Who's ready to smile!

Allie and her best buddy Julianna were able to hang out today and play. They gave each other a big hug when they first saw each other.

Delaine and I were all smiles watching our girls play.

Big brother and big sister

Allie's favorite activity READING!

I love this little smirk!

She would let me read to her all day if we could.



Our beautiful baby is such a blessing!

What a wonderful year!

What a sad look in her eyes

Not any more! One year ago I saw our beautiful daughter for the first time. I immediately fell in love with her and each day our bond grows stronger. Thank you God for such a beautiful blessing.

Summer Fun Pics

This is a 4 week old racoon my sister is hand raising...So cute!

My silly girl! She loves hugs!

Fun at Disney

Her favorite part of Disney is splashing in any puddle of water she could find.

She wasn't sure about Mickey and enjoyed him more when he was at a distance.



My little niece was able to go with us and she is having a ball!

Reunion with Friends

Our beautiful girls! This is our "Tan Couch" photo!

Jaden, Allie and Julianna chowing down.


I was in heaven playing with the girls.

We had such a wonderful time seeing our friends today. We were able to reunite with our travel buddies Delaine and Georgette and finally get to meet our friend Beth and her absolutely beautiful daughter. She actually travelled to China about a week after we left.

The girls played, laughed, ate and had a great time. It was nice to share stories of our trip and share stories on what the girls had been up to and how they were adjusting. It is so wonderful to have a connection to these families and be able to see them and see the girls.

Summer Fun

The kids were watching a Coast Guard rescue mission at the Potato Festival


The kids with their cousins.

I'm hot mommy!


We had a really good time yesterday at the Potato Festival. This is a local event in the downtown waterfront area that offers a potato peeling contest, vendors, bands and entertainment for kids. It was really hot though. Allie did well and was only interested in drinking her Gatorade. The Coast Guard demonstrated a water rescue and that was really interesting. The best part of that demonstration was the cool spray they were creating. All I could think was that in a few weeks I would be out in the hot humid weather for a week when we go to Disney....not looking forward to that at all!