Look what showed up on our doorstep!

Introducing...Matilda Jane

The delivery....she showed up on our doorstep several weeks before Christmas as an early gift.

I love each of these photos , this one for Jee's face....

This one for Biggie's hugging MJ and Jee's being overwhelmed!The only reason I got this doggie......these three little sugars.

Well, okay....we got it for him too.

What Jee liked doing when we got the crate.

First walk

Okay, this post is long overdue but we've been a little busy. This is what the kids got for Christmas from us. Seriously, what were we thinking??!! Now, this dog is HUGE and CRAZY NUTSO. I like her sometimes but don't others. But, she is good for the kiddos and they love her to death. This morning Jee was saying "Me love Tilda" all the while he was loving all over me. I said "You mean you love mommy?". "No, me love Tilda". Oh, okay. Thanks buddy.

She's a lot of work but overall pretty sweet. And a lot of work. We love this breed, the weimaraner. It is the breed we have had before (Kramer). Woh boy, don't get me started on him. That's the whole reason it took us so long to get a dog again. I hate it when dogs die. It sucks bad, so I wasn't going to ever allow myself to like another dog. I'm kind of succeeding :(), kind of not.

Happy 2nd Gotcha! Forever Family Day

On our first Gotcha!Forever Family Day. I will never forget the feeling of having all of my little ones together at the airport surrounded by people who love us and who we love dearly. Priceless.

On our first Gotcha!Forever Family Day. It is a tradition that just JeeJee and I go to the Asian Supermarket.

This year he didn't want to ride in the basket and he wanted to carry his own. He also wanted to pick out a few items on his own. He picked out a new kind of seaweed and chose which rice cake he wanted. He's so big. He loved the live fish (and the dead ones).

"No those fish alive?" He asked. That's his new deal..he says "No" before he says something and that means that the statement he is about to say is false. "No me go to bed, no me sick, no me need to go potty, etc."

We go eat at a Korean Restaurant as a family. They all enjoyed the food this year...even Rooty.

One year ago...

Now
Then (2010)

Now (2011)

About to view his slideshow of his life thus far. It was 10 minutes long!!! Uhh....what's going to happen when he's 18?!?!? That's going to be one long slideshow.

JeeJee, We love you so much and are so thankful to have you. You are God's gift to us. God is so good.

Every night we say to this to our children (thus the title of the blog): Juju, if we could go all over the world...on every continent, in every country....and choose any little boy to be my little boy. I would look, look, look, look, and look. And, then, you know what?!?!? I'd choose you!!!

Juju has been the first that has said "Me tell you secret", he makes our head go all the way down to his mouth and he whispers it so quiet we can hardly hear him. He says "me look, look, look, all ober, ebrywhere, look, look, look. Me choose you."

Happy Gotcha!Forever Family Day little boy. We love you.

Merry Christmas 2010

This is about the best family photo we can get....seriously.....
Ree Ree 5 years 4 months
Biggie 8 years 4 months
Jee 2 years 8 months
All my boys




Ree making cookies for Santa...
that happen to her favorite kind :) How could she resist?
Letters to "Santa"
One of Jee's favorite surprise Christmas gifts. Our little friend and babysitter, Kristen made these for them....she rocks.
We put Jee to bed early on Christmas night and Ree had her first Lord's Supper. It was so amazing. God has really touched her heart this year. I want to share the whole story some time but she has strongly felt God speaking to her. It really is an amazing example of the verse "let the little children come", she has pure, unabashed and very innocent faith. Praise be to the Lord for calling Him unto Himself. God is good. All the time.
Two of the biggest three prayers of my life answered already. I love you, Lord.

Memory Lane....

I was looking through old photos and found a few I wanted to share.....

The eldest's first football game...It rained the whole time and he hated the noise.
Ree's first room. It was so cute and girly.
Our Application Part 1 for Jee's adoption. Look how young these two look!! This was July 2007, shortly before Jee's birthmother became pregnant. We love him long before he was born.
I remember times like this so well....look at that hair!!!
VBS.
Ree's two year old pictures. Love her.
Yumm Oh.
CK's first day of school. Oh my gosh, I remember this so vividly because it was the first real time that we realized how sensitive she was. She is still like this today. As we were leaving the school, she starting balling and saying "I want my bubby." Yea, we were meant to homeschool :)
Us painting MJ's office, this is right when we moved. I had forgotten how little they were when we moved!
CK's Christmas program in Pre K.
My other lil' chicken....remember, Jee dressed up like this this year.
And a cute little butterfly. Ree's first Halloween.
Awww...this one made me want to cry. The BIGZAH BOY, Kramer. Sweet boy, we miss him. Geesh, this is awful. This is why it has taken us so long to get another dog. His death about did me in. I said I would never get a dog ever again.
I love CK's smile in this pic.