Busy, but great last few days.

Whew.  I don't think we've had time to breathe lately.  Cole's birthday was Thursday.  He got a new football from mom and dad and loved it!!  He also got $$ from Grandma/Grandpa H. and gift cards to Bass Pro from two of his Godparents.....along with many phone calls that night.  Our phone rang off the hook for him.

Happy Birthday big boy!!!

 

Saturday was designated Spring clean up at our house.  We're so used to such mild Winter's that we've always been able to keep up here and there throughout Winter, but this year was much different.  The temp came up to around 60 degrees, so while dad was at work the four kiddos and I cleaned up the driveway and cleaned out the garage....for 4 hours!  They did well and Chelsi put up with being outside for so long and even overlapping naptime, very well.  Here are some pictures from Saturday morning/afternoon.



And last, but not least, someone on one of the adoption boards posted a great link to a picture/Korean dictionary that speaks.  Kaelin thought it was so neat that she now asks if she can get on the computer to study.  So we're starting her with numbers.  She's so serious and it's so sweet.  Here she is hard at work.

 

I do all the work and SHE falls asleep

After church it was time to get the house cleaned.  I strapped Chelsi to my back and went to work.  Usually she doesn't want to be carried very long, but she fell asleep about 20 minutes into my chores.  By then, I may as well finish so I did.  But she did look awefully darn cute sleeping back there, so dad took a picture.

Eating mommy's back.



Head falling to the side.



After taking her off my back she just flopped onto my bed still very deeply sleeping.



Then daddy tried to wake her with kisses (it's not nap time yet).



Oh yeah, had to throw in a new Chelsi face.  We call it 'old man face.  :)

More photos!!!!

Goofball had his Valentine's Party and his teacher was nice enough to email pics to me.  I can't imagine why he said he had so much fun that day.



Mom, M and I went shopping yesterday at the outlet mall and came back with some great finds for the girls.  Here are the outfits they got (Chelsi's shirt is actually from her Godparents, N and T).

They're such girlie girls!!

Funny girl

Oh, Kaelin's such a dork sometimes.  Okay, so she doesn't know the words to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star....she says "uppa uppa world so high".  Well, she was playing with Chels' see'n'say and she had the rooster.  She says "crocodiledoo" instead of "cockadoodledoo".  What a goof!  Wish I had a picture of a rooster with a crocodile head to insert here.  :)

Big prayers needed now!!!!!!!!!!!!! for this little girl

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Please pray for little Brea.  She was born in China and has since arrived home and caught a virus.  The virus has caused fluid to build up on her heart and she's now needing an emergency heart transplant.  She will be having the transplant this week.  I work in this area and I know how well these little ones can do afterward so I have total faith that God will guide the hands of these doctors to heal this little girl.

Lord, please keepy little Brea with her parents and heal her sweet heart.

Lisa

Lunar New Year 2007 - Year of the Pig

Here are some pics of our kids from our celebration.  We went to our local Korean restaurant with a couple of other Korean adoptive families.  The food was EXCELLENT, as always and the kids really enjoyed it.

Just finishing yaki man do and bean sprouts waiting for chap chae.



Waiting for their food.



Enjoying bean sprouts and waiting for mom and dad's dishes so Chels can munch off of them.  The don kat su, kal bee and bul gogi was so good!!!

American Heart Association Heartwalk 2007 - Please Donate!!

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It's the time of year when we call on our friends and family to support us as we walk for a near and dear cause.  You can read Cole's story here.

Please help support something he's so proud to participate in as a 10 year old.

Lisa