1.0Maps, Memories and Motherhoodhttps://mapsmemoriesandmotherhood.com/homeLori LeRoyhttps://mapsmemoriesandmotherhood.com/home/travel-with-kids/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ko1ky2o5lA"><a href="https://mapsmemoriesandmotherhood.com/home/travel-with-kids/fujian-china-adoption-adventures/">More with Nate’s little brother</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mapsmemoriesandmotherhood.com/home/travel-with-kids/fujian-china-adoption-adventures/embed/#?secret=Ko1ky2o5lA" width="600" height="338" title="“More with Nate’s little brother” — Maps, Memories and Motherhood" data-secret="Ko1ky2o5lA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://mapsmemoriesandmotherhood.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://mapsmemoriesandmotherhood.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC02588.jpg1024768More adventures with Alex! He’s now been with us for three full days, and he is a good, good boy.  The toughest part is communicating with him since he can’t speak, but he is gradually learning his new name and a little bit of English comprehension. Although he is almost 3 years old, he reminds me more of a child that’s about 2.  That will change quickly once he’s home – gets his lip and mouth repaired (it is worse than we expected and he has already had two surgeries).  He’ll have no choice but to learn to speak in order to keep up with his big brother. He has taken to me very quickly and is slowly loving daddy more each day.  We bought a stroller at Walmart (which made me recall my headache-y days of the Shanghai Walmart, but it was much less crowded), so we’ve been taking two walks each day around the large lake and park that our hotel is near.  We’ve seen a couple of local sights – one was a beautiful Buddhist temple – and for all of the temples that we’ve visited throughout China, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan – it is one of […]