C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S is HERE

At the last moment our school added the rock stars of the school the 4K to there little sing-a-long at school. I am telling you that was the best present a parent could have. Watching your child walk into that gym and listening to her teacher and then singing there little song. I couldnt have asked for a better Christmas present. I just wish they gave us more time so that Norman could of seen it too. (Maybe next year)!! Enjoy the show!!!

Santa Claus

Wow what a difference another year makes. No tears at all this year and even talking to Santa. What was kind of funny was that when she seen Santa a couple of weeks ago she told him she wanted a Basketball hoop and Basketball. This weekend when we seen Santa in our town she says to me MaMa I am going to tell Santa about the pink car for my barbie. I already told him about the Basketball hoop. I said ok. I thought that was cute. Have a great Christmas and a great New Year!!!

Weekend of Trick or Treating and Auntie Irene

Auntie Irene came in for a halloween visit this weekend. We had a great time carving pumpkins, trick or treating and yes going on my first haunted hay ride. The haunted hay ride though not too much fun!

Olivia made the paper today!!

Olivia made the local newspaper today. She is sitting in the corner of the picture. Our school started there new 4K program this year!! She is having such a great time!!!

3rd Day is the Charm

Well we finally did it!!! After some mass confusion between the bus company. The bus got here on time and we finally got the picture. This was actually our 4th day of school picture. Thats ok it makes Olivia's scrapbook a little more exciting when we look back in the years to come. Olivia loves school and her new daycare. She talks about her teachers all night long. Olivia also talks about Grandma too. My mom works at the school and she gets to see her everyday. My mom is just lovin it.

4K here we come

Yesterday we went to the first of many open houses at our school last night. Not only was Olivia nervous but so was Mommy and Daddy. We went and met her teacher, Mrs. Fisher. We are so lucky to have her. Mrs. Fisher has adopted internationally. So she knows excactly what we are going thru and what Olivia needs. We looked around her classroom which has so much to offer these 4 year olds. Then we went on the big yellow bus. Olivia loved the ride. Now Wednesday is the big day!!! We are all nervous but cannot wait for a new exciting adventure.

Summer Fun

The last couple of weekends have been fun filled with our friends. Pics are from the State Fair, swimming party last weekend in Brookfield WI, and Coolwaters this weekend. Our fun days are coming to a end because all these public pools are closing next weekend. You know when the pools close in Wisconsin that summer is coming to a end.

Let the Fairs begin!!!

Fair season has officially started here in the state of Wisconsin. Today we went to the Racine County fair. It was great all rides were just a dollar!! It was really nice to be able to ride some of these rides with Olivia too.

4th of July and Bristol Progress Days 2010

We had a great week!! Spending time with Oma. That is Normans Mom. She came to visit from Rhode Island for a few days to celebrate the 4th and just spending time with Olivia. We also went to a parade today. This is our annual tradition. This was our first event we did together when we first came home from China. So now we try to do it every year. This year was kind of humid and hot but we got thru it. As long as that candy was coming Olivia was luvin it. She also was having a ball with all her buddies from Maries house. That is where she goes for daycare. Every year we see a change in her especially at this parade. The first year she just sat in her stroller, the second year she finally would pick up candy half way thru the parade, and this year she loved being around her friends and getting candy and waving yes waving at all the people in the parade. It was a very good day and week sorry it has to end and get back to real life again.

2 years!!

I cannot believe it has been two years since we layed eyes on our little girl. This scarred little girl that wanted no part of me!!! She just cried and cried until her Daddy held her and gave her cookies. Now we fast forward to today and what a difference. She is just the most precious thing in our lives. I cannot think of what life would be without her. I just can't believe it has been two years. In these two years we have had so many emotions a lot of good things and some bad. But I will tell you I wouldn't change a thing. We are just so happy to be the family I thought I would never have.
I just keep remembering the days in China and feeling this girl is not going to love me. What I am taking her away from? This is all she knows and would she better off staying here. Now I think there would be no way that this little girl would of done the things she has done and will do. In just two years she has grown to be a precious little girl and I wouldn't have it any other way. Happy Gotcha Day Olivia!!!

Branson MO

We took a road trip down to Branson, Mo for a Chinese Children Reunion. Before we reached Branson we stopped in St. Louis along the way. Olivia thought that the Arch was in her words,"Amazing!!" We went all the way to the top. She just loved it. We then headed to Branson. The top of Olivia's to do list was the pool. Pool, pool, pool that is all she wanted to do. So that was the very first thing we did when we arrived in Branson. The next day was full of activities at the reunion and then to see the Acrobats. It was a great show. Olivia wasn't thrilled about it,she wanted to go to the pool. We met a family there that was with us in our travel group to China. It was nice seeing there whole family and to see how big their Hannah is getting. Then it was back to the hotel and you guessed it the pool. We went to the Dixie Stampede the next night and Olivia really liked that she was really into the horses.

Great weekend of fun, sun, and relaxation

What a great weekend it was. Sad to see it is coming to a end. We started our weekend by going to the beach. Lake Michigan was too much fun. When we first got there Olivia wasn't a fan of the sand but little by little she would finally venture to go find rocks by the end of the time there she was throwing her rocks in the COLD water. She kept saying this beach is so much fun. And she was right. Pictures and video of our trip to the lake. Then we went to a party for a while. Had a good time there. The next day we had our friends Joe, Julie, and Zach come over for a cookout. Boy it was a hot one. So our cookout moved into the air-conditioning. It felt great, because I forgot to mention we were so concerned of Olivia getting sunburned that Mommy got really sunburned. So anything cool felt great. Today our final day of our long weekend just relaxing. Back to work tomorrow!!

Kids Expo

We had so much fun yesterday with our friends Joe,Julie, and Zach. We went to the kids expo in Milwaukee. We were a little disappointed that we didn't see Dora the explorer but we did see the sausages from the Milwaukee Brewers and even got our pictures taken with the two most important ones the Italian sausage and the German brat.

March Madness

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Well yesterday it was 60 degrees and today was 30 and snowing. Here are some of our pictures that we took when it was still nice out. Hopefully that was not our spring.

Waterpark 2010

It was that time again. Our 2nd annual waterpark trip with our friends Joe, Julie, and Zach. This years waterpark was the Wilderness. Last years hotel was much nicer and the plus side we were upgraded to a sweet. This year not so much. We still had a great time. Olivia has figured out that slides are just not her thing but the wave pool when the waves were not going she just loved. The inner tube in the pool was her fav. She could of stayed in there all day. We were not fans of the waves especially when Olivia flew out of the tube once. She didnt think that was too funny. Here is some pictures of Olivia and Zach having a great time...

Roller Skating!!! Not so much for Mommy or Daddy

Today was a roller skating party we attended with friends. Mommy and Daddy are not real fans of roller skating but Olivia suprised us. She really liked it and didn't do that bad. Here are some pics and a little video of todays event.