Halloween fun...

I'm a bit late in posting these photos from Halloween. Lena had a great time with Halloween this year as Tinkerbell - costume dress made by Grandma Judy. We celebrated with a FCC party, school party, and the grand finale was trick-or-treating with her cousins and auntie MB in Mission Hills!

 

 

Photo updates

All set for picture day...

Off to school with my book for 'show and tell'

 

Field trip to the Sea Life Aquarium at Legoland

Fall Fun

Lena waiting for speech therapy...

On my way to speech therapy!

Daddy, did you get a new camera?

OK, so how many photos are you going to take today?

Snack at the Moon Festival

Check out my lantern from China for the Moon Festival parade!

Lena turns 3!

Disneyland w/ Mickey

Waiting for the fireworks

Night rides

Meet Eeyore

Presents!

Ice cream cake!

More presents!!!

Time to sleep!

It was a good birthday!

Springtime...

It has been too long since I've last posted. Here is a photo of Lena from Easter - still in her pj's.

Holiday fun...

We had a wonderful holiday season with Grandma & Grandpa. We visited San Diego Zoo, Santa, and spent a few days relaxing poolside in Palm Desert. We also enjoyed traditional Christmas festivities, cookie baking, leaving milk and cookies for Santa, decorating the tree, gift giving, and many delicious meals! We had a great 2011. Lena has come such a long way in the last year! We can't wait to see what 2012 brings us.

Lena's baptism

Lena was baptised at St. John's church on 12/18/11. Her godparents, Bobby and Christine, came out from NC for the event. We are thrilled that they will soon be moving to Northern California and will be a lot closer to us. Other family members included Aunt Mary Beth, Uncle Erik, Uncle Dan, Nana, and cousins Alivia, Lillie, Johnny, and Ethan. Here are some photos to enjoy...

Then and Now...

One year ago (2010) and yesterday (Gotcha Day 2011)

Re-adoption

We had our court date today for our re-adoption. This is an optional step for international adoptions although it is recommended as it will allow us to obtain a CA birth certificate for Lena. Yeah! Now, off to clean the house for our ONE-YEAR visit from the social worker which is tomorrow! This IS THE LAST step in our paperchase! THAT is exciting (the last step part, not the cleaning the house). Here are some photos from today...

Happy Halloween

Lena had lots of fun this month preparing and celebrating Halloween. Here are a few of the latest photos...

Moon Festival

Chinese Moon Festival is one of the most celebrated holidays in China. It is a time for families to be together and many travel great distances to reunite. The traditional food for mid-autumn festival is the moon cake. We gathered with the local FCC group at a park and had mooncakes and a lantern parade. As you can see, Lena loved it. She was very interested in the moon which was beautiful that night. We'll remember to take photos of the moon next time!