tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80432962509678389922012-02-16T20:09:45.341-05:00Join us as we fly to China, experience the hike up the great wall, be there as we use "squatty pottys",take in the awesome beauty and rich culture of Zoe's homeland and share the joy as we meet Zoe for the first time. Come along it will be the ride of a lifetime...Bonnie and Crewfivekidzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107212650969986685noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8043296250967838992.post-14290288112917361242010-06-15T13:58:00.004-04:002010-06-23T22:17:26.609-04:00

Wishing my lil princess a happy 6th bday.though we may not know your exact bday one thing I am certain of is that somewhere in China your birth parents are thinking of you.their love and care that 1st year helped you become the great kid you are .Zoë on this special day when you should get presents it has been us that recd the most precious gift being your family.I hope that today and everyday is

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Waking up-not in vegasPosted Jun 26, 2009 4:35pmZoe has been very slowly waking up and coming out of her sleep. She would wake up look around try to fight the breathing tube and then fall back asleep They removed the breathing tube about 2 hrs ago. Zoe is running a slight fever(101 ish) so she has been given Tylenol. She also was given a block similar to an epidural that should help control pain

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Zoe's surgery has been moved up to this friday. I rec'd the call yesterday am. we leave in an hour for her pre testing. Zoe and I toured the 4th floor where she will stay after. It is the same place that Desi stayed during his 3 week stay in 04 but they have revamped and updated everything. She is concerned she does not want to be asleep. They said in her China updates that she was not much for

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here is the link to the new blog .Follow the tales of Zoe and she rules us all with her little finger and her big smile. 5 bugaboos was bling by my daughter Kelli,great job Kel.. thanks a bunch.http://5bugaboos.blogspot.com/

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Zoe's first pony ride...not loving it!!!Photos of Zoe by Kelli wearing her new dress from Kel. holding Chowchow her cat and Minnie Tevins kitty

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First pictureswaiting for mamahome for 7 mosThis is the way it happened.As i was searching the internet for fabric i rec'd and email from the waiting child group and there she was,my girl, 2 years ago!!! scroll to the bottom and work up to see the exact texts ....IAAP - More children! Posted by: "WaitingChild-owner@yahoogroups.com" WaitingChild-owner@yahoogroups.com alberhasky2000 Fri Jun 30,

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We celebrated the 4th of July by going down to the lake and watching the display. I remember last year thinking next year we will bring Zoe. Zoe was very excited in the car seeing the fireworks in the sky as we draove to our spot. We got out and brought the blanket , as I went to sit down to put Zoe on my lap to share in this great experience,Tevin says"umm... Mom Zoe left" I looked back and

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we celebrated Zoe's birthday with a cake at Shari's house.Zoe loved being sung to and blowing out the candles but the cake ? not so much. She received some wonderful presents Kelli made a gorgeous card. Kelli Zoe ,me and desmond went to pick strawberries. You may notice kelli worked some magic with her photoshop and made my butt magically disappear.. now if it were that easy in real life.

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the second week in June we were invited to visit With a family that had adopted in Nov LingLing from Zoe's fostercare center. The girls lived together for almost a year. The family is from VA but were up visiting family in central NY. They would be about 30 mins from my sisters house so we decided to visit with Michelle and Rick. We met up with the Family and its was nice to the girls

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I can not believe how fast June has gone by. Several things to update. Zoe had her first dental cleaning and NO cavities. pretty amazing considering she's been in a orphange and all the sweets they allow them. The first week in June we attended the Dragonboat Festival at Riverside Park In rochester. I forced the teen boys to come,no one would help me with the "boat"for the float but once they

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Zoe singing and playing her new guitar on the very first day...I was quite impressed by her natural talent.. She is singing about a bathing suit and going to the beach...

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Zoe's first parade... We attended the Memorial Day Parade ... it was Zoe's first. She seemed to like it, after we ate at dennys and then later went to get ice cream at Minnehans. Zoe's first cone... she said"mama we come tomarrow for more?"

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It seems to me this little girl gets cuter every day, i may be biased,but judge for yourself !!! Zoe has wanted a bike every since she tried a neighbors out so Friday I found one at Aldi's( zoe knows so much , as I pulled into the parking lot she asked"we going to Aldi's? get food")I put the Dora one on the cart but when I was a few feet away she stopped me and said "deigo bike".She already

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link to story http://members.shaohannahshope.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6259There has been so much tragedy and loss in the world recently, the earthquake in China and then this morning finding out about Maria, The 5 yo adopted daughter of Steven Curtis Chapman who passed away after an accident at the family's home. I know how closely I have come to losing my kids in freak accident and

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Me and the kids ventured down to Ithaca the 2nd weekend in April,when all the snow of the week before had melted and temps were in the 60's. Zoe was able to meet her guardians should anything happen to me, Aunt Michelle and Uncle Rick. She of course loved them. Later Aunt Becky, uncle Brian and cousin Meghan came by to visit. we stayed 2 nights and had a great time catching up. They all agreed

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I can not believe how quickly the time with Zoe has passed when the time without her seemed to drag on forever. Zoe is doing amazingly in every aspect. Health wise she has had only an occasional cold. She had a scan of her kidney,liver,and bladder and they all were ok. She goes in june for her heart ultrasound,we are praying for good news on that front also. Everyday I am thankful that this

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So much has happened in the past month... Zoe's blood test came back all good but she still has to go see the kidney specialist next month to find out why she has so much blood in her urine. desi has been to the drs every week he has appts at the head specialist and skin dr, dentist and eye.Tevin just has the dentist and eyes to do. Zoe is talking so well in English. She has such a cute way of

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Its been 2 months since Zoe first cast that disapproving look at me, for taking so darn long to get her. These day if she is mad at you she will give you the look and then yell at you in chinese, not sure what she is saying but i am sure it isnt good. so many firsts this month. we went bowling last week with the kids. Zoe had a blast. She has also discover the portable DVd player which she

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well we have made it thru the holidays. We have been home for 3 weeks,it has been hard to get into a routine with the boys being home and visiting friends. Zoe seem to enjoy Christmas although I am sure she doesnt understand any of it. She receieved some wonderful gifts from her sisters and grandma in Florida.She stayed up on new years eve ,actually she has made it to midnight almost every night.

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Zoe has done wonderfully and plays well in her room with the toys. She has a great sense of humor and loves to make silly faces. She has yelled at me in Chinese a couple of times when I made her mad. I am not sure what she was saying but i am sure it was not good. tuesday was her first dr appt. She weighs 32 lbs and is 39 inches tall. She had no shots in China so she now has to play catch

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after the airport we went to my house, now to explain when I left my house was a mess, like a bad remodel show reject. I asked Shari and Kelli if they could try to move some boxes to the basement They kept telling me that they didnt have time, so I figured we might end up staying over sharis until I finished up. Shari met us at the airport with Desmond after his daylong treatment. i was so happy

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we started out early at 5 am to the guangzhou airport for our first flight. We had the wrong forms from our guide so had to redo some forms. made in on in plenty of time then we had a delay of an hour due to the heavy air traffic. the sky was a beautiful blue and once up the 4 hr flight was great. In tokyo we asked to be put together but we told the flight was full. when we went to board my

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Well its our last night in China,and I just found a shop that takes credit cards,so I decided we would take a later flight.... just kidding... but we would have done some sightseeing .Zoe is ready to meet her family.I am ready to come home. Kelli should have come she would love all the bargains. Yesterday at breakfast we were able to see many new babies  and their first time parents... pretty

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Monday night we did have papa johns pizza. Zoe's first time having pizza and she loved it.In true pontillo fashion she even ate it cold the next day. Tuesday we went to the American consulate . Tevin stayed in the hotel as it was his "naptime" Me and Zoe walked to the white swan hotel to catch the bus with many others parents. The consulate is now a 25 min drive from the island. The buses were

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Well we are ready to go home but still have to wait for fri.only 4 more days.Everything went ok at the CA according to Lily.We went to the Zoo.Tevin and Zoe had a great time. They got their pics taken with a monkey, a very angry monkey that only minutes before had been fighting with a husky that had gotten loose, the trainers gave the monkey a switch from the tree and let it beat the dog. Corey

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Today,saturday, was the medical exam.We started the day at the breakfast buffet which i thought was very good. Zoe ate her weight in food again. Everyone keeps saying she is big for 3 1/2 . I wish we could understand what she is saying I am sure sometimes it is not so good about us. She is a great kid typical 3 year old and very smart she has the camera all figured out,she loves to see her own

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  Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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 we arose bright and early on Friday dec 7 to take the plane to guangzhou. We had to take a bus to the plane and then walk up the stairs to get on the plane. I think me and Tevin have taken every size plane so far on our trip. Zoe did great until the last 20 mins when she wanted out of the seat belt and screamed really just a mid whine until we landed.Our new guide is Lily. The victory is very

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We flew bright and early to Zhongzhou checked into the Hotel,went to the store for "supplies" and then it was Zoe time. We arrived at the Civil affairs bureau and it was CLOSED . Locked up tight. just slight panic but soon the director came and  alittle while later came Zoe. She was as cute as could be and SICK.Coughing runny nose and not happy. I think she was mad at mama for taking so long. I

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Well me and tevin made it to Beijing Just fine. All the flights takeoffs and landings were great.It did not seem to take as long as I thought it would . We arrived in Beijing at 9:30 pm China time(8;30amfri) I was never so happy to see Christina holding up a sign with my name on it.we woke in the morning and there was a driver from New day foster home waiting to take us to drop off the toys and

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I must say thank you to so many folks.First thanks to God for putting us on this journey and for brnging so many wonderful people into our lives.To my family who encouraged me even if they thought I was crazy.To my sister Brenda for getting all dramatic with Northwest so Zoe could have a ride home.My sister michelle and her sister Lisa and others who sent money to help bring this about.to all my

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It has been a stressful day. I most likely will not be able to post often since we were unable to find a laptop.So dont panic if you dont hear from us.... Keep us in your prayers.. The family of ZoeBeijing Daily Itinerary November 29 Arrive Beijing - NW11 at 9:15pm November 30 Visit New Day Foster Home (Bonnie will make the arrangements for this) December 1 Great Wall Tour December 2

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Just a quick update... our TA for Zoe arrived Sat... along with our passports and Visas. Our flights are booked but Zoe's is still up in the air. My sister Brenda used her FF miles , I asked many times before I booked our flights if there would be any problems with a return fare only for an adopted child and was told no problem easy to do... Big Prob.. they made her book a RT ticket and you

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we have confirmed flights... we will be coming back on friday instead of weds due to limited flight availablity. Thank you to all of those that have helped bring Zoe home. No matter the amount it is greatly appreciated. We did receive a grant and with so many wonderful people donating we are all set. thank you to everyone who helped in anyway. I do not have our travel schedule yet but

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if you would like to pay by personal check please email me for my address fivekidzmama@yahoo.com I have taggies - TAGS RAGS- Fleece square 12x12 with 16 - 18 tags and one velcro tag for attaching toy or binky . each is unique . you can specify boy,girl or either.I am asking 16 dollars including shipping. to order please email me or go to the chipin and write your order in comments. Thanks

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We are still waiting to hear from 2 grants and my employer so far has not bidge on the adoption benefit that I was informed about and had thought I would be getting. My travel dates are going to have to change ......I have a Kingdom Kids Account, in which donations can be made in our family name, PONTILLO. Kingdom Kids Adoption Ministry provides a tax deductible donation.http://

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Christmas Fundraiser.Christine and adoptive mom has set up a website to help waiting families . She has the following Chritmas ornaments for $15 each, 20 % of sales goes to adoptive families.Heres the link:http://www.holidayadoptionfundraiser.blogspot.com/GOOD FORTUNE - $15 (To order, please email Christine at christinesgallery@msn.com) LOVE - $15 DOUBLE HAPPINESS - $15 PEACE - $15other

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Well I guess that I should start thinking about packing. 22 more days. I have thought about it... we have luggage locks, found 2  of the packs we are taking, getting the video camera all set to go... still need to find an adapter..????Have started filling the box of things for the orphanage. Have not heard exactly what our  travel plans will be ...I can not wait to hold this beautiful child and

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URGENT...If you would please consider donating 10 dollars to our chip in account it would be so greatly appreciated. If you are in the process of adopting and are not traveling soon I would be happy to donate the money back to you when we return... most likely in January. Just do the chip in and write " also adopting"we also have a magazine fundraiser ----->... easy to order your fav magazines

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Travel Dates all Setwe have confirmed dates in China, now we need to lock down the planes. We are still short on the funds needed I am still waiting to hear back from some grants I have applied for ,hopefully it will be yes and this week.Dates.Nov 28(weds) - leave Roch 9 am--> DET -->Tokyo --> arrive Nov 29(thurs) 9pm BeijingDec 3 (mon) meet Zoe-not sure where yetDec 10(mon) CA- consulate

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I just learned that my travel approval for Zoe is here. They want me to fly out the 3rd of Nov... thats 2 weeks away... and meet Zoe on the 6th or 7th and then fly home before turkey day... This is almost a month sooner... Unless I have a miracle of sorts I will not be able to travel then... there would be 5 other families traveling from IAAP at that time...so now my plea... Please if you can

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Great news!!! I rec'd phone call from Cheryl at IAAP saying that my LOA will be in my hands weds and then needs to go right back. It should only be a few weeks until TA and then we can plan flights....I just can not stop smiling and saying "we're going to China" all the while doing the cha cha or my version of it. Also I confirmed with our local paper that they want me to write a series

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Well sept is almost over. There have been some families that have rec'd their LOA's that have the same LID as mine, so we should be getting it soon.. Tevins passport has arrived... in only 3 WEEKS!! and the lady said it wouldn't be here til Dec... oh Ye of little faith.So now off to get our Chinese Visas. I added the song "Flowers for Zoe" by Lenny Kravitz. If you listen to the lyrics it

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I rec'd this email from Rhonda( www.ourjourneytojade.com )who is still in China bringing home her beautiful new daughter Jade, They visited with Zoe at Her fostercare home and delivered gifts from me. Thanks so much Rhonda for the info and picture. It is so strange in a good way to see her holding something that i held 2 weeks ago."Yes. Zoe had already received her package that you had sent. She

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Some folks have asked for my reasons why I am adopting Zoe... I love kids, not just mine but all of them(well truthfully almost all.. some are bullys)my friends,my nephews my nieces... always have.I am very happy with my four kids and my 3 grandsons but I still have plenty of love and time to take care of one more. My sons stated that they wanted a little sister nothing against their older ones,

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Not Much happening,still waiting for LOA,almost done with the house. 2 month LID- average wait for LOA seems to be 80-90 days and then TA with 2 weeks -5 weeks. I hope to travel in NOV or Dec. A family is traveling to Changchun to get their daughter Jade . She is at the foster center and was allowed to stay until they get her. I sent a small package with a fall outfit,a teddy bear that giggles

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Please note: these four girls already have families who will be traveling to China to adopt them soon!Xin Hui is very understanding and loving, ready to help the others. She is a little bit shy at first. She is the one with more vocabulary and every nanny said how smart she is. New pics...newsletter update...ITs AMAZINGto see the difference a year of good care and love can make. here is Zoe on

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well i have ended the poll regarding Zoe's Name.the resultsZoe-68% 113 votes Zoey 15% 25 votes Zoie 13% 22votes Zoi -2 votes Zoye 1 vote and 6 votes for variations of Zoe. Now we have been debating whether to give her name a twist like Zoella, Zobella but as of now her name is Zoe Isabella Xinhui. I am slowly finishing everything that is needed for travel. I found Zoe the cutest Hello

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Well Its actually been a month since my papers were logged in At the CCAA. So since the only sure thing about China adoption is that everything is uncertain... some folks have been getting the loa's from 60-90 days after LID. That would put us getting the loa in sept/oct and hopefully traveling in Nov/Dec. but anything is possible. What the great wall will look like when we see ChinaBest case

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Well I rec'd a brief note from IAAP saying that aren't sure whether Zoe has rec'd the care package sent in May. I hope so because there were dresses and shorts for summer. They did send me a new photo of Zoe. This was taken today in China and she has a big smile and looks wonderful. She is also wearing an outfit I sent in the oct care package. I believe it was an 18 mos size. The pant seem a

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I rec'a a new picture of zoe in our agencies newsletter. I think it is a little shaky so she does not look all that well to me. No word as to whether she has rec'd the care package sent in May. I hope that she has been able to look at our family photos.I have only seen her wearing the hoodie that was sent in carepackage #1 in Oct and she is wearing the headbands as bracelets. report of Zoe; Dang

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LID at last . I rec'd an email stating that my official log in date at CCAA was July 3. Its nice to have that down. we have our design for our t shirts done and they should be ready to go in a week or so . They say family with the chinese symbols for family and bringing zoe home. They can also have just family on it w/o zoe's info they will be white or red.More later Please consider adding one to

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Well Its been a year since I first saw Zoe's precious face.My dossier finally made it to CCAA although I don't have a confirmed LID(some never do). next step is LOA(letter of acceptance) a new step added this year for adoptions. It is to reaffirm your intention that you still want your child. It is to stop the disruption of adoption once people get their child. thinking about that... IMHO i feel

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spring 2005 - start looking at adoption sitesMay 2006- Desi and I attend an adoption seminar by Wide HorizonsMay- Sign up for HSJune 2006- decide to relax about "finding"Zoe after rejected by GWCA for 2 referralsstart thinking about trip to Italy with MomJuly 1 2006 email reguarding new list at IAAP, take look , fall in love with Xinhui,email IAAP,expect to hear nothing due to 4th holidayJuly 2

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Hi I would like to introduce my daughter Zoe,aka Dang Xin Hui,. She was born in Nanyang , Henan , China in 2004. She was brought to the Nanyang SWI in May of 2005, She was given the birthdate 6-15-2004. Zoe has an unrepaired VSD and heart disease. Her referral stated that she was not walking as of spring of 2006.I took one look and knew I had found my daughter,luckily for me Dick and Cheryl

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