Gymnastics and Sparring

Trey is now a purple belt in Karate. We are so proud of him for sticking with his commitment. This has not been easy for him, but we told him you have to stick with it until April when our membership is up. We did think he may change his mind, but he has not, so it is on to Hockey. James takes gymnastics every Wed afternoon, he loves it. We have signed him up for Snow Plow Sam Skating Class. He will also play soccer in the Fall, he is not old enough to play Spring soccer, however he has his shoe and shin guards already and I am sure will go fully dressed to Trey's games.

Put Your Helmet On

Don't these guys look so cute in their helmets. Trey is now taking figure skating lessons and will be going to hockey school at the end of March. Trey just got his helmet today, we have been collecting his necessary equipment, but the helmet is special. Look into his big brown eyes and see the passion and excitement. I love his determination, he knows what he wants to do and has conviced us to permit him to transition from Karate to Hockey. He has been doing karate for the last two years and it was great for him. Time to move on and I have to let go and support him in his new sport. James on the other hand is just getting started, he wants to do everything big brother does, but he is not old enough for much right now. So we wait for the magic age of 4, this April. James helmet is a Chinese fighter polit, which dh had to have. It did come in handy today, when Trey got his new helmet.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL

Ray and I went to dinner last night to celebrate alot of things: First, we were celebrating officially being pregnant again, being logged into China is the equalant to being pregnant, only I am glad I don't have to carry this one for 18 months, which will be our wait time to referral, which is a picture and medical report of our daughter. The second , was Chinese New Year, so in honor of the New Year we remembed last year: It was last March that we started our paperchase to adopt, had our paperwork stolen in July, bought a van in Oct ( getting prepared to have a third child) and we were done with our paperchase in Dec, and are planning a April trip to Disney, and LID ( logged in date) to China, which was Feb 4, 2007. We are so blessed!

OUR MOON

Katerina, our princess, our daughter, We know you are looking at the same moon, so even though we are on the other side of the world I feel very close to you when I look at the moon. This picture was taken outside our bedroom window. I hope to have you here on this side of the world looking at the moon together, but until then thank you God for the blessing of our moon.