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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Another great month has flown by…. Our baby is getting so close to 2 years old—Wow!! We feel like she has been part of our family forever, but these past 9 months have sure gone quickly. She has grown and blossomed into such a little princess—truly, a princess: jewelry, bows, purses, lipstick, painted toenails, she LOVES the girly things in life (mommy is sooo happy).

We started May by going to a local carnival. Bria is such an adventurous little one. She wants to ride all the rides, and got very upset when Kaden was able to ride a few of the bigger rides that she was too short for. She is so expressive and lets us know just how much fun she is having. The first time she rode the cars, she giggled almost the entire ride—so precious!!

The following weekend, we went to our local arts festival with Bria’s friends Garrett and Connor. They had a children’s area with pony rides, a clown, and several fun rides. She had a great time and loved her blue poodle balloon the clown made for her.

Mother’s Day was so very special this year. I am so blessed to have the most wonderful children in the world. We celebrated the weekend with my mom, Bria’s GaGa, and we had a relaxing, fun weekend. It was such a blessing to have our precious sweetie home for Mother’s Day this year—that was the greatest gift ever!!

The highlight of our month was a trip to Texas to reunite with Bria’s best friend from China, Maddy, and her mommy and daddy, Kathy and Mike. They were “crib-mates” and shared a very special bond that was evident within the first day that she was with us in China. While we were in China, we were able to ask the orphanage director questions. We asked him who Bria slept by and he said “FuBai” (Maddy). We then asked who was Bria’s closest friend and he said with a smile of confidence “FuBai.” At that point, the girls had been with us for a few days, and we knew before we even asked him that there was something special between them. They always seemed to search each other out in playgroups, and they looked for each other when our group was traveling together. We decided while in China that we would keep the girls in touch.

We met half way between our house and theirs in Waco, Texas. We let the girls play and play and play. It felt like we were back in China again….deciding which hotel room we would meet in for a play date. We went to Shoguns for dinner—a Japanese steakhouse where they cook the food in front of you—everyone had a great time. On Saturday, we went to the local zoo and the girls had so much fun! They loved watching the animals and had so much fun feeding the fish. It was an amazing weekend and brought back those bonds between our families that we will always keep and cherish. We were so sad to leave, but are already making plans for another visit in August around our first anniversary of Gotcha Day.

Bria surprised us about a week ago when she decided she wanted to begin the adventure of potty training. She asked several times to sit on the potty and about the 3rd time she actually went—I was so excited! I figured it was a one time event, but she continued to ask and perform, so we are in full potty training mode. The past 2 days she has been accident free while awake. Unbelievable!!! Everyday, I keep thinking, “is this really going to be this easy??” I’ll let you know next month the answer to that question.

We are also getting closer to Bria’s little sister. We had our final home study visit last night, we have collected all of the paperwork and are about to send it forward to get permission from the US to bring home another sweet baby. We should be on track to submit our paperwork to China in September which is as soon as China will allow (one year from the time we returned with Bria). The wait is looking like it will be very long, but God will help us through just as He did with our precious little Bria.

So Beautiful!!!!!!

Fashion Diva...

Happy Mother's Day, Mommy!

I love riding rides with my big brother!

Riding the pony at the Arts Festival

Cruisin' with my friend Garrett

Reunited with my best friend Maddy

We laughed, played and had sooo much fun!!

A good-bye kiss... so sweet!

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