A Visit to Santa Claus 2009

Today we headed out to the mall to have Lizzie's Christmas Photo taken and to visit Santa Claus. The Christmas Photos will be posted later. Santa Claus was so fun. My sister stood in line with Lizzie and Guy and I met them at the end of the line. Lizzie walked right up to Santa with her list ... which she wrote with her peppermint scented candy cane pen .... and as soon as he asked her what she wanted, she showed him the list and they read it together. When she was finished, she sang Jingle Bells for Santa. Then she put her list in the Santa Mail Box. She is so sweet and just loved her visit to Santa.

School Picture 2009

Here is Lizzie's first school picture! She is getting so big and looks so grown up!

Four Years Ago Today.....

It is hard to believe that four years ago today, our lives changed forever. We were in Nanchung, China and Lizzie came into our lives. It is so hard to remember what it was like before we got her. We had a clean and tidy house, would go out to eat all the time and took little trips at the drop of a hat. No more! Everything takes planning....but life is so much better.

Lizzie is an amazing little girl and we would not change a thing in our lives! Click here to see the entry we made on "Gotcha Day"!

God Bless our Lizzie!

Halloween 2009

This year Lizzie wanted to be Snow White for her school pagent and Tinkerbelle for Trick or Treating and we aim to please. I could not get her to smile in the pictures. She was too anxious to go out and get candy! She had a great time trick or treating with Aunt Lisa and was completely wired afterward!