Mary Joyce's Latest

I have had to decorate the house for Christmas earlier than I usually do because we will be out of town until late Saturday, and the following Monday (Chet's day off), we will be doing some of our Christmas shopping. The following Saturday we are hosting a Christmas party for one of the Sunday School classes from the church. That took out all of my usual decorating days. So, I put up the tree this past Saturday and did the rest of the decorating today.

Of course, the girls are fascinated. The Christmas stockings are hanging on small bookshelves in the entryway area of our family room. The shelves are low ones, so the stockings are within the girls' reach. This afternoon, I was sitting in the recliner with Katherine and heard Mary Joyce behind me fiddling with something. I figured she was up to something, but I wasn't quite sure what. Then she walked around the corner, and I saw what she was up to...

She was wearing 2 of the Christmas stockings! What do you think of this fashion statement?

17 Weeks!

I am 17 weeks along in this pregnancy, and finally feel like I'm getting some energy back--well, as much as one can have while chasing an almost 3 year old and a now-walking 15 month old around all day. Overall, though, I'm feeling great, and we're looking forward to the big ultrasound on the 2nd.

And, here is the tummy picture. (I cropped it to just show the tummy because I'm having a bad hair day. :-) )

Silly Socks

This is how Mary Joyce insisted on wearing her socks for the entire morning and part of the afternoon yesterday. I insisted she change into 2 white ones before we went to Target, although I have so say, this does remind me of something we might have worn in the 80's, frightening as it may seem...

Yummy Chili!

You know how you always try to get the pictures of little ones eating spaghetti and getting it everywhere? Well, Katherine is just not all that fond of spaghetti, so those pictures really just haven't happened with her. However, the other night, we had chili for supper, and she thought that it was quite yummy. So, here is our little chili-eating girl...

November China Families Get-Together

Shuttle Launch, Video 2

Shuttle Launch, Video 1

Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour

We were able to watch another shuttle launch tonight--the first night launch we have seen since we moved down here, and the last planned night launch for the shuttle program. It was pretty spectacular. The pictures really don't do it justice. I will post a couple of videos in separate threads.

Congratulations--China Referral for a Friend!

When we lived in south GA, there was a small group of us in different stages of the adoption process who all became friends. Kim and Dennis brought home their Lia first. She is now 4 years old. We were next with Mary Joyce, who came home in September 2006 and will be 3 in December. Then our friends Jen and Mike brought home Mei last winter. That left Karen and David still waiting. Yesterday, they got their long-awaited call. They have finally seen their precious Kaelie. You can see their precious girl on Karen's blog or on their Adoption Voyages site. She is adorable! Congratulations to Karen, David, Shelby, and Jeremy on the new addition to their family!

Baby Update

I just got home from my regular doctor's appointment, and all is well. Baby didn't want to cooperate, so Dr. S had to chase him/her around with the doppler for awhile to find the heart beat, but he found it, and all is well. Heart rate was 140, and baby even wiggled a couple of times while the doppler was on my tummy, so I was able to hear that. And the big news...the big ultrasound will take place on December 2, so we are less than a month away from knowing if Mary Joyce and Katherine will have a baby brother or a baby sister. :-)