Van says his name!!

Yup...we heard it...not once but twice tonight...Van...Van...but then we got so excited he wouldn't do it again. His other current new favorite is "more" which is really just "mo" but he's dropping that sign now and replacing it with the word...progress for sure. We've got about 20+ words now so our hope of talking by 3rd birthday looks like a reality.
Oh we reminisce the days before talking...

He's also decided to really friend Elmo now...check them out...

Snow Day!!

Van had another first this year...snow snow and more snow. We got a whooping 8 inches in our neighborhood and we had tons and tons of fun. Van got a season's worth of fun out of his snow suit...and snow makes for great sleeping!!

Friday Fun

The first of what we hope are many more Friday fun playdates with our twin partners in crime of http://twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com. This week we are trying out a twist...mommies and daddies actually go out to dinner on alternate weeks (not all four of us of course) while the playdates continue...wish us all luck!

Sunny Saturday

Lots of fun in the February sun...

Chinese New Year

A late post on a fun celebration. Our local group of Chinese adoptive families joined with the Chinese Americans local chapter to participate in a public event to celebrate Chinese New Year. Van wasn't too sure about the parade at first but once he got to feed the lion with the red envelope, he was hooked. He still tells the story in his own unique way and it always end with a big "ROAR"!
We are hoping he will actually be part of the parade next year.

Superbowl Sunday

Van finally got to host our annual Superbowl Party this year. We've been so looking foward to having him home for this yearly event. As a result of his hostness, we upped the number of kids running wild to somewhere in the range of 15...plus all the adults that accompany them so needless to say it was a packed loud house and tons of fun! Lots of yummy food, a great game and THE BOSS...what more could this Jersey girl ask for!!

Van helping with the party prep

Watching the half-time show

Austin and Logan have one fun daddy!

Maybe I should go home with them...and flip all the time!

Loud Mommy

Diego Day

Friday was our big Diego Meet and Greet with our best twin buddies of http://twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com/
Check us out on their site too!
Mommy decided to take the new camera for the big event and ended up with some useless blurry photos...luckily twin mommy Donna saved the day for us...
The three musketeers had an awesome day as you can see.
Stay tuned for Superbowl fun later this week.

Pre-meet and greet fun in the dressing room...luckily no one was dressing...

The big moment...a bit tentative at first

Loving Diego's backpack

Who Loves Ya Diego!