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.