Hale Family Tales

Ellie said a couple of funny things today, but the first needs a little explanation.

So here is the obvious – Ellie lives with caucasian parents, is Chinese, and is about to have a little sister from Africa.  Everyday, when she is busy coloring or drawing, she picks out the appropriate crayon color depending on her [...]

We had an ultrasound this afternoon and found out that we are having a boy!

As the nurse took the measurements, we watched him wiggle and squirm.  He did a lot of stretching and seemed to keep his hands up near his face during most of the ultrasound.  We were even able to count all of [...]

Monday was a whirlwind around here!

We did school, received delivery of some very beautiful bedroom furniture for the girls, had a piano lesson, shopped for an area rug and quilts, discovered a consignment store and found a cute accent chair, moved clothes into new bedroom, dropped off Julia’s blanket to a family who will take [...]

“Almost” is the theme of what we were able to accomplish this weekend on my loooooonnng checklist toward getting ready for Julia.

I am praying for a court date in February since that is about all I can do on the paperwork side now. But, I can organize!  and clean!, and de-clutter!, and that is exactly [...]

There is a family right here in Littleton who is traveling next week to adopt their infant son from Ethiopia.  They are willing (at the sacrifice of precious luggage space) to take  a small blanket to Julia and take some pictures of her when they are visiting the the orphanage.  I am hoping they can [...]

Ellie faced a giant for the first time and won.  She was afraid of having the new male coach at gymnastics last night.  He is really good and I was excited for her to benefit from his instruction, but she was intimidated about him touching her as he helped her learn her skills.

I prayed with [...]

Ryan took Hannah out to Breckenridge to ski today.  She was good to go on the greens and even did a couple of easy blues.  He sent me a shot from the top of the mountain.

Another referral showed up today – hopefully more to follow as the day progresses.  My excitement is abounding with how things are progressing and that we are closing in on bringing Julia home.

Also watching the happenings in Haiti, I would just as soon not have my child on the other side of the world.  My [...]

-”Ellie, I think we need to get you a new coat.  This zipper is just worn out,” as I was trying to tug her zipper opened again while the fabric was stuck.

-”You mean my coat is tired?”

Pregnancy is a time when a husband really has to step up to the plate with encouragement and compassion and mine has:

-Hugging his wife who is crying for really no apparent reason and at a completely inconvenient time.

-Taking his wife out to lunch on a weekday because she was finally able to identify what she [...]