Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Tonight before I sleep, While you play half a world away I promise to look up at the night sky And follow a moon beam all the way Until it touches the ray of sun Shining on you, my little one On your very first birthday. Let the sun's warm embrace And the moon's soft touch Carry my love to you. 別急,小孩子,媽媽快來 © hcw 2006.

I can't believe it...

I'm traveling for work again, and guess what ya'll, they let me have another firm laptop!!!! Can you believe it, after the last debacle? hehee... my boss is even with me. And I almost dropped the dang thing checking in to the hotel. Again... not taking laptop to China!!

These boots are made for walking...

You Are Skinny Heel Boots

You always look great - from your styled hair to your sleek boots.

What Kind of Boots Are You?

Confusion in the baby aisle

So yesterday J and I went to register. And spent a full hour in the bottle section. What type of bottle does a 12-15 month old need? What about sippy cups? Or transition cups?? Arrrrghh. So we settled on some of those Avent bottles with the disposable liners and the nipples with the biggest "spout" possible. And then we got some regular Gerber bottles and then a couple of sippy cups. Hopefully we got something she will like so she won't be miserable!!! I guess we'll buy some in China too, to have whatever she is used to. So if any of you BTDT parents have some suggestions on this bottle issue - please post a comment and help me out!! Other than the bottle trauma, registering was fun! Luckily we had already picked out the car seat and stroller... but it still took us over two hours to register. Yep, gonna be a spoiled baby. I can't wait!!

A secret -- Revealed!

I've been quiet lately, waiting to announce our big news. Without further ado... meet Lillie Katharine Jingning!!!!!!! Here's the first picture I saw that grabbed my heart: This is James' favorite -- she's chillin', and check out the bike in the background: And I love the look on her little face in this one: Now the details!! We received the news last Wednesday, May 10, and could not be more excited. My feet have not touched the ground since, my mom is buying out the baby stores, and even cool calm James is grinning from ear to ear. More details: Name: Lin Jingning (to be Lillie Katharine Jingning) DOB: May 29, 2005 Living in foster! in Yulin, Guangxi thanks to www.grace-hope.org !!!!!! Weight at 1 day old: 6.6 lbs Weight at 4 months old: 14.9 lbs Our LOI is off to China this Friday in our agency's weekly packet... let's hope for a speedy TA!