The Next American Idol?

The kids have learned a new song....well 2 words of it anyway. Apple, banana. They sing it in the car, in bed, at the dinner table, in the doctor's office. Tonight, Skylar learned that she can say "apple" really quite and then "banana" really loud. She was so proud of herself and performed her trick over and over and over and over....I decided to finally tape it.

Play Date

We had a play date with my friend Camisha and her daughter Emmah on Sunday. Emmah is about 6 weeks younger than Skylar. We went to the park where all three kids decided they would play alone instead of with eachother....Some date! :) Oh well, me and Camisha got to play and that's all that really mattered right?

Here is Emmah, very annoyed that I keep trying to take her picture.
Jordan was a little too dressed up for the park, but he still had fun talking to all the strangers. He needs to learn some boundaries!

Skylar and Emmah both refused to look at the camera at the same time and definitely were not going to smile for me. Talk about two little stubborn princesses!

Okay this is obviously not at the park, but it's Jordan's new favorite spot...the ironing basket.

Our Little Miracle Turns 2!

This time one year ago, we were in Vietnam looking for a flight home. We actually held our little boy for the first time on January 6, 2009. Anyone who followed this 3 year adoption and all the twists and turns along the way know that he is nothing short of a miracle! He truly is. He was born early weighing 3 pounds. His twin did not survive and hospital records say Jordan was blue and had shallow breathing when he was dropped off there by a family member. He is a survivor. We had such a difficult time getting him home and it actually almost didn't happen due to government issues. I can't believe he has been here a whole year. He went from barely being able to roll over at a year old, not opening his mouth for food, not allowing anyone to hold his hand, and being so sick that he was on twice daily breathing treatments to walking, running, doing gymnastics, feeding himself, eating ALL THE TIME, holding hands with no problems, talking, and being off of all his breathing medications and inhalers. He's such a strong little boy and we are so blessed to have him!
To celebrate his birthday on the 9th, we went to Disneyland on the 8th, Legoland on the 9th, and had family over for pizza and cake on the 10th.
Jordan and Skylar loved wearing the 3D glasses at Disneyland.
Say Cheese!

Pretending to drive the cars at Legoland

The kids played with Bob the Builder forever!

Look who woke up on the right side of the bed!

It's my party and I'll strip if I want to.

He tried eating his cake with his fork, but it took too long.

Playing with his new basketball hoop from Mommy and Daddy

I love this video. We rolled the windows down on the way to Legoland and the kids had so much fun playing in the wind!

Our 7 Christmases

So we had 7 Christmases this year. Christmas Eve was at my aunt's house, Christmas morning at our house, by 9:30 we had to be at my grandma's, by 2:30 we were at Paul's aunt's house, that evening was spent at Paul's parents', the next morning at my parents, and 11:00 that morning my other grandma's house. It was fun though. The kids had a blast opening their presents and going to all the parties. It was so nice to finally have Jordan here for Christmas.


Leaving cookies for Santa
Christmas Eve
Skylar with my cousin Chelsea

Skylar skating for the 1st time on Christmas morning

Jordan was so excited about his new wagon

Her very own computer

"I'm going to need a minute."

Jordan tried to open all his gifts without dropping his cereal bowl

Playing at my grandma's house

Skylar, Jordan, and their cousin Seth

Playing the piano with Paul's cousin Monica

Jordan wouldn't leave the oranges alone and kept calling them balls

Our nephews, Nicholas and Ryan

Jordan loves my brother!

Skylar and my mom

Skylar inside of her barbie car box.....what's wrong with this picture??

Learning how to control her new remote control car. Jordan stayed far away....scary!

This is at my other grandma's house

"Look, more food!"

WE'RE PREGNANT!!

About 7 weeks. We saw and heard the heartbeat today.....so precious! We are very excited. We will have 3 kids under age 2. That should be the definition of insanity :) If we aren't insane already, we will be soon haha.
When I found out a few weeks ago, I gave Paul a gift and told him it was an early Thanksgiving present. Inside was Jordan's shirt. I had designed it to read "I'm going to be a big brother!" Here's the video of him opening it.

Happy Birthday to Me

Another busy weekend! I talked a while back about our family tradition of Tree Night at my grandma's house. The past few years we have also done one at my mom's. That was Friday. Saturday we went out of town Christmas shopping all day and then went to an AWESOME light show that night. Today was spent baking all my X-mas goodies. The kids frosted cookies for the first time, but Jordan refused to eat any cookies with frosting on them. He wanted a plain one. He was actually afraid of the frosting!

Our Tree

We decorated our tree last night. The kids were so excited about it.

3 Christmases went by waiting for our little boy. It is surreal to finally have him here. This is his ornament that says "Waiting for Jordan 2006." We had no idea he would not be born for 2 more years and we already loved him so much. This year he was here to hang the ornament on his tree!