Happy Gotcha Day!

Today is Meili's "Gotcha Day" and our "Family Day." (There are a lot of great names to remember this kind of special day.) Today is the day that Meili joined our family. It's been two years already! Here are a few pictures from that Meili's gotcha day in 2007 and a few pictures taken this week. She sure has changed!

We first met Meili in Hangzhou and held her for the first time.

in a taxi going back to our hotel

hanging out with Daddy


We tried really hard to tire Meili out the first night so we could get her to sleep.
She sat this way for a long time and finally just tipped over in exhaustion.

Meili in her princess getup singing "Hallowed Be Thy Name"

and a song she made up called "You are Lipstick."


Happy Chinese New Year 2009!!!

Meili's first day

Here we see one happy kid who just finished her first day of preschool. Aside from an accident early in the morning (her legs are too short to reach the preschool-sized potty) she had a wonderful day!

exciting news...

We're expecting! We've started the process to adopt another baby from China! Not sure if it will be a girl or a boy and will be excited either way! We completed our home study this past December and now are waiting for U.S. Immigration services to complete some paperwork. We'll updated progress here on our blog!

Some other exciting news is that Meili starts preschool tomorrow. She's been going to a speech preschool two mornings a week this year but now she'll be going full days, M-F. I'm excited because she is coming to Oakdale so we get to walk to school together each morning! Meili packed her lunch and backpack tonight before bed. She is pretty excited for tomorrow!