Perfection!

Janie is absolutely perfect! We are a perfect fit! I could have 1000 of her!!! Praying that God always leads me to make the right decisions for her. I give thanks everyday that I have been chosen to be her mommy! 

Sleeping Peacefully!

There is nothing sweeter than the sight of a baby sleeping peacefully! 

Sweet dreams baby girl!

Oooh we have a big day tomorrow! I am fortunate to live near Athens, GA which is home to the University of Georgia. There is a student organization called Asian Mentor Program where Asian students are matched with locally adopted children from Asia. 

They help teach the children Asian traditions and culture....I am looking forward to Janie being matched soon!

Tomorrow evening the students are hosting a Chinese/Lunar New Year Celebration! Pot luck dinner-entertainment-arts/crafts....oh we are so excited! We cannot wait to meet new families and see all the fun things they have planned!!!

Have a great weekend!!!

Loves the camera & Tooth!

Janie has a tooth! Her first one! It finally broke thru the skin this weekend!! It has been trying for a few weeks now! You can't really see it yet, but you can feel it-sharp little thing!!

Janie loves the camera--or should I say, she loves the lens cap. Lately it has been really hard to get pictures of her. The minute she sees the camera she immediately comes and tries to grab the lens cap! Most of my pictures lately look like this:

Silly girl! I cannot believe she is almost 1 year old! I am a little sad about it. I am so lucky and blessed that we became a family when she was still really young (7 months) and I have been able to experience so many firsts (first roll over, first crawl, first tooth, etc). But, I still feel like I missed so much before that and I feel like she is growing too fast! 

And her social calendar is packed the next few weekends.

This weekend: 

Saturday-Asian Mentor Program hosts a Chinese New Year Party that we are attending!!

Sunday-Church and then a Kelly's Kids Clothing Party

Next Weekend:

Friday-First professional photo shoot

Saturday-Probably another haircut (Crazy I know....her bangs grow soooo fast)

Sunday-Her FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!! Celebrate with close family and friends

Monday-Doctor appointment-1 year check-up

Following Weekend:

Saturday-Attend Wylie's 1st Birthday party

Sunday-Janie's Baptism and Luncheon to follow--lots of family and friends coming to celebrate!!

Love ya baby girl!!

Starbucks & Sweet Laugh!!

STARBUCKS:

This Starbucks story is pretty random....but I stumbled on a post from another blog about ordering at Starbucks and it cracked me up! 

I don't drink coffee but sometimes go to Starbucks or Jittery Joe's for Hot Chocolate. I am always AMAZED at all the coffee choices and options. I have often wondered how the employees can remember it all, and what all that lingo means......so reading this post had me laughing so hard.

For a good coffee giggle, CLICK HERE.

(In all honesty though....Starbucks does have a special meaning for me. There was a Starbucks in our hotel lobby in Taiwan. Each morning, my mom would take Janie for her morning Starbucks trip--they would "people watch" and hang out while I took my shower...and they always brought me back a muffin!! )

SWEET SMILE/LAUGH:

Oh how I love to see Janie smile and hear her laugh and giggle--it just melts my heart! What a joy and blessing! 

Below is video of mommy tickling Janie--kind of long, but we were having too much fun to stop and turn off the camera!!!

Shopping, more shopping, and another haircut!

This weekend was a busy one! Me, Janie, and MiMi did lots of FUN shopping (for Janie of course)!!!! Buying little girls clothes is SOOOO much fun!

First though, we had to get another haircut. Janie's bangs were in her eyes and the back was long, uneven, and looking scruffy....we had her 2nd haircut to shape it up!! So adorable!!! 

11 months old and has already had 2 haircuts! Too funny :):)

As for shopping, looks like we have several upcoming holidays and special events covered:

We bought:

• Her birthday outfit (also Valentine's outfit since she is a Valentine baby)
  
• Her Christening Dress for that big day coming up soon!
  
• Her Saint Patrick's Day outfit
  
• Her Easter Dress
  
• 2 other outfits
  
• A great Christmas dress that was on MAJOR clearance--we had to totally guess at the size-but hopefully it will work next Christmas. If not, oh well. It was such a great price we couldn't pass it up!
  

We shopped til we dropped and Janie loved every second of it!!

Hi Cutie!

Just a few random cute pics of Janie! 

Praying for guidance

I usually don't like to talk about myself on this blog--this is Janie's blog. It is about her. Not me. She is my 100% focus. And, since I just posted cute photos (and video) below....I hate to push it down with a post about me. But here goes.....

I am praying for specific guidance in a specific area of my life right now. I am a mother, a daughter, a teacher, a coach, and most importantly-a child of God. I need His guidance....

I have finally come to realize/accept that everyone in the world is not always as they appear. Deception can be right in front of you. Have you ever encountered someone who you thought was a friend/a supporter then come to realize they only want your friendship when they "need" something. I am experiencing that right now in one aspect of my life. I can't really go into detail on this very public blog. 

But it bothers me that people can appear to be almost "sucking up" after things have been said and done-and only when they appear to "need" something. Not an apology or a re-building of a relationship--nope, acting like I don't know what I know-acting as if nothing negative was ever said about me or done to me--And the academy award goes to "______"

Lord, I pray for guidance to see me thru this situation and I pray that I don't become this kind of person. Amen

(Now scroll on down and check out that cute daughter of mine! She sure does have a way of making mommy smile and forget about all the negative that can sneak into your life if you let it. Video doesn't appear to be working--actually none of my past videos are working and I notice on other family blogs their video isn't working either--must be a blogger error).