Monday, April 30, 2012

Gotcha!!

Today we celebrate Zoey Seon-mi's third Gotcha Day!!

We did the usual and went to her (well, mostly my) favorite restaurant where we, including her nana and papa, chowed down on some serious Korean food!  Her favorite is their yakimandu...she can eat an entire order on her own!

As you can see, we did some serious damage there... 


And all three of them actually posed for me outside the restaurant doors!


And sorta in the car. :)


We are blessed to have this precious girl in our lives...


We will never forget the sacrifice of her foster families and their love for her...


and especially her birth mother...


who gave us the opportunity to make her a part of our family...


she's smart...


silly...


playful...


loving...


precious...



and beautiful!


Happy Gotcha Day Seon-mi!  We love, love, love you!!


Sunday, April 29, 2012

Birthday Weekend!!

Yes, weekend! 

Today, Braedan turned seven years old!

But the party started on Friday!

With lunch at school with his cousins...



and cupcakes with his class!



Since his cousins (in a different school district) didn't have school, they were happy to come and spend his birthday weekend with him!

These two are just 8 months apart (my oldest sister's youngest) and they are best buds!


Then it was all about the bowling on Saturday!

(I made them all wear our I <3 Korea shirts!)




How 'bout those piggies?!?!




Daddy's a show off.


So exciting!





Checking out the scores...forgot his glasses...


Taking a little snack break...


with nana (my mom)!


She insisted on carrying her own ball the entire time.  So independent!


Zoey loves her cousin Riley!





It's safe to say that they all thoroughly enjoyed bowling, and Braedan actually tore it up!  Scoring well over a 100!

But these two had enough by the end and were both throwing tantrums!  They promptly fell asleep int he car!  Thank goodness...


Then it was time for an A*ngry Bird party with friends and family!


Can't believe my sweet boy is seven!




Today was actually his birthday and he happily woke up early (after going to bed at 11pm!) to play with all his new loot!





And of course, little sisters wanted to get in some playtime too. :)


So, then we were all just sitting on the couch chatting, and Em walked out of the room where we couldn't see her...she was super quiet so I told Braedan to see where she was and he pointed out that she had taken off her shirt...

So I hopped up, and this is what I saw...

she had taken off everything!



Then this is what I saw streak past me!




Uh huh!  She refused to put her clothes back on and thew a huge fit when I tried to at least put a pull up back on her!  Forced it on her only for her to walk away and take it off again!  So daddy got her in the bath...what can I say to that?!?!  Not much!

I wish Zoey's face wasn't blurry in this pic!  They were sitting on my dad's lap, 'sharing' him (something they're working on because they both love him so much!) and bouncing up and down singing!  A very sweet moment with the two of them!


A wonderful weekend celebrating my amazingly awesome precious son, who I am so proud of and love so very much...

who has gone from this little 7 lb 3oz newborn...




to a chubby baby...



super fun toddler!



to the best son a girl could ask for!


Happy birthday to my sweet Braedan!!