Following the Harkness's blog!

Our friends the Harkness's are in China right now. If you'd like to follow their blog, the story is great!

http://cupcakesandhairbows.blogspot.com/

we need help!

we need a catchy title for the blog, but we're not being very creative! If you have any ideas, leave us a comment! thanks!

Happy Gotcha Day, Katie!

Six years ago today, Scott and I became parents! Katie was brought to us on my birthday. What a spectacular gift!! She's been a joy ever since!

it's a miracle!

Katie sitting on Santa's lap, that is! It's the very first time in 6 years that she has willingly gone to see Santa. We have one picture when she was almost 2, but she's on my lap and I'm sitting next to Santa. She even talked to him! Ellie is another story. She hopped right up, and even went back for more! yeah! A picture of our girls with Santa! Hopefully we can continue this as a holiday tradition!

our little angel!

Katie was one of the angels in the church Christmas program. They all did a great job!

One year ago...

On December 7, 2007, we got the call saying our referral was here! This is one of the first pictures of Ellie that we saw (well, she was Ning RongRong back then). In some ways it seems like it was so much longer, but then again, it seems like it was just yesterday. In a year, Ellie has gone from sitting in one place to running amok! She has gone from not being able to hold a bottle to drinking from a real cup (only with close supervision!) She has gone from her buzz cut to a cute little bob! She has gone from constant crying, to letting us know what she wants with words! We still have some of the crying, but it's usually when she doesn't get her way! She's gone from wanting nothing to do with her daddy, to yelling out his name first thing in the morning!
One thing that hasn't changed, is we just love her!!

Tis the season...

That's not our official Christmas card picture, but it shows just how taking pictures with Ellie goes! Katie, Ellie and I enjoyed our first Christmas party Sunday night at Lucy's house. She had a mom and daughter ornament exchange with some yummy snacks to go with it! Katie "stole" a pink poodle ornament for her pink tree in her room, and I got a very cute snowman ornament. Katie loved the idea of stealing! hmmm.... Not to be left out, Scott came and watched football in the basement with Doug and the dog!