New Pack-Packs

Britton and Lia Kate went to "school" together for the first time today. Our church offers some Mother's Day Out days in the summer and I was really looking forward to some child-free-house-cleaning-errand-running time. Britton loved playing with his church friends and Lia Kate ... well, she was a trooper. We are working on getting her comfortable in that kind of setting. She just started going to the church nursery recently, so this is all new to her. She sure was excited about her new "pack pack", though!


These cute plain backpacks are sold at Hobby Lobby. I had not seen them until a friend monogrammed one as a gift for Lia Kate. I loved it so much I had to make some fun ones for my two. I love these projects and am glad I have two little ones to make things for!

Lia Kate and Virginia Grace

Here is a quick video of Lia Kate and Grace waving goodbye to each other after a play date recently. So adorable these two ...

It is amazing how fast these girls are growing up. This was taken a few weeks ago, and both girls look bigger and more grown up now than they did then. Time is flying by!

Translator, Anyone?

This is one of the funniest moments we have captured of Lia Kate on video. She has been jabbering like this a lot lately. I have no idea what she is saying, but she is sure emphatic about it! My best guess is that what you hear is a mixture of English and Chinese babble. Enjoy...

Translator, Anyone? from Emily on Vimeo.

Oh, and, yes, she is wearing a shirt that says "I love pig races." More on that in an upcoming post.

Another Haircut

Britton got a haircut recently. It was, by no means, drastic, but we did get a few inches cut off all around.

Before:


After:

Trampoline

Britton jumped on his first trampoline at a friend's house a few weeks ago. And it was love from the start. He giggled and laughed more than I have ever heard him.






Begging for "more, please."

Ready, Set, Go!

This is Lia Kate in her "ready, set, go" stance!


This is her on the word "go" ... she throws her arm down, yells out "go" and takes off. It is hilarious.


And she's off.


She is one funny, spunky girl.

Sweet Surprise

We had a sweet surprise this past weekend ... we ran into the doctor who delivered saved Britton's life early on the morning of January 8, 2008! We haven't seen him since we checked out of the NICU when Britton was 6 weeks old...

That was then.


This is now.


Dr. W is our hero. Since it had been two years since we saw him, I wasn't sure he would recognize us. But when we walked up to him, he had a big smile on his face and told me he knew who we were the minute we walked in the door. We will certainly never, ever forget him and what he did to save our son, and I don't think he'll ever forget Britton and the big miracle that happened early that January morn.