Six weeks

Six weeks from today my first child will be getting married. Wow. At first it seemed like such a long way off and now it will be here in just six short weeks. I did not lose the weight I had hoped to lose but I did join a 5:30 a.m. jazzercise class...finally found a time I can fit in my schedule to work out!! I did find three dresses and two pair of shoes and will make the final decision a week before the wedding...and after I purchase the infamous SPANX...all my young friends swear by them...I keep telling them we had the same thing years ago and they were called GIRDLES!!!

Schwen had her first birthday celebration last week. She was on excellent behaviour the two weeks leading up to her birthday-she used it all up because the week after was very trying. We said she was 6 going on 4...it was more like 6 going on 3. She did have a really good time at her birthday party and at Disney on Ice and visiting with friends on Saturday.

February was such a busy month with chinese new year, daddy/daughter dance and Schwen's birthday. The next six weeks are busy with wedding preparations and then we are full into soccer season with soccer games 2x a week. I'll be glad when the summer is here and the only thing the girls will participate in is having fun and a week long drama camp. We do have a few fun things planned also and Schwen will visit the beach this year.

It's nice to see sunshine for a change..of course I can now see all the dust build up and also how filthy the windows are...oh well..can't worry about those little things.

Our Love girls

Our little valentine "love" girls...they were thrilled with their balloons, candy and high school musical plates..spent a few hours with NeiNei so we could go on a date. Saw the movie "Crazy Heart" and out to dinner..

busy week...Jia has not been to school at all-first President's Day and two snow days..about 20 inches of snow the past week.

had our first post adoption follow up visit with social worker today...girls were wound tight but pam won them over. then the girls and i danced to Sweatin with the oldies...they were tired out!

double trouble

So many fun activities in February-Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year and Schwen's birthday. I had the girls try on the dresses Adam bought for them in China. Schwen was so happy with her dress and just kept giggling while looking at herself in the mirror.

We are taking the girls to Disney on Ice on Schwen's birthday. She will have a little party at school the day before and is so excited since many of her classmates have already celebrated their birthdays.

the yuk is here

We all have it ..the dreaded YUK...Adam is the sickest...the girls still manage to function. I had a few very restless nights of waking up with a sorethroat every 4 hours to take more ibuprofen. I was supposed to have a "girls weekend" this weekend with friends coming to town and we had hotel reservations...with the big great white blizzard (about 10 inches up here)..and the Radloff YUK it was best to postpone. Adam did not even feel good enough to get in the skidloader to clear out the driveway until close to 4:00 pm. I was forced to stay inside and was able to clean the two downstairs bathrooms (much overdue)...the girls played outside for about 40 minutes until Schwen's hands were too cold (why she took her mittens off I'll never know)...they came inside and took an hour and a half nap...they've been getting along pretty good today and with no prompting Jia said that she loved Schwen and Schwen said she loved Jia...

Happy February

the long month of January is now past and lots of things to look forward to in February...Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, a shower for my future daughter in law, a weekend with some of my best friends and Schwen's birthday!

Meemaw and Jia

This was the pic I wanted to post of my mom and Jia...

78 days

In just 78 days my baby boy will be getting married...at this time I cannot help but to think about my parents...my mom and dad (especially my mom) thought the world revolved around Justin. I have a sister who is 15 years older than me and the youngest grandchild at the time Justin was born was 15 years old and when the other grandkids were young I was also so my mom was raising kids and had grandchildren and did not get to enjoy the others being babies. My parents were excellent grandparents-when we lived in Tennessee they would come to visit for a week and stay at a hotel and keep Justin with them and take him to all the sites. He would spend a week with them at christmas and at spring break and also for a few weeks in the summer. When we lived in Cincinnati they would make the almost 4 hour drive down to watch him run cross country and track and would also drive to other parts of the state to watch him run. I am glad that they were able to meet Justin's fiance' Jill before they died. When my mom was dying she said she hoped they would get married so as the weddign date is approaching I cannot help but think of them.