Better Late Than Never

As we are prone to do, we're doing things a bit backwards. The paperwork has been long since completed, the endless wait and frustrating delays are over. We've already packed, traveled and unpacked, survived the wild bus rides in Nanchang, used squat toilets and eaten camel hump. We've walked on the Great Wall and visited Tiananmen Square and bartered with the Chinese locals for trinkets and treasures. We've met and traveled with a group of amazing people and formed friendships that, we hope, will last a lifetime. Now, after all of that, we're starting a blog. For those of you who know us well this won't come as much of a surprise. We do a lot of things backwards. Which is why, at ages 45 and 44, we have just become parents.

We've already been to China and are now back with our precious Bryn, arriving home in Saskatoon, Sask., Canada on February 16. Many people in our travel group did the smart thing — they set up their blogs months before they went to China, and updated them while there. We're not to savvy, hence the late start-up to this blog.

We'll start with posting the photos we first saw of her on December 4, 2006. We loved her from the minute we saw her and continue to love her more ever day. She's an amazing little girl!

Byrn turned one on February 10, while we were in China. You are welcome to share our journey and hers as she grows and learns more about the wide (and wild) world before her.