Orlando Visit - August 12th

Recognize any of the folks in the above picture? :)

Can you believe it?!? We not only met Be and Don's little bundle of joy, Joanna Mei, we also met Catherine of Catherine's Chatter!! and Dannye and Ray from LayDfrog but darn if we can find that group photo with Dannye and Ray in it! We'll keep looking :)
We all hooked up in Orlando. We are missing Bridget, Catherine's cousin, in the photo above because she was gracious enough to volunteer to take the picture. We should have all just set our cameras on auto mode and let them flash away but I guess we were too excited to think of that :) Thank you Bridget... Aly and I enjoyed visiting with you.


Joanna Mei is beyond PRECIOUS! The girl has spunk and beauty! Be and Don better be taking vitamins because this young lady is going to be on the go from the time she wakes until the time she falls asleep :) She is such the light of her mom and dad's life...

And her parent's are way TOO NICE! Just look at the pictures below!!
One of the things on our "To Do" list was putting together a medical package for when we are in China picking up Alyzabeth. Well, we can scratch that off the list thanks to Be and Don! Can you even begin to believe this? What a huge relief.

And you would think they would have stopped there with the gifts but oh no, not Be and Don! The Shape Sorting Barn is one of Joanna's favorite toys and now Alyzabeth will have one to play with. As well as a new sippy cup and a Baby Einstein DVD.

And checking out the picture below you will see what looks like a pink dog's butt. It is. It's a hook to hang things on. Thank you Don :) I had so admired the green one he had hung in Joanna's room that he felt we needed our own for Alyzabeth's room :) Too funny...

And just so you get the picture of just how absolutely spoiled we were treated on this trip. As we were saying our goodbyes at Disney, Catherine presented us with a gift that completed our perfect day and melted our hearts.

It is often times hard to describe to family and friends the strong bonds that are created by families in the "Journey". We share so many of the same emotions. The ups and downs, the worries and celebrations. The hopes. The dreams...
Meeting Catherine was such a pleasure and her gift for Alyzabeth once again reminded us of how blessed we and Alyzabeth are to have these people in our lives. Thank You Catherine!! Thank You Be and Don!!!
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Oh, and not to forget... Here's our latest on Fay. Please go away Fay and don't take any of our property on your way out!