It’s a name I have loved for a while, and (possibly because I used this name to refer to our newest incessantly), the husband came around. So, her name will be Paisley Fei… Paisley, because I love it, and Fei, because it’s part of her Chinese name.

So we decided before Christmas that we were ready to adopt again…if we were able to move quickly, we would be able to adopt a special focus child in China by reusing the dossier we used for baby J. If you adopt within a year, China allows you to reuse your dossier. We needed to…

Our family is growing…by two feet! Yes, you read that correctly! We are expecting!Sometime late this Fall we will be heading back to China for our precious little girl. We received our pre-approval on May 9th, and we hope to have our dossier in China very shortly…more details will be coming soon. Hurray!!

I wish I could stay with you all day, mommy, but I have to go to school. I have a job to do. ~ little MWhat job are you doing today? ~ meLearning, mommy. Learning is my job! ~ little M. Duh. That’s so pretty on you mommy! You look just like a giraffe! ~…

Family is not an important thing, it’s everything. ~ Michael J Fox

Look at my girl’s smile!Little M lost her fifth tooth last week… It had been loose for a very short time, we were eating dinner, and I think something she was eating knocked it even more loose, and she reached in and took it out.There was very little drama this time around. I guess we…

A self portrait. Please note the Star Wars shirt. “It’s a big, big house, mommy! Just like the song!” I don’t know. Reading before bed. Presh. Ready for some crafting. Sometimes, you just have to take a load off. He made me “sushi.” How much do I love this? The book she worked hard for.…