Christmas 2009 at Disney World

We went to Disney World with Marc's parents and met up with Marc's brother, Gavin, and my sister and brother-in-law, Kate & Don. Everyone had a fantastic time!

Snail's pace slow

Hello Great Wall Families!

The stork has landed at Great Wall! Yesterday we received referrals for families whose dossiers were logged in on March 29, 2006. The CCAA's cutoff date for this month is March 31, 2006. Congratulations to these families!

Right now, we are working as quickly as we can to bring these families their referral! We ask for your patience as our response time to your phone calls and emails may be a little delayed. We thank ALL of you for your continued patience and support!

Sincerely,

Beth Breedlove Reeves
Associate Director of Client Service & Relations
Great Wall China Adoption

Halloween 2009!

Alex and Andrew hung out together for the Bright Horizons Tail Gate Halloween party two days before the real Halloween.






The moms, I'm the Longhorn quarterback.

South Padre Island Vacation 2009

We recently had a vacation in South Padre Island with Marc's parents followed by Dianne's twin brother and sister-in-law, Nick and Roxanne. We love Padre! We didn't bring our camera to Padre Schlitterbahn, but that was great too.

Alex and Dianne (a.k.a, Momma)

Aunt Rocka, Alex and Uncle Nick
Alex and Linda(Gema) feeding the birds
Dianne(Momma), Alex, Paul(G-dad), Linda(Gema), and Marc(Daddy)
Dianne & Alex
Marc getting sand treatment
Nick and Roxanne at the Wanna Wanna Hut
Roxanne & Nick & Alex
Roxanne posing in front of a sign that makes her laugh at the Wanna Wanna Hut
Alex getting ready for a pirate ship cruise
Alex, Marc & Dianne at the Wanna Wanna Hut
Alex & Dianne about to race
Linda & Paul
Marc & Alex
Climbing the sand dunes: Marc, Alex & Dianne

Still waiting and keeping busy

From our adoption agency...

Hello Great Wall Families!

The stork has landed at Great Wall!

Yesterday, Great Wall received referrals for families whose dossiers were logged in on March 28, 2006. The CCAA has completed the matching process for families with log in dates through March 28, 2006.

Congratulations to these families!

Right now, we are working as quickly as we can to bring these families their referral! The referral team is also having a few server and email issues but we are working quickly to resolve these issues.

We ask for your patience as our response time to your phone calls and emails may be a little delayed. We thank ALL of you for your continued patience and support!

Sincerely,

Great Wall China Adoption

Trip down memory lane

Alex napping on February 27, 2005
Beautiful day for our first walk! February 27, 2005
March 29, 2005

Hello Great Wall Families!

The stork has landed at Great Wall!

On Friday, August 21, 2009, Great Wall received referrals for families whose dossiers were logged in on March 24, 2006 and for a few of our expedited families. The CCAA has completed the matching process for families with log in dates through March 24, 2006. Congratulations to these families!

Right now, we are working as quickly as we can to bring these families their referral! We ask for your patience as our response time to your phone calls and emails may be a little delayed. We thank ALL of you for your continued patience and support!

Sincerely,

Great Wall China Adoption

Pancakes and Ponies Birthday Party

Alex's good friend, Holden, had a Pancakes and Ponies Birthday Party. It was a big hit!

Our new home

Allyson and Brooke came over to see our new home. I had to include the "SOLD" sign.