We received our THIRD CALL from US Asian Affairs on Monday, August 15, confirming that our group will be leaving LAX on Friday, September 2 for Guangzhou. However, as we’ve mentioned in previous postings and emails, we are taking a pre-trip vacation to Beijing, so we will be leaving one week earlier, on Sunday, August 28. We are scheduled to return to LAX on Sept. 16, China Southern flight #0327, arriving at 6:50pm.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
AT LONG LAST
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE REPORT
Tuesday, August 16. An equally thrilling day for us, because in the mail we finally received the Development Update Report from the orphanage, giving us a bit more information about our little girl.
On May 26, 2005, Placement personnel at the Chenzhou City Child Welfare Institute wrote the following about Michayla (as translated by Sherry at USAA):
“CHEN, Chenxi, female, was abandoned at the gate of Beihu Park on January 24, 2005. Police officer received a call from a person and went to pick her up. She wore yellow suit and wrapped in orange coat without birth note. She was placed in our institute on that day because we couldn’t find her parents and relatives.
At the time of placement, her face, heart, lung and limb are normal: height 48cm, weight 3.7kg, head size 35cm, chest size 32cm, feet 7cm; the physician estimated her birthday based on her physical development to be January 17, 2005, and named her Chen, Chenxi. “Chen” is the first word of “Chenzhou City,” “Chenxi” means happy morning sun.
After placed in, she was well cared for by the caretakers and grandmas of “Half the Sky.” She has a regulated daily routine.
One month old – likes watching the light; seldom cries, except wet or hungry. (Just like her dad)
Two months old – can visually follow moving objects; can locate sounds by turning her head; loves us touching her face, holding her hands and talking to her.
Three months old – likes watching toys hanging on the bed; knows her name.
She is almost 4 months old now, has thick black hair; likes holding her hands; when sitting on a chair, she loves to kick her feet to move the chair; if you touch her face, she will smile to you; when close to her, she will wave her hands for a hug. She has a good appetizer and sleeps very well, she is a healthy, outgoing and active baby.
We added Vitamins to her food. Her immunization is updated.”
BEIHU PARK – WHERE MICHAYLA WAS FOUND
We did some research and, according to the Chenzhou City government website, “Beihu park covers an area of 474 mu, of which 206 mu water area. It has tourist attractions as Forking Fish Pavillion, Statue of Chinese Woman Volleyball Team, Beihu lake and moonlight, Outai Eden, etc.
Beihu lake and moonlight was one of Eight Sceneries in Chenzhou in Yuan Dynasty. Hangyu, the famous poet in Song Dynasty once came here and wrote Forking Fish Poem for Beihu Park. Forking Fish Pavillion and a statue of Hangyu was built in memory of Hangyu.”
I have been told I am not allowed to make a Forking Fish joke. –Mark
CHENZHOU CITY ORPHANAGE – WHERE MICHAYLA HAS BEEN LIVING
Once again -- being Mark and Nicki -- we went back to the Internet to do some research, and discovered the following information about the Half the Sky Foundation (www.halfthesky.org), the not-for-profit charitable corporation that was created by American adoptive parents Jenny and Richard Bowen.
Half the Sky Foundation -- named for the Chinese adage, "Women hold up half the sky" – was established in 1998 to provide individual attention, love and nurturing for the many children in China who languish waiting for families -- or those who will never be adopted. All of the Half the Sky centers have been built by volunteers, and almost all of these centers have been funded by adoptive families and friends through individual donations. HTS’s purpose is to establish early childhood education, personalized learning and infant nurture programs in Chinese welfare institutions to provide the children stimulation, individual attention, and an active learning environment.
HTS designed its Baby Sisters Infant Nurture Program to provide the foundation for healthy development. Each HTS "Nanny" is assigned 3-5 babies. Her role is to provide responsive care to her infants, interact with them, talk to them, engage actively in their feeding, touch them and show physical affection, facilitating bonding and attachment. They watch over and guide the babies as they play and safely explore their world. (We’re going to see if we can adopt one of the nannies as well).
The infant center is also painted in soft complimentary colors. The floors are carpeted. Half the room is padded with gymnastics mats; half is furnished with rocking chairs. There are mirrors, pull-up bars, textured pathways and developmental toys everywhere.
The Chenzhou Child Welfare Institute was built in 2002. You can take a look at: http://www.halfthesky.org/02CentersPrograms/centers/chenzhou.html
We are thrilled to know that our little Michayla has been engaged, nurtured and – most importantly -- loved the first seven months of her life. Now we’re ready for our turn!!
Monday, August 01, 2005
SECOND CALL
Thursday morning, July 28 we got the Second Call! Photos of our little girl were ready! And much sought after information. So here goes:
Her Chinese name is Chenxi Chen (Chenxi means “Happy Morning”); she lives in an orphanage in Chenzhou, which is in the Hunan province; she’s healthy; is a moderate sleeper; likes music; and likes to be held.
The biggest, challenging, scary, fun, news is that while we expected that we would bring home a baby girl 12-14 months old, we were surprised and delighted to discover that Chenxi’s birthdate is JANUARY 17, 2005! She is only 6-1/2 months old now, and will be about 8 months old when we pick her up - nearly HALF the age of the baby we thought we’d get -- and we couldn’t be happier!!
PICTURES PICTURES
On Friday, July 29, we made our way to the US Asian Affairs offices in the Monterey Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where we were handed a plain manila envelope with “Brown/Genovese” handwritten on the front. We took our deepest collective breath. Nicki opened the envelope ever-so-slightly to peek inside and then began to laugh with joy and emotion as she took out the photos.
We always said that if we had a biological baby, the one thing we knew for certain is that she would be hairy, because we’re both pretty hairy people. So when we looked at the photos, we knew that she was meant to be ours.
According to Chenxi’s Children Medical Examination Record and the State of Growth of Prospective Adoptive Child (0~1 year) forms (printed in Mandarin by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, and translated for us at USAA by a lovely girl named Sherry) all her medical tests were negative, including the HIV test. She wakes up at 6.30a, has a nap at 11.30a and goes to bed at 7.00p. (Just like her paternal grandfather) She drinks cow’s milk and formula several times a day (the formula is a combination of rice powder and bean powder), including a feeding at 10.30p. She enjoys steamed eggs at 8.00a and fruit juice and/or mashed fruit at 2.00p. (Who doesn’t?)
Chenxi (pronounced: chen-SEE) is, in fact, a “moderate” sleeper, who can locate the direction of a sound/voice, can visually follow moving toys with her eyes and can “hold blocks on each hand at the same time” (which is a good skill to have with her multi-tasking mother Nicki!). She “follows you with moving head from one side to the other,” and was described as having a personality that is both “active” and “restless.” We decided that when the staff at the Matching Room saw our photos of us running in races, and going to baseball games and black-tie events, they probably thought, here’s a couple that likes to get up early and pack a lot into a day, let’s give them the restless baby that hardly sleeps (which made Nicki very happy). The report said Chenxi likes to be held (which made Mark very happy) and her favourite toys are “colourful, musical” ones.
In ten days we will receive a Developmental Report that may provide information about where she was found; was there a note; how old was she when she was abandoned; etc.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Michayla Chenxi Griffith Brown
For the record, we never really intended to call our baby Boba, in fact we chose Michayla months ago. It honours the memory of Nicki’s paternal grandfather Michael, her maternal aunt Maureen, and Nicki’s maternal grandmother’s maiden name, which also began with the letter “M.” Chenxi is obviously in recognition of her Chinese name and heritage, and Griffith is a family name on Mark’s maternal side. The “G” in Griffith also honours “Genovese” and Nicki’s paternal grandmother’s maiden name, which begins with a “G.” The Brown was the easy part. We didn’t originally plan to include her Chinese name, however Chenxi was very pretty, and worked well with the other names. Her Hebrew name will also be Michayla.
Mark had never heard Michayla before, and in doing some research, we discovered that most people spell it “Michaela” or “Mikala” so the challenge for us was to come up with a spelling that would be uncommon and yet provide options for nicknames like Mickie, Kaylie, or Kayla. We figure with all the names we’ve given her, our daughter is sure to find one that suits her personality. And, as Mark points it, whatever she chooses, it will no doubt be preceded by “The Honorable”, making her the first Jewish-Irish-Chinese female justice to sit on the Supreme Court (no pressure there!). We are still getting used to saying her name out loud, and we both giggle every time we say “Michayla.”
TAKING THE SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
Now that we’ve seen her adorable little punim, we are anxious to get our baby home as soon as possible. The earliest we will go is Sunday, August 21. The latest: Sunday, September 4.
We mentioned this in previous postings, but it bears repeating: the group will get two-weeks notice, but since we’re also traveling to Beijing for a little sightseeing, we’ll get one week’s notice! The total group consists of 38 families, which could total about 100 people when one factors in other family members like grandparents and children.
We’ll fly from Los Angeles to Guangzhou to Beijing to Guangzhou to Changsha (Where we’ll finally get Michayla. We’re not going to the orphanage. They’ll bring her to us) to Guangzhou to Los Angeles). Phew!
ALL WE NEED NOW IS THE GIRL
We spent the weekend indulging in our own brand of nesting: kvelling about how beautiful our baby is and cleaning the apartment, including Nicki laundering and ironing the drapes, and Mark hanging out of the 3rd floor window with a squeegee cleaning the outside of the glass. We figure we may never have the opportunity to do such a thorough job again. Next week the crib, high-chair, and shelves for Michayla’s toys and books arrive, which means more shuffling of furniture and probably more cleaning.
Knowing that soon our little baby will be crawling around our apartment kept us smiling all weekend; we’ve never been happier to scrub the floors in our entire lives.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? WE’RE EXPECTING!
Last Tuesday morning, July 19, at 10.17a we got the First Call (see the FAQs for more 1st Call info). Yasmine from US Asian Affairs left a message on Nicki’s voicemail at work. Nicki was so excited that she actually fell to her knees and couldn’t play through the whole message because she was hyperventilating. Three paper bags later, she phoned Mark, who was at work at Starbucks. No, not making lattes…writing. It’s Hollywood baby. All writers worth their salt out here write in a coffee shop. Plus, with the unbearable heat wave, why not let Starbucks pick up the air conditioning tab? Upon hearing the news about the 1st Call, Mark performed a near perfect spit-take.
So here’s the news, as per the very supportive and relaxed Yasmine:
We will travel to China sometime between August 19 and September 9. Where, we still don’t know. As we are planning to take a pre-trip to get acclimated and do a little sight-seeing, that departure is actually up to a week in advance of the day the rest of the group leaves. Which means, drum roll please, we could be leaving in less than 3 weeks! Yikes!
So quicker than you can say “China is the new world power,” we FedEx’d our passports and our China Visa application forms to USAA.
So now we await our 2nd Call. The call when we get Boba’s photograph and specifics (her headshot and resume, so to speak!), including where she has been living for the first few months of her life.
We were hoping that we would have the same luck that our friends Chris and Murph had, when their second call came only hours after the first call. But the phone never rang, which is probably a good thing. So now we are waiting again, this time to finally see our little girl’s little face. Any day now, any day …
WHAT A GIRL WANTS, WHAT A GIRL NEEDS
As we get closer to getting our daughter, several friends have asked us what we need. Actually, we need pretty much everything on the registry (the link can be found to the left under Links: Boba Brown’s Registry). Okay, maybe we don’t need the Monkey Halloween costume or the Yankees mobile, but most everything else we do need. In fact, we’re using the registry as a shopping list, to keep everything in one place. So if you would like to get us a gift, that’s the place to find what we need (and what we want, too - like the Monkey Halloween costume!).
And thank you to all of you who have already given us wonderful hand-me-downs (um…certified pre-owned) and gifts. We are storing them out of the house (to ward off the Evil Eye!) until we get a little closer to leaving (like we could get any closer?).
If you would like to get us a gift, but you’re not so keen on purchasing through Felicite.com, most of the items there are also listed at our registries at Target.com (search under 'Nicki Genovese' in the Target Baby Registry) and/or at Pottery Barn for Kids, Potterybarnkids.com (search for 'Little Boba Brown'). If you prefer the old-school method, you can actually go to the stores, (we know: it’s very old-school) if there's a Target or Pottery Barn for Kids near you. If you buy something at Target or Pottery Barn, please let us know and we’ll take it off the Felicite registry.
Should you get a gift for us, please be sure to include your full name and your postal address on the shipping form, or email it to us, as we want to be able to mail you a thank you card.
We’ve also been asked about a shower (Mark usually gets asked several times a day if he’s showered in the past week). We are definitely going to have a Welcome Home Party (date and location TBD). We figure as Boba is the girl of the hour, she should be at her own shower. So shortly after we return, there’s going to be a big bash.
WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
In our case, the “Matching Room.” The Matching Room is located in a Chinese government office building in Beijing, the capital of China. There, someone from the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) reviews photos of expectant parents and photos of available babies, and literally matches them up. We’re not kidding. We believe that the officials in the Matching Room usually do a terrific job, because most of the little Chinese girls we’ve met really resemble their adoptive American parents in remarkable ways, like the shape of the face, or the nose or the smile. It’s like if these two Westerners had a biological Asian baby, she would look like this. It’s uncanny. So if she’s a little funny looking, it’s Nicki’s side of the family.
We’ve included a couple of photographs of the matching room so you can see where the magic happens (and you thought it was under a cabbage leaf – save the cabbage for Chinese Chicken Salad, my friend). And to help you imagine what the official saw when he matched us up with our Boba, we’ve included some of the photos we sent with our application; when we get her picture, we’ll see how well our official did in the Matching Room.
So we’re oh so close and we know oh so little. But we are oh so excited!
Sunday, June 12, 2005
FAQ's
Thank you for visiting Little Monkey Brown, the official website for our adoption. Here you’ll find the latest news, photos, links (see the fancy links on the side where you can check out Mark’s website, our Registry, etc). We’ll be adding news, pictures and links (pictures of our daughter, a link to our new cafepress.com store, etc.) so make sure you check in often.
The purpose of this site is to keep all our friends and families updated on our adoption journey. Since we began telling people that we’re adopting from China, we’ve been asked many, many questions, and almost always the same ones, so we thought it would be most informative – and efficient – to start with the answers to those.
As we learn more, we’ll post updates, and we’ll try to keep you up-to-the-minute when we go to China with regular entries and photos as we meet our daughter and get to know her. If you have a question we haven’t answered, please email us at nmgenovese@aol.com or markbrown@dslextreme.com.
We’ll begin with the most popular question, and follow with the rest of the questions in no particular order.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CHINA?
We don’t know. We think we’ll be leaving in mid-to-late August of this year, but it’s a crap shoot, really. The agency we’re using, U.S. Asian Affairs, assigns numbers to each group that will travel; we are in Group 105. USAA averages a trip a month. Group 103 is going over June 24 and Group 104 has already gotten their second call. So we think we’ll go in August. It’s like we’re in a huge Chinese Deli. Number 104 is ordering and we’re clinging to our little number 105 piece of paper, anxiously waiting for “Number 105. Number 105.”
HOW MUCH ADVANCE NOTICE DO THEY GIVE US?
About two months.
Some organizations give parents two weeks notice. Two weeks!? Not for the faint of heart.
One of the reasons we chose USAA is that it has a three-step (Two month) notification process:
1st Call – About two months before we travel - We’ve been matched with a baby, begin application for Entry Visa to China.
2nd Call – About two weeks later – We’ll get the referral, which includes the baby’s name, the birth date on her official documents, the location of the orphanage, a medical check-up report AND PHOTOS!
3rd Call – About four weeks later, two weeks until we travel – finalize travel itinerary and panic.
Having said that, our friends Chris and Mary Frances, who are in Group 103, got their 1st call in the morning and their 2nd call came the afternoon of the SAME day! So again, we just don’t really know!
DO WE KNOW WHERE WE’RE GOING?
Not a clue! And it’s an awfully big country. We have to spend two weeks in China. The second week will be spent in Guangzhou, because the US Consulate there is the only one in all of China that processes adoptions. We expect that it will be unbelievably hot and sticky, because July and August are the hottest, most humid months of the year in Guangzhou (the hottest and most humid city in China).
We are also considering a “pre-trip” of 3-5 days to Beijing to get acclimated to the time zone and to see a few sites. If we’re going to travel half-way around the world, the least we should do is see the Great Wall and the Forbidden City!...Mmmm…forbidden. (And it will be our last vacation for just the two of us for a very long time).
WITH ALL THE BABIES IN THE U.S., WHY DID WE GO TO CHINA?
The American adoption system has a huge “take back” factor. The system favors the biological family so, depending on the state, a biological mother may have anywhere from 72 hours to six months to change her mind after delivering the baby. And/or biological mothers can change their minds before delivery. And that’s after you’ve shelled out a ton of money for the birth mother’s insurance, rent, food, travel to visit the birth mother and to deliver the baby. What makes it even better is the prospective adoptive parents have no recourse. You can’t sue. You’re out a ton of money and completely heartbroken. Sounds fun, huh? Sometimes this system works out very well, but sadly, we have heard of only two couples who experienced successful private adoptions the first time they tried (one couple in NJ, on in CA).
We seriously considered foster-to-adopt, and last year became certified with a very reputable third party agency in LA County. However the take back with foster/adoption can be equally heart-breaking. The point of foster care is to reunify the child with its birth parents, so the authorities will do everything they can to find a birth family member to take the child and keep it in the family. The idea of caring for a baby we hoped to adopt, only to have it removed and given to some long-lost relative was just too much for us, so we withdrew from the program. Plus chances were good we were going to have to deal with cons, ex-cons, alcoholics, and /or drug addicts. We get enough of that in the theatre.
China has a one-child-per-family policy, and for centuries Chinese parents have preferred to keep their sons because men earn more money and live better than women. Many Chinese couples who already have a son, or who are waiting for a son abandon their baby girls in municipal parks, shopping malls, gas stations, anywhere they think the baby will be found and taken to an orphanage quickly. We want a daughter, we’re not concerned about racial backgrounds, and we certainly don’t want any birth parents or lawyers showing up in few years to take her back. And being a Communist country, China has very specific – and organized – adoption process, which we liked, and we knew at the end we will have our very own little girl.
Plus, the largest mall in the world is in Bejing. We hear the Panda Express there is incredible!
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
A lot. Let’s just say it came down to a baby or a Honda CRV. A fully-loaded Honda CRV.
HAS OUR BABY BEEN BORN YET?
Oh yes! The babies range in age from 9 to 14 months old on “Gotcha Day” – (Seriously, that’s what it’s called) - the day parents get their children from the orphanages. We’re assuming that when we get her, our baby will probably be close to a year old. She was probably born before February 9, 2005, which means our daughter was born in the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Monkey (Nicki is a Dragon, and Mark is a Rabbit, for those of you scoring at home).
HAVE WE DECIDED ON AN ENGLISH NAME?
Yes.
ARE WE GOING TO TELL ANYONE WHAT IT IS?
No. Because everybody has an opinion, and everybody grew up with a kid that has the same name and had really questionable hygiene or was really bad in school or was incarcerated. So no, we’re not telling anyone until we get her. We will say that her last name will be Brown, and her first and middle names honour family members on both sides, and we have not chosen anything to do with Springsteen, or any streets in NYC (like Madison, Park, or Flatbush Avenue).
For now we call the idea of our daughter “Boba,” after the “bubble tea” drink, which is sweetened iced tea with milk and large tapioca balls in the bottom of the cup. (The Tapioca balls sort of have the consistency of large snot balls) Bubble tea was started in Taiwan in 1983, and is also known as boba drink, pearl tea drink, boba ice tea, boba, boba nai cha, zhen zhou nai cha, pearl milk tea, pearl ice tea, black pearl tea, tapioca ball drink, BBT, PT, pearl shake, and QQ (which means chewy in Chinese). The first time we had bubble tea was in Chinatown in NYC and we enjoy it so much that we visit the Boba Bar in Studio City almost weekly. We recommend that you try a bubble tea sometime (forget we mentioned anything about the snot ball consistency).
“Boba” seemed a fitting nickname for our daughter because like the beverage, she’s Asian, she’s sweet, and we love her…(And she’ll have a lot of snot)
ARE WE KEEPING HER CHINESE NAME TOO?
Maybe; it depends on how the Chinese name sounds with her English first and middle names. We’ve been told that some Chinese orphans are given last names after the city where they were found or born, which is kind of fun, and would maintain a part of her heritage. Thankfully we are not aware of a “Hackensack” in any Chinese province.
HAVE WE DECORATED THE NURSERY YET?
No. Mostly because Boba doesn’t have a nursery. We have a one-bedroom apartment and we’re going to put her crib in the corner of our room. We’ve converted a closet for her clothes, and we’re having a shelving unit custom-built for her toys and books (see the link to our registry). If we were to move to a two-bedroom apartment now, we’d have to pay for another home study (about $1500) plus we’d have to go through the stress of moving in the middle of the present stress of waiting for our daughter. Having probably lived in a ward with many other babies, we think she’ll be okay with sharing a room for a while. The social worker who did our home studies recommended that we can stay in this apartment until Boba is up and walking around. After that, one of us will have to move out.
ARE YOU REGISTERED ANYWHERE?
Yes. http://www.felicite.com/. Under the name Boba Brown.
ARE ANY OF OUR FRIENDS PLANNING TO THROW A SHOWER BEFORE WE GO TO CHINA?
We have asked our friends to wait until after we return, so that we can have a “Welcome Home” party for the family instead of a shower. This is in keeping with Jewish tradition (and shtetl superstition) that throwing a shower and bringing baby stuff into one’s home before the baby is here is the same as casting the Evil Eye on the baby. And we don’t want that. A Lazy Eye, maybe. But an Evil Eye, no way, so we’re waiting.
Some friends have generously given us an almost-new crib and a high chair, and we’ve been given some really cute clothes. Anything we get before we leave we're going to put in storage until we are close to leaving for China.
ARE WE GOING TO LEARN CHINESE?
We’re planning to learn some Chinese words for our trip (“She’s beautiful,” “Thank you,” “Could you direct us to the nearest Starbucks?”), and to attempt to soothe our baby in a (sort of) familiar language. (Hopefully we won’t mistakenly be ordering the Hot and Spicy Soup when we’re trying to soothe her).
We are also considering learning Baby Signs to bridge the gap between Chinese and English. Baby Signs are a form of modified American Sign Language, which utilizes gestures to help pre-verbal children communicate. Basically it’s like Koko the sign-language speaking gorilla. We figure if an 800 lb primate can ask for bananas and discriminate between television shows, we can teach our kid to ask for milk. We have friends who have been very successful with Baby Signs, and it was also featured in the movie “Meet the Fockers,” where we got a lot of good parenting ideas (along with “Nanny 911”, “Super Nanny”, and “Mommy Dearest”).
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT TO TAKE WITH US TO CHINA?
Did we mention it’s going to be unbearably hot and humid there? Hello microfiber clothes. USAA will also provide us with a checklist of items to take. We’re hoping to limit ourselves to two carry-on bags, plus a laptop/camera bag and a backpack diaper bag. Once we get to China we’ll buy a suitcase to bring back souvenirs, plus the baby clothes, shoes and accessories that are made in China, (okay, it’s all made in China) and much cheaper than buying them here.
IS US ASIAN AFFAIRS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY?
US Asian Affairs is about as official as American Tire or “American Idol,” however from what we’ve heard from past USAA families, and families that have used other agencies, it may be the best in California, if not the whole country. The executive director, Norman Niu began in the import/export business. Seriously. Then China opened its doors to international adoptions in the early 1990s, and Norman was approached to facilitate an adoption for a couple, since he had connections with Chinese government officials. One couple led to many more, until now, that’s all Norman does. He spends about three weeks a month in China, working with the Chinese to coordinate the groups’ trips. Norman has an office in the Monterey Park neighbourhood of LA, and has set up “China teams” who handle everything for us while we’re there, from booking trips and helping find doctors as needed, to recommending restaurants and shopping districts. And what’s truly amazing is that Norman doesn’t advertise. All of his business comes from word of mouth.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT OUR DOG?
Ebbets is a very important member of our family. Over the years she has gotten used to children, and has a very strong "maternal" instinct around puppies and smaller dogs. She is also incredibly sensitive to moods and emotions (Just try yelling for the Yankees in our place. She immediately wants to console), and we know she’ll know that Boba is a permanent part of the "pack." While Ebbets has absolutely no idea how much her life is about to change, we know she’s going to love food mysterious falling from the highchair.
We have also begun showing Ebbets "Peter Pan," with the hope that she'll learn from Nan and babysit Boba as needed.
SO TO SUM THINGS UP
We don’t know when we’re going, where we’re going, or what our daughter looks like.
But we do know we can’t wait to hold her in our arms.
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