Our Children

Carla

Buddy

Lucy lookingl like the queen of the castle

Sadie Sleeping as usual

As we are waiting for our daughter, I can introduce you to our 3 furry daughter and our furry son. Lucy and Sadie our dog daughters. The best dogs you could ever ask for. I love them so much. They are the cutest and most lovable dogs in the world. Lucy is a little bit of a loner, she loves to be outside chasing the squirrels and rabbits in our backyard. She love sitting in the sun and watching the birds fly around above her. When she comes in she loves cuddling up with her mom. While she is an obedient dog in the house she is not so obedient outside. If she gets out the front door, she takes off through the neighborhood and comes home when she is tired and needs a nap and drink. Thank god this has only happen a couple times and we live in a quiet neighborhood with no main highways. We had to get a six foot fence because she could jump over out first fence of 4 foot. Lucy is an a rescue dog form the Pennsylvania SPCA she is a Lab/Shep mix. She has the body and hair of a Lab but the marking of a Shepard. She is 7 years old. Sadie is the complete opposite of Lucy, she is a 90lb baby. Mommas girl. If she could find a way to permanently attach herself to me she would. I always joke and say i am going to make a kangaroo pouch for her so she never has to leave my side. She hates to be outside. She is house trained so she goes out does her business is back in in less then 2 minutes. Where ever I am she is right behind me. She is big Ofe. I just love her to death. I don't think she could get any cuter. She is so dumb but yet so smart all at the same time. I never have to worry about her getting outside, she would never leave the front patch of grass. we go out front together and i lay on the hammock and she lays right under neath me. Another dog could walk by and it doesn't even phase her. When she wants to play I leave that up to my husband. She only weighs about 20lbs less them me, so when she jumps on me she knocks me right over. She is also a rescue dog from the SPCA and is 6 years old and is a Doberman/Rottie mix.

Our next daughter is Carla she is our cat who i found as a stray at my work one day. She is the cutest thing when she was hanging around our work one day she was so tiny and skinny. I decided to take her to the vet have her checked out. Then bring her to the SPCA for someone to adopt. She was in perfect healt except for one thing, she had a botfly growing in her nose. It had to be the grosses thing i ever seen. The doctor pulled it out of her nose it was twice the size of her nostril is had to be so painful. I thank god everyday that I found her and was able to help her. Well the plan to drop her off at the SPCA didn't go so well. After two days of keeping her in my house and playing with her I fell in love. So now 5 years later she is running around and finding crazy hiding spacing in the house. She keeps to herself but when she want to be pet she lets you know. Next is Buddy, he was Ryan cat before we met. He found him while working in West Virgina. He is the biggest cat I think I ever saw. He is very lovable.He loves to snuggle under the blankets with you, he loves everyone that comes into our home. I swear he talks and says Ryan. He buy far loves Ryan more then me, the other three love me more then him. We are so grateful to have such wonderful children and I hope they are all still here with us when our daughter comes home from China.

100 Wishes Quilt

We got this idea from another family adopting from China. She had told us about this tradition that started in China. To welcome and celebrate a new life, there is a tradition in the northern part of China to make a Bai Jia Bei, or 100 Good Wishes Quilt. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. Part of the patch of cloth goes into the quilt for the baby, and the other part of the cloth can go into a creative memory notebook with the wish for the child. The quilt contains the luck, energy, and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.

We started this quilt right after we put in our application to China. When we started to tell our family and friends we gave them a copy of the 100 wishes quilt. We have received some really creative thing from people and love making the scrap book. I actually look forward to getting the mail everyday hoping for a new peice of fabric. One of my cousin is friends with a lady from China and she wrote her wishes in Chinese that was really great.

If you would like to contribute here is what you do.

If you would like to contribute here's what we would like for you to do:
1. Choose any 100% cotton fabric that you like. We hope that you will be able to find a piece of fabric in your craft supplies, old decorating projects or among old clothes that you no longer wear.

Some ideas for selecting the fabric square include selecting a fabric that is meaningful to you or is a pattern or design that you think is pretty. 100% cotton fabric is best because it will hold up longer and wear better. Try to avoid fabric that stretches such as t-shirt cotton or jersey because it is very difficult to work with.
2. Cut one 8 x 8 inch square from the fabric. Cut a second 2 x 2 inch square from the fabric.
3. Print or hand-write a good wish note on a sturdy type of paper such as an index card or cardstock. Remember to include your name!
Ideas for good wishes notes include anything that you would wish for a newborn child including good health, happiness, compassion, patience, or a sense of humor. It could contain your favorite scripture, poetry, the lyrics of a favorite song or just your own words. It could be serious or light-hearted, so long as it contains your heartfelt good wishes for our daughter.
We have not decided on a name yet so if you would like to address her as Our Special Blessing.
4. Assemble all three items above and mail to us at the following address:
Danielle and Ryan
1181 Bristol Pike
Bensalem PA 19020

Phillies

Go Phillies, they have only 5 more wins and they will be world Champs again. I can't wait. What great stories we will have to tell our daughter when we bring her to her first Phillies game.

Our adoption journey

After we celebrated our 2ND anniversary we started to talk about the adoption process. We now knew that we could start the process. We googled China Adoptions and found Living Hope. We liked the idea that they were so close to home. Living Hope was celebrating Chinese New Year and had an open house at a local Chinese restaurant. Ryan and I took a ride and meet the staff of Living Hope. Sam explained everything to us and Sarah had went over the details of the planning process. We really felt comfortable with the staff and handed in our application the following week. In the mist of the paper chase and the online classes we decided to buy the building we were renting that our business was located at. So the stress started. Tyring to get the classes done, gather the paper we needed. Well we were lucky enough to purchase our building at a fair price and get our adoption started. Things were looking good, we passed our medical exam with fling colors and now the home study. We met with Sarah and she made the process pretty simple. We were very at ease and it was nice to have some more of our questions answered. Our home study report was done and off to immigration for our fingerprints. I thought the day would never come and one day I opened up the mailbox and there it was, our approval for adoption from immigration. I immediately took the papers to Living Hope, I didn't even want to wait one day for the papers to get there. When I walk in, no Sarah she was on vacation. So we had to wait for her to get back to work before we could send out paper work out for translation. When she got back everything was sent out and we received our Log In Date about 6 weeks later. So August 6, 2009 is our official date from China and the waiting begins again. So now we are reading other people's blog, meeting other families who are waiting and researching everything I can about China. Hoping that our daughter will come sooner than later. Tossing around girls name and talking my mom and sister out of buying everything they see for little girls. While I am tempted to buy really cute things I do stop myself. My husband thinks it is bad luck to buy things to early. Even though I did buy one thing that I could not pass up. A plaque that read "my prince has come and his name is daddy". I gave it to my husband for our anniversary.

About two years ago Ryan and I decided to start our own business. Well technically I wanted to start the business, Ryan had some reservations but fully supported me. I really had a great time planning my wedding and thought I would be good as a Bridal Salon owner. Ryan put his trust in me and heled me getting the business up and running. We scouted locations and fell in love with this charming stone farmhouse. All hardwood floors and completely remodeled. We decided to rent for 2 years to see how things would go and make sure this is really want I wanted to do. After about 1 1/2 business was doing well and decided to buy the building. I love having the bridal store. I love going to work and everyone is always happy. I actually had a mother come in today and was so excited to be there, that she game me a hug even before I started helping her daughter. How many people can say they have a job like that. My husband is a civil engineer, he works for a landfill. He is head of the Engineer department and oversees all aspect of the company. On occasion I make him come to work with me. He enjoys it but gets nervous if he has to help a bride. One thing I can't wait for is to bring my daughter to work with me and playing dress up. I will have her in every flower girl dress. I will have her posing for pictures with veils and dresses. (watch she be a total tomboy and hate dresses). While we both have bad days at work, we do love our jobs.
If any one is in need of a dress and live in the area stop in. Our website is www.sadiesbridal.com
We carry bridal gown, bridesmaids, Mother of the Bride and flower girl dresses.

Phillies

Wow Phillies just won National League Division series. Yea!!!! For the next month we have something to look forward to instead of waiting for LH emails and seeing if any referrals were given. We have baseball games to watch. Watch out LA here we come.

Ryan' s family

Ryan nephew Timmy

Ryan's sister Angela and cousin

Well I am writing this not Ryan so this is my idea of his family. He is one 3 he has 2 sisters. His parents are Linda and Jerry. His dad passed away when Ryan was in his early twenties. His Mom passed away about 4 months after we met. I am sad that I didn't really get to know her. I know she was a really great person. Her eulogy was beautiful she had a friend who talked about how wonderful she was, her funny quirks and what a great mom and wife she was. Ryan has nothing but great things to say about his mom. His mom married Carl Ryan's step dad when Ryan was 14. He is really close with him. Carl is a great man. He helps us all the time with things around the house and the bridal store. Ryan sister Angela has a son Timmy who currently is playing football for his second season. We are not sure if he likes it but he goes to every game and practice. Last week was his first week where he got to play the whole game and he got a sac. Ryan other sister is his half sister her name is Nicole we don't get to see her that ofter she lives pretty far away. I did get to meet her a couple times and she is really nice. I will post some pics of Ryan's family.

Deb,Mom,me,Dad and Nicky

Deb,friends of ours, Nicky and Me at the Phillies home operner 2009

As we are preparing for our adoption, I thought I tell everyone a little about our families. My parents are now semi retired. They own their own Seafood retail restaurant for over 30 years. Before that my grandfather started the business until he sold it to my father. I worked their until 2 years ago when me and my husband started our own business. We opened up a bridal shop. When I left my parents retired and my sister now runs the business. My parents had two daughters, my sister Debbie who has one son and me currently waiting for our first child. We had a pretty close knit family I guess because of the business we got to see each other every day. We always and still do have family dinners and love to watch Phillie's game together. We are a baseball family. My dads loves watching games but does not like to go to the games. My sister, nephew Nicky, Ryan and I go to many games together. My nephew Nicky just started high school and so far he likes it. Both me and my sister whet to the same high school as him and we are amazed that he has some of the same teachers as we had. My sister is 11 years older than me so the same teachers were there in 82,93 and present. My mom battled with colon cancer and is now 5 years in remission. It was a long battle of surgeries and treatment but thanks to our wonderful family members helping out on a daily basis everything went smoothly and my mom had wonderful support system. I will post some pics of my family.

Danielle and Ryan Inch

We decided to start this blog after learning from other families that are currently adopting a child from China. this is a good way to meet other families and post the updates and hear from other families that understand what you are going through. Well I guess I will start out with how we met. My cousin Rose was getting married to Bob who is friends with my husband. Their wedding was Sept. 4, 2004. Ryan and I were in the wedding. We had briefly met a couple times before the wedding but were never really introduced to each other. We started chatting after the ceremony about wedding and instantly hit it off. From that point on we were inseparable for the rest of the wedding, in fact I caught bouquet and he the garter. We even joked about kids, I said do you want any children and he said yes 1 little girl that we can adopt. I had always known that I wanted to adopt and here was a man I just met and he felt the same way. We exchanged phone numbers and whent on our first official date the Thursday after the wedding. We really had a good time and pretty much saw each other everyday we could after that. We got engaged Dec 30 of 2005 and got married Oct 6th of 2006.

After we married we went on our honeymoon to Europe. Our first stop was Paris, France. We visited all the known landmarks(check out some pics). We then flew to Venice, Italy. That was the best part of our honeymoon is was so neat there. The water taxi over to our hotel we got soaked (pic). Then off to Sorrento, Italy one of the most beautiful parts of the country, with mountain tops surrounded by a beautiful body of water. Then off to Rome. Rome was a little hectic lots of traffic and people. We then returned home to the States to have dinner Olive Garden for some real Italian food as my husband put it. We knew we wanted to adopt right from the start but had to wait until we were married for two years because that was one of the rules from adopting from China. So the wait really started from then.