Make my Monday...My boys in blue

My two favorite guys in their dress up clothes at The Kennedy Center!

Birthday Blog....finally....

Yes we did it...we celebrated Van's birthday as a family...the big 3! Wow, last year's birthday cake shipped from across the world to a little boy we hadn't met yet seems like a million years ago. He's home, he's VAN, he loves us and we love him more than words can possibly express. He has the love and support of so many amazing family members and friends that sometimes I think life just doesn't get much better than this...

Birthday in China 2008

< US Birthday Boy wearing his party hat

He runs....and he runs...

More photos to come of the awesome birthday gifts in action....

The end of early intervention

In case you haven't heard...Van had a HUGE crush on his speech therapist and last week he had his final session with her since he's aged out of the early intervention program. Before we post his birthday bash, I wanted to share his first crush. Can't wait to show these to him when he's a teen!

Yes we had a pre-birthday chocolate cupcake celebration!

Wild and Wonderful West Va

It was indeed! Fun fun family weekend for lil man. Rode a pony...practiced for easter egg hunting with pinecones a plenty and played with lovin' family. Less than a week away from 3 years old...life is good...

10 Happy Months

Today marks 10 months of Van in the house...ten times the toys, ten times the tickles, ten times the tenderness of his silly self. We love you Van, the long wait to bring you home seems oh so long ago.

Giant Mulch Delivery-Happy Spring!

Aunt Christina sent us some fun growing dinosaurs...that was hours of fun

Daddy's boy

I swear he does have clothing...lots of clothing actually...

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!!