January, 2002 Over a year has passed and we figured it was time to update our website with more current information about the girls. Hannah is in first grade and is enjoying it in every way. She is growing up to be such a polite, thoughtful and wonderful little girl. She turned 6 years old in September and what she wanted for her birthday was a scooter and more Barbie dolls. Hannah is such a homebody. She enjoys learning how to cook, reading, playing on the computer and playing with her sisters. She is the proverbial "first child," with a great deal of nurturing tendencies. Sarah just turned 4 in January and has been attending preschool in the 4-year-old program. She is a very outgoing little girl. She is extremely athletic and loves to run, swim, ride her bike (fast!). She also loves Dragon Tails on television, although the new favorite show to watch in our home is Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. Sarah is taking pre-ballet and movement lessons and she is doing very well with them. She is an intelligent child with a great deal of curiosity and wonder. She asks very thought-provoking questions and she requires an in-depth answer. Her mind and body are always on the go!!!! Sarah is going to be tested to see if she may enter kindergarten a year early.- as she misses the State's cut off birthdate by one day. Rebekah turned 2 years old in early September. She is outgoing and engaging. She is quick with a smile and hug. She will do anything to make you laugh and do it again and again. She wants to "perform" for everyone and be right in the middle of everything. Rebekah loves to pester her sisters (as all "baby" sisters will do!) and then think she can get away with things because she gives a hug to make everything better. She is very tall for her age. She had her two-year-old check up in September and she is in the 95th percentile on the western growth chart for height and 80th percentile for weight. The doctor indicates that she is well-proportioned and is developing extremely well. We recently spent some reunion time with some of the families that we traveled to China with in 1996 (Hannah's trip home). It is wonderful to see how each girl is so different, yet the bonds that they share are incredible. We, the parents, just sat and watched how they interacted with one another. They all know that we all share something wonderful, exciting, unique and amazing! We run into adoptive families almost every place we go. Each family was formed much the same as ours, but unique and special in their own ways. It is a joy to share with other people our experiences of the wonderful way that our family was united and hear of other's experiences as well. It is a wonderful community to be a part of. Things are busy in our lives with three growing girls! But we would not change one thing!!
February 22, 2001 -- Here's an interesting website to visit: Museum of Chinese in the Americas. A good friend of ours, who used to work with Wide Horizons now works for this museum in New York.  The museum's goal is to reclaim, preserve and share Chinese American history and culture with all their visitors.
January 23, 2001 -- We read an article in the New York Times in December about a woman that created a doll for the Chinese girls to use as a role model - similar to the US Barbie doll. We think it's very cool to be able to order a doll direct from China that's not an American looking doll.  We ordered 3 for the girls and we're looking forward to getting them some time next week. The doll is called Yuesaiwawa. Please visit them!
January 1, 2001 -- Greetings, and welcome to our website! Just before Christmas, our family was featured in a newspaper article in the Danbury, Connecticut, News Times. We've scanned the article in, and it's available for download by clicking here. It's in Adobe Acrobat format, and it's a 3 megabyte download. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, if you need it.