Welcome...

Hello... Welcome family and friends. This blog was started so you could follow our adoption journey to our daughter in China...Crystina Luz ChenLi. Now, it's to follow our everyday adventures with 2 active young children, who are growing SO fast, Crystina & Ethan and 2 playful Yorkies, Lola and Bertha.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Lots of random pictures...

Since I haven't posted in awhile, I figured I would just put up a bunch of random pictures. So, here you go...enjoy!

Looking cool!!
Grandma (my mom) with ALL her grandbabies...
Ayden, Crystina, Angelica & Ethan
All smiles!!!!
Fireworks??!! WHAT!!?? WHEN??!! ; )
Crystina hanging out on her Tio Coco's shoulders.
4th of July fireworks...
Crystina & Jeovani with Pooh & Friends!
Crystina with Pooh!
Having a HUGE meltdown!
Yashila, Crystina & Jeovani on the choo-choo train in Downtown Disney.
Ethan with Great-Grandma Luz
My new favorite thing to do...with my tongue! ; ) Look how BIG I'm getting!!
Hope you enjoyed them all!

If you are wondering how Crystina did in her safety swim lessons...well, let's just say she didn't pass. The instructor said to just keep working with her. I will try again next summer, along with Ethan.

Well, I hope you all are having a nice summer. It's quite HOT here in Orlando. GOD bless!!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

10 months ago today...

10 months ago today, Crystina was placed in our arms! I can't believe it's been 10 months. It really, truly feels that she's been with us FOREVER! She was such a baby 10 months ago...and she was 16 months old. Crystina has grown up SO much! She is such a big girl. So very independent but yet she needs us SO much! We are working on the "potty training" and she does well, when she does go. I just can't let go of the "baby" girl that she is to me. But with time, I know she will do so very well. I just LOVE looking at the pictures and comparing how much she has grown in these short months. Unbelievable!!

10 months ago...
Today...

Well, we have no major plans for the 4th, but whatever we do, I'll try and post pictures soon afterwards. Oh, Crystina has been taking "safety swim lessons" for the past week. It's 8 lessons in total and she's completed 6...she will be "tested" on Friday. She really doesn't like it, she cries and screams throughout the lesson, but it's for her safety...especially living here in Florida and my parents have a pool. She almost floats and she knows she needs to get to the edge of the pool to get to the steps. I know she will do well, if only she didn't cry so much. : ( Let's see what happens on Friday. Ayden & Angelica are doing it also. Ayden is doing so well, he is in the same level as Crystina (because of their age). And Angelica is doing level 2, which consists of freestyle and backstroke swimming. She's doing well, too.

God Bless!!