Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! The weekend started with the neighborhood egg hunt, which was a lot of fun. Ellie had a couple of eggs handed to her, but she'll get em next year! Katie loaded up her basket in no time! After that, Scott and Katie went to the airport to pick up our niece, Taylor, from New Jersey. How sweet that she wanted to spend her spring break with her little cousins! Taylor and Katie colored easter eggs together!

On Sunday, we went to church, then had brunch at our house with our friends, the Kleins. After that, Katie, Taylor and I went to see Horton Hears a Who. Very cute movie!

Pretty as a picture!

We took Ellie and Katie for their first portrait together, and they did great! Considering we had to wait an hour past our appointment time... Thank you Grandma Lanigan for the dresses! How lucky we are to have two beautiful, sweet girls! Ellie continues to show more personality each day! She is rolling all over the floor to get where she wants to go. We're still working on the crawling, but it hasn't come yet. I've been in contact with a local program that is offered through Gwinnett county called Babie's Can't Wait. They took our info. and will get back to me in a week or two. We just want to make sure her delays are lack of opportunity, and nothing more. We are in our routine now of dropping off and picking up Katie from school. Ellie looks confused when she gets out of the car, and breaks into a huge smile when we pick he up! I think she loves her big sister, and the feeling is mutual with Katie. She loves to make Ellie laugh and is very gentle with her when they play. So sweet!

How Time Flies!

Wow! I can't believe I haven't added anything since the third! Well, since we've been home, Ellie has made a lot of progress! She has learned to roll (on command, too), she can scoot backwards, but not forward yet. She is finally sleeping through the night (I'll probably jinx this by putting it in writing). Last night she slept 13 hours! This is fine as long as my parents are here, but after they leave, I'll have to wake her up when we take Katie to school. She has learned to enjoy the bathtub. As you may recall, this was a tramatic event the first time! As we speak, she is learning to beg for ice cream! Funny how they know you have something good! She is quite a picky eater. So far some favorites are baby oatmeal with banana, sweet potatoes cantelope and saltines. She'll eat about 5 bites of something, then she'll begin spitting it out!

We had our First Friday group this past Friday. Ellie got to meet many new friends who have children or are waiting to have children from China. The girls we thought were so small now seem very big compared to our little peanut!

She is a happier baby than when we first brought her home. We're thankful for that! Katie is doing well as a big sister. She enjoys playing with Ellie for short amounts of time, then she goes about her business. We're taking the girls for their portraits on Sunday. Let's hope for smiles!

Home Sweet Home!

We arrived home on Thursday evening, and boy was it nice to come home! Our friends put balloons on the mailbox and a banner across the garage door. How sweet! The thought of sleeping in our own comfy bed was wonderful! The beds in China are extremely hard, and after a while it really got to us! Getting to sleep for any length of time, however, has not been easy! Ellie and Katie are still both adjusting to the time change. I think Scott and I could sleep all night if the girls would let us! Ellie still thinks she's taking a nap at night, so we've been up quite a bit. Katie was up at 3:00 this morning eating soup! I told her if she wanted to go to school today (which she did) that she had to go back to bed! We'll see how far into the day she makes it! Ellie was quite a hit at school today. I had to reenroll Katie, so we had to go in. She's adjusted very well to people oohing and aahing over her. She still won't let too many people hold her, but she likes the attention. No new pictures right now, but we'll put some more up soon!