Travel Group Reunion 2007

I have a very good reason for not posting last week--we were getting ready for our vacation to Chicago for a reunion with our travel group. Three families in the Windy City planned a wonderful weekend for us. We left Thursday and stayed in Lafayette, Indiana overnight and started early Friday for the city. We got a little lost on some horrible road with tolls (Only missed paying one--oops), but Kevin read the atlas and got us to the hotel without any problems. Well, no problems if you don't count the traffic and the number of lanes and the semis zooming on this road.

We stayed in Oak Park, a beautiful suburb of the city.



Waiting for us in our room (By the way, it was awesome!!) was a great welcome to Chicago supply basket that had treats, crayons, a coloring book, and drinks. What an amazing welcome.



Friday night, the Paynes had a Welcome BBQ at their house. It was so fun seeing the families. We have only talked on the Yahoo Group for 2 years. Most of us have not seen each other since we left China, plus we got to meet the Guangdong families. What wonderful chaos!!



On Saturday, we drove to Chinatown and had Dim Sum at Won Kow restaurant. The food was so good and Brynn ate with chopsticks. She didn't want her fork. Too funny.






That night, we went to the Tolman's. What a host and hostess they are!! The food was amazing and they rented a carousel jumpy thingy. The kids had so much fun. I think the adults did too after we left!!




We tried to take a picture of all the girls. Everyone thought that Brynn was such a perfect child because she just sat down and smiled. We actually bribed her with a Barbie if she let people take the pictures. It worked. She isn't a perfect child. We just know how to make her look like one!!




Aren't the tees cute? Chris Payne designed them for us.



Two FengCheng cuties!!

On Sunday, we went back to the Paynes. Fran and Bob made a great farewell brunch for us. It was delicious! It was so sad to know that the weekend was over. We enjoyed seeing everyone so much. Hopefully, we will have another one in a couple of years. By that time, there should be more siblings since many of us are going back for our second!!!



Thank you to all of our hosts. It was a tremendous weekend.

Fudgesicle Face!

"Look Mommy. I can put it on my nose too!"

Wearing Daddy's Socks

Daddy's socks and a cheesy smile. And yes, she dressed herself.

If we didn't have rumors...

we wouldn't have anything!!! I know that much of this blog is about Brynn and our life with an almost 3 year old. But, we are waiting for our second child from China and I love (ok-addicted) reading the Rumor Queen. (Her link is on the left hand side of the page under adoption.) She is stating that 2 different agencies have posted that late November-early December LIDS are in the next batch of referrals. What a nice dream, but so unlikely. I can only hope that it is true. I would love for our friends who have a LID of 12/19/05 to get their referral soon.

Weekend Round-Up

Another day of swimming at Melissa's house. They are at the beach, so we just borrowed the pool for a couple of hours. I can not believe how much Brynn loves the water. She put her head under the water and came back out spitting the water out. Just unbelieveable!

Sunday, we went to visit Kevin's grandma. His cousin (and family) met us there. It was such a nice, relaxing couple of hours. They brought a toy for the girls to play with called Stomp Rocket. Brynn did pretty good once she understood how it worked. They also pretended the table was a tent and they used the cooler as a refrigerator. They imaginations were wonderful. Aren't they gorgeous girls? Too bad I forgot to get picture with them and Grandma.

A Brynn funny for the day

We went to a farm sale last weekend and Kevin was in his truck ahead of us while we were in my XTerra. I told Brynn that daddy looked like a bum. She said that she had a bum and daddy didn't look like it. I think I need to start choosing my words a little better!!

How can you not love this face?