April 2011

Birthday Girl :)

Birthday wishes from Uncle Michael!

Little brother adores big sis!

Having some springtime fun in her stander!

March 2011

Baby brother arrived!

February 2011

Baby Shower for Abby's Little Brother

Yummy Cake!

Ready to be a Big Sister!

January 2011

We found out our 5 yr old lab had a cancerous tumor growing in her snout,

but it didn't slow her down when it snowed. We miss that Lu.

Abby's 2nd winter in Texas, and again we get a HUGE amount of snow for our area...she loved it!

We didn't get to play in it much though because she had just had a surgery. We made it home from the hospital the day before the snow arrived.

Abby after surgery...trying to enjoy some gifts while in the hospital.

This was our longest hospital stay.

Abby getting her hair washed by one of her great nurses.

January was a little stressful, but God brought us through just like He always does. We are thankful for good doctors and nurses.

December 2010

Wolfe City Christmas parade...Calvary Baptist Church float.

Getting ready to be in the parade :)


Christmas gift exchange with Grandpa!

Christmas morning at Nanny's with Grandma!

Calvary Children's Christmas musical :)

Christmas morning at Nanny's with
Opa, cousin Olivia, and 6 month pregnant Momma.

Opa & Gami took us to DisneyWorld after Christmas!
@ Animal Kingdom

Meeting Mickey & Minnie!
She kept asking Mickey where his clubhouse was,
and she never did get an answer.

Oh how Abby wanted to go in Cinderella's castle!

Christmas morning at Nanny's with Gami and Olivia.

December was AWESOME! We had a wonderful time celebrating the birth of Jesus with our precious Chinese princess :)

November 2010

Decided we needed to "catch up" with a few months in pictures...so here is lovely November:

Abby attended a wedding.
She loves any reason to get dressed up :)
She had just had her cleft lip revision surgery at the end of October.

Happy Adoption Day! Our Gotcha anniversary is in November...the week of Thanksgiving - what a wonderful time :) We took Abby to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.
She loved this flying elephant ride.

Getting off of the teacup ride...another favorite!

Only picture with Momma...unfortunately I couldn't ride anything being pregnant :( Loved seeing my little girl having fun though! The Christmas lights were amazing too - Silver Dollar City was decked out! We saw a fabulous parade very up close. Abby was hugged by many parade characters.

These boats go a lot faster than you would think. Another fave of our Abigail.

November was a great month! The best thing was the celebration of our adoption! Our family had been together an entire year...what an amazing gift from God - we are so very thankful. Abigail loved Branson again - Silver Dollar City, swimming at the hotel, and attending the Shanghai Circus, Thanksgiving meal with family...many great memories :)

October

God has given us some beautiful weather in October - and we seized the moments for some great field trips and family memories!

Met some friends at a park for a fun morning of play -
and creatively making a "party for the squirrels!"

Homeschooler field trip at a pumpkin patch with a maze, hayride, and petting zoo. Abigail loved the animals but wasn't too sure about petting and feeding them!

A hayride with some other homeschool families in our area -
another first for Abby :)

A visit to the Pumpkin Storybook Village at the Dallas Arboretum.


A day at the zoo - Abby loved the crocodiles!

A night with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Abby told us she wants to learn to play the piano, violin, and guitar!

The Ambucs of Mesquite gave Abby an Amtryke!


Abby was given the opportunity to participate in a fishing tournament
sponsored by Turning Point.

As October comes to a close, we are getting ready for Abigail to have another surgery to repair her cleft lip. It will require a one night stay in the hospital again. Please keep her in your prayers. The LORD has blessed her with more peace and knowledge of her security with her family this time - but we know she is still that tender-hearted precious girl that has been through so much uncertainty in her short life. Thank you for your prayers!