{"id":395,"date":"2009-02-08T22:51:26","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2009-02-08T22:54:05","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T02:54:05","slug":"first-coast-families-with-children-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/395","title":{"rendered":"First Coast Families with Children from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1316\/3265264910_37875b1ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our local FCC is the BEST!\u00c2\u00a0 Saturday was our annual Chinese New Year banquet and it was fantastic.\u00c2\u00a0 I took the girls back in 2006, before our referral of Lainey.\u00c2\u00a0 And, we were IN China for last year&#8217;s CNY, so we missed the FCC event.\u00c2\u00a0 I was so excited to get all dressed up and take the whole family this year!\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some of the pictures we took last night!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1290\/3265265582_fcb4a6034e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1106\/3264439983_6a17afa767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1404\/3264439887_e77f59a6b3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Red envelopes filled with chocolate coins!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3373\/3265265640_db9548cf04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1369\/3265265122_cf33c17e69.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I believe she&#8217;s having fun :)\u00c2\u00a0 Lainey was recognized as one of the new babies from China in 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 They gave her a silver keepsake box in the shape of a fortune cookie.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3339\/3265264722_68ffceaf37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The entertainment was amazing&#8230;lots of traditional dances by our own FCC children, wonderful martial arts demonstrations, and of course the traditional CNY lion dance!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1254\/3265264366_fa1af232c4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3491\/3265263988_f1bf98f196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3483\/3265451872_46e5838d59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1431\/3265446998_fe9696a288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is Lainey after the lion dance&#8230;she was PETRIFIED of him and literally clung to me shaking the whole time he was in the room.\u00c2\u00a0 He was gone at this point, but she was scared he might come back.\u00c2\u00a0 This girl hates dressed up characters of any sort.\u00c2\u00a0 Better delay Disney World a little longer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1098\/3265264134_0c4e2ac55d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My friend Kelly with her son Zane.\u00c2\u00a0 She is one of my ladybug group friends who also happens to live here!\u00c2\u00a0 She adopted Zane in 2007, and is waiting for her referral from China.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3536\/3264438287_bc7180a174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the lion dance, all the kids ran up on stage and played.\u00c2\u00a0 The trips had to join in, and this little girl took a liking to our Payton.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1348\/3265263418_54a02dacf2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1281\/3265262698_6b51e14e74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a GREAT time&#8230;see ya&#8217; next year!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3378\/3264437067_4e71303eb4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jack, you should have been there!!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our local FCC is the BEST!\u00c2\u00a0 Saturday was our annual Chinese New Year banquet and it was fantastic.\u00c2\u00a0 I took the girls back in 2006, before our referral of Lainey.\u00c2\u00a0 And, we were IN China for last year&#8217;s CNY, so we missed the FCC event.\u00c2\u00a0 I was so excited to get all dressed up and 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