Hey everybody, I hear there are alot of people out there looking for an update, well here it is... Caleb is doing great we can already see so many changes from when we got home on Friday.  He is usually full of smiles and laughter and loves to play! His favorite thing to do is to walk back and forth carrrying his toys but he misses his uncle Shawn who walked with him. Food is also one of his favorite things and tonight he had ice-cream and had fun trying to feed himself with a spoon. Bread is also one of his favorite foods.

I think the jet lag is leaving all of us and Caleb is beginning to sleep through the night he also has a two hour nap a day and his Grammie seems to have the magic touch for getting him to sleep!

He has enjoyed going for a walk everyday with his mommy, Grammie and Ripley. Ripley is dealing with having a little boy rule his roast but I am sure in time he get along with him, right now he is a jealous puppy.

Today we went to the pediatrician and she said he is a healthy little boy!  Yaaaaa!  He will have an appointment with the cleft palate team in the next few weeks and will probably have his surgury in a few months.

Caleb had a play date with his cousin Olivia and that was lots of fun, can't wait for the next one! He has also gone to the grocery store. He just looks around and takes it all in. For the most part he is ok in his car seat but sometimes he just doesn't want to be in it. (They don't use car seats in most of China)

Here are some recent pics of Caleb! 

Hi Everyone, Caleb is settling in well and we are all beginning to feel a little less jet lagged. Caleb had a great few days with Grammie, Poppy and Uncle Shawn and Aunt LeHoa.  Mom is staying up for the week and we are so glad! Ripley came home today and so far so good, Ripley just gets a little upset when Caleb cries. I am going to begin posting pictures of our trip and will start at the beginning, but first I will post a few pictures of Caleb hanging out at home. Enjoy!

Hi everyone, we are home safe and sound! We flew for about 14 hours and actually flew back in time as we left Beijing on the evening of April 1st and arrived in Halifax on the evening of April 1st! Caleb did great on the flights and slept for most of it and boy were we happy! Today we are catching up on our sleep as Bernie and I were awake for almost 30 hours. We all had a long nap today. Caleb is beginning to settle in at his forever home and I am sure he was wondering what time we go to the buffet for breakfast! He is enjoying getting to know his Grammie and Poppy and Uncle Shawn and Aunt Le Hoa (they flew down from Toronto for a visit!). He is giving everyone lots of smiles!  Tomorrow we will bring Ripley home he is having a sleep over at his Uncle Ronnies. I will post pictures tomorrow, I still need to find the camera cord in all our luggage.  It is great to be home and thanks for all of your well wishes!  Love Kari, Bernie and Caleb xoxox

Hi everyone from China! It's our last day and we are planning on taking it easy. We are finally finding time to post and now have a way to post from China, I guess better late than never. We are having great time but are ready to come home! Caleb is doing great and is a different little boy than what we saw a week ago! He is definitly a two year old. He is shaking his head no and pointing at what he wants so we are beginning to communicate with him.  We are happy he is coming out of his shell and is acting like a two year old, for the first three days he did not cry at all.  I think he was in shock and trying to process everything. He has alot of personality and we are having fun playing with him. He loves, loves to eat and are slowly trying him on different foods, at the orphanage all he ate was formula or congee.

China has been a great place to visit, we will have lots of pictures and stories to share, once home and settled I will post more pics and stories about our adventure. The Great Wall was amazing and the shopping was an interesting experience. Vanessa you would have been in your glory. The food here has been surprisingly good for the most part. Some foods I would never have again but others were great. Although some nights we have ordered room service or walked down to the corner and got some pizza.

We are looking forward to going home and getting Caleb settled in.
Mom check your email we will try to send pics that way as they are not going on this way. If not everyone will have to wait!

Love Kari, Bernie and Caleb

a little update... just talking with the MacDonald's and all is well with them. They had a busy few days.. the Great Wall was amazing !!! She had Caleb in the carrier and walked up to the second level, it was a very difficult.walk , they had a nice clear day , so the view was great,  they had a bit of rest and Bernie carried him down. Alot of Chinese people were interested in Caleb, and they had lots of pictures taken , were able to give some N.S. and Canadian pins out .Then were off to a few factories to check things out. Caleb is doing great, loves giving hugs, eating good and is usually happy, except in the tub, they found out he has great pair of lungs !!
 Today are are going to The Summer Palace, then maybe come back to hotel and take it a bit easy..They are starting the count down for coming home...Ya !! Grammie MacLeod

   The MacDonald's send greetings from China, We were just talking to them,Friday 9 :30 pm here and Saturday 8:30 am, there: so I will  post an update... All is going really well for all of them..They left Guangzhou for Beijing, last night vey late, so by the time they got settled in the hotel, it was early morning. They are pretty tired this morning, Kari was feeding Caleb and getting ready for a trip to the  Beijing Zoo. All the paper work is done and Caleb is now their's forever...:-)  Kari says, he has lots of smiles, a few giggles, he is smaller than they expected, he is wearing the 18-24 month and the size 2, just swim on him.. he loves his stroller and his books and picks the words up from the page and feeds them to his Dad, so cute !!and for the Mom's-- has an outie belly button ! !
  Kari said the shoe shopping in Guangzhou was a crazy time, there were hundreds of shoe stores, you picked out what you wanted and they were ordered from a warehouse, an hour later a guy arrived on a bike loaded with shoe boxes..with most of them the wrong shoes.. however, she was able  to get a few pairs.
  Tomorrow they are going to The Great Wall, a Jade Factory, a Cloisonne' Factory and the Olympic 2008 grounds.. a busy day.. Hopefully, her or I can update in a few days.. Grammie MacLeod !!