Update!!

Quite out of the blue we got two new pictures of Gracie. She seems so big! I'm sure it's just because we aren't there. Standing on her own doesn't help either, that makes her look even bigger. It is such a long wait knowing that we are missing the milestones like standing, walking and in the latest update she is apparently using Mama and Papa (but y'know, in Chinese) and it hurts a little that someone else gets to hear that before us but one day soon we will all be together as a family and she will only know us as Mom and Dad. As long as she is being well cared for, that is all that really matters. And she already knows who Mickey Mouse is. She is going to love her first day at Disneyland...

my princess

Molly is full into her princess phase. She loves princess books, movies and most of all princess dresses. She called when I was at work the other day and said something that just about melted my heart. She was talking about her dress she wore that day said it was "like a princess". "You're my little princess," I said. "And you're my prince," she replied. I almost sprained my cheeks I was smiling so broadly. She says and does amazing things every single day. We can't wait until there are two of them running around.

Li'l swimmer

I've been delinquent in putting up pictures of Molly swimming with Aunt Kaitie but here they are at last. Molly is really a little water bug. She shows very little fear. Her teacher said she is ready to move on to fully putting her face in the water when she swims. Her favorite seems to be diving more than swimming. 10 meter platform - here we come!

The Easter Egg Hunt

On Easter Sunday morning we headed over to Molly's friend Lyra's house for an Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch. The kids had a great time together as always and really enjoyed the egg hunt that Jacy(Lyra's Mom) put together for them. I think Molly took finding the eggs a little too serious but later shared some of her eggs with her friends.


Thank you to Aunt Joan and Uncle Frank for the Easter Dresses that Molly WANTED to wear to see the Easter Bunny and on Easter. This was the first time in months that she wore a dress that wasn't a knit dress. The dresses were a great gift for ALL OF US!

The Easter bunny is here

Molly had her visit with the Easter Bunny. She was excited to see him again and waited patiently for her turn. Sunday morning is an egg hunt at her friend Lyra's house.

Another visit to Disneyland

Eric has been very busy working two jobs in hopes of giving him some freedom to take some time off when we come back from China with Gracie. Molly and I miss him terribly and are doing our best to stay busy. Last week I decided to take Molly on an overnight trip to Disney. The first day was just me and my girl and on the second day her friend Gavin and his Daddy and Grandma joined us. I was a little nervous venturing on an overnight trip with Molly on my own, especially one to Disney. But Molly was so well behaved! She was such a good listener and we had so much fun; the only thing that could have made the trip better was to have Dad along.

On day 1 I thought for sure we were going to have a tantrum on our hands when we entered the gift shop at the castle and she wanted to try on all the princess dresses. Molly is full blown into the princess dress-up phase and I didn't know how I was going to get out of there without a princess dress. I had to find a way because there was no way I was spending $65 on a princess dress, we buy ours on craigslist! Turns out all I had to do was let her try on a few and that was enough for her. They don't make it easy every ride spits you right into a gift shop with all the characters from the ride you just came off of. I explained to Molly that we wouldn't be buying any toys the first day and that she could look at all the toys and pick one gift right before we go home. Amazingly enough she was happy with a little time to play with the toys and know that she would get one toy the next day. As we were leaving the park she decided she wanted to go to the princess store and picked out the princess figurine set.

Molly's favorite ride is the Winnie-the-pooh ride. We went on that one three times in a row! Then she got her picture taken with a couple of her friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.




Molly recently discovered lollipops and here she is enjoying her second one ever!


Hopefully Dad will be able to join us on our next visit.