More Pics to come

Hey,

Several people have asked Janet for more pictures of Faith. We will post some of Faith with the kids tomorrow. We have been so tired we haven't picked up the camera.

Faith is doing really well. She is adjusting to the time difference and smiling a lot. It's Janet and I that are having the issues and being grumpy. Well ok, Janet is having issues with me be grumpy... whatever.

I took Jake, Noah and Joylin to the movies tonight (which I fell asleep in). When we arrived home Faith looked up, out stretched her arms and came quickly to me with a big smile. It was such a great feeling. I can't tell you how wonderful that moment was.

Faith thinks Jake and Noah are pretty funny but has been slow to warm to Joylin. Much to the disappointment of Joylin. Poor baby just wants her Mei Mei to love her. She has had her feelings hurt several times. It's hard to make a 5 year old understand whats going on. Then add mom having to split her time and it makes it even worse. Joylin and I have been spending more time together to help her during this transition. We were expecting issues, so it's not a surprise. We are just looking forward to Faith drawing closer to Joylin and that relationship beginning.

Faith isn't quite sure about Murphy and Minnie. Being that they are 4 times her size that's understandable. They are being very gentle but they are just overwhelming. Obviously they aren't allowed any where near her without us right there. Faith thinks Mickey is cool and has taken a liking to tugging on his ears. Mickey's not to sure about Faith... :)

Thanks for all your prayers before we left China. I got pretty sick on Thursday night and was in the bathroom Saturday morning at 4am very worried. We left for the airport at 5:50.
I was prepared for a nightmare trip home, but I began to feel better and didn't have any real problems during the trip!! But I did again yesterday after we got home. Everyone that got this in China was down for the count for 24 hours. I got it, it stopped for the trip home, then came back. Thanks for the prayers!!

We started our trip home at the Guangzhou airport at 6:30am Saturday. There was some issue at check in that we never really understood. There was a lot of Chinese being spoken and some irritated facial expressions. After about 35 minutes at the counter we finally got checked in only to find that one bag was overweight by 6 pounds. I said I'd pay an overage fee but that apparently wasn't an option. So with about 40 people behind us in line (actually being very patient) I jumped over the luggage counter and started pulling stuff out of the bag looking at the young lady every few minutes to have her motion "more, more". Finally reaching the goal I looked up realizing that I had a pile of underwear up on the counter... :( Needless to say I was embarrassed and made a quick exit.

Four hour flight to Korea then a six hour lay over went well. Faith did great. There was a really nice children's play area right by our gate so we spent a lot of the six hours in there playing. We then left for Atlanta on a 14 hour flight. Faith again did great. She slept for about 10 hours which made things much easier. Again thanks for all the prayers, it could have been awful. We've heard stories.

So here we are, a family of 6. Four kids, wow. Janet is anxious, but will do wonderfully. I'm probably a bit to caviler about it, but will still get the job done. So what now? We love every minute we have with four of the most beautiful children you will every see. And who knows..... our dinning room table can expand to sit 14. :)

Thanks for taking the time to share this with us. It has meant a lot to us knowing our friends love us and care about what is going on in the Lescalleet household. Give us a few weeks to get adjusted then come see us.

Love,
Tim