Silly girl!

Hi Everyone, Janie here:

So this morning I was LOUNGING peacefully on the sofa watching my favorite show and mommy just had to grab the camera.....

Oh No, Mommy why are you taking my picture you caught me being funny!

Here give me that camera!

Oh wait, never mind...my favorite show is on!

What was she watching you ask?!?

Yep, ELMO--she is obsessed with him!

 

 

Too funny!

OK.....So, I am a single mom and love it--but this "Dad Life" video cracked me up! 

Click HERE to laugh out loud!

Court date for Lexie!

August 12 is the date for court! YAY! On this day, Lexie's adoption case will be presented to a judge in Taiwan! Praising God for this wonderful news! One more step closer to bringing my daughter home and uniting her with her sister! Janie and I are so excited!!!

Callaway (Part 3) Independence Day!!!

Our last full day at Callaway-July 4th! Janie's first Indpendence Day in America!! What a busy, busy day it was! 

We started out by going to the beach for our red, white, and blue pancake breakfast. Janie was all dressed in her sweet dress and ready to go! 

Here is some video of her showing off her squeaky shoes again. We were trying to get her to "spin" but she was more interested in her shoes and juice! Usually when I say "spin" she will turn around in circles--she thinks it is so much fun! 

Janie walking on the sidewalk to find her pancakes! We had to keep her away from the sand/water--otherwise she would run to the water and try to swim! 

This girl LOVES, LOVES, LOVES water!!

Visiting the log cabin. So pretty and rustic!

The Butterfly Center! Wow! So many beautiful butterflies. I took way too many pictures of them. One did land on Janie but I didn't have my camera ready....

At the Horticulture Center. This was BEAUTIFUL and I have some amazing pictures of the fountains, flowers, plants, etc. So pretty and peaceful! Janie loved the fish pond. She loved feeding the fish and watching them jump and eat!!

Visiting the chapel. Absolutely breathtaking!

Time to swim again! Taking a snack break at the pool!

Now I am ready for my evening of dinner and fireworks! 

Playing with my red and blue glow sticks waiting for the fireworks!

This was her first reaction to the fireworks....I think she was stunned!

Then she began to get a little frightened. She liked looking at them, but didn't like the noise. Check out that face as she clings to her MiMi.

But then she got a little more used to it...doing better!

Sleepy girl! Ready for bed.

We had a great weekend! I am so amazed that I finally have my little girl here to celebrate these wonderful moments! I cannot wait to have both my girls together next year! I am so blessed and thankful each day that God has given me such a precious gift! I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday weekend.

Part 2: 4th of July Weekend at Callaway

Part 2 of our weekend-Saturday at Callaway Gardens

So we woke up Saturday morning and decided to order room service! Janie's first room service (well, we had room service in Taiwan-but she was not on solid food yet).

We had a 3-egg omlete, potatoes, and french toast (yummy). We had to put her in the stroller to eat..she was so excited she wouldn't sit still-kept running around the room-especially towards the bathroom. **Side note about the bathroom: We had to keep that door shut, she kept playing in the garbage and toilet! Whenever one of us would head to the bathroom she would RUN down the hallway, arms in the air, and squealing/laughing to try to get there first and sneak thru the door!! Then while you were in the bathroom you could hear her knocking on the door saying "mommy, mommy" or "mimi, mimi". Silly girl!

Then it was time to get ready for the beach!! Janie was all set in her swimmer and ready to go!

Here she is heading for the water and playing in the sand. She had a blast! She would play for a while, then head for the water, then go back to playing! Too cute. The only time she got upset was when we walked a little further down the beach and she saw the older kids playing area in the water...she REALLY wanted to go to the water playground and play on the big inflatable water area--but you had to be 5 years old. She could see it, and wanted to go into the water towards it. When mommy turned her around to head back to the other side of the beach-she showed her Janie temper!! She wanted to do what all the big kids do! She is growing up too fast!

After the beach, we headed back to the room for a much needed shower/nap. Then we headed over to our beach barbeque and then went back to the gardens. We went to the butterfly center and the discovery center but they had both already closed so we took some nice walks and got some pretty outdoor pictures.

Then we headed back to the beach for some fun music and ice-cream. Janie loved the music but I had to keep her away from the sand b/c she then thought she was going swimming again and would head straight for the water! Then when I steered her away from it, she got really upset-girl loves to swim!!!
After the music it was time to head back to the hotel for the night. Big day tomorrow and we need our rest!


Tomorrow's post! Janie's first 4th of July celebration here in America!!