GOTCHA DAY is Tuesday...

Last year at this time Mark, Dylan and I were in Beijing, China. We went sightseeing, and shopped. I will never forget getting physically ill in the Forbidden City. All I could think about was the next day we were getting our precious Kayleebug. Thank you God above, I woke up the next morning and felt better. This had been a LONG time coming. Our wait was a week shy of two years. I know that families are now waiting three years. It just does not make sense with all the babies, toddlers and children living as orphans in China that this process can't go faster and if families are wanting more than one, why not let them do that at the same time?!!?!?? I will NEVER understand this. OK I will stop complaining...

Today Kaylee and I went to Church. She had on one of her Chinese dresses and looked absolutely adorable. I had her hair pinned up too. We are going out to Chen's Chinese Restaurant Tuesday to celebrate our special day. I am going to post a pic of Kaylee then and now so you can see the change in her in just a year.

I am still on this cleaning out spree. I plan on having a yard sale in the spring so I can buy stuff to replace what I got rid of...LOL 

My friend Jennifer and her six month old son Miles, came for a visit today. We had lunch and talked. Miles is so cute and he looks just like his mommy. Kaylee has really started to enjoy her baby dolls and when Jennifer and Miles got here, she just kept touching his head and looking at him. It was so cute. Jennifer said she was going to get his bottle and next thing, Kaylee comes over to Miles with her doll bottle...LOL It was too cute!

Weekend at the beach with Aunt B...

Kaylee and I had fun at Aunt B's house. We went walking on the sand and Kaylee at first did not like it, She thought she was going to sink...LOL She kept calling "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeee...Beeeeeeeeeeeee" We had a great dinner at Hot Tuna, and then went back to Peggy's house to relax. It took me quite a while to get Kaylee to go to sleep and then all during the night she was waking up, kicking, pushing, talking...We got up and decided to go to Walmart. I bought Kaylee a very cute doll with a baby carrier and bag with bottles, bib, plate, fork, spoon, stuffed animal, and a extra outfit. It was on clearance for $13. I could not believe.

Kaylee loves cupcakes...

Aunt Ya Ya (Trudy)came to visit this week and brought us lunch and a cupcake for Kaylee.  Kaylee LOVES cupcakes! She eats the icing first and then the cake.  Afterwards Ya Ya and Kaylee played in the tent and read books.

Grandma and Grandpa have returned from visiting Blake, Lynne and our darling neice Devin. They came over for dinner and brought Christmas presents all the way from Arkansas. Kaylee loved the book and panda hat. The rest of us liked our gifts too! 

Not much going on here, Mark and I have been trying to get our adoption/foster parent brochure completed so we can send them out to all the counties in Virginia.  There may be some of you that don't understand or agree with our decision to open our home and our heart to bring a child into our lives with the possibility of not being able to adopt them. We have talked about this and had our eyes opened in the classes  we attended, and know this is what we are meant to do. If we can touch a childs life for however long then how rewarding is that? 

Quiet at the home front...

On New Years Day we went to my sister Trudy's house and had a wonderful dinner. After dinner, Dylan went to his friend, JP's house and spent the night. Mark and I had a quiet night at home after Kaylee went to sleep.  Trudy gave Mark and I a popcorn machine for Christmas. We are really enjoying it.  Last night Dylan and I went to Short Pump Mall and did a little shopping and then went to see the movie "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey. It was very hysterical. I really enjoyed my time with my baby boy, but I think he would have rather have spent his Saturday night with his friends...lol