Christmas Eve

Here a couple of quick pictures of BWJ and AFJ before we head over to a friend's house for a party on the 23rd. The Christmas outfits came from Nana (G'ma Jeri) and are very cool!

Excitement is growing for Bayard's 4th Xmas and Amelia's 1st.....check back for more tomorrow, including the awesome Xmas PJs that came from Aunt Trace!!

Bayard the rock climber and more...

So, yesterday, Bayard and a friend of his went with "the dads" to a local bouldering gym to tackle the kid climbing wall there. Travis said it was pretty cool, a big climbing wall just for kids with a good sized area at the "summit" and a big wooden, well shellacked (sp?), slide on the other side for a quick descent... check out the pictures...

And, update on Amelia... she is using signs for "all done" and "milk"... we think she is pretty smart! Check out some recent pics of her too!

Just more pictures...

ONE MONTH!

One month ago today, we met Amelia. It is incredible that it was only that long ago. It is hard to imagine our family without her. She grows happier and more animated everyday. Bayard is truly a wonderful big brother... a little something from today...

Bayard, Amelia , and I were in the kitchen today and this is the conversation I heard…

Amelia, you were born in China. Before you were here, I would ask my mom everynight, “Is it morning time in China?” and she would say “it will be pretty soon” and then I would say “Is Amelia getting up now? Is she having breakfast now?” We would talk about all the things you might be doing. Now you are here with our family, so we know what you are doing all the time! I am glad you are my sister. You are going to be in our family forever!

This was followed by a small crisis when Amelia took one of his dinosaur magnets off of the refrigerator..."she has my special magnet! that one is special! she can't have that one! Mom! help!" I reply... "What's your plan Bayard?" BWJ: "We need to put those up high where she can't reach them! She can have the letter ones. I will put those down low for her. There you go Amelia, you can play with those." Ah, disaster averted by the problem solving big brother.

So, life is good. Here are some pictures from today and yesterday...