365

ell, I decided that putting each picture into a scrapbook page was just holding me up from getting them out here on the blog so I decided to just post them!  Before you look at them run over to NiHao Y'all and congrat Steph and Chris on their newest addition!

February 1st - Me and my wheat thins!

February 2nd - Being silly on the couch

February 3rd - Throwing a temper tantrum

**February 4th to come later**
February 5th - Such concentration as she walks up the bleachers!

February 6th - My 3 favorite girls

February 7th - Mom!!  I can't believe you took my picture!

February 8th - Playing before church

February 9th - Helping daddy pick up pine cones

February 10th - Sleeping with your baby

February 11th - Little T!!  Where are your  pants??!!

February 12th - L's science project.  Yes, that is one of Little T's head bands!!

February 13th - Playing outside and wearing the hat momma made for you.

February 14th - Happy Valentines Day!!

February 15th - Looking so sweet in the dress momma made for you.  We are getting ready for church.

February 16th - Shaking up your lemonade like your big brother does

February 17th - Look momma, I got a hold of the salt shaker!!

February 18th - Daddy put this piece of cloth around your head thinking it would calm your crazy hair down!

February 19th - Helping momma get breakfast ready
 
February 20th - Wearing a silly headband.

February 21st - Myrtle Beach

February 22nd - Checking out our swimsuits at Myrtle Beach

February 23rd - Sick little girl

February 24th - Playing with momma on the floor

February 25th - Pretty in orange

February 26th - At the baseball field

February 27th - another wild hair day!

Final Decree of Adoption

With abosolutely no fanfare we received Little T's Final Decree of Adoption.  Some states or even counties have you go into the judges chambers and have a nice little ceremony but not here.  *sigh*  Oh well, Little T has been adopted by both of us now and in a few days we should get information about getting her BC.   Then we'll take on the SS office and get her SS card.  

Lightroom

I've had Lightroom for awhile now but have never really used it.  Jonni over at The Chronicles of Mommia uses it quite often so I thought I'd give it a try.  Here are 2 pictures that I did.  What do you guys think?? 

 

365 and Some Funnies

I'm still doing the 365 project, I'm just having a hard time getting them set up in a scrapbook page!  Maybe sometime this week I can get caught up.

This morning I brought Little T to pre-school.  The parking lot was rather busy so I said "Ok Little T, lets run!"  She loves to run.  Well, no sooner did I take two steps she's saying no, no.  So I stop and look down and there she is...mooning the whole parking lot!!  Her pants had fallen down to her ankles.  Everyone got a giggle out of that little show.

This afternoon I put her in her bed for nap time.  Big T was home getting some lunch and I was working on the computer.  All of a sudden I hear this little giggle and pitter patter of feet!  Big T came down and said that when he turned the corner to go into the bedroom she was standing in the hall.  When she saw him she giggled, ran back into her room, jumped on her bed and covered herself up.  So cute! 

Update on Tin WVA - he goes to the orthapedic doctor next monday for his arm.  He actually broke the bone right up by his elbow.  Yes, it probably means surgery...ugh!

 

 

I just love this picture of her sleeping.  She loves the feel of this blanket that I made for her.  So sweet!!  

So sweet

I was sitting her this morning reading some blogs and listening to Big T and Little T talk.  He is looking through some receipe books for something or another and she is sitting on his lap doing the same thing.  It does my heart good to see her with him, to see her play with him and go to him!  When they are done looking at their books they go back up to the kitchen, him leading and her following.  He'll do a little skip and she'll try to do the same thing - monkey see monkey do! 

My heart just bursts with the love I feel for my husband.


*side note - T called last night, he fell down the steps at his soon to be in-laws house and broke his arm!

Mmmmmmmm...Chocolate!!

Little T and I made brownies the other night.  I gave her the bowl and she dug right in with both hands! 

The potty training is going very well.  She is in undies during the day except for nap and bed time.  She's only had a few accidents so we are very excited for her.  We've also decided to take down her crib and put her in the big girl bed.  We took the frame off of our queen bed and just put the box springs and mattress right on the floor.  She has been sleeping on this for about  a week now.  During the day I put her in for her nap and she goes right to sleep....NOT!! Ha - had you fooled!  No, she does pretty good though.  She will play with her babies and settle down after about 10 minutes or so.  She doesn't get out so that is a blessing.  For bedtime I've bed laying down with her and tonight is the first night she's in there by herself.  No, she's not happy but she's starting to settle.  I keep telling her I'm right here and she can see me from the bedroom.  I'll probably go in there in a few minutes and cuddle with her...you know....twist my arm!!

Enjoy the pictures!!

CNY

Yeah, I know, this post is late.  We celebrated CNY by making won ton soup on Sunday and then going out to a Chinese restaurant on Monday.  Little T wore her Chinese dress and looked beautiful.  We got a weird reaction from the wait staff at this place though.  First we were asked if she was Chinese and when they saw her face they asked where her parents were.  Ok, I understand that question fine but when we told them that WE were her parents they asked how we got her.  We explained where she is from and that we went to China and adopted her.  They once again asked where her parents were and were completely SHOCKED that Little T was in an orphanage.  They said that they had heard of orphanages but never knew that people could adopt from them. They asked if she would go visit her parents (yeah, I'm getting a little ticked now - we.are.her.parents!) and we said if she wanted to go back and visit China we would help her do that.

During the dinner the waitress kept coming over and saying how lucky she was that she is living in the US.  We are so blessed with Little T and feel that we are truly the lucky ones. 

Here is a weeks worth of 365!

 

Another 365

I just wanted to put up another 365 - I'm behind on scrapping them but I have been taking pictures everyday. More to come later...

365

  Here's another installment of my 365 project.  I'm enjoying doing this so far but it's only the 2nd week so we'll see how I feel a few months from now.

 

Last week we got snow here in NC - about 3.5 inches!!  The whole eastern part of the state shut down.  L had exams the previous week so he only went to school 1 day and last week he went to school on Friday only!!  Today was our first day back to our regular schedule in 2 weeks.  Good grief!  Little T was a bit apprehensive at first but soon had a blast playing in it.

 

Here's a picture of our street.  This is at the beginning of the "Great Snow Blizzard of 2009".

I talked with T up in WVA today.  They have tentatively set a wedding date of July 23.  Yes, that's a Thursday but its the only date available for the place they want to get married at.  We are so excited for him!!!  As the plans become more concrete I'll let you know.  Oh, and of course Little T is going to be the flower girl.  We are hoping that Baby H will be walking by then so they can both walk down the aisle together or as T put it...Little T can drag Baby H down the aisle!  

Project 365

I decided to do the 365 project.  Well, I decided it a few weeks late so I guess I can call it the 351 project instead?  Anyway, here is the first layout I did for week 1 which is really week 3. 

This past weekend I invited myself down to my friends house in South Carolina.  Little T and I packed up and left Friday around 5 and didn't get back until Sunday night.  We had a great time with her and her two cutie patootie boys.  I got so tickled at those 2 boys and their antics.  It reminded me of my boys when they were that young.  Her youngest is full of himself and if he knows he has an audience look out!  Her oldest is the same way - so she has her hands full.  Ha - we were driving around in her car and all of a sudden her youngest yelled out "HOT DAMN!"  OMG - I busted out laughing.  Keep in mind he'll only be 3 in a few weeks.  What a little stinker!  Her oldest, C, was so sweet with Little T.  We went to McD's for lunch and after they ate he took her little hand and helped her in the play area.  It was so sweet.  K pointed out to me that Little T has come a long way.  When she first met her Little T wouldn't go play in the play area, she just stood there and watched.  Now, she'll go right in and play!

Potty training update:  I was going to go buy some panties for Little T so that on Saturday we could have a day of one-on-one training.  Since I invited myself down to SC this didn't happen.  Today when Big T came home from picking up her at daycare he said that they need a change of clothes and some panties.  I said you mean diapers and he said no - panties.  Apparently at daycare she doesn't want to wear her diaper!  And they said she does very good so tonight I went out and found the smallest panties I could find!!  I'm so excited!  We tried them on her and they are a bit big but they will have to do. 

I don't think I've given an update about T's stitches and his lump.  It came back as just fatty tissue.  The stitches ended up getting infected because he waited too long to get them out (you dummy!!).  He's fine now, stitch free.

 

I'll post some more pics of the weekend in a couple of days. 

Look how I've grown!

June 2008: At amusement park in China

July 2008: At play ground - home at last!

August 2008: At a friends house

September 2008: Home

October 2008: At baseball field

November 2008: At playgound

December 2008: I can wear pig tails now!!!!

Christmas

What a wonderful day it was!  Little T was a little overwhelmed but quickly sat down next to big brother to open up her gifts.  Her favorite by far was her little mommy doll.  The minute she opened that present she stopped and wouldn't open another one until we got that doll out of the box.  Then she sat there and sang to it for a bit then fed the bottle to her.  It was so sweet!!  L was a great big brother and helped her by giving each present a little tug so that the paper was ready to tear for her. 

This is a picture of an ornament that used to be my grandmothers.  The note on the box says 1962.  There are 3 other ones that go with it, 2 round ones and another oblong one.  Grandma is here with us in spirit and I love that I can also have her here through this ornament.

Speaking of ornaments, every year my mom used to get me a new one for Christmas.  I came to be a tradition between the two of us.  When she passed away in November of 2006 and then my dad in June of 2007 I inherited all of her Christmas decorations.  Now she is with me through out the year but especially at Christmas, which was also her favorite time of year.  Miss you momma!!

This is one of my favorite ones that she got me.

Here are some ornaments of the boys when they were little visiting Santa Claus.  L decided to hang them all together this year.  Weren't my boys cutie pies??!!  Ha - L was not very happy in that one picture!!  T was always my "little man". And that picture where L is not crying - look at the mischief in his eyes.  T is as cute as ever in it also - can't believe he's a daddy now himself!

 

Here's Little T's first visit with Santa Claus - very guarded, no tears though!!

 

Her favorite baby

J and D came over and gave Little T a bunch of toys that their daughter J no longer plays with.  They also got  an adorable outfit  for her - here's a picture of the shirt - too funny!!

J got a Nintendo DS for Christmas so we got her two games to go with it.  Here she is opening one - she was so excited!!

This is a kitchen set that Aunt J and Uncle D brought over.  Every time we go over to their house Little T runs to this set and plays with it so they decided to give it to her for Christmas.  They also gave her all the stuff that goes along with it!!  Thank you so much guys!  We love you!!

Uncle D holding one of Little T's baby dolls and yes, it has a diaper on!!

She's sitting with her baby watching the KaCee chew her bone.

Feeding her baby. 

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year.