WATCHING RACHEL GROW: 3rd Day in HongKong/Kowloon

Friday, August 24, 2007

3rd Day in HongKong/Kowloon

Hello everyone,

The flight was long - but we slept most of the way. Then when we arrived to Hotel it was 9:00 pm HK time - so off to bed for more sleep. Yesterday we walked, walked, walked, and walked...............did I mention that we walked? Dad spent most of his time reading guide book - lots of photos to be posted and scrapbooked of Dad reading guidebook. Men do not multi task - they read maps and walk right by signs that tell us where to go. Have my tennies on today - AHHHHH! Wore sandals yesterday - but "4th lil piggy who had none" on left foot (not that any of you care) is very rubbed and blistered. Ate Dim Sum last night - slightly fishy to moi. Hotel is ABSOLUTELY gorgeous here in Kowloon and every morning I sit in front of the large room width window that overlooks the harbor and stares directly at the city skyline of Hong Kong. A patient told me last week that New Yorkers are humbled by Hong Kong - not that this Arkie would know - but I'm freaken impressed!

The shopping here would make my friends pee on themselves. Racquel & Laura - R&R and True Religion jeans for $30-40. And no they won't fit for me to even pack back home :( We have found a little cafe that we love and Tim is having problems galore w/ his work Dell. He is very unhappy that he cannot ck his work emails and specifically requested a wireless network card for China. Not happy Daddy at all!!! I do miss my chatty Kathy Laura and her phone calls to me all day - and my Saturday's w/ my Racquel and all my "other family". To my Birth family - we can't wait to hold and see our daughter and your niece, granddaughter, cousin. Every little girl we pass - we almost trip over each other staring back at her.

Gotta go back to room and get ready for tour. Only three more days. I have so many jets flying around in my tummy just aching to hold my Rachel. Okay......now tears - gotta go!

Love to all,

Kimberly (Mom)
Approx 8:30 am Hong Kong time

1 comment:

TaiwanMommy said...: I just got back from vacation in Lake Tahoe, and tomorrow I am flying down to LA for the weekend.. but in the midst of this I thought "Oh my gosh!! Where is my Kimmy? IN CHINA???" Oh my! I got so excited that I stubbed my toe looking for the powercord for my computer so I could see if I'd missed anything! Do tell, what day/time will Rachel be joinging her parents (in CA time-zone, please?) I want to be sure to send up some prayers and love for you all!

I miss you.. come home soon.. and bring my neice with you! This Fairy Godmother has some smoochin' to do on that little face.. and Kyra, Harper and Taelor can't wait to teach Rachel some American style mischief! :)

xoxoox
Val; August 24, 2007 at 10:35 PM

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April 6, 2010

Lullaby music playing in background and very much a Mommy's lil girl asleep in her bed while I sit in her rocking chair on my laptop. Every night we do this same routine. "Mommy, get you compooter and stay wit me for a loooong loooong time - okay?" To which I of course tell her that I absolutely will IF she goes to sleep.

What a journey it has been for this couple of almost 24 married years now and a total of 26 in all. We are now a Mommy & a Baba to the most precious gift that God has ever given to us. Yes, we sometimes miss the quiet & the romance - but NOTHING compares to the sound of Rachel's giggle or her singing just because she is so very happy. The daily routine is like clockwork now - with no room for slacking in the attention department - but the evenings when we are alone are filled with our re-accounting of the day's events and some stunningly smart, silly or sassy thing that Rachel said or did. I can truly say that I've never loved ANYTHING as much as I do my Rachel.

She is a definitely a princess through and through with endless acting and conversation of anything that is Princess-like, pink, glittery or sparkly from her tennies to her toys. And oh the hoops we've jumped through to dare I say 'pick our battles' with. High maintenance was named after our Rachel. She is getting more and more aware of the soon to arrive new lil brother OR sister and has already firmly stated that she thinks his or her room should be UGLY and hers should be BEAUTIFUL. My oh my! Well, lets give her points for her honesty :)

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Rachel turned 4 years old this past Feb 10, 2010!!! I think that when you spend years of your life on the infertility hampster wheel - that those parents deserve bonus years added on. Say for every 1.5 years your child gets another year older. But, this is not the case - so we cherish every second with her. Her teachers say that Rachel could go to Kindergarten early as in a few months - but we've decided to keep her in PreK to mature more and be with the majority of her friends. We want her to be defined by love and grow in this environment and not feel so challenged to be above and smarter than her peers - even though we think that she is >:) We are her proud parents of course :)

Her latest phrases are:

"WHAT EVVVVER!"
"CHILL MOM - CHILL!"
"DUDE..........WATER?!"
"DUH & HOLY COW"
"GET WITH THE PROGRAM!"

We blame Preschool...................well, maybe not for ALL of the aformentioned :)

We wouldn't trade one second of any of it! We tell her that when people ask why she doesn't look like her Mommy or Baba to tell them that this is because she was/is special delivery from God.

True............so true!!

Mommy

HELP ME!!!

I can't quit staring at her picture. NOTHING is getting done either in my house or in my head right now. I could just sit her for hours. Double click on the photos of Rachel and WHALLAH they get even bigger so that you can see those plump cheeks and peircing eyes up close.............................................
must stop staring ........but can't............

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Now, I'm at home from work......still can't stop staring.......

6:22 pm
Mom

Just can't look long or hard enough and I still tear up everytime I go to this site.................
It was easier before the picture. I wan't to hold and kiss those adorable cheeks yesterday!!

7/11/07 6:10 am

Mom

4-6 weeks of doing this is going to kill me..........just starring......

7/12/07 5:07 am

Mom

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This wait to travel is KILLING Mom & Dad!!! We're almost at 2 1/2 years of waiting for Rachel. God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change..........
Mom

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