| Letter to CCAI Group 335 |
| Hi Group 335, 15 Dec 02 We think of you often! What a year it�s been. The purpose of this letter is to share thoughts with you, ask some questions and keep you current on our family. If you respond, and don't mind, I�ll post our exchange on this page. Moving April �03: We�re moving to Aurora CO in April 2003. I got an assignment to Buckley AFB CO, and we expect to live somewhere in or outside Aurora CO. We�ll keep you posted. Mostly, we�re looking forward to being so close to some of you and CCAI�let�s talk babysitting! CCAI and FWCC: We�d love to hear from you in CO that have the opportunity to participate in CCAI activities for kids. Our daughters may be a little young to participate just yet, but we�re anxious to get involved in Denver�s FWCC organization and CCAI activities. For the non-CO families, have you got involved with your local FWCC? (FWCC in area has over 100 members, but we don't do a lot of things during the year) Finding Hanchuan and Wuhan info: Joanne Schumm and I traded emails several month�s ago talking about the difficulty of finding info on the internet about Hanchuan Children�s Welfare Institute�and just Hanchuan in general. The info we got from the orphanage on the circumstances of Emma�s entry into foster care was more detailed than I imagined, but there�s times when I wish we would have asked more questions of the orphanage director and staff (when we were at the Registrar)--especially if I had known how difficult it is to find info on Hanchuan. Language skills: Within the last three months, Emma�s English vocabulary has grown immensely, to about 25-30 words; she mimics many things that we say�dangerous! I wondered if anyone is participating in the Asian Adoptees Language Acquisition Study (available off the FWCC site) being conducted by the Univ. of Memphis? I thought it looked very interesting. Anyone trying to learn/teach your child Chinese? Medical issues: OK, did anyone�s daughter not get sick in China? When I look back at the pictures now, I see we were all running on adrenalin. After her 104F temp in China, Emma has been very healthy since we got back; she had some minor skin irritation issues, but I think it was due to the heat and not anything she had or contracted in China. Does your daughter have any lingering medical problems you�d wouldn't mind sharing with the group? Do this again? OK, who�s thinking of adopting a second child from China? You know who you are� It was a pleasure to travel with all of you. I�m not sure we knew what we were getting ourselves into! I think we all agree, the CCAI reps in China were fantastic and helped keep us all out of trouble. Todd, Emma and I wish you all the very best. Email us P.S. If you want to buy anything from , please use the links off my webpages. Thanks! |