hadley makes three

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Our Gotcha Girl

Five years ago today, I had a restless night waiting for the phone to ring from China with news that Dan finally had our little girl in his arms. The call finally came in the wee hours of the morning and his words were "honey, I have her and she is beautiful.

If you don't believe in love at first sight , then just talk to Dan. Because he was smitten from the first moment. He walked into a room full of crying babies and saw Mia and said to himself " Lord, please let that be Mia". And it was!!!!!

We love you, baby! We are so blessed to be your Mommy and Daddy.

This is a picture of our gotcha day celebration eating Chinese food at the rice house.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Homemade Cashew Chicken

It was a hit with the whole family. Super easy and super yummy. Thanks, mom for another year's subscription to "Cuisine at Home".

Guinea High Dive

One of Mia and Hadley's favorite activities is playing with our large guinea family. Here is a picture of the guineas waiting in line to go off the "high dive". Daddy Guinea was the first to go off.

The Star Player

Mia started playing basketball last Saturday. She was the only girl but she was also the star player. Now I have to say that 3 out of the 6 kids on her team were out sick. If you haven't ever watched 4 and 5 year olds play basketball you are missing out. It is quite a hoot. Dan was out of town and kept texting me to send him some action shots. My response was honey this is about as action as it gets. Most of the times they kids stand on the court completely frozen not knowing what to do. Hilarious.

Mia was the only payer on the court that understood the concept of dribbling. I was so proud.

But I was just so proud of her. She was confident, she knew her team members names and she scored with an overhanded shot on an 8ft goal. Go Girl!!!!!