Congratulations! After serving in primary for 12 years, I certainly recognized the lyrics to the song you have on your website! As we were in the "decision phase" so many primary songs really hit me hard--especially "I am a Child of God", when it says, "Has given me an earthly home with parents kind and dear," and I realized that that isn't true for so many children. Best of luck to you all. We're leaving for China in just a few days and will have our little girl in our arms on the 23rd! Feel free to follow along! www.genericnewsletter.citymaker.com Bye, Eileen Beck
To our daughter, son-in-law and special grandchildren. We are so grateful to you all for deciding to bring this precious Child of God into our forever family. I know you are doing the right thing and will give Chloe a wonderful home as you are doing for Gage, Hannah and Gracie. We love you for deciding to give us one more grandchild in our family. We love her already and can't wait to see her when you return. May God bless you on your trip and keep you all safe. With love, Mom and Dad (Grandma and Grandpa) Day
John & Crystal, I love you guys so much! You are wonderful parents and Chloe is so blessed to have such a loving family bringing her home. May you have a safe and exciting journey. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Love, Cate Hodgkinson
Hi Mom This Is Hannah And Grace I Bet Your Tired I miss You Already. See You Soon. Love Your Two Dauters, Hannah And Grace Hope You Have Fun.
Congratulations on your new baby girl Chloe!! She is adorable. What a blessing she will be to your family. What a lucky little girl!! Hopefully we will be able to see her soon. We wish your family all the best. Love, Reed,Beverly,Kayla,Karlene Karrie,Stacy,JaNae and Ashlee
To our Dear Baby Chloe: In just a few days your mommy and daddy and big brother will be there to bring you home. Grandma and Grandpa are very anxious to see you. Tell your mom and dad we went by your new home today and they are ready to do the sub flooring now so you'll be able to see your new home soon. We miss your family a lot. Love, from Grandma and Grandpa Day
Dear John and Crystal, We are also adopting from China and are at the end of our paperchase. We are Mike and Kim and are the *Bringing Home Lydia* family from this website. Best wishes to you as you go to China to bring home your daughter,Chloe. She is a beautiful baby girl. She looks so tiny! Mrs. Day had left such a sweet message in our guest book and we had been reading about your family the last few days. We look forward to following your journey in China! May God bless you. Kim and Mike
Just a quick update from Mom and Dad. We miss you all (Chipper does too, he mopes around all day). Temp 103 yesterday, 102 today, it's hot! Love you, See you soon. Can't wait for an update on the trip!
John & Crystal, Good luck on your adventure. I know you will be safe and blessed on your trip because you are doing what is right... what you were called to do. We miss all of you and can't wait to meet Chloe. Love, Mark & Sonya Willis
Question? Janet Traveller wanted to know if I could find the maroon shirt of the Force in Gage's room but I couldn't find it. Any Answers?
Nevermind, I found the Force shirt and Janet may come and get it.
Hi mom and Dad, Thanks for calling me and grace. We have been bord at Becky's but me and Grace have new friends and have fun with them. Hope Chloe is bonding with you. Love you to daughters, Hannah and Grace
I'm so excited for you. It was wonderful reading about your first day. Fevers and illness happen most of the time--I actually haven't known personally any child that didn't end up ill those first days, if they weren't already. I figure it's probably the stress!! :-) Congratulations on your beautiful daughter. Teri W.
Oh you guys, she's so tiny but so beautiful!!! Can't wait to see her and hold her. I hope her fever has gone. Please update us again soon. We got the 18th early but Chloe Day was late coming. Just got it at 2:00 p.m. our time. I checked on the computer at work. I'll write again tonight at home. Love you guys and miss you. We're keeping the girls tonight while Ash and Bry go to Logan.
Congratulations!! we are so happy for your family. She is so beautiful and tiny, we have been following your journey it has been fun. We can't wait to see her in person. Take care and have a safe trip we will keep you in our prayers. We Love You Guys!! Lezli, Kinzee and Kasey
Crystal and John- Congratualions. We could not have picked funner people to take this journey with. She is just beautiful. We need our girls to grow up together and always be close. We will see you in a few days. Gotcha day was amazing. We can not wait to swap stories. LOL Brent, Debbie and Jade
Wow...what an incredible journey. We are all thinking about you guys. Hope all is well, and we can't wait to meet Chloe!!
Wow...what an incredible journey. We are all thinking about you guys. Hope all is well, and we can't wait to meet Chloe!!
That last comment was from us.....Sean & Hollie Maye!!
Oh My Heck, She is sooooo cute!!!! I am so excited for you guys, and for you to come home so I can hold that cute baby girl!!! I shared the website with the YW last night at camp clinic (buddy burners worked great)! I had printed the pictures of Chloe day, and the girls were all so excited to see her! Hope all is well with you, and I hope Chloe is feeling better, she will be great with all your tender loving care! Love this website! It's awesome!!! Sydni Cline
Hey Family! Chloe is so beautiful. We are so excited to see all of you soon. Enjoy this journey,what a great experience for all of you. Our love and prayers are with all of you daily. Spence, we love you and hope your soaking in every minute of the trip. Love, Mom (Debbie)
I was at YW last night (I get to go to camp!) and Sydnie gave us this website and the update. I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS!!!! She is beautiful and she is one lucky girl to get a rockin' family like you guys. We miss having you in the neighborhood, but please bring her by so we can all give her hugs. Hope the rest of your trip is smooth and wonderful. How cool is that for Gage?! Not many kids can say they went to China to get a baby sister. What an awesome experience for you all. Have fun. Love, Patti Hurst
Hi Mom,Dad,Gage,Chloe,and Spencer, It Sounds like you are having fun. No we did not go to tumbling because Grace wanted to go swimming. We heard Chloe wasent eating a lot. So we hope she starts eating a lot. We have been following your journy and printing out every letter you write. We are going to make a scrap book of the letters that you send. Chloe we love you very much and can't wait to meet you in person. Hope you are having fun. Love, Hannah and grace P.S. call us as soon as You can.
To our family: This is Mom and Dad. She is so beautiful! You are all in our prayers and we hope she will be eating better soon. Can't wait to see you all. We are enjoying the journey with you and pray for your safety. The girls stayed with us last night and I took them to Becky's this morning and showed her the baby pictures. We'll have Hannah take the updated ones to her. Love you guys, and we'll see you in 11 days. Mom and Dad
Chloe is stunning! Those eyes of hers... Congratulations to the happy family.--Dusty from TWLP
Congratulations on your sweet new daughter. Debbie gave us the website today. She is darling. We wish you all the best, hope to be able to see her soon in person. Love and Kisses Rick and Tammy B.
Crystal and John. It's 4:06 p.m. Friday July 21st. WHERE'S THE UPDATE. WE'RE ALL DIEING to hear more! I watched the girls for a few hours today and Hannah & I just kept checking the website for more info. Are you all OK? Is Chloe eating better? Now I'm getting worried. Mom
Where is today's update??? I can't wait to see more of her and hear how she's doing... Loved Thursday's update, she looks so cute all dressed up! Love her headband!!! I'll check back later, Sydni
Hi all, I have had such a wonderful time watching the days go by. What a beautiful little child. You guys are truly blessed and I can't wait to see her myself. Take care and enjoy every moment. Teri Mounteer
To Chloe's new parents: We are a family who adopted a baby from Hunan province in early 2005; at the time Madelyn was 13 months old but looked, acted and was the size of a baby about half that age. We have been home for a year and a half, and while our little girl will never be very large she is fine in every way. She is still wearing 18-month clothing at age two and a half - she's really, really small! We are learning to just plan accordingly and help her in every way possible. I know it's scary with any child to have developmental delays (which Madelyn also had but has overcome with lots of hard work and love), but I send you best wishes in helping Chloe be the best person she can be - look to the future is great advice, and best wishes for a safe trip home and the road ahead. Ellen, Jack and Madelyn New Haven, CT
Cooks, Congratulations, your new baby girl is beautiful. Sounds like you are having quite an adventure. It has been fun to read about your journey and to see all the neat pictures. We are happy for you. Enjoy the rest of your time in China. Best Wishes, Bracken and Cathy Larsen
Hi guys! I'm so glad you shared this website! What an incredible experience you are having! Chloe is so darling! Can't wait to hold her. Hang in there Crystal (all of you) you can get through this! The Lord loves you and is mindfull of the great opportunity you are having and are giving to Chloe, he is aware of you and will help you through it all (as if you didn't already know and feel of his love and help). Love you all! See you soon! Love, Sydni
Hi to our dear Family. Love and miss you lots but just wanted you to know we LOVED the updates and the pictures. Can't wait to see all the other pictures when you get home. Our prayers are with you and Chloe is VERY BEAUTIFUL. Love Mom and Dad
Hi Mom,dad,Gage,Spencer,and Chloe, We miss you a lot and hope you have a safe trip. Thank you for the presents we have been getting. Today we got the bubbles and we can't wait till we get the next present. We love the surprises you gave us so far. We can't wait till you get home so we can see baby Chloe she looks cute. You probably don't know Natly the girl who helps becky with kids but Natly has to kids Porter and Presley. Presley is my best friend even though she is only seven months old. We went to the bees game and watched fire works at the end. I got to hold ashleys cousin Gracie. I got good practice in holding a baby again. Me and Grace will be great big sisters. Right now we are at ashleys school helping her. we are going swimming today. We love you and cant' wait to see you! Love, your two daughters Hannah and Grace
Hi Crystal (and John and Gage and Spencer and Chloe!) I just logged on your website and WOW! I am so HAPPY for you! What an awesome incredible journey you all are on!!!! I can't wait to meet your new little Chloe! She is such a doll! I will continue to watch your site and see you when you get home! Let's have a shower! I would love to give you a "favorite ward" shower or help if someone has already beat me to it! For sure call me when you get home! Hugs and kisses and prayers always! Love Tricia
Hi! I have really enjoyed following your journey to Chloe. She is beautiful!! Also, it's been great to see the pictures of our friends Dom, Kalani & Emily. If you're reading this, tell them their new neighbors back in FL say hi!! I have two little sisters from China, Emma & Esther who are both three years old. Blessings on your journey! Sera
We are having fun reading your blog everyday. You will love the White Swan. It is a great place to shop for baby things. Your daughter is beautiful. Congrats! We are so happy for you and we look forward to hearing more about your adventure. Scott Dopp
Hi Family, How are you doing Chloe looks like she is bonding with you. Dad I was at prestons house and he was wondering if you could try to fix his ps2. (he said please) I can't believe you have FIVE MORE DAYS LEFT TILL YOU GET HOME. Love, Hannah and grace P.S love you lots.
Hi Family, How are you doing Chloe looks like she is bonding with you. Dad I was at prestons house and he was wondering if you could try to fix his ps2. (he said please) I can't believe you have FIVE MORE DAYS LEFT TILL YOU GET HOME. Love, Hannah and grace P.S love you lots.
Hi, Sorry that I sent twice I Hit Submit Coments twice on axident. Love, Hannah
Hi, Sorry that I sent twice I Hit Submit Coments twice on axident. Love, Hannah
John and Crystal - I love all the pictures, Chloe is so darling! Sarah and even Meigan thinks she is absolutly cute and adorable. Crystal, please know that I know what you were feeling but really Chloe will develop and catch up so quickly that you won't believe what you were upset about. Remember I told you about the little baby that we thought was a premature birth. Even she changed so much the second week. Chloe too will change so much in the next week as she continues to bond to all of you. We look forward to welcoming all of you back home and meeting Chloe. (Plus then I can get Meigan to stop finding all these things at the store and saying "This is for Cohwee." All our love and thoughts and prayers are with you and we are anxiously waiting for you to get home! Have fun in Guangzhou!!! (And no, the beds don't get any better!) Don't shop too much Crystal (hahaha) With lots of love - Scott, Liese and family
Crystal, Something I forgot to tell you that might be important. In many orphanages, they put sugar in the formula. If you are using American formula, that may be why she won't drink it? She drinks the juice which is sweet. I wouldn't advocate it on a long-term basis, but maybe, for now, it might be worth trying a little sugar in her formula to see if she will drink it if it's sweetened. It might help her gain weight. Another thing is how large is the hole in the nipple? If she doesn't have a strong suck reflex, and has to work too hard at it, she might not be willing to do that, especially if she doesn't think it tastes that great. :-) So maybe cutting the hole a little larger would help, so it's easier to suck and she has to swallow because she's getting a mouthful. Teri W.
Hannah, you have been so good to post us messages, I will bring you something special home for you and Grace, thank you for helping with your sister you are such a big helper. I know when you see and hold Chloe she will feel your caring way...you are what big sisters are all about. Can't wait till we're home again. See you Sunday, I love you, Dad
Hi Crystal, I just wanted to tell you that Chloe and the rest of your family are beautiful. Try not to worry about feeling anxiety over Chloe's development. We adopted twins 11 years ago and I worried myself sick and felt so bad that I had doubts about their progress. I've learned through the years that it is perfectly normal to feel during an adoption. BTW my girls are healthy and happy. We are almost DTC for our 3 yr old daughter Jia-Li. Our website is being done by Jen & Joe too. I have become addicted to looking at the other journeys, thats how I found yours. God Bless your beautiful family. Lesa
Hi to you all. We loved the updates and darling pictures. We have sooooo many questions for you when you get home. We love you all and pray for you continually. Hope Gage is feeling better. Let us know. Love, Mom and Dad, and Grandma and Grandpa (Hurry home but have fun and enjoy the rest of your journey) Mom
Hey guys, I love the picture on the couch, she looks so happy and has a little spark in her that I haven't seen in some of the other pictures. I see your touch already! She will do fine, and only get better the more she's with you. YOU GO CRYSTAL, Shop your guts out!!! It's one of the things you do best! I so want to come over on Sunday, and see her, but it may not happen, plus I don't want to crowd you all when you first get home. Please feel free to come up to Zarahemla if you want to (Robert has a map, call my cell phone if you want to let me know when you can come) SHE IS SO DARLING!!!! What a treasure you are bringing home! Can't wait to hear all your adventures/experiences. Thanks again for sharing this with me! Sydni
Dear Cook Family; Kalani and I tried to catch you before we had to go to the airport but failed. We just arrived home in Orlando, no problems with the trip. Emily did great, in fact she came out of her shell and is smiling and talking up a storm. I can't begin to tell you all how much we enjoyed our time together. It was very special, in fact I was almost glad we didn't get to say goodbye face to face because I may have lost it. Thanks for the friendship and I'm certain we'll stay in touch. Dom
Hi John, Crystal, Gage, Chloe, Spencer! We miss you guys already! I'm sorry we missed saying goodbye to you on Friday. We had to leave soon after the Consulate's appointment. Just know that if we did, I think I would have cried. You all are so special to us and we really mean it when we say that we hope to continue our friendship. If you ever need anything, we're here for you. Once I go through all of pictures, I'll send the ones of you all. We'll pray for Chloe's continued good health. She has a great family to go home to! Go with love, from us, Kalani, Dom, and Emily
I really enjoyed being able to go through this journey with you to get Chloe. You did a wonderful job.She really looks like she is thriving. We are adopting our daughter Faith from China. We are taking our 14 year old son.It looked like your boys had a great time ! My husband and I are LDS, I was wondering if you were also. The song you used on your page is one we often sing. Keri
Good morning. Thank you to share your web with families. We are waiting to hugge our daugther Lu Jian from Yifeng, the same place that your nice daugther. I would like if it is posible more information about the orfanage. And also if it is very far away from Nansang. Mi personal email is: mgarciaad@hotmail.com
Hi Keri, Yes, we are LDS. We are so very blessed with our faith. Best to you and your family. Your son will have the experience of a lifetime. Something he will never forget. Plus it is something that he and his sister will share forever. Do you have a journey here we can follow? Crystal mother of 4 soon 5- Paperchasing for our little boy who is 3 in Haiti!