Monday, July
3, 2006
Thank you all so much for praying for Reagan! Praise God! Today
was a much better day for Reagan! Her fever was down, and she
was a much different baby! She was happy and laughing. She also
didn’t sleep much, very short naps! She was making up for all of
her lost time! Today we spent a little bit of time at the pool.
Reagan loved it! She was splashing and having lots of fun! When
we went back to the room, we thought that she would take a nap -
wrong answer! She played and played and played! We were so happy
to see her smile! After breakfast, the reporter and photographer
from the “Marie Claire” magazine talked more to some in our
group and other groups and took some group pictures of us all.
They are doing an article on adoption and said that our photo
would be on the feature page. We will keep you all posted on the
article and when it comes out.
Later in the afternoon, we met with the rest of the travel group
to have the “Red Couch” picture. By this time, Reagan was
running on empty fuel tanks! She did okay during the pictures,
but she was very tired! By the end of the photo taking, she was
asleep. Afterwards, our Holt travel group went to have a
barbeque by the river and pool sides. The food was great, and we
all stuffed ourselves! We and our close friends, Beverly and
Wayne and their new addition, Erika, all went shopping again.
I cannot tell you how happy we are that Reagan had such a great
day! It was Jesus Christ working through your prayers that
created the miracle. She is still raspy and coughing, but she is
getting better. We also have started adding some Enfamil formula
to her Chinese brand to add some extra nutrients. We are doing
it slowly so that we do not disrupt her system too much. We also
haven’t been able to get her to eat any solid foods yet. She
gags, even with congee. She doesn’t know what to do with it.
Please pray that she will start to eat better and that she will
be willing to try solid foods in small amounts. Thank you again
for all of your prayers! We love and miss you all!
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Ashton and
Kieron,
We went to the pool again today. Guess what we saw there?
Daddy found a really tiny ladybug! We knew that you both would
love it, so he took a picture of it. We got you something else
today! A lady had given Reagan a “Red Thread” jade bracelet, so
we got you both one too! It is to represent how God allowed a
red thread to tie all three of your hearts together a world
away! We miss you both so much, but we will be home in just a
few days! You better start putting your things away! Your baby
sister is going get into them! We love you more!!!
- Mom and
Dad |
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"I am feeling so much better today!"
"Red Couch" photo - all the babies in our travel group! Reagan
is in the hot pink outfit on the bottom row. She is the second
from the left.
Gaozhou babies - 6 babies from the Gaozhou orphanage.
Reagan laying on one of her 2 special friends from the
orphanage. When we sat them down, Reagan just leaned on over to
Claire!
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