Summer Fun

Wow how the time is flying by...Summer is almost over and we are busy, busy,busy...We have gone to the beach, Martha's Vineyard, Sheep Farm, the Rox game and so much more. Kiana is still going to school once a week for two hrs. She loves it now and always ask for more. We plan on putting her into pre-school come Jan., at least two times a week, maybe even three. She has speech once a week too and looks forward to Lisa coming over and "playing with her". She is talking up a storm and singing everything. She is still hard to understand at times, but somehow makes sure she gets across what she is saying...I'm proud to say she is now potty trained and I have taken her water bottle away at night too, well kinda :) I've replaced it with a sippy cup...(It's a start) Kiana is obsessed with Dora the explorer....At first I wasn't sure if she should really be watching it, but I have to say she follows along and really pays attention. She even imitates Swiper the fox and says OH MAN...Just like him...She is so funny too. I would say her favorite thing to do is go to the shoe store DSW. She tries on all the shoes and says TOO BIG, well of course they are, it's an adult shoe store!!! Until next time....

Where has the time gone???

Where has the time gone??? I can't believe it's been a year since K joined our family. June 1st was our first of many GOTTCHA DAYS... We celebrated with our Chinese Families over the weekend. I can't get over how well everyone is doing. It's like they have always been in our lives. They are all blossoming into beautiful little girls. Kiana had so much fun playing with the girls and was so tired. She played hard with no nap two days in a row. Which means she was a little monster...:) In fact, when we left Kiana was crying and today if you ask her if she had fun with her friends she will start to cry...We are truly blessed to have our China Family be such a huge part of our lives and I hope we will continue to stay in touch and see each other...

Kiana has finally started school. She qualified for early intervention (finally) She is attending group once a week and will start one on one speech soon. She talks ALL day, but her pronunciation is a little off. I'm just glad we are getting the help!!! She seems to like it. For the first 3 times she did great. Today however, was a different story. She screamed and cried and started hyperventilating. I left with the teachers promising me she would be okay. It's so heartbreaking and stressful :( When we got in the car to come home she kept saying -more school please...So I know she likes it, she is just like her mama and likes a little drama in her life...Until next time....

where has the time gone

I can't believe that at this time last year we got the call...Seems just like yesterday,yet it also seems like Kiana has ALWAYS been with us....We have been doing so much lately. The weather is finally warming up so we can be outside. We are looking to buy a swing set. Kiana doesn't like swings right now, but I'm hoping over time she will learn to love it :) We met with our China family last month and all the girls are doing great....Loved seeing them-they are very special to us.

Kiana is doing so well. She is still and probably will always be a mama's girl. She loves to wear dresses and calls them tutus....She loves jewelry,headbands,ponytails, anything girly....So opposite of me. She is now starting to put two words together. We have early intervention coming out again next week and I really hope she qualifies this time. She is also obsessed with babies and older girls. She loves Hana, who is 7 and this girl Marissa, age 6 at Music Together. Kiana's personality is in full bloom now- she is funny,silly, sweet, and very stubborn. When she means no she means NO...

We had Easter dinner at out house and started a new tradition. Kiana loved looking for Easter eggs and also enjoyed coloring them. I bought her a beautiful basket from Potterybarn ( yes, it was expensive), but I figure it's her basket forever....

I will again try and update this often for the people that aren't on FB...I post pics on there all the time.....until next time :)

Long time no blog

Well, so sorry for long time no blog....Our computer hasn't been working so I haven't been able to blog. So much has gone on since the last time we blogged....We flew to Cali for Thanksgiving and Kiana was great on the plane. We were there for 10 days and when we got back we had 2 B-day parties for Kiana...(both we ELMO themed) She loves her some ELMO!!! Christmas was great. We got up as a family and had breakfast opened gifts and kept our routine as much as we could. Later on we went to Auntie Lynne's house for dinner...

Kiana got pneumonia on New Years Eve- poor thing. She was quite the trooper :) We have started our Music together classes again ( K really seems to enjoy it) Went back to Cali again just the 2 of us. She is so so so good on the plane....let hope it stays this way :) We keep stickers in business- she probably went through at least 100. She puts them on paper, the tray table, and her face....too cute!!!

I will try and blog more often now that I have figured out this computer thing... until next time