2 years ago today we boarded a plane to CHINA!!!



For her! 

Just after church Christmas morning~

Pink * Sparkly * Bear *



Faith opening her present from Santa

at 6:30 in the morning :)

Christmas Eve

It's our family tradition to have a nice dinner then open one present from my mom who always sends new pj's and socks.  Here is Faith with her new socks on :)

That Feeling~

I love this kid! I know that feeling, it is why we adopted. God Bless you David!

Angry Frog

Our Christmas tree is a hodge podge of ornaments collected over a lifetime.  My oldest ornament is from 1986 and was a gift from a friend.  We have McDonalds toys, broken 1st Christmas ornaments that can't be replaced, etc.   It is a cheap, old fashioned Perfect tree.  My kids love it!  Every year I threaten to redo the tree and get grief from every person.  This year Faith was admiring the many different types of ornaments and then noticed the "angry frog" ornament.  I just loooove her so much.  We just laughed and explained to her the story behind  him.  I am sure you know it well.  Here is a picture of the Angry Frog on our tree.

And the next day we all sat and watched the movie together, Faith was so excited when she saw him on the tv she exclaimed, " YIPPY!"  You will never look at him the same will you :)

Santa - I know HIM!

Faith is really enjoying the Christmas season this year.  She was so excited to see Santa and tell him what she wanted.  She wants a pink sparkly teddy bear.  After she sat on his lap and told him, she had this terribly sad face while walking away with just a candy cane.  She thought she was going to get her present right then :(  Ahh those innocent moments.  She is just so excited about everything.  She picked out our tree this year, put the star on top of the tree, and has gone around our home hugging every decoration that is big enough to hug.  She had an entire conversation with a Santa I have in our kitchen telling him how much she loves him. 

Meet Kitchen Santa, Faith's new best friend :)