1 Year with Anna Grace

I cannot believe we have had Anna Grace for an entire year! WOW what a year it has been! I can't believe how much she has changed- It is amazing! Today we are meeting up with Joyce and Eric and Deb and Ken! (I wrote the letter below for Anna Grace so you can skip it)

(I hope you can read the text above)

Here are her first 11 months with us!!

Are They Twins?????

No not quite! That has been the question of the day (well since 6:00pm) Meighan and Princess have gotten looked at SOO many times and we have been asked a few times "Are They Twins?" hahaha Funny Story- When we went to Williamsburg with Deb & Ken we got asked at The Olive Garden "Are They Twins?" and me being SO smart said "No They are Sisters!" really smart ay. Just wanted to post a quick update!

Love,
Princess and her Jie Jie
I will update beach pix etc. soon!!!

It is 12am and I am on the computer wide awake- We are finally here at the Beach and are SOO excited! We left at about 3:45ish and got here at 8:00 or so! Princess was really good and slept most of the way so we are VEERRY thankful for that!! When we got here we were all starving so we went to my all time favorite restraunt the Olive Garden!!!!!! We got back to the hotel and were watching AFV- Mickey Mouse came on the TV and Princess loves to see stuffed animals, books etc. I called her in to the living room to let her see her Mic Mouse. Keep in mind that I had the best intentions and thought she would love it- She came over to me and sat in my lap she took one look at him and FREAKED OUT- She started screaming and then had a death grip on me with her head on my shoulders- I felt awful- That was just a story of Princess nothing important- :) My ticker says 3 days until we come to the beach but my parents booked us 3 days as a family of 6- They wanted to spend some alone time with us before everyone comes down!!! (We are VEERY excited though) On Friday night Nana and Papa are coming!!! On Saturday Jodi, Craig, Max, Cole, and Kamden along with Deb, Ken, Christopher, Kara, and one of Princess' Xiushan Sisters, Meighan!!!!!!! Then through the week 3 other Xiushan sisters are coming down!!! We are SO excited!!!! I can't believe this time one year ago we were going CRAZY getting ready to go get our girl!!! I can't believe we have had Princess for almost a year!!!!!!! Hope you all have a great rest of the week!!!!

WELCOME TO BLOGGER WORLD!! and Poll Answers

Well everyone go over to my Mom's new blog! She has had a baby jellybeans since we started the adoption process and decided to start a blog!! She is hoping that she will be able to update more often since blogger is a lot easier to work (for her and myself) She has been playing around with it and trying to figure stuff out so it is still "under construction." Hope you all will go check her new blog out!!! Leave me a comment if you do-

I don't know how much updating I will get to do since I am going to the Beach on Wednesday!! and have volleyball camp starting tomorrow from 8-5.............. Yea I am going to be exhausted!!! I am going to try to update at the beach but I don't know if I can get Internet- I can try to update on my Dad's blackberry but don't know if it will work...... Have a GREAT week!!!!!!!

Now for the Answers to the Polls!! 2 weeks ago- What color should we wear on the beach??? Answer- We are wearing White on the Beach and Turquoise (My Mom couldn't decide which one so most likely BOTH!!!) Recent Poll- Do you think Princess likes wearing Hair Bows? Answer- YES!!! We are not allowed to leave the house without a hair bow! Now I am out of questions to ask you, so do you guys have any to ask me (about myself, Princess or our crazy daily life)??? Just leave a comment and I will answer them as soon as I can in a post :-)

Photo Shoot!!!

Today we went and had pictures made of all of us together and then individual photos- I think they turned out great- Even considering that Princess was not in the mood to be taking pictures and being far from cooperative!!! I hope you like the pix!!!!! I didn't know what to call the collages with all of them so I just named them photo-shoot set 1 and 2- VERY ORIGINAL!!! lol





Beautiful Princess

Udate on Princess

Here is an update on Princess b/c I have seen a lot of others doing it so i decided to- :o)

*She HATES doctors (any kind at all she sees she screams!! lol)
*She is 19lbs. (yup lost 1lb. :o( )
*Her hair is shoulder length YAAAAAY
*She talks up a storm and NEVVVVER stops :o)
*She loooves Princesses (go figure) and Elmo
*She is having an Elmo 2nd B-day Party
*Every time a camera (no matter what the circumstances) she says CHHHHEEEZZ and shows her teeth (we have trained her SO well) :o)
*She LOOVES her Haney Grace (Hayne's nickname she gave him) lol
*She loves herself (OF COURSE)
*Her only answer word is NO ex. do you want some Juice Anna Grace? her answer "No" (unless you ask if she is a pretty girl then she says "Yes i gorgeous" hehehe)
*She is 21 months :o(
*and is growing up WAAAAY to fast

I thought i would put a collage I made of the girls' in our travel group better known as Xiushan Sisters- Tell me your honest opinion on it- I like how it turned out and I am trying to figure out what I can do w/ it!!! Almost one year w/ Princess!!!!

Princess Has Shoes

Well Princess has a ton of shoes!! She mainly wears Squeaky Shoes! She has 23 pairs of Squeakys- While we were in China my Mom bought 16 pairs and she has ordered 6 online and Our dear friend Bobbi gave her MY favorite pair!!! THANK YOU BOBBI!!! :) Here are some pictures of Princess' Squeaky Shoes- A lot of these shoes are WAAAY to big but will eventually fit her!! I will post all of her bows soon- It is CRAZY how many bows the child has!! lol I also added up-close pix of my favorite Squeakys!!

My Favorite Pair!!!!!!!

1 week and 4 days!!

In 1 week and 4 days we are going to be at the beach!!!!!! We get to see a lot of people we went to China with!!! I am really looking forward to seeing Kara!! I also can't wait to see Kathryn! It will be SOOO much fun! Here is a pix of Me and Kara when she was down here with us a few months ago!!! Can't wait to see ya Kara!!! Counting Down the Days.................

Pictures and Happy Father's Day!

Here are the pictures Melanie at Blossom Memories did for me. I think they look beautiful! I love the first picture!! Well I love them all but love this one especially! I also love the collage type thing she did for me.

Thank You SOOOOOOO much Melanie!!!! My Mom and I LOOOOOVE the pictures!!!!!!! They are awesome! You did a GREAT job!!! :)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADS AND DADS TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know what I would do without my Dad!!!!!!! I love you Dad!!