Snippets and Precious Moments

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Zeland has been home and part of our family for four months now. There was a time back in October that we had begun to think that he would turn one in Ethiopia without us. We are so blessed to have had this time with him. These past months have flown by with so much laughter and giggles. Zeland, our little ball of energy, has brought so many smiles. Lily has mentioned on several occasions, "he just makes my day!"

Zeland continues to produce teeth! We just noticed another one this morning! He chews, bites and gnaws on everything in sight! Everything! He is strong-willed and is not easily deterred...We think he actually is amused by our efforts in trying to redirect. He produces the slightest smile and is right back at whatever it was he was up to! Zeland certainly keeps us on our toes and brings to light all the little things we didn't put away, clean up or not yet child-proof.

He is not walking yet, and definitely does not struggle with keeping up with Lily. He doesn't miss a thing, and is usually half a step behind her. Although at times she finds this frustrating, Lily is so patient with him. She will TRY to find something for him to do without interrupting her play. He may or may not comply!

The warm weather recently has allowed us to get outside and get dirty. Lily loves riding her bikes in the garage or swinging on the play set, while Zeland is more inclined to eat old snow, mud, leaves, pretty much anything he can get his hands on. And if that doesn't work then he has found laying on his belly and licking whatever it is works well also!
Wow!

We are busy, busy busy and wouldn't change a single moment.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Typical day with two!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Love bugs

Zeland is not too sure about the snow

Skating in Boulder

Chinese New Year with the Morrisons

A stroll in the park with Quinn!

Zeland's first swim

Pancakes at Snooze

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Preparing for the Holidays!

Lily making cookies for Santa

Lily singing for us in front of the tree

Zeland trying out his Christmas Outfit

I couldn't resist how cute is that butt!

Happy Holidays!

We are headed to Long Island on Monday so Zeland can meet more of his new family! So there will be many more pictures to come.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Apple

Zeland has never eaten an apple before and we actually thought he would play with it rather than eat it! What were we thinking?

He wasn't sure how to hold it and figured the floor would work just fine, which was really cute, but not very clean. So, after showing him how to hold it, he sat up and nearly finished the entire apple! And, it kept him very entertained for about 30 minutes!!

Christmas Concert

Last night Lily performed in her first annual school Christmas concert and seemed to be the star of the show. She has been practicing her lyrics for the past few weeks, mostly to herself, and was very excited about the big night. Just prior to us leaving the house last night she mentioned that she was nervous about coughing during her performance and that her belly hurt. Poor thing, we gave her something for her cough and made it out of the house just in time! Once at school her spirits brightened.

Honestly, she had mentioned the song, It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, she was going to sing, but hadn't heard her sing it. Well, she knew every single word and belted them out in perfect harmony. In a class of 14, she was the ONLY one you could hear. She was amazing. The applause after the song was fabulous and at the end of the concert, more people than I could count came up to her to tell her what a great job she did. She was beaming from ear to ear, and so were we.

We did videotape the performance, but we were so far away that it is hard to see or hear Lily. We are hoping the school will be able to give us a copy.