May 2008

May is always a busy month for us, so I thought I would do 2 posts for this month. Jacob had his Spring Program and it was really cute! The kids sang songs and told jokes. It was a good time!

Jacob is the one in the suit next to the drum set. He's so cute!

Logan is gearing up for his birthday and an upcoming weekend of partying!! Logan received an early birthday suprise yesterday... his own quad! He was shocked and really had a great time riding it!

Jacob stood in the woods and monitored Logan's progress on the quad. He only posed for a second for this picture. Jacob is out of commission with his quad. He was jumping it so hard he broke the frame in half!!! Time to find a welder.

Matt and I are doing well and enjoying the warmer weather. Here are some crazy pictures of us with the boys.

Lastly I took this picture of George and think it's cute.

Everyone take care and Happy Mother's Day!

April Update

Hello everyone. Just figured that I would give everyone an update. We actually had a task to complete for the adoption, which was really stressful because we haven't done anything for so long. Our adoption agency wanted us to apply for fingerprint and update our orphan petition. We did, so that's one step closer.

The boys are doing well and really enjoying spring. They are outside as much as possible, even in the rain! They are having a great time in the woods and with the new bikes they got for Easter from mom and dad, the bunny only brings chocolate.

I'm not sure if you can tell in the picture, but the bright light next to Logan in the picture is because we had 2 inches of snow the Saturday before Easter!

They also had new school pictures taken, which I'll share below. They are pretty cute boys if I do say so myself.

Matt and I are doing well and working too much I think. There is always something to do. We will be having a bash at the end of May and all are welcome. It should be fun. We will continue to plug away at daily life while we wait for our baby. The boys ask about her constantly and are really planning for her arrival. She, even though we don't know her yet, and even with our stretched patience, will be a wonderful addition to our family and we all can't wait to welcome her. Take care everyone!

March Update

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone! I thought that I would take a moment to do a March update. On the adoption front, we are still waiting, but we are one step closer and now in the matching room. This is another"room" that are paperwork moves into after it has received a final stamp of approval. The weird thing is that when they match a baby from the orphanage to a family, they look at the passport pictures of the parents, specifically the father, and look for some type of similar feature. That's great.. another one like Matt, actually who are we kidding. We are whiter than white and she'll be asian, there won't be any similarity there. I dont really care what she looks like, I just want to get her home.

Jacob is doing well, and the weather out here is starting to break, finally. He is able to spend more time outside, which is where he likes to be. He also completed a male bonding activity with Matt and they made a birdhouse.


Logan is doing well also, and giving his Kindergarten teacher a run for her money. Logan has deceided that he does not want to do school papers all the time anymore. He also wants to run the classroom. Interesting... I always knew he'd be our rebel. The pictures below are from a Valentine's program at school, that was cancelled and rescheduled a bunch of times.

Matt and I are also doing well. Same old, same old, different day.


We'll keep everyone posted!

We're still waiting...

Hello everyone. We did not fall off the planet, we're just braving the Western PA winter. I finally got the pictures from Christmas developed so I'll post my favorites of the boys. As for our baby in China, we are still waiting and aren't sure how much longer. We don't anticipate that we will have her for next Christmas. BUMMER. The boys ask us all of the time where their sister is and when is she coming home. We all can't wait for her to get home. Otherwise we are all well and have been fairly healthy this winter. The boys are really growing and changing everyday. Unfortnately so are their attitudes, but they are a lot of fun! Well, we will be sure to keep everyone updated!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hello everyone. I would love to post some pictures of our Christmas morning, but we need a new cord to attach the camera to my new LAPTOP!!! Merrry Christmas to me! The other big hits from Santa were a Guitar Hero for Jacob and a Spongebob Lego set for Logan, among other presents! I will post pitctures this weekend. And as for the reason for the blog in the first place, we are still waiting patiently for our daughter and Mei Mei (sister in chinese). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Sorry that we have been unavailable for so long!

Hello everyone. We lost our computer. It died a slow and painful death, but thanks to Best Buy we are back on the net! It was so depressing being disconnected for so long. Anyway, Thanksgiving was nice and we are all gearing up for Christmas. Things in China are still slow. I'll still keep everyone updated. Take care. Matt, Mary, and boys

Happy Halloween!

Jacob is Jack Sparrow, again and Logan is Spiderman. They got to go trick or treating 2 times, so we have tons of candy. I'm not complianing. I also volunteered at both boy's school parties. That was quite an adeventure to say the least. Well, for all who want to know about Mia, we are still patiently waiting. Take care and we will post again soon.