Author: Blockhead

Zachary’s second day with us went very well as he begins his adjustments to being part of the gang.  His real adjustments begin in a few weeks as the stability of a HOME and his new routine starts to take root.  But for now, he’s begun to bond with Ashley, as she’s been his almost… Read more What a Difference a Day Makes…

Today is the Day!  This day, Monday, November 27, 2018 will forever be one that is celebrated as the day where the Lockheads are COMPLETE as a Family. <Picture uploading is slow – please check back soon for photos!> When you first start working on a jigsaw puzzle, it takes a little while to even… Read more Welcome to our Family Zachary!

Good day All,  Today was our last breakfast in Hong Kong, before shuffling off to Changsha for the REAL reason we’re here.  We enjoyed the Hotel buffet each day, and loaded ourselves up for the morning and the day, again! After breakfast, we moved all of our luggage into AM/UCs room and checked out. Since… Read more Travel Day – Hong Kong to Changsha, Hunan Province

Departing Ngong Ping village, we jumped on a local bus, that took us on a 15-minute ride to Tai O, a remote Village. “Tai O village is famed for its generations of fisher folk who build their houses on stilts above the tidal flats of Lantau Island – and literally teeter over Hong Kong’s outlying… Read more Hong Kong: Lantau Buddha and Tai O (Part II)

Good day, Everyone.  Hope you all had a rewarding Black Friday, however you choose to define rewarding! Today was the final full day pre-adoption fun, and it was a busy day again!  Mom had arranged a guided tour for us through a local Hong Kong tour guide service.   Our guide’s name was Nadia and… Read more Hong Kong: Lantau Buddha and Tai O (Part I)

Good day all, and we hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving Days! Our morning started early, at around 8, as we were all dragging a bit from yesterday. We downed another good breakfast from the Hotel buffet. Then we headed out to the MTR station at Tsim Sha Tsui, just across the street from the… Read more Hong Kong: Central & Victoria Peak

 Good morning all, and Happy Thanksgiving! We are all still adjusting to the time change so sleep patterns were a little wacky, with most of us up and around before 6 AM. Our day officially started out early at 7:30 AM with a buffet breakfast and our hotel. There were almost too many choices:  from… Read more Hong Kong First Day on our Own

Greetings from Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, HK.  We’ve made it safely here, after a long day in airplanes, and we’re wondering when we’ll get our Wednesday back. We departed Philadelphia on Tuesday Morning, and we arrived here at the hotel a bit after 9 on Wednesday evening. I hope you all enjoyed the day that… Read more Safely in Hong Kong

Good morning all, Lots to report. Let’s get after it… Reveille was at 2:45 AM, we rolled out of the drive way at 4 sharp (give or take!).  We said our goodbyes to the Cats, and we were on ours way with no major issues. No “Oh Crap!” moments yet. And everyone was sufficiently awake.… Read more Live from Philadelphia Airport…

The house is quiet after a very busy Sunday.  Meg and Curt turned in early (in FL, at an Airport Hotel) to catch their flight into Philadelphia in the morning.  It will be real for them once they are off the ground. I hope they remembered everything!  Even if they did not, they still have… Read more A Little Closer…