St Patrick's Day

We took these photos on St Patrick's Day and at our music class yesterday :)

Hummus

Ok I have never had Hummus in my house (just not a fan) so when a friend came to visit and brought Hummus (thanks Denise) we uncovered little miss Laney was a BIG fan.

think think think

It is not going to be as cute writing it compared to seeing it but I need to jot this down (thanks MB for the video to blog tips, hopefully I will get to that at some point).
Ok so Laney takes her pointer finger and taps the side of her head and says "think think think" to flippin cute.

serious close up

Laney is usually smiling, laughing and saying cheese in most pictures so I often try to get a serious shot. I personally feel serious shots are stunning. Sure I adore and love the happy, giggles of the smiling shots as well.

The weatherman said RAIN

Laney had fun when I said the weatherman called for rain so lets try on your raincoat and boots (thanks Terry). Still a little big on her but I could not get them off her, she is in love with them! Oh and the weather man was wrong and it never did end up raining yesterday :)

just like Mama

Laney love to be just like Mama so when I took my vest off guess who wanted to put it on.....................................

the snow is melting

We have had 3 warm days which means the snow is melting!!! YAHOO!! So each day we have gone for wagon strolls and played outside in the yard........................awesome!

these pictures are from 2 different days this week

singing and dancing...AGAIN

LID day

March 8, 2006 it is a date that will always be in my mind as our LID (log in date). Meaning China officially logged in our dossier/paperwork to adopt. Thought I would jot down how I felt through the years:

• 2006 YEAH! We got news from our adoption agency that March 8, 2006 was our official log in date and we felt great that all those stacks and stacks of paperwork were finally logged into China. We felt such happiness that we were on our way to creating our family. YEAH one step close to baby Laney!
• 2007 BUMMER! Wow that 6 month wait from our LID date to seeing our child's face we were told about has now turned into 12 months.
• 2008 NO FREAKING WAY! tears and tears and lots more tears. That 6 month wait is now 24 months!
• 2009 ALMOST EXCITED! Yes, we did hit the 36 month wait point. Wow from 6 months to 36 months.................crazy. The good news....we are so close to "our turn". Thankfully 3 1/2 weeks later on April 3, 2009 we got the call we had dreamt of for so many years.
• 2010 WOW! This is the 1st March 8th in 5 years that I feel pure and utter joy with such a sense of calm. Laney is finally home. Our daughter is the love of our lives. All those tough days as we waited and waited for her we can now say it was all meant to be. She is the one, the one who was meant for us, the one who was meant to be our daughter.
• SO FINALLY WE CAN SAY HAPPY LID DAY TO US! And for anyone still waiting as you read this...adoption is a tough road of waiting. A roller coaster ride of emotions (and not a fun amusement park ride either) but wow when you finally meet your child WOW I am speechless at the joy and calm you feel. Hang in there.

more winter backyard fun

1st snowman

winter wonderland

Laney has a hard time walking through all the snow in all the layers of clothes but she still has a boatload of fun in her backyard winter wonderland.

couple random shots

surrounded by fun