Another night on the news

Looks like we'll be on the 11 news again. This time in NH. WMURtv just left and they have a satelite van meeting them partway to Concord so they can edit it on the road and get it on the 11 o'clock news tonight. These news people really leave things for the last minute. They didn't tell us they were coming til after dinner and I hadn't even showered today. And then they were earlier than they expected. Breaking news I guess!

Here's the WMUR Video Story

Also, here's a link to the blog we set up for the news.

And THANK you again for all those sending out the letters that J put together for Hillary & Janet. There were over 2300 hits on the webpage for the letters from Friday til this afternoon! I hope that many letters are winging their way to DC this week.

And we hope to hear that our rebuttal is at the Embassy tomorrow. Then we can climb back onto our pile of pins and needles.

In other news: The Spark and Cupcake both start school tomorrow. The Spark is SO excited since she is finally one of the BIG kids at their Montessori school. The Kindergarten age kids are in "Extended Day" and they get their very special teacher all to themselves in the afternoons + they get to go on field trips. She is most excited about going for walks around town with her class. And about seeing her teachers and her friends. Cupcake says she's excited to. When we ask her she says "YEAH!" That's probably b/c she thinks Momma goes to the toddler room at school too. That's how we practiced a few times this summer. And that's what I'll do for the next coupe weeks. Thank goodness her teacher is wonderful and does not mind if I stay a few more times. Eventually though school will be for The Spark and Cupcake, not for Momma. I'd love to go to the grocery store sometime soon all by myself. I hope to post pics of the girls tomorrow since The Spark chose her outfit very carefully and I had to go raid the attic for hand-me-down shoes from Cousin E. to go with the outfit. There are no photos from the boys' first day of school last week b/c they looked like they were going to the park to play some ball like every other day that isn't winter.

So...if you're in NH and have t.v., watch WMURtv (I have no idea what channel that is since we do not have tv) for the 11 o'clock news tonight. I'll have to watch it online in the morning.

A Thank You note to everyone

Thank you all so much for all the letters that have been sent and are being sent to Hillary and Janet! Maybe if they get enough of them, someone important will feel compelled to look into our case. And maybe s/he will put a little pressure on the field officer in Guatemala City to approve our case a.s.a.p.!!! That is what we have to hope for now.

The rebuttal (16 pages of briefing with lots of exhibits mixed in- 4.4 pounds in all) has landed in Guatemala City as of 5-something this morning. It should be in our Guatemalan attorney's hands by tomorrow at the latest. Then off to the Embassy he'll go. Then we wait and hope that all those letters help us to get a favorable adjudication within days or weeks.

Here's another sneek peek at our silly Ali from J's visit in July:

One Year Ago

One year ago, we walked into the Civial Affaairs Office in Nanjing and saw at the opposite end of the room, a teeny, tiny little girl standing at one of the low tables. She had her photo book open on the table in front of her. She saw us as we walked toward her, looked at the picture of us in her photo book, and started to SCREAM! She stomped her little foot and screamed bloody murder. And that was before we even tried to touch her or talk to her. What a day that was!

Given how much she despised even the sight of me the entire trip in China, it melts my heart when I think of how far we've come together. She is a Mamma's girl now. She is affectionate and happy with all of us, but I think she wants me most if I do say so myself. I never would have been able to imagine it like this on last August 25th. She is smiley, giggly, goofy, super healthy, and charms everyone wherever she goes. She can swim (!), ride her trike, loves to eat lobster, mussels, salad, all kinds of veggies, and lollipop is one of her clearest words. (She continues to HATE her carseat though.)

Happy one year Forever Family Day, Cupcake!!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The song is "Gotcha Day" by Ann Pence