FL cutest baby photo contest

Ok so here's the deal: On/After Feb 1st you can help raise money for breast cancer research and at the same time help Jade win some prizes :>))) Go to www.cutestbabyfl.com and then to the voting section. You will see Jade in her purple Valentine's LOVE shirt. You can vote as much/often as you wish and it is only $7 a vote. The one with the most votes wins, simple!!! It's also for a great cause, I'm sure we all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer. Thankyou!

Referral Anniversary

If your reading this, your going to get tired of hearing about the Anniversary Celebrations coming up! In the adoption community we are celebrating today because it was a year ago that we were all glued to our computer chairs and jumped if the phone rang thinking it was our agency. Mike came home from work at noon, the boys were lingering around, My Mom was here and my sister in law Danielle with Jacob in tow. Our friends Charleen and her daughters were here, bringing a beautiful bouquet of flowers to celebrate. Friends popped in and out hoping to get a peek of the eagerly awaited baby girl. At 5:30 'the call' came with the news that Qian Xue Han in Qianjiang Orpahange awaited her family. We were told of her birthday of May 28, 2005...smack dab in the middle of all her brothers birthdays :>) and that she was found in old cotton clothing at the gate of a cultural park at 3 days old. Shortly after we were sent these beautiful pictures and life began taking on the excitement of our travel to China and our daughter's journey home with us. Looking at this little ray of sunshine now, its hard to imagine that her life started out any way other than perfect. But its the way that led her to us and us to her.

Orphanage Sisters

Today was alot of fun! We met 2 of Jade's Orphanage sisters and their families that we traveled with in China. Keira now lives in Maryland and Anna lives in St. Pete. We met at Myakka state park and spent the afternoon letting the girls play! I like to think they knew each other but its hard to tell. In June our entire travel group and the babes will get together so we cant wait for that!

2007 WOW

Happy New Year! Jade is starting to talk and can say Mama, Dada, Ryan, Luke, Willi, Max, more, hi, peeeshhh(please, and oh so cute) and thankyou, says NOOOOOOOOOO and uhhuh for yes. She gets into everything!!! I love this age but I'm exhausted :>) You can see in the one pic how long her hair is and still has some curl which I WILL NOT cut anytime soon! I'm having a ball with hairbows and even bought a book on how to braid..heehee...yes I know I'm a silly Mama!