tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108625052774206522024-03-12T21:27:10.247-07:00Heart of my Seoulcarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-79468890003155926412009-03-12T08:35:00.000-07:002009-03-12T14:33:48.801-07:00Looks like some good news!!<div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktXvmKFgTwjNg2TMigh29bsizzvKgV6746ZgqSBlTnKQKGTJvzF_zFitbBxLH1KBsNHds-qERJ14zHVFhCC7JPFZ-BARpkY2aajLnFTdkjMnfUtMhBTcstlJ_Zal7A65Y5spnk9t2GQ/s1600-h/000_0105.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312327458952131666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 315px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktXvmKFgTwjNg2TMigh29bsizzvKgV6746ZgqSBlTnKQKGTJvzF_zFitbBxLH1KBsNHds-qERJ14zHVFhCC7JPFZ-BARpkY2aajLnFTdkjMnfUtMhBTcstlJ_Zal7A65Y5spnk9t2GQ/s320/000_0105.jpg" border="0" /></a> Well after much pressure to get some pictures posted We would like to introduce our newest member of the family Rocco the puppy!! We found him on a rescue center website, and after an all day trip we finally came home with him. Rocco is a shih-poo that is none shedding and hypoallergenic (Which is perfect for Riley) He was already 16 weeks old, and was a puppy mill rescue pup. We do have some added work since he was not socialized, but He will get there. He is improving all of the time. The kids are thrilled to have a new puppy, but Rocco is still a little scared of them. It will take time and patience, but this little ball of fur is worth it. Rocco is very attached to me, but the rest of the family is still needing some work. I was worried after an eventful day yesterday ( I don't want to talk about it) , but last night Rocco was letting the kids do whatever to him. It's going to be a take time thing:) For you cat lover's no Maple is not forgotten the kids bother her daily, and you would think Rocco and her were more like Garfield and Odie.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312416138873140002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf05kgY1RIyaqeFtfE_PBrfz8OUxFQayFbqNlNdyhdm0jgnLB-n3-XRDvY2_e4fpouooCvF98pTpKyhaw8nFb6sgvNcDrAaVlp4tz3dUiIqTFiRtY3Ta6ZGgmcQ1TslUUKuBLyYWlwA/s320/000_0108.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312417394061913410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYAv4CTc1HBtaJbwNJu9b-ZQE3NCmFT6aufoDVmrmA2-iqS14KXig7dv6pQBhnUijLDQW01ZaXnasuahT5fR1oE6aKzjnBZD3irwObpznLjYJMVU59px4w5y8SjeVhaFgw3BxHinEsA/s320/000_0112.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjRsBL9LFutz6MJonFTT5cPhAwh3MjNjp-MTtniVjW4nSCJfsOjiwcZekne6u4fGD1iVCLr8pq6Q102OwwW9kngidx_WiCk5ibIB-j6uWHWy196Ew7RuW73Ezqp5M0nsrb2SMEvESCg/s1600-h/000_0109.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312327456500147602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjRsBL9LFutz6MJonFTT5cPhAwh3MjNjp-MTtniVjW4nSCJfsOjiwcZekne6u4fGD1iVCLr8pq6Q102OwwW9kngidx_WiCk5ibIB-j6uWHWy196Ew7RuW73Ezqp5M0nsrb2SMEvESCg/s320/000_0109.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pictures just don't do him justice. He is about 11 inches tall and just fuzz all over!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKo1Df4EEgb-Ikc9DhM-SoPJ-K0zbEaokm7C6xGd78nVcA1pBmbzhHK642IdKWDHdAAAyX-oP0J9CjuIDSr9F0hdLEzp-HWkLUqFefSdeVrZj4435CkNXdLUIGcHSKBJYJhyViH-qag/s1600-h/000_0111.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312327433642283026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 4px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 3px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKo1Df4EEgb-Ikc9DhM-SoPJ-K0zbEaokm7C6xGd78nVcA1pBmbzhHK642IdKWDHdAAAyX-oP0J9CjuIDSr9F0hdLEzp-HWkLUqFefSdeVrZj4435CkNXdLUIGcHSKBJYJhyViH-qag/s320/000_0111.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-37298326602017391092008-12-20T17:10:00.000-08:002008-12-20T17:22:04.891-08:00PEACE ON EARTH<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbwI4w9I-c-fOvR6NJ6gy_n48ZJH_yae2eCN6I9iMW0yxPzCQqSqUc7Oc2YpFimMzNEAY4EYw_V9yv4ZaiVzjdE9SsgsJnvWLcF5LniuS1Z3F81n99lEuVdSQXEfXyOhA5v7ZzCmkSw/s1600-h/peaceonearth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282047284009277650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbwI4w9I-c-fOvR6NJ6gy_n48ZJH_yae2eCN6I9iMW0yxPzCQqSqUc7Oc2YpFimMzNEAY4EYw_V9yv4ZaiVzjdE9SsgsJnvWLcF5LniuS1Z3F81n99lEuVdSQXEfXyOhA5v7ZzCmkSw/s320/peaceonearth.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcX0QZeYSX_yunjcyRH7gY03JXvC32c8qV8S8e7H-dffiTzDBaTtate2J7se9eeoO9htERJ5NVRbdiLYiAQlBMWFCl840oQw0QkbLttHhTjMn30BLUeOCWJSfJ4aZfG274CKN1caisw/s1600-h/100_3883.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282045311581899090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcX0QZeYSX_yunjcyRH7gY03JXvC32c8qV8S8e7H-dffiTzDBaTtate2J7se9eeoO9htERJ5NVRbdiLYiAQlBMWFCl840oQw0QkbLttHhTjMn30BLUeOCWJSfJ4aZfG274CKN1caisw/s320/100_3883.jpg" border="0" /></a>The kids are having a wonderful holiday season. Josie loves to say HO HO,and just start laughing. Riley everyday has to ask how many more days till Christmas. This has been going on for a while now. Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Peace on Earth</span></strong><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-29663158738267438372008-10-13T18:51:00.000-07:002008-10-13T19:41:53.313-07:00Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgng768UrlwDQmzrms4SQj7zOF1JKf_AtERW6hVzVi0sBtMnDe8AJR7aT88aZObpN0sTxayw8DuICMg-Fc7HvZgbAgYqxMPS06v1CW1KBDAqLKf8TjBXKelNY_97pQ2u8D-SMyyivQM4Q/s1600-h/100_3574.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256826897767138642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgng768UrlwDQmzrms4SQj7zOF1JKf_AtERW6hVzVi0sBtMnDe8AJR7aT88aZObpN0sTxayw8DuICMg-Fc7HvZgbAgYqxMPS06v1CW1KBDAqLKf8TjBXKelNY_97pQ2u8D-SMyyivQM4Q/s320/100_3574.jpg" border="0" /></a> The kids were so excited to pick out their own pumpkin this year. How much fun to go through all of those pumpkin rows.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B_5iuMJAieLbaTYF6eCqeJp29IGerbCAp94fRbiKnUtbp7JziH1OxFChdGr4bYJ2Pm46iHXYJPDdh4n_VlYiMn-7JMZrg0TX08_b-_IszSNCr8oiSKo3eiUHolhDKpFz50IqbLAa6A/s1600-h/100_3569.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256826892964774514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B_5iuMJAieLbaTYF6eCqeJp29IGerbCAp94fRbiKnUtbp7JziH1OxFChdGr4bYJ2Pm46iHXYJPDdh4n_VlYiMn-7JMZrg0TX08_b-_IszSNCr8oiSKo3eiUHolhDKpFz50IqbLAa6A/s320/100_3569.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr_a_n3-1g3PUYNVdwMGdiDoMA3_g1ikYxuxcdZ8qb3uijmDdM5j__n-i9dScEnYjAB8lqD70BuNYPU20jTrJ7sidAfH4m56qjAx4-x8MZDB7-cMeeybUk3-O4V4jfWq2UHm1K-L_0g/s1600-h/100_3568.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256826888749774850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr_a_n3-1g3PUYNVdwMGdiDoMA3_g1ikYxuxcdZ8qb3uijmDdM5j__n-i9dScEnYjAB8lqD70BuNYPU20jTrJ7sidAfH4m56qjAx4-x8MZDB7-cMeeybUk3-O4V4jfWq2UHm1K-L_0g/s320/100_3568.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, your not seeing things! Josie did get bangs. As much as I hated to cut her beautiful hair she needed to be able to wear it down without always wearing a bow.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Pz4sI-CxvGhCkOkvo8vtHeU49pRlP3AfzOG4qe43RYjrReiKd0Qz6aFadweiqhhwFeq5Fm9k0fzP_aJD17YaCX5jLeKdmZG27UZ-PWUKRTrjFCtkg5aZZxa-ge5MejNppYBoDgsjhQ/s1600-h/100_3553.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256826883211358178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Pz4sI-CxvGhCkOkvo8vtHeU49pRlP3AfzOG4qe43RYjrReiKd0Qz6aFadweiqhhwFeq5Fm9k0fzP_aJD17YaCX5jLeKdmZG27UZ-PWUKRTrjFCtkg5aZZxa-ge5MejNppYBoDgsjhQ/s320/100_3553.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgwOjg0-9rs-FxIoEzWIIBNcEgTDQJjqEdMLnEB6bXh0UQXyzJmv_sW15vm66qB0_N-ByvC89f8jgVuS7MPX7sWr7Q2hb2GVBn2_V-0MHfwRqOZnFSl9TzjUgkDif9gxAsqOUzQnHBg/s1600-h/100_3550.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256826875135507170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgwOjg0-9rs-FxIoEzWIIBNcEgTDQJjqEdMLnEB6bXh0UQXyzJmv_sW15vm66qB0_N-ByvC89f8jgVuS7MPX7sWr7Q2hb2GVBn2_V-0MHfwRqOZnFSl9TzjUgkDif9gxAsqOUzQnHBg/s320/100_3550.jpg" border="0" /></a>Riley's new thing besides watching the presidential debates with dad for a few minutes before he falls asleep, is building houses out of cards or books. It brings back a lot of childhood memories. Jeff decided to show Riley the right way to build the best card house( Mind was all mismatched:) The kids love the movie night we stated. How fun to get out the sleeping bags and eating popcorn.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIR52SsSxqfV03Vp31bXn3S4bHwxL2_GMGrRkO5FltdlsBgKEF2bkBwHfeWsPkoZLLalFxXUshQ4cO8ZeRCyxt82nl5xSQ_10oUU5RpcsbzFySKk_BnUrkNs__T60le1Pam4L-GhgHg/s1600-h/100_3588.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256827778093775170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIR52SsSxqfV03Vp31bXn3S4bHwxL2_GMGrRkO5FltdlsBgKEF2bkBwHfeWsPkoZLLalFxXUshQ4cO8ZeRCyxt82nl5xSQ_10oUU5RpcsbzFySKk_BnUrkNs__T60le1Pam4L-GhgHg/s320/100_3588.jpg" border="0" /></a>Our beautiful Josie in her Korean Hanbok. I know am mom, but I think she is just beautiful in the Hanbok. I wish she had more reasons to wear it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjzQvi-vmi6JoKz8hzs0KeVkcqb5_dwBbPveK45Ik379kXVMZetT6oX0MLMY4MXPP6P8ntJj4x1f3n8-0hgdHqXnS7tiLV2c9jI4qk7WBzLSLmK6swB0-wRIwbPLUIFxBskoAamnhoA/s1600-h/100_3606a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256827778530377234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjzQvi-vmi6JoKz8hzs0KeVkcqb5_dwBbPveK45Ik379kXVMZetT6oX0MLMY4MXPP6P8ntJj4x1f3n8-0hgdHqXnS7tiLV2c9jI4qk7WBzLSLmK6swB0-wRIwbPLUIFxBskoAamnhoA/s320/100_3606a.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-57341542188713424772008-07-17T10:09:00.001-07:002008-10-09T12:10:33.703-07:00Our Vacation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAt0vT8DnLy9u1rFL_rd1IorbJF6jgEYn07y10XW5mynS_QpZHZ63iCOwvsgnL6xabpLfEdjljXKiF48mryrzBcJ4DvPwJDNcD1w4Mbrg8AtdD_W8_0dpNPWu68WltmGqaKhyphenhyphenmMjwrA/s1600-h/100_3443.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224033227765069842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAt0vT8DnLy9u1rFL_rd1IorbJF6jgEYn07y10XW5mynS_QpZHZ63iCOwvsgnL6xabpLfEdjljXKiF48mryrzBcJ4DvPwJDNcD1w4Mbrg8AtdD_W8_0dpNPWu68WltmGqaKhyphenhyphenmMjwrA/s320/100_3443.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"> It was a busy couple of days for the kids. At night they had the whole big bed, but stayed right<br /><br />next to each other.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO0O4QtLkfZAMXEWeDKs_aXFWGkzmxm6u-2px5evXn1Esk7c6aBLyeW-tD1f75KXW2AhoSo62KIrJgOxkN1iKFpguzOSDX_y6bMYNAhaWlsU7cEbdCYDmJ8-pO6Ugn_0XHunoOTOE2Q/s1600-h/100_3399.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224033234759909378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO0O4QtLkfZAMXEWeDKs_aXFWGkzmxm6u-2px5evXn1Esk7c6aBLyeW-tD1f75KXW2AhoSo62KIrJgOxkN1iKFpguzOSDX_y6bMYNAhaWlsU7cEbdCYDmJ8-pO6Ugn_0XHunoOTOE2Q/s320/100_3399.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdQkT-XMys3s_Y-tzy8qIpFFfViPZbdi0ycWvsAFPS0cC8lYInHAy0Jn0MQ2wL-rG-VKXvF4Xd4UYdVf_zJ7a4VPEhe2KRIDidBAmI5TxIS_u2oSoknNeiZtGGO0W7cqv9eWqa4UJBw/s1600-h/100_3288.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224033264468341922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdQkT-XMys3s_Y-tzy8qIpFFfViPZbdi0ycWvsAFPS0cC8lYInHAy0Jn0MQ2wL-rG-VKXvF4Xd4UYdVf_zJ7a4VPEhe2KRIDidBAmI5TxIS_u2oSoknNeiZtGGO0W7cqv9eWqa4UJBw/s320/100_3288.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZw7uxHIJK_FWAV_9mAr1nYEeiMqPY365WiWdc8Bvv4vHp4niktjTBZFEIyknbCwsxslFbxd2Tabg_mKsOHnTQu3VQRIrLwxSt7QAfdBUE5oc4jiTVT2_b5BHq41SC4bnUR4Z7N3Btw/s1600-h/100_3299.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224033253626438898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZw7uxHIJK_FWAV_9mAr1nYEeiMqPY365WiWdc8Bvv4vHp4niktjTBZFEIyknbCwsxslFbxd2Tabg_mKsOHnTQu3VQRIrLwxSt7QAfdBUE5oc4jiTVT2_b5BHq41SC4bnUR4Z7N3Btw/s320/100_3299.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We enjoyed a nice meal at the Rainforest Cafe. We all tried Calamari ( squid) and surprisingly we liked it. Riley seemed to enjoy it the most. Jeff just had to have a picture of part of us in the U.S. and part of us in Canada.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4JauY4JB9yDHrGjmGXK_a1_Xs6DJ6iiiitALCcuENP0mE6P3-U2tw5hHGfeRCXlg_c9pT3uAeIMfTOGnKtvqc-J3_RFSp8zlT32hqo79wAbkztDfdxz3jbM2y_HSY3kJLTQ8KKQoZg/s1600-h/100_3394.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224033261295530690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4JauY4JB9yDHrGjmGXK_a1_Xs6DJ6iiiitALCcuENP0mE6P3-U2tw5hHGfeRCXlg_c9pT3uAeIMfTOGnKtvqc-J3_RFSp8zlT32hqo79wAbkztDfdxz3jbM2y_HSY3kJLTQ8KKQoZg/s320/100_3394.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the U.S. side of the falls!</span>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-59330102362999350852008-07-16T09:05:00.000-07:002008-10-09T12:16:35.100-07:00Summer is flying by!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QJPjiZ-aw_qDzyQCPpMAxdjEgFcinSie2w8CNDEehNbihcvF5EN5kpFBWqLg5pPXK96owfqLdGRXNnc9LYUJyZzVXiOW324U7AJAyQXTCzBfY6MYpvEf3EednBpHLnhat-nuo33nXg/s1600-h/100_3116p.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224047883395022882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QJPjiZ-aw_qDzyQCPpMAxdjEgFcinSie2w8CNDEehNbihcvF5EN5kpFBWqLg5pPXK96owfqLdGRXNnc9LYUJyZzVXiOW324U7AJAyQXTCzBfY6MYpvEf3EednBpHLnhat-nuo33nXg/s320/100_3116p.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujTOVnKc-cCRNhbHVOvR3-N66Q1xHDIBA7TRhlT6Zavd-5_CZ1rUWZl_kArWXHcsjIrt0V5SyYd4elKklXRsmPSPLDrNgrQtlDHKptKxBjJcsM_G2fmyQnx8CQlxDEmWt4Njn1lwdCA/s1600-h/100_3070.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224047890390524674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujTOVnKc-cCRNhbHVOvR3-N66Q1xHDIBA7TRhlT6Zavd-5_CZ1rUWZl_kArWXHcsjIrt0V5SyYd4elKklXRsmPSPLDrNgrQtlDHKptKxBjJcsM_G2fmyQnx8CQlxDEmWt4Njn1lwdCA/s320/100_3070.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1r8u3SbxlrAheszxWIFN1E50Y5rieQy-izMtugBGBLqrtX3TrcefFyJXyO8v_XcisTuUN9xAiYj97-n5vsKSpzGAy-rVHQiPd5gMSjLlsO1CM2CYlE5ApZfj6kUNlqmsryVPWCU_45g/s1600-h/100_3262.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224047928582585410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1r8u3SbxlrAheszxWIFN1E50Y5rieQy-izMtugBGBLqrtX3TrcefFyJXyO8v_XcisTuUN9xAiYj97-n5vsKSpzGAy-rVHQiPd5gMSjLlsO1CM2CYlE5ApZfj6kUNlqmsryVPWCU_45g/s320/100_3262.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJJSuJwILStA5bzzKLFU3mQPc2QG9ZBKDxFX1p9Bhvd7OIa22F8Q04rMiAhGGcwx7nKNqbmkE4YV20jbRSsNOfAxRLr5RtOwFC5RMiKFS3N-YZ0uwtM1hkGyf0tFQQMtdZcdjOmJd-g/s1600-h/100_3451.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224047939897095826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJJSuJwILStA5bzzKLFU3mQPc2QG9ZBKDxFX1p9Bhvd7OIa22F8Q04rMiAhGGcwx7nKNqbmkE4YV20jbRSsNOfAxRLr5RtOwFC5RMiKFS3N-YZ0uwtM1hkGyf0tFQQMtdZcdjOmJd-g/s320/100_3451.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uxm2YZiDVkMz2TAhM6uZTIQAdRpMLcDxCV9amQczvNsufEC4cG_b2iiJun0qDm_gTERketYfjMmKGXUzpVysAIYLw9xtReWYsGaFEKKgwKIHT30NzTyqILjDrip5p__2AwVOBB9Faw/s1600-h/100_3290.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224047948947786434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uxm2YZiDVkMz2TAhM6uZTIQAdRpMLcDxCV9amQczvNsufEC4cG_b2iiJun0qDm_gTERketYfjMmKGXUzpVysAIYLw9xtReWYsGaFEKKgwKIHT30NzTyqILjDrip5p__2AwVOBB9Faw/s320/100_3290.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFWkRs9xuoGDIYfqfCjpxjynvi1JsAVZCov9HUvRkk20WqJDbAkVoBWhgKlBpnFaa_4SnzNChyHcC_kMcUf_XDr2sWgK9DckE8yyLrFQEdcM7UL6yYR0JMVhmrJDqfiWhZ6xZTDuk_A/s1600-h/100_3318.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224039533970880834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFWkRs9xuoGDIYfqfCjpxjynvi1JsAVZCov9HUvRkk20WqJDbAkVoBWhgKlBpnFaa_4SnzNChyHcC_kMcUf_XDr2sWgK9DckE8yyLrFQEdcM7UL6yYR0JMVhmrJDqfiWhZ6xZTDuk_A/s320/100_3318.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"> Wow what a busy summer it has been. We have been busy adding a new bedroom for Riley. We are almost done. Riley turned 5 years old and thinks he is a grown man now. Our little princess Josie just turned 2 already. The talking has started to begin. The kids are growing up to fast. After Josie's birthday we went on Vacation to Niagara Falls. It was beautiful and the people there were beyond nice on both the U.S and Canadian sides. We tried to do to much, so we were all a little worn out by the end, but looking back on the photos we had some good times. the kids feed the fish at Marineland and loved it. we should have stayed at the pond all day. We also did the Maid of the Mist. Everyone loved it! I will post some more photos of the trip. I'm only going to be blogging once or twice a year, not that I spend blog that much now. Sorry if I don't update to often. I'm just busy trying to find more family time, so I will probably only post a couple of times a year! Hope you enjoy the photos:)</span></p>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-76055548981293109122008-04-27T17:09:00.001-07:002008-04-27T17:09:25.831-07:00<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=5ab5b41a4bebf1d385729f" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=5ab5b41a4bebf1d385729f&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link?p=5ab5b41a4bebf1d385729f&skin_id=701&source=emplay" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link_image/5ab5b41a4bebf1d385729f/701.gif" style="border:0px;" width="408" /></a><br/><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make an on-line slide show at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-82055198648953690012008-04-21T06:06:00.000-07:002008-04-21T06:46:07.977-07:00Already a year<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfjGOEjshmF1RVkb9Y0n6vbRVcPWS8VJNhhyeiz_alTy45ILKUnGccgOhj-H_4pfsU1qinwqtMTAO-jviNPW_DnUkaiYqI56-RdUJow6LDPY4agmD6cc6FRNx5eVXzT8xIVK1QSdfww/s320/100_1415.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191687956748117042" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgFDlvmBl81So_xDguNR1yVZqf_WJ-G_xfm3SsAaDjkWDt7Rex6EyVZhpUicA8BgdAeX2Avx_p5pnxOlEjfhb6mFGL8tqODTkNIbYd-SdBAOKaG1MCK1SIScCiXNT4lv2DGn-OFV_kw/s320/100_2837.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191687952453149730" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TDgSZaEMCSl69pmWgWJjgbjwy0a_Tcl_ab9EYVk6I1NuhSd5JL775BDUyjUFkB-O4WfTQa6ftVsRVAgqQzJYz2ucROO1y3VZ3Xrcwvq7RoRQuFufXqBMutJqyA2z_IhHDLzdV0_t0A/s320/100_2807.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191687939568247810" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5_jnat-Yn1lntcB-0xAgxcLr1pHlhe1r6mFAytUuAfTsxEEu0cmvPPP0pcrVxyCUHX86ywVesweQKS1Hcamw26PMe2MrB0Nnd46AU_wNUyTcoB4JRiTmJht-6PIEQOb-1LHRVdTSoQ/s1600-h/100_2704.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBd3Yqy9ES0hbac23KTcBAkyoY290IGbXSeX5O4XvdPgtIEP1LK9izUYNO9c2yksEWAZfQ0Wpv_qH0I7-fUA9GlYnXCaR8xAu-VWv8NX5lIKItCg8xNr_nZm6pEMuuplGknJDXCy0Jlw/s1600-h/100_2791.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBd3Yqy9ES0hbac23KTcBAkyoY290IGbXSeX5O4XvdPgtIEP1LK9izUYNO9c2yksEWAZfQ0Wpv_qH0I7-fUA9GlYnXCaR8xAu-VWv8NX5lIKItCg8xNr_nZm6pEMuuplGknJDXCy0Jlw/s320/100_2791.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191687948158182418" /></a><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96oGytI5-xVOIpwnPolcTDZ7HPLSL4hcAxrn_l76-CjAbqrrLdnQ8yzFg0nTmRijVG0u-yzxRtZ6y8qdpeujXaajoTzOkg_djsWzq43DpLojGQn8kHtc7mRlqjaVzJH6ZvoiGVCPyPA/s320/100_2848.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191694012652004434" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjdaRYg7MkiTneMCV4Xd0YkmNvRMBwozhPpOKrANY7I6LC_WtKjq3fmIt2Ec6cyLB93CmPmAweL6zNRJw0zHf36qmC6jzycf8ARIlu1blvI8dEejzq8zTvCmoAYtirg7seEqDTMSt2g/s320/100_2843.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191694004062069826" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfjGOEjshmF1RVkb9Y0n6vbRVcPWS8VJNhhyeiz_alTy45ILKUnGccgOhj-H_4pfsU1qinwqtMTAO-jviNPW_DnUkaiYqI56-RdUJow6LDPY4agmD6cc6FRNx5eVXzT8xIVK1QSdfww/s1600-h/100_1415.jpg"><br /><br /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5_jnat-Yn1lntcB-0xAgxcLr1pHlhe1r6mFAytUuAfTsxEEu0cmvPPP0pcrVxyCUHX86ywVesweQKS1Hcamw26PMe2MrB0Nnd46AU_wNUyTcoB4JRiTmJht-6PIEQOb-1LHRVdTSoQ/s320/100_2704.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191687875143738354" />This weekend was a sure delight! On Friday we celebrated Josie's airplane day. We can't believe it has already been a year since she has been home. She is our little princess. She is funny, smart, adventurous, and a bit sassy too! We went to the aquarium to celebrate this weekend. Found out that Josie is quit the fish herself at the hotel pool. She already kicks her legs and moves her arms. It was too funny! The kids had so much fun. Happy Earth Day tomorrow!!!! Just remember as Riley tells me it is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-22078027320145178412008-03-04T07:11:00.000-08:002008-03-04T07:26:11.035-08:00Is it Spring yet!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8RcHZbpGw3sYwkA865I1P5cTU2lcJ0NIF-BNcuy4bOmxqjtsFXOLmkgLJAhDtFdygxBzkiaLk4YniKcGhj7UuSuskgbOoAzvFQfwjaZTpFsVzk4Ljgg0WBU-ENlKpAJAz9IiBFsZWQ/s1600-h/100_2518.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173905841117885874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8RcHZbpGw3sYwkA865I1P5cTU2lcJ0NIF-BNcuy4bOmxqjtsFXOLmkgLJAhDtFdygxBzkiaLk4YniKcGhj7UuSuskgbOoAzvFQfwjaZTpFsVzk4Ljgg0WBU-ENlKpAJAz9IiBFsZWQ/s320/100_2518.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJ5-yzf2RG0VH1NN2WPUfOoGbbVIdqVsJ4bRB5z7upXVW0flKEWkDaW0y5NzGVY2vdna85IrS37RxnJHnMo_Kr1jBkyARYxvM8FS2J-rts88Y3qF49GyXfRMr0EN6JVAtDjByG_TXTg/s1600-h/100_2522.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173905858297755074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJ5-yzf2RG0VH1NN2WPUfOoGbbVIdqVsJ4bRB5z7upXVW0flKEWkDaW0y5NzGVY2vdna85IrS37RxnJHnMo_Kr1jBkyARYxvM8FS2J-rts88Y3qF49GyXfRMr0EN6JVAtDjByG_TXTg/s320/100_2522.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AqH6BGY4EW__ABARy8TvfCpPITOUyUET6h6Mu67doe2_iy7UCg7bQ5v868faad2zUIUtNQ3Pgh1zuemNOL5s4oSO9W0S-aonQji_vP_ZunAfwZFrMq8uY0wAjLVAT65F_sat1I-epQ/s1600-h/100_2481.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173905866887689682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AqH6BGY4EW__ABARy8TvfCpPITOUyUET6h6Mu67doe2_iy7UCg7bQ5v868faad2zUIUtNQ3Pgh1zuemNOL5s4oSO9W0S-aonQji_vP_ZunAfwZFrMq8uY0wAjLVAT65F_sat1I-epQ/s320/100_2481.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1pHJ9IVPCuzX2qETK-q8NEXRRjlE4u3AcItGxhy7SBYZkDnQZB4FQFGkLY9Uy9s__Xuhpqs_c2uF0jkmB22izr4n3iF3MKFDR6j9LWuLQ-NSXQlpZL89pSIUF8x_3WGO22njwpXsjA/s1600-h/100_2452.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173905875477624290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1pHJ9IVPCuzX2qETK-q8NEXRRjlE4u3AcItGxhy7SBYZkDnQZB4FQFGkLY9Uy9s__Xuhpqs_c2uF0jkmB22izr4n3iF3MKFDR6j9LWuLQ-NSXQlpZL89pSIUF8x_3WGO22njwpXsjA/s320/100_2452.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbdpg6Y-sVnrL85wRfQQbpaqOG1GRbK2XMQZrmqeOglbBZ6Cp_D_by1U7fqHMgiFNypRbVE9Qk8sN7I4U9q3VKJGxpaDhUCyTMQ_b2v1Q0yfUW2tCtyTj_0az2H0-rfADJIQWzjxSvQ/s1600-h/100_2446.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173905884067558898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbdpg6Y-sVnrL85wRfQQbpaqOG1GRbK2XMQZrmqeOglbBZ6Cp_D_by1U7fqHMgiFNypRbVE9Qk8sN7I4U9q3VKJGxpaDhUCyTMQ_b2v1Q0yfUW2tCtyTj_0az2H0-rfADJIQWzjxSvQ/s320/100_2446.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I just had to share the photos of the two of them in those toy glasses. I laughed so hard. This month I attempted to take Josie's photos, because she wouldn't let anyone a the photo studio. I could get her to do it with no problem. I just couldn't get a good photo. I never thought that Josie would eat one of the suckers I made for her Gotcha Day, but here is the proof. I had found a few in the kitchen, and the kids enjoyed them. Josie's starting to say a few more words and she is doing great with animal sounds!</div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-78102023043361795322008-01-16T17:08:00.000-08:002008-01-17T09:55:09.731-08:00Holiday Cheer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrni9uRrCoKa0LcaNv08H8s6WgZlkM6okNmipOlX2ZO2tpa99MKCpZw6kykzWTzDHgrrKbirAf_w9tjNOGrun464GAZ-MWjG4JA7UMhbgRrkwaKK3btvJLM9VIZV78MztGdsdiwDk8og/s1600-h/100_2334.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156249610202824930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrni9uRrCoKa0LcaNv08H8s6WgZlkM6okNmipOlX2ZO2tpa99MKCpZw6kykzWTzDHgrrKbirAf_w9tjNOGrun464GAZ-MWjG4JA7UMhbgRrkwaKK3btvJLM9VIZV78MztGdsdiwDk8og/s320/100_2334.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCLohaVfwHou-kiy8y-1TfjglUQEkoo0ix2d-Ik7tppfBPxVrt94J4a_tDnOP1zD_LJ0smVRNJZZxerKZt4v-1LNl1Mvzi3IWyHjZf5hUGnSIfZdBcGhjqHD_73J3mXAjgEOeq9glpw/s1600-h/100_2380.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156249618792759554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCLohaVfwHou-kiy8y-1TfjglUQEkoo0ix2d-Ik7tppfBPxVrt94J4a_tDnOP1zD_LJ0smVRNJZZxerKZt4v-1LNl1Mvzi3IWyHjZf5hUGnSIfZdBcGhjqHD_73J3mXAjgEOeq9glpw/s320/100_2380.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoIdD-Pn4HDJp7Rxjz9znUh2ICk20UEQTX8kdBpP_Mwm4u0zNSlApPnVW_CJC6nKUeay6z0XP9xlR0gU8Z0T2SFMClwIZ2BxvYpJ-CTbrvFqITO4b5is1mQHsZIllI00dN__PMyAhEA/s1600-h/100_2378.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156249614497792242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoIdD-Pn4HDJp7Rxjz9znUh2ICk20UEQTX8kdBpP_Mwm4u0zNSlApPnVW_CJC6nKUeay6z0XP9xlR0gU8Z0T2SFMClwIZ2BxvYpJ-CTbrvFqITO4b5is1mQHsZIllI00dN__PMyAhEA/s320/100_2378.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodsn-mqSrzLvb97iaz3YQ7t_fZbVna-WqXFjd38qO2lGu_oDSW5XUyi0uUA2HtmT19I8UYlApvg6XulZx_Ss_t1SDlQkkR0rGcR4SmXSEJgz0fbSk4If-ApQ1Xy5nNHwHOEjqgNyLuA/s1600-h/100_2414.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156248588000608402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodsn-mqSrzLvb97iaz3YQ7t_fZbVna-WqXFjd38qO2lGu_oDSW5XUyi0uUA2HtmT19I8UYlApvg6XulZx_Ss_t1SDlQkkR0rGcR4SmXSEJgz0fbSk4If-ApQ1Xy5nNHwHOEjqgNyLuA/s320/100_2414.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbciuH1110ahw95Hm_XUN-CBivlQUM8saaZJgkAzKdP3QLypRIsM7ESl9BGF9Lh868AMCEsdFKIoJY47M3dcIuvtTRrPyVKjStHqzWxPk1RFzTKfm6EMgWJf-srGhlIcWQwKUgQtGo7w/s1600-h/100_2409.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156248592295575714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbciuH1110ahw95Hm_XUN-CBivlQUM8saaZJgkAzKdP3QLypRIsM7ESl9BGF9Lh868AMCEsdFKIoJY47M3dcIuvtTRrPyVKjStHqzWxPk1RFzTKfm6EMgWJf-srGhlIcWQwKUgQtGo7w/s320/100_2409.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k2pS5u-bJ6q_7CFO4Z1B-aiw8RMg9IV4So13VoKt6Ru6OA8prNVieFtbBaW3HKPgV3-dVbQ-n9ajMspLjKNym3CfM__TNd6upJnd23D1nK66z1YYfX8QTFLc8F7LrJgOmZAl9lTKzA/s1600-h/100_2408.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156248596590543026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k2pS5u-bJ6q_7CFO4Z1B-aiw8RMg9IV4So13VoKt6Ru6OA8prNVieFtbBaW3HKPgV3-dVbQ-n9ajMspLjKNym3CfM__TNd6upJnd23D1nK66z1YYfX8QTFLc8F7LrJgOmZAl9lTKzA/s320/100_2408.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FQ3VtQGDMn4tzrAE2G09xavrnVjiVZYILnfgbyUjCrxVZU7QgK-HMSrSVdKWtohA5khXZjcKIi2xhgd8ArzQ_TxeriQx7fMkfxCyVpLX5_QmUDSBpYA8UZ3jMvOu6_ywCJ-d8DfktA/s1600-h/100_2406.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156248600885510338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FQ3VtQGDMn4tzrAE2G09xavrnVjiVZYILnfgbyUjCrxVZU7QgK-HMSrSVdKWtohA5khXZjcKIi2xhgd8ArzQ_TxeriQx7fMkfxCyVpLX5_QmUDSBpYA8UZ3jMvOu6_ywCJ-d8DfktA/s320/100_2406.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGQomlkmj3JEIP-ZvkRVMSaaei5eCVtCArJ2VJKeF-TtYyaiGflEjej94cNxRrq-2tyRNuu0_JMLZsM0VYc5FjU-8irJpCGiJaFwLSZguXeIHZOziWYkqMar_2NM4cp2D9KDVegJ9fw/s1600-h/100_2323.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156248609475444946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGQomlkmj3JEIP-ZvkRVMSaaei5eCVtCArJ2VJKeF-TtYyaiGflEjej94cNxRrq-2tyRNuu0_JMLZsM0VYc5FjU-8irJpCGiJaFwLSZguXeIHZOziWYkqMar_2NM4cp2D9KDVegJ9fw/s320/100_2323.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We had a great holiday season this year. It was so wonderful to have Josie home this year. There is so much more excitement in the house now with two kids. The kids this year would have been happy with holiday cookies and the boxes the their toys came in. Christmas morning Josie had so much fun having the kitten chase her with a ribbon. She giggled the whole time. I am amazed by how fast the months are flying by. Summer will be here before I know it. We caught a glimpse of that the other day. We went outside for alittle while. Josie did not want to come back in. She was having a blast on the slide. Last night she found a pair of her sunglasses and didn't want to take them off. This spring I don't think I'm going to be able to get either of them to come back in the house.</div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-69451235464263203112007-12-08T15:46:00.000-08:002007-12-08T16:14:32.022-08:00It's Offical!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2TkQWxhyB8sdG3mIxnRgZbshjxz1IzQn4t7YYgqk6l72ueiYHJ4bgbMrgkwOlt9lUstSlWexdcXou4aeAJHITJB5F3tO2653f3Pi1um6FDCf8LWvkMneJc97uqaC1d5pUyPPysLHaQ/s1600-h/100_2314.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141754529436306722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2TkQWxhyB8sdG3mIxnRgZbshjxz1IzQn4t7YYgqk6l72ueiYHJ4bgbMrgkwOlt9lUstSlWexdcXou4aeAJHITJB5F3tO2653f3Pi1um6FDCf8LWvkMneJc97uqaC1d5pUyPPysLHaQ/s320/100_2314.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our first snowman this season.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMgxo_27q-HjqFgKDxIwqnKYe-lVBsfbSog2LtPZark4WNUmoZOhuZ4so80MUqgVJYwoIckzQiWkWreDsh5BRdG_hRvlg_2pkcctirwHwn_sUNQbIqihDCBsD2lRKQxAoWFCRR_OP0g/s1600-h/100_2301.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141754542321208626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMgxo_27q-HjqFgKDxIwqnKYe-lVBsfbSog2LtPZark4WNUmoZOhuZ4so80MUqgVJYwoIckzQiWkWreDsh5BRdG_hRvlg_2pkcctirwHwn_sUNQbIqihDCBsD2lRKQxAoWFCRR_OP0g/s320/100_2301.jpg" border="0" /></a> Josie's first time in Ohio snow<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CsB4gSm-MGQvqIVdVmcDmHB8T1Y2yXPqOkUdSK2-Bx8px4SJEkX22hB-NPE9B_OlDL4ZXFnR5Yups5rswWto0Ev9CzHK31xtlh6HugH5Ew6FliWY8juKeVHkfy7nMEFon3O9RJWa8Q/s1600-h/000_0073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141754546616175938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CsB4gSm-MGQvqIVdVmcDmHB8T1Y2yXPqOkUdSK2-Bx8px4SJEkX22hB-NPE9B_OlDL4ZXFnR5Yups5rswWto0Ev9CzHK31xtlh6HugH5Ew6FliWY8juKeVHkfy7nMEFon3O9RJWa8Q/s320/000_0073.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> Josie thought she was such a big helper as she attempted to push Daddy's Chair. She didn't speed things up, but it sure was cute!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFa1DBfkEsi9BPtPB6KDCKqFmkz-Qk72FMl5R_zjjI3wglvlnwHEPDIV3BxSPPLah0u0WOFEuLkOFnSG5OnBxfsBf4YvaehuZHr3-8xF16b-WZk_vIdwcZyC7ajBbDd8v04bx4Xawzg/s1600-h/000_0066_00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141754555206110546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFa1DBfkEsi9BPtPB6KDCKqFmkz-Qk72FMl5R_zjjI3wglvlnwHEPDIV3BxSPPLah0u0WOFEuLkOFnSG5OnBxfsBf4YvaehuZHr3-8xF16b-WZk_vIdwcZyC7ajBbDd8v04bx4Xawzg/s320/000_0066_00.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53E4zcutxErwqLWQVqYQC-hkfPdK5tN586_AWkGIvg_UE7eAYvv13cydsw9V6ZWtSxl8vJ3tURVVGBwclOjWorMRYan8c-MZ9ZDYDS5KW_L3pqPYK9eRj-sZlf1jJAERxtOVvneT8ig/s1600-h/000_0065_00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141754563796045154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53E4zcutxErwqLWQVqYQC-hkfPdK5tN586_AWkGIvg_UE7eAYvv13cydsw9V6ZWtSxl8vJ3tURVVGBwclOjWorMRYan8c-MZ9ZDYDS5KW_L3pqPYK9eRj-sZlf1jJAERxtOVvneT8ig/s320/000_0065_00.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our Forever Family of Four</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">We finalized Josie's adoption on December 6, 2007 at the Summit County Courthouse. It was such a special for us. Josie came home to us on April 18, 2007 and is now <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">officially</span> ours forever. It has been a wonderful 8 months of waiting. I can't believe how fast the time went by. It seems like it took forever for her to come home to us and now it is already finalized. It was a long 3 1/2 hour drive <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">both</span> ways. The kids were wonderful in the car, and a stop at McDonald's seems to always do the trick for at least the kids! We had the pleasure of sharing our court date with the Cook Family. They adopted their baby girl Hannah the same day we adopted Josie. The girls are only a day apart in ago. It was so much fun to see how big the girls have gotten. Hannah is a little doll that had on the cutest dress ( I think I'm going to try to find that one for Josie for the Holidays :) We are so blessed to have the most wonderful children. This is a Wonderful Life.<br /><br /></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-29583290259325982732007-11-08T12:11:00.000-08:002007-11-08T13:25:39.138-08:00November Already<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0S7AWenwA8Txi6d2YE7klE0jge_ef9zCVObU34OFsIYlWnad3PIjhSAmTY4NHsexvK1xAyltr2cXWwlS5wXo_QH1dQWsMmfoQh2-nVL0J1a7OPq1d_Tj0SvjjZb40p5WT0Ng08FNdPQ/s1600-h/100_2019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130576141239378690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0S7AWenwA8Txi6d2YE7klE0jge_ef9zCVObU34OFsIYlWnad3PIjhSAmTY4NHsexvK1xAyltr2cXWwlS5wXo_QH1dQWsMmfoQh2-nVL0J1a7OPq1d_Tj0SvjjZb40p5WT0Ng08FNdPQ/s320/100_2019.jpg" border="0" /></a> The kids were busy dancing at Jeff's brothers wedding. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDbYWbzGq582Y5tOqU8IK9xhVGdNkcNO5sDj2xZf8J9mZC57uFMfgNOu5JwLNBv-CnHTx9A3S3T7mAn0u4DxFIDIcIoEEr_u1uZCnhGgfBJV65nMrUzjHStvyM_Xut7svp5kVgB9f4w/s1600-h/100_2041_02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130576149829313298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDbYWbzGq582Y5tOqU8IK9xhVGdNkcNO5sDj2xZf8J9mZC57uFMfgNOu5JwLNBv-CnHTx9A3S3T7mAn0u4DxFIDIcIoEEr_u1uZCnhGgfBJV65nMrUzjHStvyM_Xut7svp5kVgB9f4w/s320/100_2041_02.jpg" border="0" /></a> Trick or Treat<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISxocksrE5FW_mIx7SwyLTJE1IKsqu6ubNzy27rgjwE-1QnKeS0UO46oRQXovZI7dtZdh120x1QzZmjfpakDZmCUlvzBt17uRDuOOZY8JCbksf3D-5_neyF2HRYVWSkS0S18W0Keq3Q/s1600-h/100_1942.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130576154124280610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISxocksrE5FW_mIx7SwyLTJE1IKsqu6ubNzy27rgjwE-1QnKeS0UO46oRQXovZI7dtZdh120x1QzZmjfpakDZmCUlvzBt17uRDuOOZY8JCbksf3D-5_neyF2HRYVWSkS0S18W0Keq3Q/s320/100_1942.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0o4DQxPCnD65Ad8lPrH5SoIPlRWZFikTJfgteIAYmJ_mBn69ySO4y4GcqH5_-i6rjnbyZHsh_hlrqguL6XHNXeOUrLKUihM5BPQFw3t83wLCSXduIucFMt_Re24foiS5xkv2x3EGog/s1600-h/100_1968.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130576162714215218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0o4DQxPCnD65Ad8lPrH5SoIPlRWZFikTJfgteIAYmJ_mBn69ySO4y4GcqH5_-i6rjnbyZHsh_hlrqguL6XHNXeOUrLKUihM5BPQFw3t83wLCSXduIucFMt_Re24foiS5xkv2x3EGog/s320/100_1968.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDVNCU3Q5YlH1O-_DTOmhMtdyzlQR63iwH8u-3NUJfn4OvWEgchIQUHN6-KeCFQ0Fz93kp1K_UpcUbjMt-7iTUWOuXQfnRJUnvYZf4dCcLce7ECFm2B_FZqcmrXeu844GVhBI3iZwIg/s1600-h/100_1995.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130576167009182530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDVNCU3Q5YlH1O-_DTOmhMtdyzlQR63iwH8u-3NUJfn4OvWEgchIQUHN6-KeCFQ0Fz93kp1K_UpcUbjMt-7iTUWOuXQfnRJUnvYZf4dCcLce7ECFm2B_FZqcmrXeu844GVhBI3iZwIg/s320/100_1995.jpg" border="0" /></a> I just wanted to update our blog. It has been so long since I've had a chance. I have been so busy the last few months that my free time I have been spending with the kids. We had our last visit from our Social Worker last night. It was sad that she won't come visit, but we are so excited that we finalize next month. Josie is growing up so fast. Just this months she seems to have gone from infant to toddler. Riley is busy in Preschool, and boy does he love it. I will try to post more often in the next few months.<br /><div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-10099154773121411082007-07-07T14:39:00.000-07:002007-07-08T15:38:33.118-07:00JOSIE 지현 1ST BIRTHDAY<div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>지현</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o4DbT79INd7igM3ub6GChIVnmXJkLc9X2F-bBXjXRFq83Bygld0IWIn6Xw6sLmxj24Yc4rC9czyayaTo1h3W-fgTVNxQz82Pl_yfH6RcLhqujEnIyYpuqGAiy1MNe0Kq4TSSILUOcw/s1600-h/100_1777.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084586737086981490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o4DbT79INd7igM3ub6GChIVnmXJkLc9X2F-bBXjXRFq83Bygld0IWIn6Xw6sLmxj24Yc4rC9czyayaTo1h3W-fgTVNxQz82Pl_yfH6RcLhqujEnIyYpuqGAiy1MNe0Kq4TSSILUOcw/s320/100_1777.jpg" border="0" /></a> We can't believe she is already a year old. The past 3 months have gone by so fast. Unfortunately, we didn't get to go the the Korean restaurant or the Children's Museum today, but we are planning to do it next weekend. We celebrated Josie's Tol today. Here are a few pictures of Josie in her Hanbok. The top photo is Josie's Toljabee. We had all of the traditional items ( thread, scissors, sword, rice, money, etc.) and a couple of extra we added. I added a whale and Jeff added a history book for our own personal hopes. Josie picked the thread and then grabbed for the rice. I guess this will mean she will have a long life and be rich.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084580071297738082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkByIqDbT5bPZl_9gcVKoLy0ClYIkpKxct4Ax1eawPQuYF00kruyTRT40P53RdoF7xOEpFk1gIJUbc2FfZdLq2cvzPDs562TKiCunfsznoNegB2v3VKlkYOyNvytoRTW6hsFNVq0BfHA/s320/100_1786.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084580062707803474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIe0NkCAhFxdvFR1wXlCIk0pBugYzE0fe9QfDROKZZ1b9iFEXdYCWZFXeX8N-OnJPW2xWhKagJMHh80y3u75Yom5-8YoB3GD1g8o19hqPdpYG0Daj_8GF8UUvbBHqDzTDpzPops6dI3Q/s320/100_1798.jpg" border="0" />Riley helped me chose Josie's gifts. She seems to really like the car keys and cell phone that make noise. After all the excitement Jeff and I decided it was a good thing we didn't have a big party. We are pretty sure it would have been to overwhelming for her. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084580058412836162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP6_zP-FvWEVxPcBPLxMvw3S_-Jz6AqChUGHcBtRM-gFYO9IPPnvhkSa6UsnphWkIuOly97SEO6yiTEJUq74hkSPAcVOb2cJVKI5vHybQXZY28FAvG2_g0NLE15yvOWf3IaSpS69gXw/s320/100_1809.jpg" border="0" />I love that messy face. She didn't blow out the candle at all. Before we could stop her she pinched it between her two fingers to put out the flame. No mark on her fingers and no tears. It was kind of funny because that is the same thing I did when I turned one.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlurfP836e-DXFRts7jCDbB9FwqEVHsOn0yaM6pehjj2KRKSl53PpDjbS5NjB1uEyfdf2gUflBWkaevEPwqs9M3zPrNb3CTwQkrvjY8yCoypqKQhYv_Y888q_Ic6zG5Wv_4vgLRqPPQ/s1600-h/100_1816.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084580045527934242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlurfP836e-DXFRts7jCDbB9FwqEVHsOn0yaM6pehjj2KRKSl53PpDjbS5NjB1uEyfdf2gUflBWkaevEPwqs9M3zPrNb3CTwQkrvjY8yCoypqKQhYv_Y888q_Ic6zG5Wv_4vgLRqPPQ/s320/100_1816.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjM8y1mivtCW4vH6_tnwCc9c4Y4-u8UXJMlIiyJqgJcjjPsGV8uXAWQjYEI2li44i1D1nntHsVRHpVyWTfY6W78_ZGnn58o7Fgw4OeJO5fe07oMiEAfIKrO2mD4IyohG9hnzFO8GbDg/s1600-h/100_1815.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084580054117868850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjM8y1mivtCW4vH6_tnwCc9c4Y4-u8UXJMlIiyJqgJcjjPsGV8uXAWQjYEI2li44i1D1nntHsVRHpVyWTfY6W78_ZGnn58o7Fgw4OeJO5fe07oMiEAfIKrO2mD4IyohG9hnzFO8GbDg/s320/100_1815.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Today we had family stop by to wish Josie a happy birthday. My sister had an enormous bag of clothes from her youngest daughter Eva for Josie. Love those hammy downs. They look like new! I can't wait to try them on her. She got some very needed pj's, a few toys, and Josie's Godmother Theresa had taken the time to find out what is traditionally given in Korea for their Tol and gave her an extra special gift along with the many others they already gave her. We thought that was pretty special that she took the time to learn something else about Korea on her own. Josie is modeling one of her great new pairs of pj's. <br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084956718454760834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMNtcIa34A41O8uO2oMubcEh_WRm9VVJuAYsr8yUuEJWfmFzxsimetABtB1Tr6FOR86Rn96xj9Bu5RN4c2auL6XFHJefExEtGO0szYRMwVj7i3YTiDxiB-lLZyXkQ8Yor65wivP1TEg/s320/100_1822.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />If you haven't already noticed Josie stated walking! She took her first steps about two weeks ago and now it is nonstop.<br /><div></div></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-51258273246436865772007-07-05T17:59:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:41:51.074-07:00The 4th of July<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLipXriEziCGGVzYHhDUyjjTbStVtuNWHZjs_WuVgHBSxMcPYr18HEiN9JIKacUono9GjCZ7DiHxG-0PMMTgZqwcSruauLEYvDbKliBQfBOiowq4amnT4MYfn13XBdnDHj38QR4AIMg/s1600-h/100_1765.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083885712524928242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLipXriEziCGGVzYHhDUyjjTbStVtuNWHZjs_WuVgHBSxMcPYr18HEiN9JIKacUono9GjCZ7DiHxG-0PMMTgZqwcSruauLEYvDbKliBQfBOiowq4amnT4MYfn13XBdnDHj38QR4AIMg/s320/100_1765.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8jgSss91TyPwZ5Q3YRsmw6wZOjesrlrjnKQM5TqUHuup6GUZ9tU7YT9Hs3C8fr1HYpIMLgpyJtFWN9HfNcCkkWXSCEXMnReV93zEpOPA0ULdTPFqwVbn9rlYbSQZ28gbQVO3wQRdWA/s1600-h/100_1761.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083885742589699330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8jgSss91TyPwZ5Q3YRsmw6wZOjesrlrjnKQM5TqUHuup6GUZ9tU7YT9Hs3C8fr1HYpIMLgpyJtFWN9HfNcCkkWXSCEXMnReV93zEpOPA0ULdTPFqwVbn9rlYbSQZ28gbQVO3wQRdWA/s320/100_1761.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobH0Y5P3C3puxwDTMVqvss9q4yPYoUzE9ErwAcjEVqAI7U9q3Bkndm7iqK3XqTe1_948tuv3gtCzm5D_CMsDSZcJ_KbO_pRcZ5rNP6mSIWp5VO1Ndb06U-QiDs-kNVoF-3LqKPShqlQ/s1600-h/100_1763.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083885746884666642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobH0Y5P3C3puxwDTMVqvss9q4yPYoUzE9ErwAcjEVqAI7U9q3Bkndm7iqK3XqTe1_948tuv3gtCzm5D_CMsDSZcJ_KbO_pRcZ5rNP6mSIWp5VO1Ndb06U-QiDs-kNVoF-3LqKPShqlQ/s320/100_1763.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Okay I didn't have much to write I had to just post these pictures of our beautiful baby. I took these photos last night on our front porch. She is such our little princess!!<br /></span><div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-35865548627944912322007-06-23T18:12:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:40:57.405-07:00Summer Fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHjX7VX4-0K2AlWNfaG8I-0VuX0DdHplpAPvwshIse19l9eWrZ4QlJlqvdEh5jzrP9fsUgMtF5JbsDqj1dPqDgvxFgecJippAr8UVrCShfMn8JmeCzpTQ735kSq7pgMGMVCBWxUt5_Q/s1600-h/100_1617a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079440638908754930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHjX7VX4-0K2AlWNfaG8I-0VuX0DdHplpAPvwshIse19l9eWrZ4QlJlqvdEh5jzrP9fsUgMtF5JbsDqj1dPqDgvxFgecJippAr8UVrCShfMn8JmeCzpTQ735kSq7pgMGMVCBWxUt5_Q/s320/100_1617a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEydhdAIGO_udkhBmHuQFzhWzSmDUjnn8nfZNyyqY6PY5T8yz3uXbLKb3suo4nVNnvGplKj6zbAWuOktV0tNYioR9vVL-UuqBaCC9WoL1J4rnFbmWeLiFJulmb_vcCzeypRv1TIxT6A/s1600-h/100_1624.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079440643203722242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEydhdAIGO_udkhBmHuQFzhWzSmDUjnn8nfZNyyqY6PY5T8yz3uXbLKb3suo4nVNnvGplKj6zbAWuOktV0tNYioR9vVL-UuqBaCC9WoL1J4rnFbmWeLiFJulmb_vcCzeypRv1TIxT6A/s320/100_1624.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHg8ThYvU3V1mXVq3aS6PayETmbTMux616YrUFAWIgoFMu88_CY7KX9gDd2elsbDGVudj5mZH43m6rrWbqCwwVvGIsAEa0TuWdlUYsyQmFtrEN48qmDPg5CYjT1ZyAhecf3tRqnM3MxQ/s1600-h/100_1675.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079440647498689554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHg8ThYvU3V1mXVq3aS6PayETmbTMux616YrUFAWIgoFMu88_CY7KX9gDd2elsbDGVudj5mZH43m6rrWbqCwwVvGIsAEa0TuWdlUYsyQmFtrEN48qmDPg5CYjT1ZyAhecf3tRqnM3MxQ/s320/100_1675.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#99ff99;">Josie is growing up so fast. We are busy getting ready for her 1st birthday. Her Tol Birthday. I just finished her invitations and are ready to be mailed. We have her 1st birthday pictures scheduled and her Korean Hanbok is on its way here. I can't wait till it comes. I ordered it from EBay and I'm very excited that it is coming from Seoul, South Korea. I'm trying to figure out the list of Korean ingredients that we will need. We have a lot of cooking ahead. We are going to try to do all the Korean traditions for her big day. Since we don't live in a big city some of the food will have to be omitted. I wish we could have had Rice cakes, but I hear that they are very hard to make. Josie is getting so big. She started to take her first steps this week and is beginning to say Dada, which Jeff just loves. Riley has become her best friend. Riley can always get a smile out of her. She is a sassy little one that loves to play in the dirt. I will be sure to post her Tol party. Well on to the pictures!</span></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-20819828411084830882007-05-09T08:21:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:42:30.372-07:00A Wonderful Life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHoXKLCjhQXuzgfbw3MZHAW0iirgCquoboCAGOtFOSbBsjzYK3V_cvlfBYIrWYcyo-iO50EViGRLZmim-Q4ZIoXZGNhQqtJWmnZXjfa-XIEREsDiQg_uMPgBTh09qNPf9Qp6aIUN7TA/s1600-h/100_1450.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062594430298357538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHoXKLCjhQXuzgfbw3MZHAW0iirgCquoboCAGOtFOSbBsjzYK3V_cvlfBYIrWYcyo-iO50EViGRLZmim-Q4ZIoXZGNhQqtJWmnZXjfa-XIEREsDiQg_uMPgBTh09qNPf9Qp6aIUN7TA/s320/100_1450.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Brother and Sister already playing so well together. I can't believe that she is home. I say that I have " A Wonderful Life". We have been blessed with the two most precious children. Even with all of the ups and downs we have gone through with our adoptions I would not trade it for anything. All of those heartache were worth it for these two angels. God has really giving us a world of blessings.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTctOK2StuxbWKze_TmRY1yJf5etNetOh77PIVsIr3JAYFdc2idggR3Sy-qD_-mvXJLl09AZd0qYMF0acdUWEw5fu9dpaI_21SXlSxjGBESu0lOyXChDZWh7FySHCUDqO_QDjgcHwtA/s1600-h/100_1465.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062594438888292146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTctOK2StuxbWKze_TmRY1yJf5etNetOh77PIVsIr3JAYFdc2idggR3Sy-qD_-mvXJLl09AZd0qYMF0acdUWEw5fu9dpaI_21SXlSxjGBESu0lOyXChDZWh7FySHCUDqO_QDjgcHwtA/s320/100_1465.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Of course who is missing from the photo. One night both kids ended up in our bed and squeezed me out. I thought it was to cute so I had to take a quick photo.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWE5ubWj43ErinbUI3TCSwxMahhdWWdN57gmg45nRIq3G45GPO13HTTpOs_Lyq7ItY9xjswohOBt5wZNY5KG6nTtkvUykKl8WYAw_FQnHOpkLVh3CcbSkZCKjeWUe1sg3fdVaYFrBBmQ/s1600-h/100_1443.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062594447478226754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWE5ubWj43ErinbUI3TCSwxMahhdWWdN57gmg45nRIq3G45GPO13HTTpOs_Lyq7ItY9xjswohOBt5wZNY5KG6nTtkvUykKl8WYAw_FQnHOpkLVh3CcbSkZCKjeWUe1sg3fdVaYFrBBmQ/s320/100_1443.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Josie was all ready for our first post placement visit with our social worker.<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHHwoJqSywlO4LzJEsoiJJKD-ygT2zUGdxeYWwAhE2kQPVmf2f2KILV5ur90R4QoMS5w2hfV2VjOFIkENOg7zqlHgs6iExaecdx89NKWch_PeiRQ-62Ve2KxmPf6p_xZSLGta_59BTg/s1600-h/100_1492.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062589662884658946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHHwoJqSywlO4LzJEsoiJJKD-ygT2zUGdxeYWwAhE2kQPVmf2f2KILV5ur90R4QoMS5w2hfV2VjOFIkENOg7zqlHgs6iExaecdx89NKWch_PeiRQ-62Ve2KxmPf6p_xZSLGta_59BTg/s320/100_1492.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> After a couple of weeks Josie is now feeling comfortable to eat solid food. She hates baby food though. Her favorite so far is mashed up mac and cheese.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvz7vOSnbv6T0fpCVxHsLoiRVUwpI-wuDn-8w3OkrxX4puc_WcL1fseQJgBT3ByPMFVak4S23w7AMd7j49rJ12Dp1anN8oVxxK1oEMEGQ5j0TYCxx7lf0e7XuGA2mO0CvE3LjOmnvuew/s1600-h/100_1471.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062589667179626258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvz7vOSnbv6T0fpCVxHsLoiRVUwpI-wuDn-8w3OkrxX4puc_WcL1fseQJgBT3ByPMFVak4S23w7AMd7j49rJ12Dp1anN8oVxxK1oEMEGQ5j0TYCxx7lf0e7XuGA2mO0CvE3LjOmnvuew/s320/100_1471.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> Look at her go! She always crawls around with something in her hand or is dragging it behind her.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdiYVyHTLvkDWxXwd1f7L93KIchrK5lqFL3qkViHjkPPl3q7PTfmV6C3v5IxtJ6E6Mxu4AuF3OQBqeoL0HiE1xG5BFG8ebOjmBF4cDrqpLec11WNvgtNBySYNjE7ely8AgvO4wXqFfQ/s1600-h/100_1506.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062585702924811986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdiYVyHTLvkDWxXwd1f7L93KIchrK5lqFL3qkViHjkPPl3q7PTfmV6C3v5IxtJ6E6Mxu4AuF3OQBqeoL0HiE1xG5BFG8ebOjmBF4cDrqpLec11WNvgtNBySYNjE7ely8AgvO4wXqFfQ/s320/100_1506.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> I had to try on her new bows she got from our friend Alison. She ordered this adorable bows to help a little girl from China. That just makes them extra special! Too cute. Of course Riley was feeling a bit left out and had to try one on too. Jeff was not to happy with those photos, but I said that you need those kind of photos for his Graduation and Wedding.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80txP5NE6l-ThohPr-6wS-cElL9sizJ4L57hdNepCWEx7srlZvMQTLjBrZyXXf2OBIGwA9Kv7BowOxj6oKygmoQDNZDdVY1Lg3XSrYMyO9yAoXazqCkMC2wg7MXVzDPSswgR49WJbaQ/s1600-h/100_1509.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062585711514746594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80txP5NE6l-ThohPr-6wS-cElL9sizJ4L57hdNepCWEx7srlZvMQTLjBrZyXXf2OBIGwA9Kv7BowOxj6oKygmoQDNZDdVY1Lg3XSrYMyO9yAoXazqCkMC2wg7MXVzDPSswgR49WJbaQ/s320/100_1509.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> I was so loving last night. Josie finally went to Jeff. Of course it helped that he let her hold the cell phone. I'm just loving these photos of the two of them.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShXBfCaLxMMC4Gb1pJvnY4_MJOzbs5WoonYOseUKFFll4uLZ-Jg0KBlakcNQcy7ua_PLWE-KV69wLvExoBdWEH5xMg7EMfMnsN5hvO_3sZOoD29ECN0rzp2DNUXtVPdk1SAqD7Jv4gA/s1600-h/100_1501.jpg"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062585720104681202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShXBfCaLxMMC4Gb1pJvnY4_MJOzbs5WoonYOseUKFFll4uLZ-Jg0KBlakcNQcy7ua_PLWE-KV69wLvExoBdWEH5xMg7EMfMnsN5hvO_3sZOoD29ECN0rzp2DNUXtVPdk1SAqD7Jv4gA/s320/100_1501.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#99ff99;"> It is amazing that she has been home for a 3 weeks now. We are all starting to get into a nice routine and just enjoy the last couple of weeks of my maternity leave. I have been looking on the Internet to buy her first hanbok (traditional Korean dress). There is too many to decide on. I can't wait to have her photos taken in it and some with Riley. Being a mom is just the greatest gift ever!<br /><br /><br /></span><div></div></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-31250418122524724832007-04-21T06:36:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:43:03.549-07:00Josie's Home<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimh2LTqji4CYEwevewLGzIqKAOZeIwnhpxBov-F4zqTe1FKDDTxLwRvQ_fPuGg7Yd4KvQ8nEm9mZyT4ljVzmj5h3sJNircqBWxbe0RZgU-6ikR1LqCR3gqFVWcL_V0L7DnkqexP7PpNw/s1600-h/100_1425.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056365279427095906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimh2LTqji4CYEwevewLGzIqKAOZeIwnhpxBov-F4zqTe1FKDDTxLwRvQ_fPuGg7Yd4KvQ8nEm9mZyT4ljVzmj5h3sJNircqBWxbe0RZgU-6ikR1LqCR3gqFVWcL_V0L7DnkqexP7PpNw/s320/100_1425.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiZRssOA2Ifmx-NyVWfiZe_vmCH1s1bsAcyoMs_98MXn6ynDY_RBS8B3MEHcC31CA-SUSgo9_DEsP1EubveslSTdHOiixlnQJQueV3n7SXAIBVAi1EwSfMqhakeCAXtDgj_JzUewaEA/s1600-h/100_1415.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055891862361926994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiZRssOA2Ifmx-NyVWfiZe_vmCH1s1bsAcyoMs_98MXn6ynDY_RBS8B3MEHcC31CA-SUSgo9_DEsP1EubveslSTdHOiixlnQJQueV3n7SXAIBVAi1EwSfMqhakeCAXtDgj_JzUewaEA/s320/100_1415.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9PlIbohDGyKgnRPfeMl79CTBqtRGaWIyv0leH2tbU2wTwqQCFMB583jlZXUMVg_EPKFV6GhArN4LElmH_I-Hxaj250rgKuR5RIXCjemhn_4dRmi4AJygU_9DUAriHgi-qfHU2Uyd0Q/s1600-h/100_1403.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055888958964034882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9PlIbohDGyKgnRPfeMl79CTBqtRGaWIyv0leH2tbU2wTwqQCFMB583jlZXUMVg_EPKFV6GhArN4LElmH_I-Hxaj250rgKuR5RIXCjemhn_4dRmi4AJygU_9DUAriHgi-qfHU2Uyd0Q/s320/100_1403.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#99ff99;">She is finally home and in our arms. Her flight came in at about 1:40p.m. From that moment the rest of the time is a bit foggy to me. I think I was beside myself with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">excitement</span>. We waiting for about an hour and 40 minutes for the 4 beautiful babies to clear Customs. A baby boy and girl came through the doors first to meet their new families. The frosted glass doors shut again, but it wasn't a minute longer and the doors opened up. Baby Hannah came through first to her family and then there was our beautiful baby girl! The escort came over and handed her to me. She is perfect!!!! Josie didn't cry at all when I took her. The escort said that she was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">surprised</span> because Josie would not go to anyone else on the plane. Riley came over to give her a big kiss and hug right away. He loves his new baby sister. She would touch Jeff's face, but she cried when he held her. Now he is starting to make her giggle. It was a perfect day. My Parents, sister, and two of her boys came and Jeff's Parents came. The last couple of days have been wonderful. She is finally starting to feel more secure and explore a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">little</span> more. Mommy does not have to hold her all day. Riley thanked us yesterday morning for bringing his baby sister home. We could not be happier as a family of 4. Sorry for the lack of photos my sister took 99% and I don't have them yet.</span></div></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-66013203521090432422007-04-06T12:58:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:43:41.861-07:00Travel Call!!!!!<span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"><strong>We can't believe it! Yesterday after work we got the call. Josie is coming home on April 18th. The phone was ringing and I told Jeff let the machine get it. He said no go get it. The lady on the other end asked for me. I thought it was someone trying to sell something. I found out it was our Social Worker. She said that we are going to want to take this call!!!! She is flying home on NorthWest with 2 other girls and 1 boy. I can't believe it only 12 more days!! Her friend Hannah that is only one day older will be flying in with her. I am so excited about that. They spend most of their first 7 months together. We have so much to do and not much time. Did I say only 12 more days!!!!!!!</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"></span></strong></span>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-42258745073133738862007-03-26T18:17:00.000-07:002007-07-05T18:44:15.231-07:00Almost the News!!<span style="color:#99ff99;">Well we didn't get the Travel Call, but we did hear good news from our social worker. We emailed her today to find out if we would need to redo our fingerprints with CIS. They expire on the 26th of April. She just emailed us to say that the agency is confident that we do not need to redo our fingerprints. She said that she did not have a date yet as to when, but that she will be home soon. She stated as soon as she know she would call us:) Of course we want to know when but we are happy to know it will be before the 26th of April. I can't wait to post with our travel call this coming month!!!!<br /></span><span style="color:#993399;"></span>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-28104538488452045242007-03-03T10:00:00.000-08:002007-11-08T11:43:09.486-08:00CARE PACKAGE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknBBVM_AeTPHsohxC3CDD88DlUo9zuWIaSY9OtiMGYn4b9WtcpCz6kime9LNoCNYqYjTggzWUrVCw6JBz8YaKMW24vXOk-7RUElDV2YoEncbhrYFrvIsIOG-phJQpdaR-y-CtSysVJA/s1600-h/100_1307.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037765865698749090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknBBVM_AeTPHsohxC3CDD88DlUo9zuWIaSY9OtiMGYn4b9WtcpCz6kime9LNoCNYqYjTggzWUrVCw6JBz8YaKMW24vXOk-7RUElDV2YoEncbhrYFrvIsIOG-phJQpdaR-y-CtSysVJA/s320/100_1307.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpjEoLc4-ovEay0-4IiBPLO3o4Hlfbrj4B8uhdPTmt7cLQiV7r3DkQCB_2KH9MneV0I-UDddv7wh_TerfINK8LPWo9i5QJWn13VUu0Z-YQxLoka1Fc_WnAt0Njd54qkxeKyHxiHmShw/s1600-h/100_1303.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037765874288683698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 6px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 7px" height="131" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpjEoLc4-ovEay0-4IiBPLO3o4Hlfbrj4B8uhdPTmt7cLQiV7r3DkQCB_2KH9MneV0I-UDddv7wh_TerfINK8LPWo9i5QJWn13VUu0Z-YQxLoka1Fc_WnAt0Njd54qkxeKyHxiHmShw/s320/100_1303.jpg" width="211" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#99ff99;">Well we heard from our social worker this week and Josie won't be home this month. She said that they were hopeful that she would be home before our CIS fingerprints needed to be redone on the 26th of April, but they can't guarantee at this point. She is pretty sure she will not be home before Easter. We are heartbroken she won't be home by then. I did ask her if we could send one more care package. She let me know that if we got it out today then they would be able to get it to her this month yet. I went to Build-a-bear on Thursday with Riley and our friend Samantha. Riley helped build Josie this adorable lamb. We both sang "You are my sunshine" into a voice box they put in the lamb. We also are sending an outfit Jeff's Mom and Dad bought her for Christmas. She probably wouldn't be able to fit it if we wait. The other items are for the Foster family. The first care package had fine chocolate in it, but Hershey's is my favorite even if it not the gourmet kind. If you can imagine we fit everything into a 2 gallon Ziploc bag except the camera. We already sent 3 in the last package so we weren't to upset it wouldn't fit! We created a new countdown till May 1st. Only 58 more days!!! Hope to post good news in the next few weeks.</span></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-62099944307551522232007-02-22T19:00:00.000-08:002007-07-05T18:45:46.031-07:00Bummer No Travel Call<span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#99ff99;">Well our agency called all of their waiters that got their February travel calls today. Looks like 10 babies are coming home with February passports. I have to say I am totally bummed. I really could go for a cheesecake right now! Yes I meant to say a cheesecake! The babies are not coming home until Mid-March, so I worry now that Josie won't be home by Easter. From all the information that we know Josie is one of the very top spots for a Travel Call next month. Right now that is not very comforting though. We hope and pray that the Korean Government issues passports much faster in March, so that there may still be hope for a late March arrival.</span>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-78720978653887432472007-02-22T07:38:00.000-08:002007-07-05T18:46:34.578-07:00Our Perfect Little Angel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7-Tmq3HB5Asa6HSnmjr_qQuIDaTR4z38cCGGKlHKwmuQjaeWhDRqYxS5RzCv0PgNHrSZS88czXU9OHiyqkNv4ogZecxjHrGOdoHJfY4sHk47Xr5Ve7Pgx7XtrtjT_ZFTujNPBqXYrQ/s1600-h/josie7month+001_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035204030733321026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7-Tmq3HB5Asa6HSnmjr_qQuIDaTR4z38cCGGKlHKwmuQjaeWhDRqYxS5RzCv0PgNHrSZS88czXU9OHiyqkNv4ogZecxjHrGOdoHJfY4sHk47Xr5Ve7Pgx7XtrtjT_ZFTujNPBqXYrQ/s320/josie7month+001_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9tKoWZ3tzOcvFg76-9cCEiHPPnXxc0_N8YmKgl0pq4XNByyMNMDsa0z3StWEMVC7RlaNCJaA-mIQKdMmePhbg255_DlLYOD491m6dtFZMvScgOQdVO1_kgPZ9Vg2scctrrWAheC4jw/s1600-h/josie7month+008_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035204030733321042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9tKoWZ3tzOcvFg76-9cCEiHPPnXxc0_N8YmKgl0pq4XNByyMNMDsa0z3StWEMVC7RlaNCJaA-mIQKdMmePhbg255_DlLYOD491m6dtFZMvScgOQdVO1_kgPZ9Vg2scctrrWAheC4jw/s320/josie7month+008_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGaSaasPwl2AWpZlcUD__qN5w78EdiQj4f_1DYAfNhyphenhyphenwCaj7jcRb3uq1UMEeAf0fILPNU7DIVdRpRGP6F93bsCljMbtHGHnTzr4xCmobrNUdrqVILVuJoty8p3L0148KiaQoZ5eQ8JA/s1600-h/josie7month+009_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035204030733321058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGaSaasPwl2AWpZlcUD__qN5w78EdiQj4f_1DYAfNhyphenhyphenwCaj7jcRb3uq1UMEeAf0fILPNU7DIVdRpRGP6F93bsCljMbtHGHnTzr4xCmobrNUdrqVILVuJoty8p3L0148KiaQoZ5eQ8JA/s320/josie7month+009_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuDK0ZQDkDm8-xWNUKCk2WTB4wPDo1Ke-Oe1LlX73p2zuhwTXABAE38w29hOFPYfK3DQWzjJv3b2H1jdPMHTPZ_EqHajJqXIjH-kLXe9ndVvGVkWVUMcMOy4b76w7DWFm8WNxAIDcSg/s1600-h/josie7month+005_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034430369684357938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuDK0ZQDkDm8-xWNUKCk2WTB4wPDo1Ke-Oe1LlX73p2zuhwTXABAE38w29hOFPYfK3DQWzjJv3b2H1jdPMHTPZ_EqHajJqXIjH-kLXe9ndVvGVkWVUMcMOy4b76w7DWFm8WNxAIDcSg/s320/josie7month+005_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qbqTkG2r3WGxiCI-Qe0sEXME-VvgQpxN9BEp9qfHrMWvj80oR2-FPfO0deVGPRlq74xh-wp32KWQy-q9YtahpFEc3RNeCsOhc8T07ZdvSBAr7FVty9G5STx94vWDC3tyK4h6DMoY-A/s1600-h/josie7month+010_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034384469368865538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qbqTkG2r3WGxiCI-Qe0sEXME-VvgQpxN9BEp9qfHrMWvj80oR2-FPfO0deVGPRlq74xh-wp32KWQy-q9YtahpFEc3RNeCsOhc8T07ZdvSBAr7FVty9G5STx94vWDC3tyK4h6DMoY-A/s320/josie7month+010_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OuSl-Zt6mFdXwX0MRFQUEiHRY7osiS6h2st9UmLga4LM0g-ErUph6Ek2AMAv8AxNP4P3o8BjCuXH_5IraaauxC-y12to7Jqju04L9Rd61xrCTRNE5WmUh-DKmyYc4wDs00KUoUEVrg/s1600-h/josie7month+006_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034384473663832850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OuSl-Zt6mFdXwX0MRFQUEiHRY7osiS6h2st9UmLga4LM0g-ErUph6Ek2AMAv8AxNP4P3o8BjCuXH_5IraaauxC-y12to7Jqju04L9Rd61xrCTRNE5WmUh-DKmyYc4wDs00KUoUEVrg/s320/josie7month+006_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyM0JIOXY8Q139wrLWpRBR-r8sY9kPiSXMWiRh-xEIFfKZ4aLD_PbQL-tzJdrhnfrWcvTD7FI1QoV04O-CMViIEYlgjB3a0Hrc9aGGXIkC9b9btH_e69fsgxCwBs7QGmEu-B4jumzpA/s1600-h/josie7month+002_edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034384473663832866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyM0JIOXY8Q139wrLWpRBR-r8sY9kPiSXMWiRh-xEIFfKZ4aLD_PbQL-tzJdrhnfrWcvTD7FI1QoV04O-CMViIEYlgjB3a0Hrc9aGGXIkC9b9btH_e69fsgxCwBs7QGmEu-B4jumzpA/s320/josie7month+002_edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#99ff99;">We just received a new update of our beautiful baby! It came in the mail on February 20, 2006. It wasn't the travel call we are so desperately wanting, but it was a wonderful surprise. She is almost 7 months old in these photos. The pictures I posted don't show her pigtails, but yes she can already wear pigtails. I think I need to find a few more stores with cute bows. She is doing great and is now with her Foster Mother until she comes home. The next few weeks are going to start to get really rough! This "labor" is lasting way to long. I had wanted to set up this blog for months now, so that family and friends could keep up with where we are in the process. After getting her update I knew I had to set it up now. We have had a great past few months. Jeff's two younger brothers Joe and Ted both got engaged to two wonderful girls that will make perfect additions to the family. We are very excited about their upcoming weddings this year. We met some new friends that have adopted from Korea too. The gals have started to give me Korean cooking lessons. It is awesome! We also belong to an International group. The sharing of different cultures is just wonderful. I hope this is something that we will be able to continue with Riley and Josie throughout their lives. With all of the ups and downs on the journey we are so thankful that we have been blessed. The photo above with Josie crying made one of my friends start to cry( too sweet) . She said that Josie wants her mommy. Okay that is enough of that I don't want to start crying. If March passes and no Josie, I'm sure my waterworks will be on! Well I hope the next time I post I will have the exciting news to say she is coming home. </span></div></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-29650966776368554732007-02-21T21:45:00.000-08:002007-07-05T18:47:50.079-07:00Excitment in October<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhAw4XOcqyx1zNxMwvQPTqViUpCRD5DoueLgX_yu7xABKgzhCmtOGyPLN44kzP9oMwIlBCvz8WkTTimz1ZDPohejHZJDxhExRHks7Q0XkHOEeJh_ayXu8AVjhyphenhyphenpT2r9Ig5__eKzy5pg/s1600-h/100_1103.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035221180537734082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhAw4XOcqyx1zNxMwvQPTqViUpCRD5DoueLgX_yu7xABKgzhCmtOGyPLN44kzP9oMwIlBCvz8WkTTimz1ZDPohejHZJDxhExRHks7Q0XkHOEeJh_ayXu8AVjhyphenhyphenpT2r9Ig5__eKzy5pg/s320/100_1103.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6S51QvZWQiUXciexeIEb3UauyNSszEw70TXyrDEonBi0_uSBX_VzrnWbqiI5rel7EcH34A7XqxN42A-5x7bfyGY92qqTp4yifR-TJwm5b0UytRSuWU5tDrbmyIVYJY6TZELrvF4JHw/s1600-h/100_1099.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034232182713451218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" height="199" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6S51QvZWQiUXciexeIEb3UauyNSszEw70TXyrDEonBi0_uSBX_VzrnWbqiI5rel7EcH34A7XqxN42A-5x7bfyGY92qqTp4yifR-TJwm5b0UytRSuWU5tDrbmyIVYJY6TZELrvF4JHw/s320/100_1099.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#99ff99;">We celebration Josie's 100 day celebration on October 15, 2006. This is a big celebration in South Korea where it is "good luck" for you to hand out rice cakes to your neighbors for your baby. I don't know how to make them, so we went to a Korean Restaurant. We had a wonderful time. The waitress even told us to bring her in and they will teach her Korean when she comes home. Our son Riley even loved the food. On the 28th we received our CIS approval. Now we wait for the Visa approval. For Halloween we decorated a pumpkin for Josie. Riley helped pick out the cat.</span></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10862505277420652.post-13600852556154813722007-02-21T20:56:00.000-08:002007-07-05T18:48:55.016-07:00The Journey Begins!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhem8RMKC05wu3CLkGUX7JbZ2J_wjmHls-6MoU3KJeZkvpIoaRX1vdYyRyISSlyrM5kptusIi2HPp4vVk5GPGxMD1N8o6MRhLRgb-_7nkOi6QrG9wbN4tIsjDwU1TgB41nCbZYfS7tokA/s1600-h/100_0133.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035208050822710146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhem8RMKC05wu3CLkGUX7JbZ2J_wjmHls-6MoU3KJeZkvpIoaRX1vdYyRyISSlyrM5kptusIi2HPp4vVk5GPGxMD1N8o6MRhLRgb-_7nkOi6QrG9wbN4tIsjDwU1TgB41nCbZYfS7tokA/s320/100_0133.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlVn8vz8yKtKF4_LC8lTvkyPv0fRYP8M8T32WdsEBk9XJfIvU9kbB89_M8UN_pVXv4w2RB5yWq7SWam-h8phW2RPYMBGDMaMwb9NMxAID5v6_zb4H8zgkGzl-_CoqlVDFNOCaqTXeBA/s1600-h/100_0105.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035206302771020658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlVn8vz8yKtKF4_LC8lTvkyPv0fRYP8M8T32WdsEBk9XJfIvU9kbB89_M8UN_pVXv4w2RB5yWq7SWam-h8phW2RPYMBGDMaMwb9NMxAID5v6_zb4H8zgkGzl-_CoqlVDFNOCaqTXeBA/s320/100_0105.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#99ff99;">It all began on 12-02-2005. My husband Jeff and I were celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. As our gift to one another we sent in our application to start our second adoption. Our hearts had lead us to South Korea for our daughter. The paperwork lasted forever with a few bumps in the road ( like with so many adoptions), but by July 18, 2006 we received our approved home study.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;"></span></div></div></div>carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14630959672870947932noreply@blogger.com1