Sweet Pictures from our FCC Party!!!!

Christmas is Coming!!!

Her second Christmas with us!!! She's learned to say her whole name, but she's a little confused about her middle name so she says....Olivia Scales Lan. The first picture was an outfit given to her by a really special friend, Kristy. It finally fits!!!

Look "Body"

Her new favorite words...... "Look Body" (look everybody). Wow, has she ever learned to talk lately. Her newest thing is to line her "babies" up so they can see her doing EVERYTHING!!!! It's such a blessing to see her grow and change so much during the last year. The other ones are a few Thanksgiving pictures with her Pop and Uncle Kevin.

Our Little "Rina"

Olivia's first Halloween to dress up and she was a "Rina" as she called it. She's just talking up a storm lately. She loved the part of dressing up, but she wan't so sure about all those people knocking on our door with funny looking faces!!! She's trying to dance on the last two.

"Nunt-nin" Patch

Which would translate to the pumpkin patch. This time last year we went to the very same place and she couldn't even walk. Now she's smiling and doesn't even look like the same little girl. Couldn't you just eat that sweet little face?

Uh Oh.....

I flip-flopped the pictures, so as you're reading this.....reverse them in your head!!!!!! If I'm correct, I think you all are interested in pictures rather than words anyway (hee hee)!!!

Gotcha' Day!!!

Can you believe how much Olivia has changed in one year? She doesn't even look like the same child. We celebrated with Chinese food and a trip to the pet store to get an "Ish" (fish) which we named Jing (our favorite restaurant in Beijing). I was determined we were all going to eat with chopsticks...... we didn't eat that much....but we atewith them!!! Gotcha' Day was one day before Tyler's birthday so we celebrated them together. Look at that sweet finger below ready to dig into the cake!!!!! We can't imagine life without this sweetie pie!!!!!!

Memories of Gotcha Day

Wow.... It's hard to believe Gotcha' Day has come and gone! These are just a few pictures of the very first time we saw Olivia. The first one is Jane our guide, Amanda, and myself anxiously awaiting our babies!!! At the very moment that picture was taken we could hear the footsteps of the nannies walking down the hall with our babies. The last picture is taken with Olivia's caregiver for the first year of her life!!!

OLIVIA TURNS TWO!!!!

Sweet Olivia turned two August 18th!!! As you can tell by the picture, she LOVED her cake.

A LOT OF CATCHING UP!!!

OKAY....IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT I'M BACK TO BLOGGIN'. THESE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE BEACH THIS SUMMER. SHE SPOTTED A "MI-MAIN" (AIR PLANE) IN THE LAST PHOTO!!! TONS OF FUN!!!