Fun Day At Jumping Joey's

Something To Happy Dance About :)

Guess what we threw away Sunday night? The bottle. Yep, Kenzie threw her bottle away (with mom's permission, of course). Even though she drinks juice and soda and water out of a regular cup, she still has her bottle of milk every morning. But now she has a "big girl" cup :) yay!
(However, it is a little hard to get her to drink it..today somebody *cough*cough*mom* bribed her with a dollar, which Kenzie is now happily carrying around in her pocket lol).

Official 6 Month Family Day

Karli officially became a member of our family 6 months ago today. Here are a few pictures of her taken 2 days ago to compare to yesterday's Gotcha Day post. She sure has changed a lot during these 6 months.

Gotcha Day 6 Month Anniversary

On December 8, 2008 we woke up feeling excited, but a little nervous. We were excited as it was the day that we would become a family of seven. We were nervous because there was a possibility that it might not happen. See, our adoption agency had sent a crucial piece of paper to the wrong family. This paper let the officials in China know that we had permission to adopt Karli. When we found out (not from our agency, but from the family that received our paper), our agency assured us the paper would be sent directly to our guide in China and be there on Gotcha day. However, when we got to the province and spoke to the guide, she had NO idea what we were talking about. After unsuccessfully trying to contact the agency, we just put the matter in God's hands. So, we woke up and got ready assuming we would be untied with our daughter. God can work miracles, and lo and behold, the paper arrived in time to us to proceed with Gotcha Day. Here are a few pictures of that day.

This is our first glimpse of Karli at the Civil Affairs office. We were the only group there and had a lot of time with the girls before we had to leave.

These next few pictures are of Karli once she was given to us by the orphanage staff.



This picture is us with the official from the orphanage.

These next two pictures are Karli at the hotel room about 2 hours after she joined our family. As you can see, she was not really upset to be given to a strange looking and sounding family.

Guess Who...

...is 2 and a half? Happy half birthday KENZIE:-)

Time Sure Flies...

Six months ago today, mom, dad and Kylie left for China to pick up Karli. Here are some pictures taken from the airplane on December 4, 2008.

Dad and Kylie waiting at the airport before boarding the flight.

Kylie on the airplane.

Distance left until we arrive in Beijing.

Flight path from Newark to Beijing.

Picture of the Great Wall in the mountains taken from the window of the airplane.

Our week in Pictures

Kayla at the end-of-year awards banquet for CHATA.

Kayla and friend at the Astros baseball game - they lost, as usual.

Karli and Kenzie practicing their cutting skills.


Kenzie running in the sprinkler.


Kenzie and Karli playing at the park.






Eating watermelon in the backyard.


This is what happens when your bored.


Memorial Day at PawPaw and Granny's house.