None of us will EVER forget September 8, 2008!! That was the day that God Blessed our family with Shen! If you have an inkling, go back to those two weeks. Start with September 5, the day that Jack left Jodie and Connor at 5:30 AM, and went to Guanzhou, China, via Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Gotcha Day was the afternoon of September 8, a day that Jack will NEVER forget. The next 10 days were almost a blur; they went so fast. The next VERY important day was September 18, when about 5:30 in the afternoon in Algonquin, Illinois, that Shen met his forever family in total. Daddy and his new little 3-year-old had flown from Guanzhou to Tokyo on a 5 hour flight, had a 5 hour layover in Tokyo, and then a 12-hour flight from Tokyo to Chicago. Customs could have been a nightmare, but American Airlines came to the rescue and helped expedite his Vias processing. In any case, Shen had Mommy, Daddy and Connor all together. He had spoken to them twice each day, but this was REAL contact!
I think the best words come in pictures so I am attaching two pictures that sort of speak for themselves of Shen's growth (and LOVE of life) over the past year. The first is one of Shen and his big brother Connor on our vacation, laying on the bed, just sort of connecting. The other is of the "big ham" himself, with daddy's sunglasses on. Enjoy!!
Love,
Jack, Jodie, Connor and Shen
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