Adam Junzhe Buchtel Guan

Adam Junzhe Buchtel Guan
August 6, 2010

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(Name in Chinese means Deep Water / Philosophy)
Wenwei pronouncing name (WMV)
Wenwei pronouncing name (MOV)

[New sister Isobel]
[Cousin Rosemary]
[ Cousin rosemary on TV]

July 21, 2022
Almost 12 years old - Adam and Isobel in Ann Arbor, Summer 2022

3 July 2021
Almost 11 years old

Something from 2020 needed! In progress

November 2019
9 years old
October 2018
8 years old

Adam with his race medals on dino in Guangzhou

October 2017
7 years old!

October 2015
5 years old
New glasses!

September 2014
Four years old

September 2013
3 years old
Learning to ride bicycle

September 2013

Swimming with Emma and Isobel

July 2013

During Skype call with grandparents and great grandmother Morton

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May 10, 2013

Isobel and Adam together

During Grandparents' Visit
December 26, 2012 to January 8, 2013

During our visit to Emma and Wenwei for Christmas 2012, we watched as
Adam matured before our eyes - here he is talking up a storm - not sure if there
are some real words in this stream - he has a fairly extensive vocabulary in
both English and Chinese (some Mandarin and some Cantonese), but the cadence,
prosody and fluency are spot on!

Click HERE for a sample (he is off to the right, about to express several balls form his play area).

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Early December 2012
(2 years, 4 months old)

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September 1, 2012
On the train to Guangzhou for the weekend
With Wenwei's family.

August 6, 2012
Two Years Old
U.S. Passport Picture

July 11, 2012
About 23 months old
Adam Being a Good Big Brother (in anticipation)

July 1, 2012
Mugging for the Camera

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June 2, 2012
About 22 months old

March 2012
About 19 months old

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August 28
About 13 months old
Climbing stairs and walking up a storm

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August - 1 year old!
Walking confidently (Video)

July 5th - playing with the push cart

Late June, 2011
(almost 11 months old)

Adam Standing
Playing with raindrops - and just about to start walking

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June 2011 - Late Spring
10 months old

Emma and Adam, Paddling Pool, Summer Fun

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June 17 (latest Hair Style), June 19 (Reading with Wenwei on Father's Day),
and June 29 (playing with sand bucket on the 12th floor)

May 22, 2011

Adam - already reading books...

May 15, 2011

Bubbles at Waterfront Park

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Adam laughing and having a meal with a friend in Ruby Tuesday

April 2011

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Bath time, Exploring the Washer (favorite activity) and visiting with Nainai in Guangzhou

March 3-10, 2011
7 months old - Two Teeth

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Showing off his two teeth

February 3, 2011

December-January
Pictures taken during our visit to Hong Kong

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Nainai's last day in Hong Kong
November 19, 2010

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November 15, 2010
100 Days Old - Celebration

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November 7, 2010
3 months old

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October 16, 2010
2 months and 10 days old

Adam is doing quite well, seems to be getting onto an almost-regular
schedule; unfortunately the schedule is "feed every two hours and wake
up at 6am" but oh well. Today we went to a nearby butterfly garden and
had a nice walk around. Adam loves his Maya Wrap sling and falls
asleep peacefully as soon as we (me, Lina or Wenwei) start walking
with him in it--a great de-fusser.

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September 24, 2010
~1.5 months old

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End of August - 2010
Almost 1 month old

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Wenwei's older sister (Wenjuan, on the left) and mother (Shunqin, on the far right) visited at the end of August.
Shunqin will stay for a while to help care for the baby while Emma and Wenwei get their courses underway.

August 20, 2010

(2-week birthday - we're working with small increments here)

Various poses named by Emma: "Photo Pose", "Kung Fu Pose", "The Thinker"
"Milk Coma" (pose after satiation), and "Boxer Pose"

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Amost two weeks old (August 18, 2010)

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(Yawning, not crying during first diaper change at home)

Sleeping at home - in handmade shawl from Emma's cousin Ruth Ann, and in stroller
handed down from his cousin Momo.

Emma wrote: "He slept all afternoon with me and then continued to sleep
peacefully in the pushchair through our dinner, which Wenwei had brought
from the on-campus restaurant. They made a special off-menu soup for me to
increase milk production- fish, ginger, and tofu. It was all delicious."
Leaving Hospital - Sunday, August 15, 2010 (9 days old)

(Emma wrote, "Leaving hospital forever" - reflecting their frustration with the
long delay getting Adam home. . .)

Visiting on Saturday, August 7, 2010 (One day old)

Leaving for the hospital

Getting ready - Gus and Margaret came with three suitcases
of baby things that Emma had ordered online to be brought from the US.