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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Happy Chinese New Year!! We’ve had a great January and early February! In January we celebrated Kaden’s 5th birthday at a fun inflatable party place called Pump-It-Up. The kids had so much fun! Bria’s favorite was the huge slide and the moon bounce. Now that Kaden is 5, he is very proud and likes to tell everyone his new age. Bria has decided she wants to be 5 also and tells people that she is 5 now as well. It drives Kaden crazy!! Since she’s so much smaller than him, she has found ways of using words to drive him crazy rather than physically picking on him. She will go up to him and say “I’m 5, you’re 2” or “I’m taller than you” (as she looks up at him…). It is quite funny the way they learn how to push each other’s buttons so young! She is a firecracker!!

On January 25th we attended Bria’s oldest cousin Emily’s wedding reception. When they were about to cut the cake, Bria ran up to the table to get in on the action. She saw lots of pictures being taken and thought she should surely be in them all. It was pretty cute, and Cousin Emily handled it very well. She let Bria take a few pictures with them, which made Bria feel very special!

In early February, the Quintanilla family came to visit for Chinese New Year and we had a great, great time!! The girls began playing the minute we got home from the airport and they didn’t stop the entire visit. They played dolls, house, dress-up, cars, trains, and they even got into a little trouble together with the Tupperware…. We had a wonderful time and were so sad when they left.

We went to our local Families with Chinese Children Chinese New Year party on February 16th. We ate great Chinese food, saw lots of adorable Chinese Children, played games and the kids joined in the Dragon Parade. We all had a great time! Bria was able to see Jadyn who is from her same orphanage—they are just a few months apart in age. It was a special reunion for all of the girls!

Bria is so very active and verbal—she is carrying on conversations and is getting funnier by the minute! She knows most of her colors, can sing the ABC’s and can count to 13 (sometimes she leaves out 4 and 5…). She loves to play with her dolls, Mr. Potato Head, blocks, trains, and any kind of arts and crafts. She likes to sing—most of her songs she makes up as she goes along which is very cute! She has started referring to herself as “My Baby” because I’m guilty of calling her that quite often. She will say “My baby is hungry” or “My baby needs to go potty,” etc. It is very sweet right now as long as she’s not saying that when she’s 5…. Our love for this precious angel continues to grow more than words can say—she is a tremendous blessing to our entire family!!!

Fun on the big slide at Kaden's Birthday Party

At Cousin Emily's wedding reception

"This is how you put on lipstick, Bria."

Having fun with Maddy in the playhouse!
Uh Oh, are we in trouble???	Taking a fun ride on Mike's back!
Happy Chinese New Year!!	Best Friends!!

Bria and Kaden in the Dragon Parade

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