Chocolate Easter Bunny-Part II

Here are a couple of pics to show you how much Elizabeth enjoyed her chocolate Easter Bunny from Grams and Grandaddy. She does not make a sound when she is eating this, just packing it away as fast as she can!

A few more pictures

Just a few pics I couldn't resist because they are so darn cute......................................

Yeah, another picture!!!!

Eating my first chocolate Easter bunny

Talking with my Grams on Skype and offering her a bite of my chocolate Easter Bunny ( I am glad she said no thank you because it means more for me!!!)

A reunion of China girls

Hey girl, where did you get these shoes, they are soooo cute???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hunan girls reunited!!!

Here let me put your number in my phone, and you put my number in yours, OK????

Dad and K

I have missed my friend soooo much!!!

Elizabeth, M and K-so cute and M is just a natural with the girls!!!!

Last Monday we traveled to the St. Pete area and were able to meet up with one of our travelmates and their family while they were here on vacation for spring break. There were a total of 7 families that traveled to China to get our girls and we were lucky enough to meet this family as we deplaned in Beijing. Then we found out our girls were in the same room in the orphanage and clearly had interacted with each other at the orphanage as they just gravitated towards each other any time we were together. So it has now been 8.5 months since our trip to China and we were all VERY anxious to see how the girls acted and if they would remember each other.

As soon as we arrived the girls were a little shy with each other, but did act like they knew each other. Both families have blogs and we routinely look at each other's blogs to show the girls pics of each other. This family also has an 8 year old child as well . I will withhold names to protect their privacy. But long story short, all the girls played with each other and genuinely had a great time together. Unfortunately the winds were blowing about 30 miles an hour so we couldn't stand the sand pelting us at the beach, and ended up spending most of the day indoors. It didn't matter in the least because the girls played and the adults caught up with each other. It was just a great day and we are ready to see some more of the travel group, and soon!!!

There are really no words to explain the bond you form as you travel on this journey to our beautiful girls. We had never met each other prior to arriving in China but then spent the next 2. 5 weeks together, pretty much morning, noon and nite. We got to know each other pretty well. For those of you that have followed the blog, I did grieve pretty hard when we got home because we missed the other families and the opportunity for our girls to get together every day. Now after traveling half way around the world and back, and coming home with just the most precious gift of all, we are all bonded for life. And to have the opportunity to see each other during the year is just so special.

I will apologize ahead of time for the pics because we were so caught up in the reunion and watching the girls and catching up that all the attention was not paid to photo making! Sorry, but here you go.........................................

Happy Easter a little late

Easter Pictures

Elizabeth and her cousin, Maddux

Elizabeth and her cousin Murphie-these 2 girls can sure play hard!!!!

Elizabeth with another cousin, Delanie

Looking so pretty standing in front of the azaleas!

Just another shot in the gorgeous azaleas

Elizabeth and the Easter Bunny

Happy Easter, a little late and Happy Spring. Can not believe another month as has passed since we posted here. Elizabeth is growing up so fast and literally changing day to day. She is talking more now, saying "please" and "I zaza" (which is her words for I gotcha). She continues to grow in height, now measuring in between 29.5 and 30 inches tall, and weighs about 17 lbs, 5 ounces. Her teeth are almost all in and at least the worst part of teething seems to be over with. Speech therapy is coming along but she still is not the greatest eater, but you can't have everything.

We had a big Easter barbeque on Easter Sunday and had about 118 people in attendance, the biggest ever, and most likely the last one ever. What started as a gathering of 20-30 people over 50 years ago, has morphed into this and frankly, with the events that happened in our lives over the last year (meaning the arrival of Elizabeth) we just don't have the time to devote to this gathering any longer. So sad to think of a 50+ year tradition ending, but getting ready for over 100 people is just a job that needs to be taken on by professionals!!!! That is not us!! Who knows that feeling may change, or the gathering may take on a different twist in the future if it does continue to happen, but for now we are approaching it as this was the last hurrah.

Not much else to report here, just loving our little girl to death and truly enjoying every moment with her

Until next time.....................................