Case Family in Hong Kong

So, we are a little anxious with this big trip to the U.S. coming up….lots to get ready for leaving here and bringing there….for a long 6-week holiday.  We are also excited…but when we finally hit American soil, particularly Louisville soil, we will have crossed a big hurdle in our trip:  getting from here to there successfully!  We leave here at 12:30am (midnight) on a Sunday to fly to Korea….spend 7 hours in the Seoul airport…fly to Chicago…round up our belongings and fly to Louisville…about a 26 hour trip…makes for a little anxiety flying with a free-spirited toddler who loves to run and get around!  But we’ll get there.

We’ve had some fun events over the past week:  Saturday was the opening day of Kung Fu Panda in Hong Kong; the IMAX theatre was showing it in English so we took Ezri.  She started shaking a bit when the screen lit up and the music started, so we moved to the top seats…still great seats.  She watched every minute of the movie and really enjoyed it, exclaiming, Bear!…Kitty…Bear! from time to time (she called the raccoon a kitty).  On Tuesday Ezri and I went for a play date to meet friends at a toy store called WiseKids.  They have an amazing playroom(s) area for kiddos and you can go to a given session of play there.  We took Sabrina (15 months) and Ezri (nearly 19 months) and the girls had a ball!  It was overload, really….so many things to see and play with and only 1hour 15 minutes to do it in.  They had a multi-sensory room with cool fiber-optics, dress-up, large block area, train-track table, a beach-fun area, a ‘house’ set-up, and even a sushi restaurant with everything mini…even costumes, so the girls could play chef!  Ezri wasn’t into the hat, but Sabrina wore one and looked soooo cute!  Then, today, Wednesday we went for a play date with Ezri’s good friend, Ka Ka (short for Kaitlyn).  We went to their house and played, swam, ate lunch, and made snow cones and played some more.  The girls play really well together.

On Javier, we should have an update and new photos soon.  Good news is that his new birth certificate has been issued and the passport has been applied for and they should have that soon, if not already.  We now await a second round of DNA testing and then a date for our appointment with the embassy.  We’ll keep you posted.  Also, several of the kids from Javi’s orphanage have chicken pox….so keep those babies that are sick and those that are well…and those caring for them in your prayers, please.

Well, just wanted to update you on the goings-on with us.  We depart for the U.S. in 4 short days!  Please keep our travel in your prayers!

—Melanie, for the Cases