Pumpkin Patch - October 2012

Last October we visited the Pumpkin Patch.  So exciting to take my baby girl with me this year.  We have been going to this pumpkin patch since my niece was really little and then when my nephew came along we took him with my BFF two boys as well.  And our other BFF would come too! We always have so much fun and love the pumpkin donuts...they are so yumm-O!

                                            These Kids Rock!!!!

 

 

                                       Beautiful Girl & Pumpkin

                                         Cute Kids on the Jungle Gym Car

                                                   Corn Maze

 

                                            We are having so much fun!

                                     Love that Pumpkin Donut!!!

                                          
                                Much better than the wind chimes at home!

Moon Festival

Last September we attended our 1st Moon Festival celebration as a family.  They had great food, lots of great crafts and games for the kiddos, the Lion Dance and drums, and the latern parade. They also had a story teller come to tell the kids stories.  Since our daughter was more interested in taking steps, we move out from the crowd to give her room to practice.  She immediately took off and my husband and I was watching our daughter just to see how far she could get and then realized she was about to go right up behind the story teller and possibly interupt her story telling.  So I took off running after our daughter, to keep this interuption from happening.  So yes, our daughter walked for the first time at the Moon Festival.  She was taking baby steps up until that day and then she just took off.  So wonderful!!!

February 21st

One year ago we saw our baby's face for the first time.

 

 

                                          One Year Later

Breckenridge, Colorado

August 2012 we went on a small vacation to Breckenridge, Colorado.  We also went on day trips to Frisco and Leadville.  We shopped, hiked and ate well.

Happy 1st Birthday!!

We celebrated our beautiful Baby Girls 1st Birthday the weekend following her Birthday due to some deadlines that needed to be met after returning to work.  We had a small celebration at home with just immediate family. 

 

 

Birthday Cakes and Candies

 

                                                                    Birthday Cake

                                                                   Birthday Girl's Cake



                          Birthday Girl's Attire

                                                               Birthday Presents

                                                            Birthday Party Guests

 

Minnie Ears

 

                                          
                                                                  Beautiful Birthday Girl

We tried all day to take a picture of the Birthday Girls behind and this is the best shot we got!  Anyways the bloomers match the Birthday attire.

                                                    Happy 1st Birthday Baby Girl!!!

July 4th 2012

              Firecracker, Firecracker, Boom! Boom! Boom!

Nanchang, Jiangxi Providence China

We arrived at Nanchang around lunch time.  We were told that we would get to Nanchang and would be able to go to our hotel and get settled in before meeting our baby girl.  I knew better, I packed a carry on bag especially for our baby girl and dressed for the occassion. And I was right, once we got on the bus we were told there was a change of plans and that there were 80 people scheduled to get their babies the same day at the same time, so our guide was told that no one was there at that time and that it was ok for us to go there immediately to get our little ones.  So that is what we did.  We were so excited we couldn't quit smiling and proud Daddy was snapping pictures right and left to get it all.   On the way there he took the picture of the very fascinating window cleaner (I hope he gets paid well, with no restraints and all....). The building was a white building and we had to go up several floors and down a long hall.  We immediately met the orphange director.  We were the 1st ones in and I could see the nannies holding the babies. I was so excited, I had tears in my eyes.  We were then lead to the room where our babies were at.  We were called 1st and I took our precious little one and held her and talked to her for awhile before her Daddy took her from me.  There was so much paperwork to sign and learn about that it was chaotic.  We were trying to get to know our little one and complete a mound of really important paperwork at the same time. Somehow we mananged.  We got alot of the stuff back that was sent in the care package. So our baby girl had her own backpack of toys.  I also manage to get autographs of the care takers and the Director of the Orphanage.  We also got the Director's business card to stay in touch.  While there we had our 1st family photo taken.  My husband and I were smiling from ear to ear, and our baby girl is not doing so.  I am sure she was wondering what was going on, and who are these grinning people.  Once we left the building we had to walk accross a extremly busy street.  We had just became parents and then we had to walk accross the street with our baby in hand, very crazy.  It was like carrying a very rare precious diamond accross a tight line rope.  Each night my husband would set near the window with our little one and talk to her about her providence.  All the sounds, smells, and bright lights, they would talk about it all.  So cute!  Each morning at 5:30AM we were woke up to the sound of firecrackers outside our window.  Our little one slept through that noise, luckily!