From Our Home To Yours . . . . .

I Made A Gingerbread House

I have looked forward to doing projects with my daughter.  Gingerbread houses are one of them.

Liliah was so happy to see all those little packages of candy dumped on the plate

Are we having fun or what?!

 

So. . . I can have 5 candies for each one I put on the house?

She stuck with me through the whole project and oohed and aahed.  

Daddy also joined in as the handyman to repair the broken tree & gingerbread man.  Thanks honey for being our photographer

 

 

I wonder if I can sneak another piece . . .

Our first creation together

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Liliah discovered her stocking once I put this doll in it.  She points at it and I tell her very excitedly, "Its for you, that's your Christmas present"....she puts her hand over her mouth to show her appreciation.  She has not asked or fussed about getting it down.  I purchased this sweet little yarn doll for her in Guangzhou, China.  It's a momma with her baby tied on her back.

P R E C I O U S

O' Christmas Tree

On Thanksgiving weekend we bought my first Christmas tree.

I love my daddy and am always happy to hang out with him!

 

Our official light inspector . . . you were so excited to see Christmas lights in the house 

 

You ran around the tree, giggled and danced about.  You were happy, your eyes were filled with wonderment as we unwrapped each ornament and hung them on the tree.  

We added two new ornaments to our tree.  One we purchased last year while we waited for you, the other we found in Beijing on our way to you.  Our eyes our often filled with liquid joy that you are now here with us . . . .

 

You are our most precious gift that we have received this side of heaven

My First Santa Shoot

My first time seeing Santa in person.  I was not going to sit in his lap, but was very happy in my daddy's arms and on the opposite knee away from Santa! 

Look at how brave I am after our photo shoot?  I was happy to meet him!

 

Mama, look what I found

 I LOVE watering cans

 

 

 Okay, Skeeter & I are done with the photo session and out of here!  

At night we headed to a HUGE Christmas light show and met up with Jordyn and her daddy & mommy. We had so much fun together......we froze our tushies off, but it was worth it for good company and a spectacular show. 

What a true joy & delight to have Liliah in our life. 
This week on December 12, we will hit 11 months together as a family.... A M A Z I N G . . . . God has truly been kind to us and blessed us beyond our wildest dreams

My First Thanksgiving

My first official holiday duty......learning how to mash up the roasted yams for mama

Up, down, splash & mash......

  

 Ta Da......'Voila....ready for the marshmallows

 

   I watched the Macy's parade and got excited when I saw ELMO!  I watched football and the big kids play games before eating turkey

 I am now the official ice cuber

  

Happy Thanksgiving  

(for some reason I wasn't too interested in actually eating

the meal....just smashing and practicing my stirring techniques)

 

 Words cannot express how full our hearts are at having Liliah home with us.  We remember last year how much we yearned for her and were so ready to just get on a plane to China and get her.  To now have her sitting at our table is still so amazing to us.

Family Time

Yeah, look who came to visit us.........Uncle Randy, Auntie Lori, Lacey & Kimberlee

My sister and her family came to enjoy a pre-Thanksgiving weekend with us.  They have never been to our home during the holidays so it was really special having them stay. We realized at one point that most of us were sitting with our laptops and Liliah was even on her play cell phone!  We had so much fun with you guys.....thank you for coming up and spending time with us.

We cooked ourselves up some Thanksgiving food and enjoyed each others company

 

Here is evidence of the homemade apple pie that my sister baked, YUMMY.  She doesn't even eat pie, but she sure knows how to make them.

 

We bundled up and did some shopping.  Darryl, Lilaih & I took some time out to feed the chicken & ducks.  This was her first time doing this and she loved it.

 

Come and get it...........

Liliah has just had some marionberry jam and I just couldn't miss the chance to capture.......she looked purplicious