Ni Hao, Kai-lan!

We are excited about a new show coming to Nickelodeon. We watched the premiere episode tonight. It doesn't air until February 7 but cable has the first episode on Demand. The girls enjoyed watching. I was surprised that Grace still seemed to understand the few Chinese words that were used. I'm hoping that the show is a big hit so that it stays on air. Grace could really benefit from it.

Post Placement Visit

Who wouldn't love this face? Grace,not Dallas.

This morning our social worker came and visited with us for about an hour. It was time for Grace's 6th month post placement report. They do them alittle early so it will reach China before 6 months. We have the best social worker. It is always a pleasure to meet with her. She has already finished the report and it is in our favor. China requires us to do one more at 12 months. With Julia we had to do 4 due to Russian rules.

So now we have a clean house and 1 PPR(Post Placement Report)done.

So True

This was posted in one of my adoption groups.

You know you are an adoptive mother (or you should be!) if:

1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them
goodnight has ever made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love and family.
3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
4. The fact that if 7% of Christians adopted 1 child, there would be no orphans in
the world is convicting to you.
5. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who have experienced the
blessing of adoption.
6. It drives you crazy when people ask you about your adopted child's "real" parents.
7. You have ever been "pregnant" with your adoptive child longer than it takes
elephant to give birth (2 years!)
8. You had no idea how you would afford to adopt but stepped out in faith anyway
knowing where God calls you He will provide.
9. You have ever taken a airplane ride half way around the world with a child you
just met.
10. You believe God's heart is for adoption.
11. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart and family is one of the most
important legacy's you could ever leave on this earth.
12. You shudder when people say your child is so lucky that you adopted them,
knowing full well you are the blessed one to have them in your life.
13. You know what the word Dossier means and you can actually pronounce it!
14. You have welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.

Flip Video

Dee and Libby(Dallas' sisters) gave me the coolest thing for my birthday. It is a Flip Video. It runs on two AA batteries and is the size of a camera. It will hold 60 minutes of video. Wish we would have known about these when we went to China. Dallas and I had never seen one until Dee gave it to me. Now I will be able to share videos with you. Aren't you excited?

The first person who reads this please post whether you can see it or not. Thanks!

Fun in the Snow

Make a postcard - it's easy!

Kristopher and Julia are the only ones that have every seen snow. Kristopher is the only one that remembers it. We don't get much snow here in NC. Saturday they were calling for 3-6 inches. Unfortunately it snowed that amount but most of it melted as soon as it hit the ground. Saturday night it began to look like we weren't going to get the accumulation that was expected so we let the kids go outside. Good thing we did. By the time we came home from church today it was all melted. They had so much fun with the little bit of snow we got. I can't imagine what they would think if we got a real snow storm. Grace was fascinated with the snow. She always had to have a snowball in her hand. These are the times that we will treasure.

My Three Nuts

A couple of weeks ago we enjoyed a beautiful day at the park. Who wouldn't want to press their face against the plastic circle. Can you imagine how many germs are on there?

PIF- I am so excited!

I now have 2 people who want a handmade item from yours truly. There is one more spot available. Remember if you don't have a blog you can pay it forward in another way.