thank you:)!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-84678889939129037032011-02-11T13:23:00.000-08:002011-02-11T13:23:00.512-08:00Winter Carnival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRDnqseVfPgydh6nCGHkVy_f6_pC0vG_GF0IgRJbX_HK9FgrIyRAukWq-YCN7zOMICAqPOFCnn-dMS_QkbpSDzJor9XlTNBrzGG_mWZYl9VzPTFQmOT3LnFgr94GAqb4H9iGgPHKIPls/s1600/teaga1IMG00280-20110204-1143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRDnqseVfPgydh6nCGHkVy_f6_pC0vG_GF0IgRJbX_HK9FgrIyRAukWq-YCN7zOMICAqPOFCnn-dMS_QkbpSDzJor9XlTNBrzGG_mWZYl9VzPTFQmOT3LnFgr94GAqb4H9iGgPHKIPls/s1600/teaga1IMG00280-20110204-1143.jpg" /></a></div>Yes, you got it! Winter Carnival. Teagan and her good friend Kathleen hit the St. Paul Winter Carnival Last week:)<br />
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The pictures are small for some reason - but you get the picture!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-27522450919853607252011-02-06T08:47:00.000-08:002011-02-06T08:47:40.393-08:00Happy Year of The Rabbit!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8CBECqA9XUBIU9sKxKPNQ4u6yPQaNbkqIp6oLEGHUYKYbLrA7sNLmWC3LqF0Sk7u5Z6LxKhvXQdEaRM-s2UGNPXTjjoTmDj4bRDyo-whFmLXTe64lOfSY4eWyI-p9DA0-uxiJM75jmo/s1600/IMG_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8CBECqA9XUBIU9sKxKPNQ4u6yPQaNbkqIp6oLEGHUYKYbLrA7sNLmWC3LqF0Sk7u5Z6LxKhvXQdEaRM-s2UGNPXTjjoTmDj4bRDyo-whFmLXTe64lOfSY4eWyI-p9DA0-uxiJM75jmo/s320/IMG_0012.JPG" width="221" /></a></div>A year ago, we saw this photo for the first time. Our first photo of Teagan.<br />
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It was a Friday, I was at work when Sarah from CCAI called me and left a message asking me to call her. WHAT?! Why was she calling? She had told me, a week earlier, that we had another 2 years to wait (despite waiting 4 years already)..... this is a long post..stay with me:)<br />
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I called Jason and we both feared that the program was maybe ending or something was wrong with our paperwork or......... I was in tears. I called Sarah back. She was in a meeting.<br />
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I could not concentrate. I cleaned my office and even got out the vacuum. A colleague jokingly asked if I was pregnant! Little did we know, a "paper pregnancy" was about to start! (she's the tiny one on the far left of photo in pink).<br />
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At 5 pm., Sarah called back and started our conversation with "Well, some things have changed since we last talked. Can I get Jason on the line?"<br />
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I had no way to tell him Sarah was calling about a referral before she reached him.<br />
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Where was Jason when he got the news? In a grocery store parking lot. With Catherine in the back seat. Through the entire call, Catherine sat in the back demanding to know the details.<br />
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In some state of shock, I demanded Sarah review the pronunciation of Teagan's name (Qian Jia Yue) no less than five times to make sure I could say it properly with the correct tones, before we learned anything else about her. Jason reports banging his head against the dashboard while waiting for Sarah to move on and tell us something about this little girl, while I babbled on about the 4 tones in Chinese.<br />
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She was 9 months old. Her birthday was in March, like mine! Sarah (who also called us with Catherine's referral), sent us her photos and asked us to think about her file, do our research on cleft palate and her alleged hearing loss, and our ability to provide treatment, and call her back the following week.<br />
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My first research was to find an Irish girl's name that meant beautiful - as Jia means beautiful. Teagan in fact means "beautiful."<br />
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When I came home, Catherine was walking around the house with Tegan's photo chanting "Jia Yue! Jia Yue!"<br />
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We had to wait a full month to make a public announcement about our decision. The special needs program process is different than the non special needs process. You cannot make a public announcement until the CC*A*A has approved you. In the NSN process, you do not get a referral before you are approved by the C*CA*A. In the special needs process, you are matched and then you ask the C**A for approval (I am putting in * to avoid it being picked up on Google).<br />
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Around that time, I learned Teagan (Little Peas) was being cared for by an amazing group of women and men at Angel's Home.<br />
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Of course, we told our parents. And, well of course, I had to share the news with some close friends and colleagues. And in fact, Jason shared the news and her photo with the "Drew Crew" before I even had a chance too!<br />
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We had the official approval by March 8th.<br />
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You might remember that I posted about the girl who is next to Teagan in this photo below? JiaYi? Teagan and JiaYi came into Pingdingshan close together and our born 3 weeks apart. They then went to AH together. I've been hoping JiaYi would be matched with her family since September when I realized she had not been adopted.<br />
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Good news!!!! She has found her family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOHOOO!!!!! I know a lot of you are cheering along with me. I am in contact with her mother now and am looking forward to following their journey. I hope we can get the girls together one day and reunite them. They are an hour and half flight away. <br />
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We went to Mexico in January, and promptly lost our camera on day 2 of the trip! We have a few photos from the disposable camera though. LOL! It's the best I can do.....<br />
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Teagan especially was fascinated by the sand. She met a little boy, Alex, and they played together in the sand and water.<br />
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Teagan seemed particularly happy with the fruity drinks that were brought to us on the beach.<br />
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Catherine and I took a great snorkeling trip - wish I had photos of that! <br />
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What are those clouds doing in the photos?! Well, it did rain 3 days of our trip!<br />
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Happy Lunar New Year to you all. The Year of the Rabbit is supposed to be a more peaceful year than that of the Tiger.....Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-75867476298169168362011-01-01T08:06:00.000-08:002011-01-01T10:31:02.729-08:00Happy New Year!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVPIDFIsfgjj-LnMoCLBM6Y-IMWyQlxfqZVpLth5usKuDlRlj-c9FfnYEeYia99z8ct6qzGSrCNQdLQJL_CT62RnBTNIETFyiUicB-yjZozSGDDNGHJ9lXBhDxsyx5Y-0d-hF5nHEhkE/s1600/DSC03583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVPIDFIsfgjj-LnMoCLBM6Y-IMWyQlxfqZVpLth5usKuDlRlj-c9FfnYEeYia99z8ct6qzGSrCNQdLQJL_CT62RnBTNIETFyiUicB-yjZozSGDDNGHJ9lXBhDxsyx5Y-0d-hF5nHEhkE/s320/DSC03583.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3kM2u4hvepjqcPIySJlJS-a5dMhE4m3SNqdXrKO1gE-n8oxbS0O32WA6cS6FseWQVM9bhorMXy1j4zquS2RB31obKLqqALReIVRGw-ykuvma93HGFE8diptPrYcQTedX-pWojqjIhuI/s1600/DSC03586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3kM2u4hvepjqcPIySJlJS-a5dMhE4m3SNqdXrKO1gE-n8oxbS0O32WA6cS6FseWQVM9bhorMXy1j4zquS2RB31obKLqqALReIVRGw-ykuvma93HGFE8diptPrYcQTedX-pWojqjIhuI/s320/DSC03586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Sledding on Christmas Day above.....<br />
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Conducting Wizard experiments.....<br />
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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!<br />
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We told the girls they could open one gift before church......<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The children's service was beautiful standing room (barely!) only. Next year, we'd need to arrive about an hour early. Jason and Teagan spent most of the service in a kitchen, Catherine and I could see through this doorway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next stop - Rainbow where we met the Rooney Family for Dinner. Dan and Susan go there every Christmas Eve as part of their tradition and invited us to join them this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Catherine wanted to give Teagan her bottle the other day.<br />
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Here are the girls on Thanksgiving Day. <br />
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Some updates: Teagan started speech therapy last week. She is working with a great speech therapist at the U. The technique is to bombard the child with sounds like B and P. Like really bombard. Like "B B B B B BARN! CAN YOU SAY BARN?! " Strangely (to me), it seemed to work. Although, one of her first new words was "MO" as in "NO."<br />
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First snowfall came on Saturday! About 8 inches where we live. Catherine was thrilled. Teagan seemed stunned. I am not sure how much contact she had with snow in Beijing. It snows there, but I am not sure they would have taken the kids outside. Shew would have been in the midst of her lip repair and she was only 8 months old last year at this time. <br />
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Teagan is back on antibiotics - oral and ear. In her follow up ear appointment, her right ear is infected again. We also asked about her night cough. The hypothesis is that her adenoids are infected because she had a terrible night cough in China, that only stopped for 3 weeks after her surgery. It then returned. IT may be that the antibiotics she took around her surgery time cured the infection but it came back. The cough is getting better. We'll follow up in a couple of weeks.<br />
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A big box arrived, and the girls had a great time together!<br />
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If you look closely, you can see the "private keep out" written on the box.<br />
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Teagan is really saying "MORE" clearly these days and she said "Mama, hi" today clearly. Baby steps!<br />
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Last thing, so many of you have asked about Teagan's friend from AH. She is still hanging in there. The surgeon's believe she CAN survive a surgery, but a U.S. facility is needed and expertise. Thanks to all of you, and there are a lot of you, who have written me privately about JiaYi. Your family is out there JiaYi!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-1951765334832123682010-11-07T07:02:00.000-08:002010-11-07T07:05:34.167-08:00Hearing, Home visit, and Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAYt_H7exFuB2M1DhRqbA3w5ENWk8RxkqLPtLTW-hHxoLVS2Wa2AvPZLA3bpxnpysnSNVOHLmlLnQHJu6GKqa57rUs0fUJbYChlH8RiT4cg6nfryC0L8zl5vE2AHkiYJWwA-bOBzlt7Y/s1600/PA211144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAYt_H7exFuB2M1DhRqbA3w5ENWk8RxkqLPtLTW-hHxoLVS2Wa2AvPZLA3bpxnpysnSNVOHLmlLnQHJu6GKqa57rUs0fUJbYChlH8RiT4cg6nfryC0L8zl5vE2AHkiYJWwA-bOBzlt7Y/s320/PA211144.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We visited Cleveland over MEA week-end. It was a great October week-end there, and Teagan met her great-grandmothers, aunts and uncles, and family friends.<br />
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My aunt Deidre and her husband Michael even came up from North Carolina to meet Teagan. We also reconnected with a family friends, including Dara and her daughter, Fiona, who is the same age as Teagan (6 weeks younger). Fiona was the name we had chosen for Teagan, but when we saw her middle name would be "Jia" we did not think "Fiona Jia" worked. :) I'll intersperse photos of the visit with updates on hearing and speech.<br />
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In terms of hearing, we have some good news! After her post-op appointment, Teagan has totally normal hearing in her left ear. We had been told her hearing loss was mild-moderate in that ear when we received her referral in February. Wohoo! Ear tubes made all the difference.<br />
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Catherine, Fiona, and Teagan climbing trees and sitting on pumpkins:<br />
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This green glowing ball was a huge hit: <br />
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We started speech therapy last Tuesday. It was an "interesting" experience as I and Jason both had the stomach flu. Because I could sit up and he could not, I took her. Teagan refused to utter one sound in front of the speech therapist. When she left the room, Teagan would start vocalizing.<br />
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The therapist recommended weekly visits for speech at this point and then we can ease into twice a month. We are working on "B" "P" and "H" sounds for now and reinforcing what she can do already- mainly "M" sounds like "more" and "mama."<br />
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Teagan loves "Twinkle Twinkle" and we sing it about 30 times each day, mostly right when she wakes up and when putting her to bed. She has a sign language book with pictures of kids signing the song. She tries to sign and sign it and will sign "Twinkle Twinkle" book over and over, and "again" when she wants to hear it again.<br />
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I told her the other night, after I had been singing it for over 20 minutes, she had to sleep first and we could sing it in the morning again. She closed her eyes shut really tightly, for about a minute. Then popped them open and signed "again!" LOL! I laughed out loud and she started laughing too.<br />
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Catherine was Hermione and Teagan a lion for Halloween.<br />
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Teagan was a little less enthusiastic about the experience, but I think still had a good time.<br />
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Riding in Finn's car.<br />
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Next week we will go to have Teagan's hearing checked, post-surgery, first time......Then they will check the ear tubes. Are they still in? Clear? And so on? She's been pulling at one ear for the past few days, so I am curious to see how she is doing. She's been signing less since ear surgery, I am not sure why. But, she clearly understand everything we are saying. You can ask Teagan where her nose is, where her belly is, where are her shoes, where is Nana Rosalie (her BlahBla Pig)? And she will respond to you.<br />
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We've had a busy two weeks. Before Jason went to Finland, Jason's brother's family was here for a GREAT week-end to meet Teagan. We appreciate the journey they made with 6 children on hand!!!! <br />
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Teagan and Kathleen have been all over Linden Hills with Melissa. <br />
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We did not have our party this year. But, we did take a trip to look at the full moon and think of everyone we love all over the world looking at the same moon. As a bonus, Jupiter was out that night, in line with the moon and we could see it and Jupiter's four moons through the binoculars. Teagan ran through the field laughing and probably wondering why she was out in a field at 830 pm.<br />
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The fistula is still there, but it does not seem worse. We will probably be starting speech therapy in about 6 weeks. Meanwhile, Teagan seems healthy and happy.<br />
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One of the favorites has been going to watch "cat cat" play soccer this fall. We've had great weather and she loves to run around. Here is some "peek a boo" while watching the game.<br />
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A good view of the game from Dad's Shoulders:<br />
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I've been getting some requests for updates on how Teagan is doing after surgery. It's hard to believe it's been two weeks already from this photo above.<br />
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For some comic relief, here I am in my "bunny suit" before I took her in. You know, I am not sure how comforting it was for me to carry her down to surgery and talk to her as she fell asleep looking like this.<br />
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For the most part, she is doing really well. The liquid diet was tough, she was sick of jello, soup, and blended food after about 3 days. I don't know if you can tell here, but she is not pleased with her food choices as she sits in her chair.<br />
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She has moved to soft foods now and no arm restraints after 11 days. She was so happy to do this that she literally danced a jig when she has her first bite of soft food. And smiled every time she ate something. No crackers, cookies, chips, or sharp edged food for awhile.<br />
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There is a set back- a fistula has developed. I saw it Saturday - a fistula is a hole basically. It's a smallish hole in the back of her mouth where the soft and hard palate meet. It's a place where there are not as many layers of tissue to work with and bring together and is the weakest kind. Teagan's palate was bilateral and that is the kind of palate (wide) that is most vulnerable to fistulas.<br />
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We spoke with our surgeon Monday about it. While it is not uncommon, you don't want a fistula. We will have to wait and see what happens. It may granulate and therefore close on it's own. IT may not close but stay the same size. If that happens, we can wait to repair it when we do a lip revision, nose revision, bone graft and all the other things to come. If it grows, we have to deal with it sooner.<br />
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If your reading this, please pray/hope/wish/visualize with me it closes on its own. <br />
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I spoke with the cleft clinic about this yesterday. My read of the literature was that even a small fistula can impede speech although our surgeon thought not (but he is not a speech specialist). The expert in speech at the cleft clinic, said it's too early to tell. But, yes, a small fistula can hurt speech. It also may not. There are endless possibilities and we just won't know until she starts speaking more.<br />
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I think this is the part we just have to get used to. There is going to be a lot of forwards and some backwards.<br />
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Bonus Photo: Here is a photo from Angel's Home of Grace and Teagan! <br />
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A lot of fluid in one ear and some in other. Hearing should really improve now.<br />
Palate repair went well too. We may stay 1 day now not two.<br />
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The hospital is GREAT! Really impressive. <br />
The process is designed with child well being in mind. I was able to carry her to OR...hold her in my lap with her mask and say goodbye when she was out. No poking no needles before then. She had access to fun toys before then and ran around.<br />
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We will see her in about 20 mins. <br />
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Thanks for all the prayers, well wishes, and waiting room reading material you all sent us:)Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-12839697547343101672010-08-31T17:41:00.000-07:002010-08-31T17:41:00.720-07:00First Day of First Grade and Pre-OpLast year..Kindergarten First Day<br />
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Group Hugs:<br />
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In the classroom:<br />
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After School!<br />
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These two were seated next to each other in class. They were separated by noon.<br />
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And Going Home:<br />
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We met with Teagan's surgeon yesterday. He explained what he will do exactly and we talked some details. Good news- she is allowed to keep using her bottle after surgery! She's up to 3 a day now and I don't think it would go over well to give them up now. This is a big relief. He thinks he will be done in about 2.5 hours including the ear tubes and exam. I'll be allowed to put on scrubs and be with her until she is asleep and then they will take her to the operating room. There is about an 85% success rate with this surgery for her kind of CP. Otherwise, you have to redo it or go on to other procedures. Since we are going to be in the 85%, I won't concern myself with what that would entail. My Dad is coming up for a few days to help us out, making sure Catherine can get to school and other things. Teagan will wear arm restraints at night, but he said we could keep them off in the day as long as we can keep our eyes on her all the time. All in all, he presented a much more balanced view than I had heard before. <br />
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I'll post an update after the surgery. Wish Teagan luck.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-73788162240045484542010-08-22T05:09:00.000-07:002010-08-22T05:09:48.321-07:00Updates and Visits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It looks like Teagan will have palate repair surgery on September 9th. We are waiting to hear on ear tubes which are supposed to be scheduled at the same time. So, it's not 100% certain yet. Although we thought it would be early Fall, 9/9 is earlier than we thought. I am grateful they could get Teagan in so fast given how much she is working to communicate with us. At the same time I am sad as it means she cannot have a bottle for 6 weeks. She's been taking at least 3 a day and I am am not looking forward to giving this peaceful time up for her so soon. She loves to be rocked and have a bottle before bedtime, naptime, and when she 1st wakes up. No sippy cups either. <br />
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It's a two night stay in the hospital and then a long recovery. As in, people have said things like "Well, at Week 3 things start to look up." Some people have said after one week things are much better though. She will be on a liquid diet and then mushy foods for about 6 weeks. We have a pre-op talk coming next week and we will know more then.<br />
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Two months after surgery, we will evaluate her speech. And then start speech therapy if needed. It usually is, so I am counting on it.<br />
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A great visit with my parents - they met Teagan for the first time! Catherine was especially thrilled to have special Grandparent time. They spent Friday together at the movie, lunch, and ice cream. On Sunday, we went to the Peace Garden together - it's a beautiful park and a special place for us. After Jason's dad died, we all contributed to a peace bridge the next Father's Day in honor of his dad and those who experience violence in their lives. My mom and Catherine made a peace crane together.<br />
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A trip to Lake Calhoun:<br />
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Here are Catherine and her very good friend Dahlia on their way to farm camp last week! I think they had a great week there taking care of animals, cooking, doing crafts and being out in the country. Dahlia's mom will be giving me some more photos to upload this week.<br />
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In my last post, I think I mentioned they were caring for their own sheep this week. Catherine wonders if she can visit him.<br />
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We've had more doctor appointments (kind of the equivalent of paperwork in China in terms of frequency:) and we are making plans towards palate repair. Let me throw a promotion in here for the International Adoption Clinic at the U. I am so happy we have the International Adoption Clinic here at the U. Our MD there, Cindy Howard and the entire team are amazing people. Dr. Howard called me twice personally to give me test results in detail and help us navigate and coordinate various medical issues.<br />
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It looks like palate surgery will be in September and we have tacked on the ear tubes then instead of August 19th. We are waiting for final confirmation, so I hope it works out to be in September and not later. They would like to do a full ear exam on her and they can't do it when she is awake. If it is later, the cleft team would recommend we not delay ear tubes. Let me also promote the cleft team at MOOS.. they have been supportive since the time of our referral, providing us with information and answering questions via email along the way. Even looking at photos!<br />
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I think Teagan is really worn out from the number of visits we have head each week, sometimes 2-3, and I would like to minimize an extra procedure if we can. She has started having night terrors, and I hate to see that for her. We were probably up with her 5 times last night alone patting her back to sleep. I think her cleft lip surgery had a deep and negative effect on her given her total mood change at each Dr. appointment.<br />
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This is one of Teagan's new favorite objects ! It's very soft and feels like it is handknit (thank you Kristin!). One of her other favorites are the magnets on the refrigerator that you can see in the background (and they are on the floor too of course). You put the letters in the holder and you get a song " A, A!, A says A! Every letter makes a sound, A says A!" She can also press a button and get the alphabet. Although I can now hear this song in my head, every waking moment (not good), and the magnets are a mess, she loves them, and we love that she loves music and letter sounds. Ok, yes, the fact that we can cook in the kitchen with greater ease while she plays with them is also a major bonus!<br />
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Today she made a "compound sign" she did "again + please." Awesome! I've been working on please and was not sure she got it. What was she wanting again?<br />
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This bear in a the yellow raincoat! The bear sings "I am singing in the rain" when you press his arm. It was gift for Catherine from my Grandmother Duffy, but Teagan has taken it over it seems and loves to play the song again and again!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748702288662146994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668568590653660.post-40656967937304290972010-08-06T04:33:00.000-07:002010-08-06T04:36:22.671-07:00More doctors and more photos.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6ewBnPrZd25JJFtEsKoElgkG_5tMdutdzjSYnIiN9kpS9BBXsdRKSyfy4ou24EYEeN-HZwDwOCGGXdqAmPfyJBvdvr8ba0epOuNoLmgqvcM1DHW-BLqnhgiauacTUTvvXnS_uc4_pQg/s1600/DSC02578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6ewBnPrZd25JJFtEsKoElgkG_5tMdutdzjSYnIiN9kpS9BBXsdRKSyfy4ou24EYEeN-HZwDwOCGGXdqAmPfyJBvdvr8ba0epOuNoLmgqvcM1DHW-BLqnhgiauacTUTvvXnS_uc4_pQg/s640/DSC02578.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Another busy week here! Catherine has been at farm camp all week with her friend Dahlia. Today is the parent tour and I am sending the camera with Jason to capture the action. I'll post those next time. Catherine has taken care of her own sheep named Chocolate, milked cows, made food, collected eggs and held a chicken this week! It's a great camp - but a long day for 5 days. I'll be happy when it's over so I can see her again!<br />
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We had our international adoption clinic appointment this week - about 4 hours. We loved meeting Dr. Howard and the whole team. Basic report - Teagan is doing really well! <br />
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We got some good suggestions and advice from the team such as keeping life as"boring" as possible at home ("boring is best for baby" -same routine), making sure Jason and I do the primary caretaking for the next 4-6 months and minimizing others holding Teagan and so on. We'll have to to think creatively on how to balance work and child care on this one. She did have to endure a very sad and long blood draw. The team really tried, but had a hard time getting the vials they needed. I hope they did get enough as I don't want to put her through that again. We'll have to return in 6 months to check her titers (another blood draw) for the vaccinations she received in China to see if they need to be redone. Yes, a Hague commentary on my end. <br />
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Here she is exploring the slide at the park.<br />
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We have our palate repair consult next week, and should have a better idea of when that can be done. The IA clinic recommended exploring the option of not doing ear tubes until we do the palate surgery to minimize the stress for her. The cleft clinic said this was an option, but they prefer to move more quickly on ear tubes if a child has fluid or may be in discomfort. After the appointment Wed, I am hoping we can wait and do them together. We have weekly appointments as it is through August and each one is stressful.<br />
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I know I keep talking about her signs, but they are really amazing! She has now learned sand, fish and bird and horse. Last night she repeatedly made all 3 signs at me when I put her to bed and asked me to show her the photos in the book (of fish, birds, and horses) called "It's time for bed." This was instead of drinking her bottle or going to sleep of course!<br />
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In the photo above, she is asking me to sit down on the teeter totter seat next to her (they are in a circle). We bounced up and down for awhile making horse noises and she really laughed.<br />
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As I write this, Jason is running with one of our travel group friends, Jim who is in MPLS this week (Natalie's Dad). Wish the whole family was here! We hope to see them next June when we go to Colorado for the reunion with Group 615 (Our travel group for Catherine). <br />
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This was our first trip to the rose garden here. I hope we can come back here next week when my parents visit and meet Teagan for the first time.<br />
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We've been busy with doctor appointments and balancing our work schedules. Our cleft clinic appointment was last week for 5 hours. Teagan will have ear tubes put in August and have a full ear exam. We will get a better idea on hearing levels after that. She clearly hears though and has learned a number of new signs. A favorite now is "again." We've been trying to get out as much as we can with her to the parks as well. She loves the baby swings.<br />
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She also likes to point at airplanes as they go by. It's interesting because we have a photo of Grace from Angel's Home pointing at an airplane on outing they were on and trying to get Teagan to look at it.<br />
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Catherine pushing Teagan:<br />
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