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Phone Picture Dump Day 6 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm
It seems to be the only way I can catch up these days is dumping pictures from my cell phone here. I have lovely pictures on my real camera, and one day I will get them on here...but until then...thi...
On Becoming a Family Through Adoption 23 May 2013 | 06:47 pm
I recently read this post written by another adoptive Mom about the questions adoptive families are faced with, well, pretty much everyday. It does a great job summing up a lot of how I feel about the...
Quick Update 8 May 2013 | 09:12 pm
So...I suck at updating this blog and I really don't want to suck at updating this blog. I don't scrapbook anymore because I don't even have time to update a stinking blog but I know when Hsin-Hua is...
Chinese New Year 12 Feb 2013 | 07:03 am
Holy Moly...its been a month since I posted. How did that happen? This past weekend we celebrated the start of Chinese New Year - Year of the Snake. We decorated our house last weekend with little la...
Christmas Post...Better Late Than Never 16 Jan 2013 | 01:06 am
Holy sh*t people. It is January 15th. Did anyone else notice that today? Yeah and the whole second half of December and the whole first half of January have passed with no posts. Lousy, lousy Momm...
Christmas Sing Along And Dance Recital 14 Dec 2012 | 11:12 pm
Hsin-Hua's school hosted a Christmas Sing Along and dance recital today! We were a little nervous that Hsin-Hua would have stage fright and either not participate, or barely participate. We talked a...
The Start Of The Holiday Season - In Pictures 28 Nov 2012 | 10:31 pm
Ok so this was before Thanksgiving weekend, but Hsin-Hua was invited to a birthday party at a petting zoo and LOVED feeding the bunnies. Feeding bunnies with a friend from school. Feeding goats. R...
My Little Bugs 13 Nov 2012 | 06:59 pm
At some point I started calling Hsin-Hua "Bugs". I have no recollection of when it started, and no real explanation for WHY I started calling her "Bugs". So goes the creation of nick names. The goo...
National Adoption Month 7 Nov 2012 | 07:45 pm
November is National Adoption Month. Interestingly, lately Hsin-Hua has been talking a bit about us adopting her, her joining our family and whose tummy she grew in before she was born. We talk about...
Halloween Weekend 5 Nov 2012 | 07:36 pm
What a busy weekend. Our Halloween was postponed until Friday because of Hurricane Sandy. I raced home from work on Friday, threw on about 18 layers of clothing, piled about 18 layers under Hsin-Hua'...
