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"Now I'm a
Grandma!"
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Baby's first
Sunday in church, with her happy parents, grandparents and uncle (in SC). Chris works for
a security company and serves in the National Guard.
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All of these
were taken in the hospital. (left) Vivian
feeds her new granddaughter. (middle/right) The new
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  (above
left) Vivian snapped this one as Andrew and Michael saw the baby for the
first time (after driving for 14 hours from Ohio).
(center) Michael was anxious to hold his first grandchild.
(above right) Another
cute photo of the pretty baby (she finally got to go home after a week in
the hospital, where this photo was taken).
(left) Christy
was passed around a lot at our family Christmas Eve celebration (here
she's being loved by Beth's cousin Vickie). Beth is opening a gift
bib--you can see the words on the right!
(below, from left to right) After a nice "grandparents"
picture, you see four generations of the women in Christy's life (her mom,
grandma and great-grandma). I guess the BEST Christmas gift this year was
a daughter! Grandpa Michael didn't mind holding or feeding Christy, but
Andrew was a different story. The day before we left SC we finally
"forced" him to interact with his new niece; "I don't want to break her,
and I don't know how to turn down the volume!" In the end, they came to
terms with each other!
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After we
returned to Ohio, Beth had to drive Chris to work daily, so Christy spent
lots of time in her car-safe seat. |
Vivian had the
chance to visit Beth and Christy in late March, 2011. Michael had business
in South Carolina in May, and got to grand-baby-sit a few times while
there, too.
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Soon after we returned to the US in mid 2010, Beth and her new husband
(Chris) got help from our relatives in South Carolina to "celebrate all
the birthdays we couldn't be together while you were in China."
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Just before
Vivian and Michael returned to China (Aug 2011), we spent a day at the
beach with Beth and Christy. It was hard to say goodbye, not knowing when
we'll see this precious child again. |
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  Though
these early digital photos are unclear, they prove that Beth indeed
visited China (once, so far), back in January 2001.
(Left) She
and Andrew stand in front of Shanghai's 400-year-old Yu Yuan Tea House. Unfortunately,
the weather was terrible while Beth was in Shanghai (it was cold and wet,
and she never saw the sun!).
(Right) She and Andrew stayed warm and dry by spending a lot of
time in our apartment, often building with
Lego and watching movies.
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Some key moments
in Beth's life -- From left to
right: Beth, Vivian and Michael at around the time of our
wedding (1989);
Beth's high school graduation (1995?); Beth's graduation from Southeastern
College (2000; pictured with Vivian and two or Beth's three sets of
grandparents, the Sawyers and Alls); Beth and Andrew during Beth's
"graduation present"--her only visit so far to China (2000); Beth and
Andrew at Beth's (first) wedding (2004). |
