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The Collier Bunch: Home One Week
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Saturday, May 23, 2015. One week ago today we made it home after a brief stop in Atlanta to get the girls back. The ride home was uneventful. Joshua was a very good passenger most of the trip. This past week has been a mix of progress and frustrations. The girls have been great helpers with him. They have really taken him in and loved him. Shaun is adjusting to having a new brother and they play well together most of the time. We created this blog...
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The Collier Bunch: Recap and orphanage visit
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Thursday, May 7, 2015. Recap and orphanage visit. Recap from Wednesday night. Our good friend Shiyan that our daughter is named after lives here and she came to the hotel to visit with us. It was great seeing her and catching up. She took us and the Lee’s to a nice place for dinner, it was so good we are going back tonight. Then we started the long ride back toward the hotel. We had to stop at Carafore to pick up a few items. This is a lar...We ar...
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The Collier Bunch: The Journey Home
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Saturday, May 16, 2015. May 15 The Journey Home. It was an early start to the day, we got up at 5 am Friday morning so 5 pm Thursday on the east coast of the US. We had to have the bags ready to go and run down to grab breakfast and be ready to head to Hong Kong by 7 am. So off we went. Josh did not want to be held, he wanted to be up playing so he cried a lot on the van ride. They brought the first meal and it was the WORST air plane food I have ...
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The Collier Bunch: Consulate day.
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Wednesday May 13, 2015 Consulate Day. We started the day talking with the girls and then talked to mammaw (Forrest mom), Josh made some sounds for her over the phone. After lunch I wanted to get a small piece of jade for Joshua as a keepsake. We found very cheap / poor quality or VERY EXPENSIVE high quality. After walking around and checking several stores we found the right piece. Unbelievable how much jade ha...We starte...
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The Collier Bunch: Wow What A Weekend
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Wow What A Weekend. The Wanzai Sisters all together. The girls plus some siblings. Getting ready for some fun at Dave and Busters. Hanging out at the pool. For us the weekend did not end there. We discovered last week that our son Aaron and his wife Karen would be preparing for camp at a city along our travel route. So Sunday afternoon we were able to stop and see them for about 90 minutes. It was great to see...So overal...
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The Collier Bunch: Personality showing through
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Monday, May 11, 2015. We headed back to the island on our own today. Easy $3 cab ride and we were there, I have done this before. There were not crowds and the shop keepers were willing to deal. Robin did her part to improve the economy on the island. We managed to get most of the got-ya day gifts for Joshua. Below are my favorite models from today. Hopefully the weather will hold out tomorrow and we can take in the zoo. I have to go back to t...
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The Collier Bunch: July 2015
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Monday, July 27, 2015. This week our family dynamic changed once again. Son number 3 moved out on his own (actually moved about 2000 miles away) he is out where his oldest brother and sister in law are. So the little ones are the only ones at home now. Laura accepted the torch as the oldest at home. Some of us just before we left for the airport. Stephen with mom and Laura. Ready for the pool. Josh with his Baha head band hearing aid. I have blogg...
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The Collier Bunch: Wednesday, city tour
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Wednesday, city tour. Today started like the others with breakfast at 7 am with the Lees. We have really enjoyed spending time with their family and are thankful that we ended up together sharing a guide even though we are with different agencies. Our children were together at the orphanage so this is a bond they will have and hopefully be able to stay in touch. May 6, 2015 at 9:35 PM. Great to catch up on your day! We crea...
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The Collier Bunch: A Not So Happy Ending
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Follow the Collier Family including our adoption journey. Thursday, August 6, 2015. A Not So Happy Ending. Well this week the fight ended when he lost his earthly fight and passed away. He was surrounded by his loving family. They laughed as a family, they loved as a family and now they mourn as a family. I am so thankful for people that are willing to put their hearts on the line and take a risk to love a child so they are an orphan no longer. Yes it is risky but it is worth it. We just buried our sweet...