Our Long Journey to Kaelin...: January 2009

Friday, January 30, 2009

Happy Chinese New Year! (a little late!) And Random Bing Cuteness!

Oh my gosh, does time fly when you are hav'in fun! On Monday of this week we celebrated Chinese New Year with our little Asian princess! It is the year of the ox! Gary and I are both born in this year! (I'll keep the date a secret!) We had so much fun decorating our house with Chinese Lanterns and made some really yummy pork dumplings! (talk about time consuming and tedious to make!) They were well worth it though and Bing loved them! We just couldn't believe we finally had our sweet little daughter and sister too celebrate with this year after waiting for sooooooo long! We all sat around the kitchen table eating and enjoying our sweet girl, who was well aware that she was being talked about and laughed at so she really hammed it up! Words really can't even begin to describe how much we all love Bing! She is truly the light of our lives!
Here are some pics of her taken in the last couple of weeks! Enjoy!
Eating an orange on Chinese New Year!

I love my reading bench!

My first popsicle!

Giddy up horsey!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

4 month Gotcha Day anniversary!

Then!

Now!

Four months ago, today, Gary and I walked into a small hot and humid room at the Civil Affairs Office in Changsha, Hunan and met our beautiful baby girl, Kaelin Bing Wen! It is so hard to believe that it has already been four months since that miraculous day took place! What's even more amazing is that it feels as if she has always been a part of our family! We just could not even begin to imagine our life without this precious little angel! She is truly the joy of our family's life! It is so incredible how much she has changed since that unforgettable day! Our little Miss Kaelin Bing Wen is walking and babbling up a storm! Her favorite thing right now is climbing! She loves to climb the stairs, furniture, and her little reading bench! Our little acrobat is fearless! I am trying to teach her how to go back down the stairs once she is up, but she insists on going down like a grown up and I keep trying to show her to go down on her tummy! She also looooooooves to go outside, no matter how cold or snowy it is! She loves being pulled in her sled that Santa brought her for Christmas! Another favorite activity she enjoys is "playing" the piano, she just loves banging away and actually prefers the higher notes! One more favorite is bath time! She just loves the water and doesn't even mind when it gets in her eyes! I think teaching her how to swim will be a breeze! Her very least favorite thing is bed time! Although, as I am typing this she is peacefully sleeping next to me in our bed, getting her down for the night is not for the faint of heart! Wow, can this little girl battle sleep! Even though she is still waking up one or two times in the night she is way better than a couple of months ago! At least I am no longer a walking zombie in the daytime! Here are some more pics of our Li'l Empress!