Thursday, March 3, 2011
Make this blog about adoption
Vickie and I are the luckiest parents alive, we have seven children and as our family and friends know five of them are adopted. Four are from Korea, Alex is 15, Avery is 13, Aiden is 12 and Tori is 10 (soon to be 11) and Andee is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is two years old. Art and August are home grown and they are 30 and 27 years old respectively. Art has two children Ben and Grace and August has Peyton.
Andee is home
Andee and Vickie made it back to Hawaii on December 11, 2010. Vickie and Hope originally had their first appointment at the Embassy in Kinshasa on 2 November, 2010 and we all expected that they would be back home well before Thanksgiving--well that just wasn't to be.
George and I spent many a frantic day worrying about the four of them in the Congo and doing what we could to help, but they were halfway around the world (literally) and in about 8 different timezones from us.
I flew to Las Vegas on that Saturday when Vickie and Andee were coming home. I wanted to surprise Vickie and I also wanted to get a look at my little girl. Well Vickie was very surprised (so was Andee--she was like "who are you and stay away from my mom and me") and Andee is just so beautiful. Pictures don't do her justice, she is a lovely little girl and she has settled in at the Laubach's very well.
It has been an adjustment for the kids as we didn't have a toddler in the house before (we had Peyton but she is a Granddaughter and niece which is a little different) and so it has taken the kids some reminders that oh by the way Andee is two not a teenager. She loves them and they love her. she loves to meet them after school and run to them and give hugs and kisses.
She and Peyton are also the swimming stars of the house, they love the pool and so Andee is alwasys thrilled when Peyton comes over to go swimming. Andee loves to sing and dance and her favorite foods are macaroni and cheese and rice and chicken. she also really likes canned peas and she wouldn't be a Laubach if she didn't like to top it all off with a little ice cream.
George and I spent many a frantic day worrying about the four of them in the Congo and doing what we could to help, but they were halfway around the world (literally) and in about 8 different timezones from us.
I flew to Las Vegas on that Saturday when Vickie and Andee were coming home. I wanted to surprise Vickie and I also wanted to get a look at my little girl. Well Vickie was very surprised (so was Andee--she was like "who are you and stay away from my mom and me") and Andee is just so beautiful. Pictures don't do her justice, she is a lovely little girl and she has settled in at the Laubach's very well.
It has been an adjustment for the kids as we didn't have a toddler in the house before (we had Peyton but she is a Granddaughter and niece which is a little different) and so it has taken the kids some reminders that oh by the way Andee is two not a teenager. She loves them and they love her. she loves to meet them after school and run to them and give hugs and kisses.
She and Peyton are also the swimming stars of the house, they love the pool and so Andee is alwasys thrilled when Peyton comes over to go swimming. Andee loves to sing and dance and her favorite foods are macaroni and cheese and rice and chicken. she also really likes canned peas and she wouldn't be a Laubach if she didn't like to top it all off with a little ice cream.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Waiting for Andy
We are the Laubach's, Art, VickieAnn, Artie, August, Alex, Avery, Aiden, Aidric (Tori) and Andi. We have two home grown children Artie and August that are grown and they have children of their own (our Grandchildren) Ben, Grace (Artie's children) and Peyton (August's daughter). Alex, Avery, Aiden and Tori are all adopted from South Korea. Alex was born in 1996, Avery in 1998, Aiden in 1999 and Tori in 2000.
We had always said that we would have no more children after we turned 40 years old and we stuck to our guns for about 10 years but now we are in the process of adopting a little girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her African name is Ketsia but we will be renaming her Andersynn Piper Ketsia, we will call her Andi and no we aren't 40 anymore, we are 50! There are those who think we are crazy, but they just don't get it, it's not about how old you are or if you are able to adopt a child from a far away place. It is about what you feel is right for your family, and Andi feels right for the Laubach's. This is a whole new process for us as we are very familiar with Korean adoptions, but not so much on African adoptions. I will post pictures of Andi and our progress as we move along.
We had always said that we would have no more children after we turned 40 years old and we stuck to our guns for about 10 years but now we are in the process of adopting a little girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her African name is Ketsia but we will be renaming her Andersynn Piper Ketsia, we will call her Andi and no we aren't 40 anymore, we are 50! There are those who think we are crazy, but they just don't get it, it's not about how old you are or if you are able to adopt a child from a far away place. It is about what you feel is right for your family, and Andi feels right for the Laubach's. This is a whole new process for us as we are very familiar with Korean adoptions, but not so much on African adoptions. I will post pictures of Andi and our progress as we move along.
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