Snow Day!

Rosie loves the snow!! We've had quite a bit lately, so one day Mike and the girls headed out front to play in it. We weren't sure what she would think and we were not prepared for her to be in it. No "real' snow pants, etc. But we bundled her up the best we could and they headed out. She did not want to come in. She absolutely loved it! We have a slight incline on our driveway, so she and Tia went sledding in the driveway. Perfect. They giggled so much and had a blast. Then they built a snow tunnel and had fun with that, too. She was covered in snow and as happy as could be. It was precious. I will attach some fun pictures from the day, along with a few miscellaneous ones from recently. Oh, and did I mention that she is full-blown walking?! Like, all over everywhere all the time. Whew! It's awesome. She really thinks she's something. :-))

With her 2nd birthday approaching, I find myself emotional. I know you all find that hard to believe. Haha!! But truly, it's so hard to even think about last year at this time and that we knew nothing of her yet. I have forgotten the time of not having her, it's so crazy. Last year, she celebrated her first birthday with her caretakers and friends in Beijing. This year, and every birthday from now on, she will celebrate with us. Yippee!! We are having her pictures taken tomorrow and on Friday, we will celebrate her birthday by finalizing her adoption in the afternoon, then having her party later in the day. Grama and Papa will come for dinner and we will have cake, balloons, presents, chocolate dipped strawberries, the whole bit. It will be wonderful. Along with it also being Valentine's day, which is such a beautiful day of LOVE already, I just know our hearts are going to be singing all day long. God is so good!

I pray for all of those in China who love her so, so much and miss her every day. I thank God that He created her for us, but that she had so much love in China before we got her. She is so precious and truly touches everyone around her each and every day. Her smile melts me every time. I could go on and on...........................we are all just so happy and in love with her. Tia can't get enough of her each day and loves her time with her in the afternoon and evening when they can just giggle and play. And Rosie does everything that Tia  does, it's so precious. She looks up to her so much already. There are so many moments each day that make us smile and laugh and thank God for our family. We couldn't be happier or more blessed with our girls.

Happy Valentine's Day to all! Enjoy the day of LOVE and be grateful, give and get lots of hugs and laugh a lot along the way. Oh, and we can't forget about the yummy treats...........enjoy them all! And stay tuned for birthday pictures soon.