Trip to Maine

Sophie and Cassidy






















Don't let me go, Daddy!
A new friend...

This is a new one!!!

Daddy Long Legs
Peek-A-Boo!



Well we are now back from our trip to Maine. We had a great time! Sophie had a lot of fun playing in the water and meeting new friends! She did not think too much of the ocean.... it was very "burrr"! We spent most of our time in the pool...Sophie met a little girl from China named Cassidy who was 3 years old...she was such a cutie...the two of them kept hugging each other!


We also got to eat Lobster every day! Sophie refused to try the lobster...I guess that's a good thing since a hotdog is a little less expensive!! :)


Sophie's personality really started to shine while we were in Maine. Where ever we would go Sophie would just wave to everybody and flash them a little smile....she also is starting to make these really funny faces...many people commented on how outgoing she is...I think we may be in trouble!



Well we are glad to be home...our next trip will be Niagra Falls at the end of July and then ofcourse Hilton Head in August...

Sophie...

I feel bad not writing anything about Sophie...here she is on the coffee table (mommy wanted a good shot). However, once the photo shoot was over Sophie kept saying "More!" and kept climbing on top of the table...oops!

**Don't mind the huge mountain of toys in the corner...we are currently on a quest for a toy box...

Ella's care package

On Friday Greg, Sophie, and I went shopping for Ella's care package. We are very blessed in that a wonderful woman from California agreed to deliver it to Ella when she travels to China this summer. Christine will be spending time with the Siping orphanage in July! She spent time last summer in the orphanage and got to know baby Ella very well! She is so excited to get to see Ella once again!

So we went to ArrowHead, which is a Christian bookstore, and bought her a little photo album that had a picture slot for mommy, daddy, grandparents, siblings, and friends...it was very cute!! We then went to Toys-R-Us and bought her a pink stuffed pig, a book and two tank tops and put them into a Hello Kitty bag! We thought she may like the Hello Kitty bag since in the latest photo she was wearing a Hello Kitty shirt! It was fun shopping for Ella but Sophie was not too keen on the idea! How dare we go into Toys-r-us and buy toys for another child!!! Poor Sophie has no idea whats in store.... :)

New Pic of Ella from the weekend!

This is Ella on Father's Day...don't worry baby girl-next year you will be with your daddy on Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day!!!

We all had a great Father's Day today. After church we came home and Daddy got to go through his present basket. He got socks from Mommy, a mug and book from Sophie, and a t-shirt from Ella. The T-shirt has two chinese symbols which mean Daddy. It also has "Jilin", which is the province Ella is from...Daddy loved it! Good job Ella!

We also got to swim today. We got some cute pics of Sophie in the water. She loves the water except she always has to say "burrr" when she first gets in! It's very cute!!

Overall, it was a great day and we are ever so grateful that we have such a wonderful Daddy!!

Baby Ella in a Dress!!!

How pretty is our little angel in a dress? Just wait until she gets home...she'll have enough dresses to wear one everyday (and then some!)...

PRE summer time fun

Here are some pictures of Sophie having some "presummer"fun! She can't wait for sissy to come home and play with her!