When we aren't outside in the snow.....

We are having a tea party with Daddy & Pooh.


More tunnel fun.


Still loves her Choo Choo train. Thank God for Daddy's who are creative!!


Just being silly.

Cold, cold and more cold

This is what we've been doing this January. Sledding in the backyard and then up north at Papa & NeeNee's house. When we are not out sledding, we are inside trying to stay warm. We've had some very frigid weather here in Michigan but Anna loves the snow and being outside.


Sledding with Papa is the best!!


I love this picture. Just walkin with the sled.


Anna & Papa trying to pull Daddy on the sled. What fun!! Daddy loved every minute of it.

Some Christmas Pictures

These pictures are from Christmas Day with Steve's family. Anna has enjoyed her new Animal Hospital and as you can see, she loves the stethoscope and she listens to all areas of the body, not just the heart. You'll see she is checking out Papa's knee. The slideshow I added is of Anna in another favorite Christmas gift, the Princess Tunnel. If only I had a slideshow of when daddy crawls in and rolls around!!

Happy New Year

I wanted to share with everyone that we had a wonderful Christmas as a family. Anna Grace had so much fun opening presents and every present she opened came with the same comment in such a heartfelt way "oh my." It was the cutest thing ever. Anna Grace has a wonderful and very generous family. She doesn't have a favorite gift and plays with everything. Our house isn't that big so Steve and I had to do some rearranging and let's just say that Anna Grace will be thrilled when we pull out some toys from the attic!!

Steve had some vacation time over the holiday so we had so much fun together. We did a little after Christmas shopping, played alot, played outside in the snow and generally had a very relaxing time.

Staying in the same spirit, I wanted to pass along a wonderful story and website that I just learned about from Anna Grace's Chongqing Sister, Southern Ava (really her mom Conway). The Gillean family was part of our travel group and they adopted CaraGrace and are now in the process of adopting another little girl from the same orphanage. I remember seeing this sweet little girl while waiting to be called up to receive our Anna Grace and I remember her smiling and being so happy and wanting to be loved. You may need tissues when you read the story, I certainly did. The story brought back so many wonderful memories of our experience. Anyway, Steve and I have made a donation to the Gillean's adoption fund on behalf of Jiang Ning's Chongqing Sisters, Anna Grace, Annalee, Gracie, Shoshannah, Northern Ava, Southern Ava and Jiang Ning's Nanchang Sister, Marie. Please read and pray and give if you can. My heart was touched deeply and I know yours will be too. Here is the website: http://www.gilleanfamily.com/