tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18586745755782794642024-03-22T00:00:41.094-07:00Brooklyn AdventuresHello and welcome.
This Blog was originally started to allow others to share with us our journey to get our daughter Brooklyn from Vietnam, and since has become a place to allow family and friends enjoy watching Brooklyn grow and keep in touch with our family.
Enjoy, and please feel free to share your comments. We would love to hear from all of you........The SheaffersJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-81883600496176648862009-11-01T18:57:00.000-08:002009-11-02T06:53:35.969-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78U3SuItuiLaxirs8MUYM7rRcQ3dYFOj1Q2Cz_5qnjksrmtZEFvMaOJIO9t2qX95FdlMw8CTwyzP91QpC9LmWr7HjW-sDbM3gVVKQjOFVADF1y69LYBEnMTS-RmclfghKperqnIvovHI/s1600-h/hughes+visit+026.JPG"><span></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399519386166773410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78U3SuItuiLaxirs8MUYM7rRcQ3dYFOj1Q2Cz_5qnjksrmtZEFvMaOJIO9t2qX95FdlMw8CTwyzP91QpC9LmWr7HjW-sDbM3gVVKQjOFVADF1y69LYBEnMTS-RmclfghKperqnIvovHI/s320/hughes+visit+026.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVywn-KWpfjQMJ5wi32QRzKq1ix5C7Ko_9R8pDekqSLmFIn55pwqG8OTaomCrPX1ziHywWejlqE8a63utaMip8IkrB7NJ4BzrDpMlYjB8WNWjMYbRGGdGrmwEUuBrt-IEjRF1Md1RgiM/s1600-h/hughes+visit+024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399335855478214434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfT6wgf3dqkyMJo4Rt1LjwjAMKh8JNpAYIGqc6XwzJGC49u5X9J7J3N2nTXAMX6kx2Bhji8VfK6TiezTmAQX8BiNSndEIzF2RvqcvlOX5o5x1p-tvMVkGZ7ilc-MfpUkGk0Y73Y3G3U0/s320/hughes+visit+004.JPG" /></a><br />We had a great vist from some dear friends of ours. Rob, Mary Beth, and Zoe. Zoe and Brooklyn are both adopted from the same orphanage. We went to the Sacramento Zoo and then to lunch, and then went to Funderland. The girls had a great time and played very well together.<br />We then went home and made a great meal together and then had anoher couple over and had great conversation. It is so good to see them. We try to get the girls together as much as possible. hear are photos of our visit. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-75177301224477072492009-10-15T13:20:00.000-07:002009-10-15T13:29:03.930-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsq8BrGNyqCwKvK91OkWU39zMnih2oBkprx3NPUDVJYt-1cjY2f9T8A5QItJjzX-MNxh02Zz5RZ1NAHxqdjUlbG9qH4xgpMCFiYSPuq-qO6AuGbPvrqLov0ICo5x4rzOAYoBmAvF9eCA/s1600-h/389.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsq8BrGNyqCwKvK91OkWU39zMnih2oBkprx3NPUDVJYt-1cjY2f9T8A5QItJjzX-MNxh02Zz5RZ1NAHxqdjUlbG9qH4xgpMCFiYSPuq-qO6AuGbPvrqLov0ICo5x4rzOAYoBmAvF9eCA/s320/389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392926047816826914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOiz1IHczwcL6Rf0ei7aqVnWegfnCmjrdFw3w7NF2wQxAiLnIpRkfnMqSbPUuEx0EJXwy5kPmarQKnf9GdaVaL3FhporhgZaSNHCrzDa-zzgMMYzSOn4COVMni5dT-SmO1lAXK95Zl8o/s1600-h/355.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-dobwdiVCxvOtVayJ-CxwNPcvilT_HvlPDqz9lDmqdRovRLBOfcCyIaz8T_de-O5dcFDeiofI4vGxXRm7EoCKdoZqdrjREg3qwCuO89wX9gHQwzvfXNTETtL3ePjvDVscxuBPb8IyHU/s320/Wiggles+concert+7212009+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361303353996178258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrISkQhE-h5fvqMhDvhSyYFwBiEBDIbIHsI4kyBvDsDQImJHCDrfTnSMAGhVY9zqTmlzZu03iKtTLKQIc0ypyJ6aV1B30Sh1v0HZyLKKg6kGbjr2pfmmxEx4Oyc6c_F4cEf4sNU5tTfg/s1600-h/Wiggles+concert+7212009+013.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrISkQhE-h5fvqMhDvhSyYFwBiEBDIbIHsI4kyBvDsDQImJHCDrfTnSMAGhVY9zqTmlzZu03iKtTLKQIc0ypyJ6aV1B30Sh1v0HZyLKKg6kGbjr2pfmmxEx4Oyc6c_F4cEf4sNU5tTfg/s320/Wiggles+concert+7212009+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361303048470148226" border="0" /></a><br />Yesterday we went to the wiggles performance at the Arco Arena. Brooklyn had a great time. She was so mesmerized. We could take our hand and wave it in front of her face and it wouldnt make a difference. She was able to give Murry a high five but i had the wrong lens on so i couldnt catch it too well. She was singing the songs and everything. Then later the evening she wanted to go again, but we had to explain to her how it was all done and that they were going to another state. She was so fun the whole day and was telling everyone about it.<br />Sunday we went to a birthday party in the park and we were there for 5.5 hours. It ws 107 degrees out and boy were we hot. Right when we got home we went into the pool to cool off. It was a great time. Just Brooklyn and I swimming. She likes to go on the waterfall and jump off all the time.<br />Well here are a few photos from the show and birthday party.Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-72330070954147730792009-07-03T11:08:00.000-07:002009-07-03T11:21:27.587-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUV2ooQdipVvvP72ryrELUhdleXlWd5w10UdBqWQRJ3JC4rrJ5R79Z5DQOWNvmSGA9YkCp40sJRhtuMt_fEzwDqSTzXpLTS0hcYEBwSp6wevpKsv5ZShZBsrACHBtPEYGf0BDA2NOFig/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUV2ooQdipVvvP72ryrELUhdleXlWd5w10UdBqWQRJ3JC4rrJ5R79Z5DQOWNvmSGA9YkCp40sJRhtuMt_fEzwDqSTzXpLTS0hcYEBwSp6wevpKsv5ZShZBsrACHBtPEYGf0BDA2NOFig/s320/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354300042521951362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCz1PwMbzoWDK2GTyJzH5qJO9rI4W0_4ZPDlE19tqpu1ZGa7PZOC9mzIL6lxnBTlLm0cOU81yyHQYW56lsz4dRPokERjKzkcUwgjxXr2vjje0uSB1ulZFbT0gwNrSniJ45MQ-hRzyjgtY/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCz1PwMbzoWDK2GTyJzH5qJO9rI4W0_4ZPDlE19tqpu1ZGa7PZOC9mzIL6lxnBTlLm0cOU81yyHQYW56lsz4dRPokERjKzkcUwgjxXr2vjje0uSB1ulZFbT0gwNrSniJ45MQ-hRzyjgtY/s320/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354298648322323778" border="0" /></a>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-46827123691068486752009-07-03T10:51:00.001-07:002009-07-03T11:08:08.729-07:00Way too long.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXZAb1k6aNKyV24y10M0jg4oLE3433kKEqBoMeoJGvJrOkhr-eXRcxPLIB2Znu1vngu72fN9lrsiAp-2zGa0xhz3QCKAqFlS9qHqa8q3VmmZtpUxa4plOGmI5ISiXgNamfTfxnyW8y4o/s1600-h/062.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXZAb1k6aNKyV24y10M0jg4oLE3433kKEqBoMeoJGvJrOkhr-eXRcxPLIB2Znu1vngu72fN9lrsiAp-2zGa0xhz3QCKAqFlS9qHqa8q3VmmZtpUxa4plOGmI5ISiXgNamfTfxnyW8y4o/s320/062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354295236470838114" border="0" /></a><br />So it has been almost a year since i have been on here and many have asked how Brooklyn is doing. Well she is just so very wonderful. I couldnt ask for anything more. I have a facebook that i keep instead that have lots of photos of the family and what we have been doing. I am going to post a few so i can keep many of you up to date. I will try to post photos weekly but no promises. How some of you keep your up all the time is beyone me. Too much work when i can be with her and then when she is in bed i want to be with Jacob and the boys.<br /><br />Dakota is going to be 18 in December and will be starting his senior year in August. He has a job too and is doing a great job at it.<br /><br /><br />Austin is now 14 and will be starting 8th grade. Where does the time go. He just finished up with baseball and is now enjoying the summer break.<br /><br />Jacob is busy with his job and has to go back and forth to the bay area each week. He has customers there and employees.<br /><br />Me, just being the sty at home mom and in my spare time i have been making bows. I am so loving it..<br />Ok well till later. I will leave you with photos to look at.Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-14366499120524795492008-11-13T09:43:00.001-08:002008-11-13T09:50:21.724-08:00Settled InWe are now residence of California. We are living in the Sacramento area. We are all settled in and have been very active. Dakota is a Junior Austin in 7th grade and Brooklyn is now 2 years old. Dakota is middle line backer for the varsity football team, Austin is playing baseball and Brooklyn is taking music and movement classes.<br />It is so hard to believe that Brooklyn is now 2 years old. All the changes that she has made are amazing not to mention her health.She weighs 24.2 lbs and is 34.5 inches tall. He skin is so much better here that it was in Washington. It is much dryer here and it helps.<br />Jacob is with the same company, just new location. He is doing well. We are all loosing weight due to the heat and that we are outdoors more than at home.<br />It has been quite an adjustment being here and being away from all our friends and family. we are meeting many new friends here so it is helping. The church here is just so great too.<br /><br />Well i will post again soon and with more photos. Jacob is much better at this than i am. Sorry for being away for so long<br /><br />AngieJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-55407182414839838602008-11-13T07:31:00.000-08:002008-11-13T09:18:08.788-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYutcO2TDeSKYoNNLw_Gi0nKFPhxVr-g8V5F2i0gRcMQ3u01NAe_1TX5TT_nSvLvyr0s1NpCXlnJ3TjZ6FCMfDl4oL5H3ur9MwEkfU88-r6Y87pfUc1wIIT4f8B5Ss_Wc-gSQYbMN0xk/s1600-h/DSC00722.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYutcO2TDeSKYoNNLw_Gi0nKFPhxVr-g8V5F2i0gRcMQ3u01NAe_1TX5TT_nSvLvyr0s1NpCXlnJ3TjZ6FCMfDl4oL5H3ur9MwEkfU88-r6Y87pfUc1wIIT4f8B5Ss_Wc-gSQYbMN0xk/s320/DSC00722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268166413959239842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkg-fNw_Wejc1xhHyr8K7mrSTFXg96thuZ1rSTQNFhteT9NxO734jUF3uQmNEs6lugIDmNWwL6zCPde0kf5D0zMGWeVdwBWQ9lG0AhgSTbgQkBIUNWV-HVOU6nxg4rSdGNkZ8B2IlP1M/s1600-h/DSC00714.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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We will be updating this soon and as you all can imagine we have a ton of pictures to post :).<br /><br /><br /><br />JacJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-10494933152118115952007-11-10T09:56:00.000-08:002007-11-10T09:59:55.822-08:00Today is the "BIG PARTY" for Brooklyns 1st BirthdayWe will update the site with pictures soon after and we will make sure to include the Halloween ones as well :)Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-42045595026519164842007-08-18T09:34:00.000-07:002007-10-12T23:55:18.407-07:005 MONTHS TOO LONG!! SORRY SORRY SORRY!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovW0JcyscpfixL5yTkSHnbjt68ppbfWal9-_wfGb7kcVKlK7EDb8XjFNyoCKZUV_XamdGE3OA2WoTX6SYD5CyY1N9lrebHYXA7jFYNmwG8O0px-NJpJbwZ2SlbKULdhaT3tClQ0ku_LU/s1600-h/boat+and+outside+277.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100085410753841714" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovW0JcyscpfixL5yTkSHnbjt68ppbfWal9-_wfGb7kcVKlK7EDb8XjFNyoCKZUV_XamdGE3OA2WoTX6SYD5CyY1N9lrebHYXA7jFYNmwG8O0px-NJpJbwZ2SlbKULdhaT3tClQ0ku_LU/s320/boat+and+outside+277.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNd3jj20nrwI0WG2yBMCE8sSLrs88-LjOq-1k9fbjhpz25JIM0d7RfyZe5XES_eYId29MVhYGV2lmRxp2tGyQWzzoyEw411MHDm6KMSmcPJEe7XqB_DOoc2ZcvZTb9foKWr6VRlzDhnk/s1600-h/boat+and+outside+284.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100084676314434082" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNd3jj20nrwI0WG2yBMCE8sSLrs88-LjOq-1k9fbjhpz25JIM0d7RfyZe5XES_eYId29MVhYGV2lmRxp2tGyQWzzoyEw411MHDm6KMSmcPJEe7XqB_DOoc2ZcvZTb9foKWr6VRlzDhnk/s320/boat+and+outside+284.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi4njgGsiXNBjOa3zuBk20GnXDKhLR9bAPAtOyX6Mvm-8UYd8XLZFXUEVErQC-WMnuhKun0gmijdxH8YOmou2UjYqjKViMs-2FrYsAqt_nwov-lvtABCbg9ZHBQyQ4ieXjDf51ZW2vdo/s1600-h/BROOKLYN+UPCLOSE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100084032069339666" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi4njgGsiXNBjOa3zuBk20GnXDKhLR9bAPAtOyX6Mvm-8UYd8XLZFXUEVErQC-WMnuhKun0gmijdxH8YOmou2UjYqjKViMs-2FrYsAqt_nwov-lvtABCbg9ZHBQyQ4ieXjDf51ZW2vdo/s320/BROOKLYN+UPCLOSE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Well hi everyone. It is Angie. It has been 5 months since last writing on our blog. So many things have happened in this amount of time.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Brooklyn is now 9 months old, Dakota is 15 1/2 and just waiting for the chance to get his license, and Austin is 12 and cant wait for school to start.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>It has been a very busy summer. Cant believe it is ending. We have been to Oregon and California.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>We have gone boating and camping as well. She is quite the little sailor. She loves camping because she gets to be outside all day, that is when she is the happiest. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>We put her in the American Starlet pageant in May ust to try it out and she won over all. She won Regional Queen. She has a tiara, sash and a trophy that is almost as tall as her. Dakota took her on stage for the whole thing and presented her to the judges. He was so very proud. We were very proud of him as well. It was quite an experience.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Now we are just getting ready for school to start. Dakota has been going to football practices all week and Aug 20th I begin coaching swimming but this year I am at a new school, GK High School. This is where Dakota goes so it helps. Jacob at this moment is on his way to Texas in a moving truck. He is helping a family from church get their belongings to Texas. How he finds time is beyond me. He will be back the 22nd, day after my 35th birthday. Austin is just so in love with his baby sister. He has wanted her ever since he was 6, he is so good with her. There are times he would hear her in the night and would get up with her.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Brooklyn is now sleeping through the night. It has now been 3 weeks. She goes down for bed at 9:30 and wakes at 8:30, you cant ask for more than that. It is so great for us so we can focus on the boys and get theem out the door in the morning and not have to worry about the little princess. She then willl take a 1 hour nap at 11am and then take a 1 1/2 to 2 hour map 2pm. She is so much happier when she gets her sleep. She is now 17lbs and 2 oz. She is doing so very well. The doctor is so very happy.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Well here are a few photos from over the summer for you all to enjoy.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Angie</div></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-77446911561423329892007-03-17T10:46:00.000-07:002007-03-17T13:53:17.617-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJjXYB9P7NhtZagJrsLQKyCxodUOnanWVyykkqABJoIbbBxWPXzdkzsAcQoq1-8YX1dfrZlvoOrVqOhHefGGIg7iWyVaoul2exYcr2hTXdTzg94jXii262sDVYUD-0U7U0rRZRV9MMtk/s1600-h/106.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042998719560803938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJjXYB9P7NhtZagJrsLQKyCxodUOnanWVyykkqABJoIbbBxWPXzdkzsAcQoq1-8YX1dfrZlvoOrVqOhHefGGIg7iWyVaoul2exYcr2hTXdTzg94jXii262sDVYUD-0U7U0rRZRV9MMtk/s320/106.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfX9MY8UtyDLLuYsySTcJZKXKzJajeSRdg204gjIykRPqWhAU6HRbB42bl5dKIjIHpYB6sEb4FrUTK_0zMGQUXUQXIE9Cv3BD7iLsg9Qaxflztrq7SGjaMBO9IR_q5n6GX7jb8cdUjwA/s1600-h/109.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042998728150738546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfX9MY8UtyDLLuYsySTcJZKXKzJajeSRdg204gjIykRPqWhAU6HRbB42bl5dKIjIHpYB6sEb4FrUTK_0zMGQUXUQXIE9Cv3BD7iLsg9Qaxflztrq7SGjaMBO9IR_q5n6GX7jb8cdUjwA/s320/109.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7Qg2-Gcr_cVY4krfqDb_64AtXsNhkBVn2HPco1zKUQeqpoNjagAB47bOVlAhBquMr9o1YWU2YhnDhexBJojr6RcHE28Fx8BSseKkakBjKuaICnm_z5brBcF6Pu3Jy7MP0U5RfJOHVOQ/s1600-h/121.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042998732445705858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7Qg2-Gcr_cVY4krfqDb_64AtXsNhkBVn2HPco1zKUQeqpoNjagAB47bOVlAhBquMr9o1YWU2YhnDhexBJojr6RcHE28Fx8BSseKkakBjKuaICnm_z5brBcF6Pu3Jy7MP0U5RfJOHVOQ/s320/121.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82gQkUCz5F2zKl1yR7gyHWIKayVyo9du_y2Ljgl178TyyGs5DVKTwetECEkZqdBxanFipbMJO8NwQsG5zsmpg2pcCLihm1C_zLqYDMW7dybZaVpCdr3sD5cH9aGS7nSJDEmsBI_sAlgk/s1600-h/137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042998736740673170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82gQkUCz5F2zKl1yR7gyHWIKayVyo9du_y2Ljgl178TyyGs5DVKTwetECEkZqdBxanFipbMJO8NwQsG5zsmpg2pcCLihm1C_zLqYDMW7dybZaVpCdr3sD5cH9aGS7nSJDEmsBI_sAlgk/s320/137.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnelgwMEL53Lyk17NLInQ5K3Tc8omDZ9draUHu6WRf8YOX-F_kAICgj2atHKDZA9KKacYpAPaQQSdgRxNdSE9IXQ7iXt-cuXJpyFoKQs-fThM7z9YvuvfFZYrPLLbKWISNjvw8bH8AuI/s1600-h/108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042951798064160354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnelgwMEL53Lyk17NLInQ5K3Tc8omDZ9draUHu6WRf8YOX-F_kAICgj2atHKDZA9KKacYpAPaQQSdgRxNdSE9IXQ7iXt-cuXJpyFoKQs-fThM7z9YvuvfFZYrPLLbKWISNjvw8bH8AuI/s320/108.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-82714351757062768992007-03-17T10:07:00.000-07:002007-03-17T10:46:36.254-07:00Sheaffer Family of FiveSorry everyone for not posting sooner. We have been a very busy family. Of course when are we not. Well as you all know we got home on Feb. 28<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> in the evening. We tried to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sleep</span> on and off throughout the day while the boys were in school. Then on Friday we had our annual marriage retreat for church. Jacob and I showed up on Saturday morning due to sleep issues. When we arrived we brought in the egg rolls that I was asked to make and some of the decorations for the evening dinner. This years theme was Asian, go figure and where did we just come back from. Well everyone wanted to know where the baby was and we teased and said we left her at home because it was married couples only. They got upset so we went out and got her. It was funny. We <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">didn't</span> get to hold her a whole lat then, she was the star. Sunday at church we <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">didn't</span> have her at all. We even had potluck afterwards and we still dint have her, Jacob finally went up to whom ever had her and asked if he may have his baby now, it was so cute and funny. We are so very glad to be home. <br /><br />Monday through Friday Dakota has soccer after school but it is about 10 min away from his school at Gk high school so he needs to be picked up and dropped off. I tried it a bit but it was during the time that Brooklyn was napping so now I have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">high school</span> gal driving him and we pay her weekly. It makes my life easier. He is there for 2 hours and then takes and activity bus home, gets home for about 45 minutes and then has to leave for another 2 hours of wrestling practice. He is a very determined young man. He is now 5'7 and weighs 128.7lbs. He needs some meet on his bones. He likes it though. He also is in another musical at school, Disney's High School Musical. He has a show this evening and we will post some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">photos</span> of him for all of you. On Monday he had emergency surgery on his throat. He had a growth behind his tonsils and he <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">couldn't</span> open his jaw up and talk. He is taking lots of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">meds</span> but is better now. He missed a few musical performances but is going to be doing his Sat. evening one.<br /> Austin has <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Tae</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">kwon</span> Do Monday through Friday but it is a 5pm so it is much easier on the schedule. He sure loves it. He loves to skateboard too. You find him outside all the time . He keeps telling us how is birthday is in one <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">month</span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">and</span> he wants either a dirt bike or a new computer. WOW whatever happened to asking for gifts like a bike or a movie. Today Austin and Jacob went out clamming. I hope that they have fun which i know they will but i would rather it not be brought to the house. As all of you know i <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">don't</span> eat anything that is in the water.<br /><br />Brooklyn is doing well. The doctors have her on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">nebulizer</span> for her asthma. They said that more than likely she will out grow it but due to having bronchitis so young it will be a while. She now has a cold that we are trying to fight. Talk about having to have to clean out the nose. She sure hates that. She has been having problems with the formula and so now we have her on goats milk and she is doing great. We are so very happy. We got her ears pierced Sunday after church. She <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">didnt</span> like it too much but after we got <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">her up</span> she was fine. They look so cute on her.<br /><br />Well i will try to post again real soon. I will for sure put more pictures on for all of you.<br />Love you all very much and want to thank you for your support.<br />AngieJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-57376568239640994982007-03-01T22:31:00.000-08:002007-03-01T23:50:25.960-08:00We are finally HomeMonday we had our second interview with the U.S. Embassy and all went well and we were able to pick up Brooklyn's Passport on Tuesday after Angie had signed some papers that they had forgotten to have her sign the day before.<br />Since we were able to get the Visa faster then we had anticipated, we were able to change our return tickets to the U.S. from the 2nd of March to the 28th of February. Leaving Vietnam was a mixture of emotions. We were glad to be heading home, but were also going to miss the friends we had made there.<br />Our Flight back was interesting. We flew from Hanoi to Taipei, where we had to switch flights and go through more security. They even have check points all through the airport that read the temperature of everyone passing through and the children had to stop and have their temperature read before passing on. If you had a fever they would stop you there and quarantine you.<br />The interesting part comes in when I left our paperwork folder mistakenly at the 1st security screening point, and didn’t realize it until it was almost time to fly out. We were trying to communicate with the people there until finally they called someone down who work for China Air and spoke English. She was able to help us and we got our folder back and caught our flight. With out that folder we would not have been aloud back into the states with Brooklyn. On the flight to the states Brooklyn was very good. She only fussed when we were taking off and landing. We were able to get a bassinet the locks on the wall for her to use, it was nice as it gave here room to stretch out.<br />We finally landed in Seattle after 12 hours in the air from Taipei and had to go through all the returning procedures. First was passport check then Immigration, for Brooklyn, then customs, then a rescan of the luggage and finally we pick up our luggage and headed home.<br />It was COLD :) real cold. We will have to acclimate back to this weather, and poor Brooklyn I think will be living in a bundle for a while.<br />Other then being real tired and trying to get ourselves as well as Brooklyn on to the time differences all is going well. She is adjusting to the changes well. We had her in our room last night in the bassinet and we are trying the crib out tonight. She is currently overwhelmed by having brothers and a dog but they have taken well to her. I will send updated pictures soon, but for now we are just trying to adjust to all the differences.<br /><br />We love you all,<br /><br />JacJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-6061022448831454332007-02-24T08:58:00.000-08:002007-02-24T08:59:00.727-08:00Brooklyn photos....<div><embed src="http://widget-3c.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188080054076&site=widget-3c.slide.com" width="400" height="400" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:600px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=0&tt=17&sk=12&cy=bb&th=0&id=144115188080054076&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3c.slide.com/p1/144115188080054076/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=0&tt=17&sk=12&cy=bb&th=0&id=144115188080054076&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3c.slide.com/p2/144115188080054076/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-16526857338175735862007-02-24T08:57:00.001-08:002007-02-24T08:57:59.419-08:00Misc Pics<div><embed src="http://widget-ca.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188080052170&site=widget-ca.slide.com" width="400" height="380" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:500px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=0&tt=17&sk=12&cy=bb&th=0&id=144115188080052170&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-ca.slide.com/p1/144115188080052170/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=0&tt=17&sk=12&cy=bb&th=0&id=144115188080052170&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-ca.slide.com/p2/144115188080052170/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-14047486920652891062007-02-24T07:17:00.000-08:002007-02-24T07:49:34.787-08:00Another good day....Brooklyn was released from the hospital today. She is doing much better and we are hoping it will stay that way. She has a follow up appointment on Monday to insure all is continuing to go well. I took some more pictures today and will try and update them by tomorrow. We are all still a little run down and tired. But the clock is counting down. Short time left :)<br />We bought her a nice little hat today for her to wear to church if she is up to it.<br />It is funny the Vietnamese people are so grateful for us to be bring her to the U.S. when we are so grateful that we were chosen as parents for her.<br />Still a lot of Tet celebrations going on, but at least most of the business are opening back up. When they say this place closes up they are not kidding. There was not a large store open anywhere to get supplies. I had to go for a walk to find a store open and what an adventure that was. There were some times I had to question my safety. It is funny that when you walk with your family everyone here is so friendly, but walk alone and it’s much a different story.<br />I rode on the back of a scooter yesterday to go to the hospital. Now that was a life risking event.<br />It was a great fast cheap way to get there, but wow you think riding in a NY taxi is exciting. Try having a full size bus heading right at you and you are on his side of the street passing him on the left. lol<br />Well I hope everyone is doing well and look forward to seeing you all.<br /><br />JacJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-33544080379909789362007-02-23T05:00:00.000-08:002007-02-23T06:02:52.440-08:00Today was a good day....Hello everyone,<br /> Brooklyn is still in the hospital and she is doing well. She has been being treated for asthma and bronchitis. It was a blessing we took her in when we did; the couple days of treatment have made all the difference in the world. We had her Visa medical today and because of catching all this when we did she passed and will be aloud to travel back to the states. If she had come in with out receiving the treatment she has had, she would have failed and we could have been here two weeks more. Only one more hurdle to jump and we are done with everything and on our way home.<br />Angie is staying with her tonight as I had spent the last two nights at the hospital with her. They only allow one parent to stay. The hospital is very good, although very old when compared to the states, and very few people speak English. French, Chinese, and Vietnamese are the language of choice.<br />If all goes well Brooklyn should be released tomorrow night and we have our finial interview at the American Embassy on Monday. Then we should receive her visa and back to the U.S. on the 2nd.<br />I try and write more later, but for now I am real tired. It was hard to sleep, and the nurses think we are crazy but Angie and I feel it is our job to take care of her. So we do all the feedings, handling, and bathing and she eats every three hours almost on the mark, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for sleep. :)<br />The other families are doing well and the other children have passed all their physicals as well. Today was a good day.<br /><br /><br />JacJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-89503856137943059302007-02-20T21:22:00.000-08:002007-02-23T06:06:11.173-08:00Sorry about the delay in updating....It has been a busy few days. Brooklyn is doing well, but we were concerned with her cold not getting better. So we took her to the doctors again today. She is OK but apparently she is showing signs of Baby asthma . So They are going to keep her for a few days at the hospital and treat her for it.<br />I want to reiterate that all and all she is doing great. She smiles all the time, talks to us and is a great baby to have. She has been gaining weight and currently weighs in around 11.6 lbs. The doctor has said that when we get her home she will do much better. The air conditions here are terrible. One of the other fathers here has fallen sick to do to the air conditions as well and has been down for three days or so. We actually have been looking forward to the rain here because it helps clear the air of pollution.<br />Keeps us in your prayers as it is very hard to have your child in a hospital for any reason. I will stay with her tonight as they only allow one parent to stay. Hopefully by tomorrow she will be ready to come back to the hotel.<br />Only a little longer and we will be on our way home. It has been a nice visit and we have seen a lot of new things, and even though there is a lot of beauty here, we are ready to come home and have our family together.<br /><br />I will keep you all up to date as I can.<br /><br />JacobJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-1046058819239641892007-02-18T03:13:00.001-08:002007-02-18T03:13:15.199-08:00Just a few more pictures<div><embed src="http://widget-b2.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188079780018&site=widget-b2.slide.com" width="400" height="300" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=1&tt=17&sk=0&cy=bb&th=0&id=144115188079780018&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b2.slide.com/p1/144115188079780018/bb_t017_v000_a001_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=1&tt=17&sk=0&cy=bb&th=0&id=144115188079780018&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b2.slide.com/p2/144115188079780018/bb_t017_v000_a001_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-50089030172090462152007-02-18T01:30:00.000-08:002007-02-18T02:27:54.902-08:00Suday update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX_ChevD-BDSC5V4ef6UmgNbSEjCT7BKqscXYmMGBytUJIzisGaiFuM1mTCFMNCLAxoiMJyQWrgWGgR6hYiEt5xZ5CPvxp3cBhjtFZ1f984Peino6p8tRhcpr3q7IFzeR8c1LAKGfiVo/s1600-h/CIMG1825.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032808054385716626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX_ChevD-BDSC5V4ef6UmgNbSEjCT7BKqscXYmMGBytUJIzisGaiFuM1mTCFMNCLAxoiMJyQWrgWGgR6hYiEt5xZ5CPvxp3cBhjtFZ1f984Peino6p8tRhcpr3q7IFzeR8c1LAKGfiVo/s320/CIMG1825.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hello everyone, This is Brooklyn in her Sunday Church Dress.<br /><br />Everything is going well its just hard to sit around waiting for the holiday to get over so that we can finish the process and go home.<br /><br />We have been fortunate enough to have been invited to the some of the Tet celebrations buy the owners of the hotel. They are truly great people with a huge heart. The night before last there was fire works and celebration.<br /><br />This afternoon we walked a couple of miles with another family here, Regan, Brad and Jackson" their baby boy" to the "market" its kind of like the boarder towns in Mexico. You can get some good deals but the street vendors can be annoying and pester you a lot. We bought a few things but then it started to get very warm and we decided to get a taxi back to the hotel. It is very good for Brooklyn that we live in Washington as her skin at this moment does not like the heat at all.<br /><br />Speaking of our darling daughter.... She has been doing great. She smiles all the time and trys her best to talk with us. Today shes back to being a daddy's girl, but yesterday she was defiantly mommies little treasure. She seams to be bonding with us both just at different times. She like to run her hands over my goatee. and she loves to be held.<br /><br />Last night was the first night she sleep in her bassinet all night. I think I had a harder time with it then she did. I still want to check on her all the time to make sure she is OK.<br /><br />I hope all is well back home,<br /><br />Miss you all,<br /><br />JacJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-5988871064927475932007-02-16T02:08:00.001-08:002007-02-16T02:08:29.341-08:00Just misc pictures form around town<div><embed src="http://widget-84.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=216172782117614212&site=widget-84.slide.com" width="400" height="345" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:475px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?sk=8&tt=17&cy=bb&ad=0&id=216172782117614212&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-84.slide.com/p1/216172782117614212/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?sk=8&tt=17&cy=bb&ad=0&id=216172782117614212&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-84.slide.com/p2/216172782117614212/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-29215707186512726422007-02-15T02:06:00.000-08:002007-02-15T02:45:24.300-08:00Good news today....Today was a good day. Brooklyn's Doctor Appointment went very well. She was given some medicine that is helping with the discomfort of the rashes on her skin. The Doctor actually said the best thing for her is taking her home to the US. There we will have her see a specialist if needed, but so far she seams to be clearing up. She still has a cold and is congested but we are giving her medicine for that as well. We also found out today they the minor glitch in the paper work was actually for another family here and they have gotten everything taken care of. Our approvals are done and now we are only waiting on the Passports for the babies, and the exit medical evaluation. We are to receive them on the 23rd then we have our final interview and receive our visa's for our children. If everything goes well, we are on schedule.<br /><br />Today after the doctor’s appointment we walked around with another family here Mary Beth and Rob, they are from Oregon and are very nice. The third family is from Louisiana, Reagan and Brad, and they are great as well.<br />We went to a large park it was nice although clean for the area.... it still was a bit messy. It cost 2000 VND to get in..... I guess I should give the conversion rate. Currently $100.00 USD is worth 1,580,000 VND so needless to say if you plan everything accordingly and stay away from the International Areas your money can go very far here. The monthly earnings on average for a worker here is around 1,000,000 VND per month. So things in the Vietnamese markets are very affordable.<br /><br />Brad and I walked to the CitiMarket in the International area to get some things yo can get else where, like ketchup.... Believe it or not my son’s favorite food is not a big item here in Vietnam. Dakota would have major issues here:)<br /><br />We use Taxis a lot but they try and rip you off every chance they get except for a few companies that caterer to our Hotel. Now that we know the area better they are having a harder time pulling it off but they do try, I have had attempted twice, I am almost sure, a pick pocking on myself. I have been using a special pouch to carry everything in while here, other wise I am sure I be looking for my wallet.... :)<br /><br />The children here love Americans and love to come up to us and say" Hello" most of them are taking English and love the chance to use it. The grandma's are always having the little ones wave to us when we walk by.<br /><br />I have seen some interesting items for sale to eat, yet again another discussion for another day....<br /><br />If I had to give a one word description of walking in Hanoi, I would say" Frogger" like the old game. You jump around traffic and hope not to get hit. The drive on the streets, sidewalks, in to the stores, everywhere, and the signals are either suggestions or pretty lights, for no one uses them.<br /><br />I would truly love to come back someday. I miss my family and would have loved to have them here to see the differences. The two other families here with us have been great and it has truly made this adventure dealable, and a couple of times I would have told you that was impossible.<br /><br />The Chinese New year is almost here and everything sill shut down for 6 days or more. We will try and capture everything and send back home pictures.<br /><br />Hope everyone is doing well, and I think Angie may give an update later as well.<br /><br /><br />JacJacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-14026122287303841482007-02-14T07:09:00.001-08:002007-02-14T07:09:26.164-08:00Daddy's little girl<div><embed src="http://widget-7e.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188079622014&site=widget-7e.slide.com" width="400" height="320" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:426px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?sk=5&tt=17&cy=bb&ad=0&id=144115188079622014&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-7e.slide.com/p1/144115188079622014/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?sk=5&tt=17&cy=bb&ad=0&id=144115188079622014&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-7e.slide.com/p2/144115188079622014/bb_t017_v000_a000_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858674575578279464.post-56234101598431040022007-02-14T04:10:00.000-08:002007-02-14T06:44:56.568-08:00Another day :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKdMBJjqLt9xsd24iPUdEv0MNM5xaDIryCyS6lZ0rxxxkkYqcaA-u54_43q1Kls3YK7QxMlYyjAuTjxM_FqvxKB3O3EhyphenhyphenfzBLRa6H-mNJDlOwcihhrAvy7YorHTQyZ0xHCJVrGkGgXKY/s1600-h/CIMG1732.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031400361674583426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKdMBJjqLt9xsd24iPUdEv0MNM5xaDIryCyS6lZ0rxxxkkYqcaA-u54_43q1Kls3YK7QxMlYyjAuTjxM_FqvxKB3O3EhyphenhyphenfzBLRa6H-mNJDlOwcihhrAvy7YorHTQyZ0xHCJVrGkGgXKY/s320/CIMG1732.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today we had Brooklyn's Dr Appointment. It went well, although we have a follow up appointment tomorrow. We took her to the French Hospital, the best in the area, they were very thorough. She was given medication for her congestion, her rash, and her cough. She also had chest x-ray to insure her lungs and heart were well, and everything came back good. The appointment tomorrow is with a dermatologist for her skin rash and she shows some scaring from a previous skin condition. Nothing serious just us being cautious new parents wanting to insure everything is ok for her……<br /><br /><br />We just received a call from our local agency contact letting us know there may be a small issue with something in our home study....... and that it should be ok and not cause any delays. Looks like another stressful night. Small things can turn into huge issues, but we will pray about it and hope it gets cleared up fast. We won’t even know what the true issue is for at least a couple of days.<br />Thank you everyone for you emails and prayers. It gives us strength to know that you all are waiting for us back home.<br />Well we have to get up early to go back to the hospital tomorrow so I will write more when we get back.<br /><br />Dakota and Austin,<br />We miss and love you both very much.<br /><br />Good Night,<br /><br />Jac</div>Jacob, Angie, Dakota, and Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859982619372034535noreply@blogger.com1