Phoebe Day

What a blessed day.  Everything went so smoothly.  When we first saw and held Phoebe, she stared so intently at us but was very quiet and calm.  She has been calm and content most of the day and has taken 2 naps, played with toys, smiled, babbled to us, and even has given us a couple of laughs.  She is pretty smitten with Daddy, but then what girl wouldn't be?  She crawls all over,pulls herself up on things, and is curious.  She drools a lot and is pretty snotty with a cold right now.  She is very tiny.  I gave her a bath and put on a 9 month outfit and the pants are big around the waist.  She seems to be a very easy going and content little one!  Eighteen pounds of pure sweetness.  :)

 

Micah & Jamie

Packing...

Well the suitcases are getting rather plump and my list of things to do before I leave is getting shorter.  Tonight  I was sitting on the floor by the luggage trying to decide how much to take.  Isaiah gave some advice about how two weeks is a long time and so I should take lots of stuff.  He said he could see that I am excited about packing for phoebe.  And then he mentioned how he bet I wish I had a time machine so that I could make time go faster so I could hurry up and leave.  We giggled.  It's so true.  

I can't wait to see that smile for myself.

Travel Schedule

Here is our travel schedule for those of you who have asked.  Micah left for Shanghai on the 4th and I will meet him in Phoebe's birth city.  We will be 13 hours ahead in case you are wondering.

April 14- Arrive in Fuzhou
April 15- Meet Phoebe at 4:30p
April 20- Travel to Guangzhou
April 24- U.S. Consulate visa appointment
April 25- Visa issued
April 26- Arrive home!

Dear Phoebe Glenn-

I got precious pictures of you in an email today.  I took the computer by myself and went to the couch and savored every moment of looking at your face.  I cried tears of joy at the work of the Lord's hands.  That you are so adorable.  That He would plan for us to be your family and give us all that we need to bring you home.  That this is the last time that I will receive a picture of you and wonder what you look like, smell like, and sound like.  I won't need to ask someone else what your personality is like or what you like to do, or eat, or how you sleep.  Your Daddy and I are so amazingly excited to meet you and we are so pleased that God has chosen us to be your parents!

Happy Birthday Phoebe!

On February 24th our dear Phoebe turned 1.  Some amazingly dear friends of mine threw a party to celebrate her and to love on me!  Talk about feeling loved!  It was amazing and overwhelming.  The details that were put into this gathering were just delightful and I felt the love in each one.  It will be so special to show these photos to Phoebe one day and tell her about all of the people who loved her and prayed for her even before they met her.  Amazing!

Testing

I am trying to remember how to blog from email since in China it is sometimes impossible to access some websites- usually blogs are included in that.  So, here is my first post!  Can't wait till I'm posting from Fuzhou!  Tonight we are attempting to purchase our international airfare which has gone up in price significantly since last night.  :(  We should have something nailed down by tomorrow night! 

 

Jamie Steele

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"Fix your attention on God.  You'll be changed from the inside out."   

Romans 12:2

TA!

We have received our travel approval from China so we are booking tickets for April 13th!  Micah is going at least one week before me to work and then I will meet him there.  Stay tuned for more blogging action...if there is anyone out there still.  I have been a lousy blogger I know.