18/62

I love it when....you see a butterfly. You love butterflies and are so mesmerized whenever we are lucky enough to find one.

We have been so busy these last few days and I have not taken many photos. I was not able to get a post up yesterday because my internet connection was not working. It has just been busy, busy, busy around here..... going on car rides, playing at the playground, going on walks, visiting family and spending time with Grandma Ba, I hope to be able to take the time in the next couple of days to do a more detailed post instead of sqeezing one in at the last minute.






Swinging with Grandma Ba and CooperMommy had her glasses on tonight and so you had to have yours on also
You love this little pool....you are not hard to please...a little plastic pool and a measuring cup makes you happy

17/62

I love it when.....You go right to sleep! For the last week you have been struggling with going to sleep and your bed time has been getting later and later,but tonight you went right to bed and right to sleep.

Grandma Ba's back!! she will be here for a whole week!

16/62

I love it when.......you wake up in the morning and lay in your bed and talk. I like to sit and listen to you through the monitor...."mommy, wake up...Paige awake....mommy wake up"

Tonight I asked you if you wanted a hot dog...."no mommy, hot dog toooo hot!" where do you come up with this stuff?!

New word today....lishus (as in, delicious) I guess technically its not really a word, but it sure it cute when you say it and rub your belly!


We have started a playground reward chart and when you get four princess stickers we get to go to the playground. You are always to tickled when you earn a sticker and get to put it on your chart. It was very hot here today and mommy did not really feel up to going to playground, but you earned your stickers so off to the playground we went....

You could sit on this swing all afternoon

You were not really interested in getting your picture taken at the playground but we needed to rest in the shade.

15/62

I love it when you.....say something super sweet. Today I said to you " your cute Paige" your reply..."your so toot mommy" just the way you said it melted my heart.


Your new fave.... a strawberry smoothie from ducth bros.

You enjoyed playing in your little pool this evening.

14/62

I love it when......You have a wide open space to run and your little legs just go so fast and your arms start flapping, you look like you are getting ready to fly

New favorite thing....your nockers

It is only Monday and mommy is so tired. Some days you are busier than others and today you were definitely a bundle of energy. You have been so happy lately. I think it is because you are really beginning to talk and communicate so well. You don't stop...from the time you get up till the time you go to bed and you usually have a new word or two or three that you throw in. I often find myself saying out loud " what did you say and how did you know that?"

13/62

I love it when......You shout out the colors of the traffic lights. This is something new you just started and not only is it super helpful to mommy it is also pretty darn cute!

I was sick all day yesterday with the tummy flu and you were such a good girl. You brought brown bear and came and snuggled with me for awhile





Frosted flakes for dinner? yep when mommy is sick, if you want frosted flakes then frosted flakes it is!
You wanted this PopTart so badly for breakfast this morning. IF only you would have tried it, you would have found out how wonderfully delicious they are!


You were in such a great mood today. It is harder to get pictures of you though ( I wish you would just help me out...mommy has a hard enough time taking a decent picture, I am the first to admit my photography skills could use a little help)

12/62

Well... I am very disappointed but I am not going to be able to get a full post on here today. I have the tummy flu and I just have to go lie back down. I did get a couple cute pictures today that I will post tomorrow

11/62

I love it when......You start using a new word. Today your word was perfect. You would do something and then say "there...perfect!" and brush your hands together. Too cute!

Eli invited you over today to play in his pool.



You love hanging out on the swing.

10/62

I love it when.....You are sitting on the couch and you pat the spot next to you and say "sit down mommy, sit down"




You ate deli turkey today!!! you ate deli turkey and liked it...and asked for more. This is huge! You ate something that wasn't a noodle!! Really, you are getting better with your eating, but it is still a uphill climb....we'll get there!

9/62

I love it when.....You are willing to try something new. It was not without drama and some fussing that you decided to give these "sparkly" sandals a try. I honestly thought you were going to wear your pink Chucks and nothing but your pink Chucks, but you have taken quite a liking to these sandals. It doesn't hurt that you like showing off your pink piggy's!




Mommy was busy most of the afternoon helping your sister register for her college classes, but we had a great morning together. You have been waking up in such a great mood lately, I love seeing your smiling face every morning and having our time together, just you and me before everyone else gets up.

8/62

I love it when....you get so excited that your belly button is still there. You are quite fascinated with your belly button, in fact you talk about it alot. You spent quite a bit of time today walking around with your dress pulled up showing your button off.

7/62

I love it when....... I set you in the tub you say "tinkle, tinkle, tinkle" you say this every bath time. It is your way of asking for me to turn the water on just a tiny bit so you can fill all your little cups and bowls up.
We did NOTHING today.....absolutely NOTHING. We needed a day to just chill and it has been windy and smokey here from a forest fire so we didn't even get outside. Tomorrow we at least need to get out for a walk before the wind blows the smoke in.

6/62

I love it when.....I am carrying you down the stairs and you wrap your arms around my neck really tight and say "hold on mama"


You were absolutely not going to wear the blue shorts I picked out for you this morning, you were going to wear pink even if it meant putting them on yourself!


You had a very busy day today. You had your first Dentist appointment. You were so good and sat super still for Captain Rex and his team of cavity fighting super heroes! I am happy to report you have NO cavities! Captain Rex said your teeth are in great shape, just a little staining because your enamel is rough, but he cleaned them up and your teeth are super shiny and clean. Things were a little out of wack today and you didn't get to lay down for your nap when you should have so we decided to try and go without, this meant trying to keep busy...




Hitting the courts....
Supervising Coop while he was washing the car....


Splashing in a puddle


In the end you just couldn't make it and ended up crashing into a VERY late nap. Bed time could be tricky tonight.

5/62

I Love it when you.... eat! seeing you chow down on these noodles makes me one happy mama!

After our busy, late day yesterday you spent the today in your jammies, just being kind of lazy You did water the plants for me..thanks!


Daddy and Coop planted our new family tree

4/62

I love it when.....you ask me for a kiss when I lay you in bed.

Our first 4th of July together 2007 in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam. The day you became a part of our family.
Our second 4th of July, 2008

Our third 4th of July, 2009! What a day...with family, friends , fireworks ( or as you like to call them, sparkley's)! Starting last year we began calling 4th of July our Family Celebration day, we thought of famiversary...gotcha day....but Family Celebration seemed to be the best fit. Grandma Ba even brought us a curly willow tree to plant in honor of our special day, I cant wait to get in the ground and watch it grow and bring loveliness to our lives just like you do. Thanks Grandma Ba for your thoughtfulness.
You were not crazy about taking this picture, you didnt want to lay on the grass.

Your new crush, Jade
Hanging with Coop by Granny's pond
Kiss from Big Sis
Figuring out you could score some candy at the parade



I love you Paige!

3/62

I love it when......you can spot the moon in the sky, even when it is a tiny sliver and the sky is bright blue, you always seem to find it and shout moon Mama moon.

OOOOOHHHH, busted! caught breaking into Coop's room!


It is hard to believe that on July 3rd, two years ago we took a long hot van ride to a Thai Nguyen orphanage and held you in our arms for the very first time. It was so hard to leave you, I wanted to take you with me so badly, but we had to wait one more day. Now I get to share everyday with you....how lucky am I? the luckiest Mama in the world!

2/62

Woke up in a great mood!

Wore "piggys" for maybe 5 minutes




Going for a ride tonight with Coop.

I have decided that I will begin each daily post with " I love it when"....there are many things that P says or does that make my day but somethings are super special.

I love it when..... You say " I wuv oooh momma" without any prompting

Some facts:

Age: 2 yrs & 3mo
Weight: 23.4 lbs
Height: 36 in.
Favorite food (today) McDonald's french fries
Favorite "thing": Still loves Brown Bear
Favorite Show: It's a tie between Kai Lan and Little Einsteins
Words: Too many to name
Counting to: 15

1/62

It's us....we are back! well we never really WENT anywhere, so I don't have any fantastic excuses, but we are back in blogland with a post everyday for 62 days. I wish I could commit to 365, but I promise to post everyday for the months of July and August, it may just be a photo of our little darling, but I will get something on here daily. Tomorrow I promise a post on what Paige has been up to but I wanted to make sure I could squeeze this on here before the end of the day today.

After two wonderful weeks of Christmas break we are all back to work and school. We had so much fun just hanging out and playing with Paige. There is never a dull moment in this house (well, except for when P is napping) Being home with Paige for two weeks amazed me to see how much she changes and develops almost daily. It was REALLY hard to go back to work this time. She is really beginning to use words, is counting to five, dancing and singing, just lots and lots of fun!! Paige loooooves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Donald is by far her favorite. Duck,Duck,Duck she gets so exctied when Donald comes on. She is also crazy about Elmo and the outside of Sonic's onion rings! What kind of mom would sit and pull the onion out of the rings so her daughter can have the outside? well....that would be me. This child is so picky that if she has somthing she likes.....proably wont win any mother of the year awards, but hey, if P is happy then I am happy!
I feel badly that there are many blogs that I have followed for so long that I am not able to access because they are password protected and I have everything saved to my laptop ( still waiting to get in and get repaired) So if I have not left a comment lately on some of my regulars you now know why... I have not lost interest, just not able. I also don't have very many pictures. My daughter has a great camera and has been taking lots of pictures of P, I just need to to get her to put them on the Hubbs computer so I can share them with you. On the blogs I have been able to check, it looks like all is well and everyone is happy. I wish everyone a wonderful and fun filled new year!




I bet you will never guess who has "control" at our house!
Who said you cant wear your tights on your head?

growing up....

It seems as if our little one has grown up so much this week. We have definitely entered the toddler stage...this child is no longer a baby. She is really starting to show her true personality and I love it, although she can be a bit of a Diva and is very particular about the way she thinks things should be. Juice in a juice cup, milk in a bottle, Kraft mac and cheese(no passing those imitations off on her) frosting scraped off her Oreo's......
She is talking up a storm, she has many words that are becoming much more clear. One of my favorite thing she does is at bedtime we will be downstairs and all I have to say is "Paige its time for night night" and she says "night,night" gives a little wave and starts up the stairs and heads right to her room....too cute! I am surprised she has not shown much interest it the Christmas tree. It only has lights on it right now so I guess it is not too interesting, we will see what happens after we get it decorated today.
Paige is very into glasses, I don't know if it is because her sister and I wear them, but she has a couple of hand me down play pairs that she will wear for long periods of time , just strutting around the house in these big glasses. Let me tell you she thinks she is something in her glasses! Here are a few cute pics from the weeks and a couple of videos......
Bet you wish you had a pair of these!
Me and my Sis

Miss P turned 20 months at the end of November. She has changed so much this past month. In the blink of an eye she went from my little baby to a little girl. Although, I love watching her change and learn everyday, it makes me sad that she is "growing" so fast. Speaking of growing she is still fairly small. She weighs 22 pounds , I didn't catch her length....but she is very petite(5th percentile on the growth chart for height) Miss P has such a wonderful personality she is so much fun, I have the best time just hanging out with her. Some of the things she does cracks me up! Watching her have a pretend conversation on her phone is the funniest thing ever. She loves RUNNING around the house. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Elmo are her favorites. Listening to her "sing" the Micky Mouse Clubhouse song in her own little language makes me smile every time. Food continues to be an issue at our house. Miss P is so stinkin picky, she is very leery to try anything new. I tried giving her a Christmas cookie yesterday and she wouldn't have anything to do with it. She does not appear to have a sweet tooth yet.....no ice cream, pudding, cookies...just wont have anything to do with it. She looooooves sunchips and pretzels for snacks. Fruits and veggies have a hard time making it past her puckered lips! We have gotten to the point where she is only having formula before bed and her middle of the night bottle(yes she still has one of those) She will drink her juice from a cup, but not milk ,so I got her a cup with a straw for her milk and we are slowly giving that a try, but like everything with P she is very leery to change... Paige is really starting to use her voice, she try's to copy the majority of what we say, I looove her little voice and the way her words come out. Light (yite) is her new word and she was so excited to see the moon out the other night, just pointing away and hollering yite,yite!! I cannot even begin to express how in love I am with this child, she brightens my days and brings us all such happiness. Our family is so blessed to have the opporutinty to have this wonderful little person in our lives.

Soon...

Hopefully I will be able to get a new post up. My laptop took a turn for the worse and it is now waiting to go to the repairman. If I can figure out how to get some pictures downloaded on to the Hubb's computer I will post ASAP. A little hint...I have a cute video of Miss P WALKING!!!!! she is a bit of a late bloomer, my angel, but she is finally cruising all over....sassy as ever, like she owns the place! Anyway, I will try to post very soon with pics, she has gotten even cuter since the last post!:)

we're baaaack, is anyone still out there?

The guilt has been really getting to me, because I haven't posted in so long. I really do not know if anyone still checks in or not. If there are a few of you still wondering what is up with Miss P I will not be able to catch you up on the last 3 months but here is a little bit of what has been going on with our little diva.
Paige is still not fully walking, she is taking about 10 steps at a time at this point. We were concerned so in October (she wasn't walking at all)we took her to a pediatric orthopedist. The Doc x-rayed her hips and thoroughly checked her out and seems to think she is jut not quite strong enough or ready. She seems to be progressing really well this past week though.

Paige is a VERY picky eater. It is nearly impossible to try anything new with this child.We are weaning her off her formula to morning and before bed and she doesn't have a problem with whole milk, but until she starts eating better I don't want to take her off the formula completely.

Miss P is not the most outgoing child. She really draws in around those she does not know. She does not cry around strangers, but she is not really interested in interacting with them either. She acts very "coy" around those she does not know well. She is very loving with all of us and loves to snuggle and give kisses. She loves climbing all over her brother and throwing a tennis ball back and forth with him, he is very patient with her and will play with her for the longest time. Paige is definitely going through a Mommy phase. I am it as far as she is concerned. She loves playing with her Daddy, Bro and Sis but if I walk by...forget it she wants Mommy.She still seems to be doing well at daycare, but is a little clingy when I drop her off in morning.

This girl can talk a blue streak! We have no idea what she is saying but she will go on and on.
A few words we know: Stinky (dinky) Bottle (babo) Mom, Daddy, Norman, Light, No, Shoes, Cute.....
She loves playing"what do you see?" we ask her "what do you see?" and she just starts pointing at everything and we have to tell her what it is. She is also very happy when she can play with all of her shoes....girl loves her shoes! She likes to try and put her clothes on also, although she gets very frustrated because she just cant get it right yet.

I am hoping to get back in the groove posting. I just don't remember being this tired with my other two kids,but I am so exhausted at the end of the day, of course I was ALOT younger!
I do not have many pictures to post as I am in desperate need of a new camera, but here are are few recent ones.


Before my first haircut 11/01...rocking the Jon BonJovi

Modeling my new do.....

Wait a second......!

Are you kidding me...!? MY daughter is entering her senior year in High School? Ugh...how in the heck did that happen. I am pretty sure it was just yesterday that she was toddling around the house, getting her first teeth, having her first real temper tantrum. Registering her for her senior year yesterday was a bit surreal. Don't get me wrong, I know this is what its all about, having kids, watching them grow, being very proud of all the great stuff they do. BUT....This is gonna be tough. My baby is growing up! And then today I take her get her drivers permit (passed with a 100% !!) so now she is driving, and it is not her little bicycle with training wheels! Wow....

She may be growing up, but she is still pretty silly. Clowning around in the toy department. Hmm...now that she is driving the helmet doesnt seem like such a bad idea ;)

Prayers needed.....

As some of you may have heard there has been some horrible flash flooding in Northern Vietnam. The provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu To, Quang Ninh, Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang have been hit pretty hard. Per news reports at least 112 people have lost their lives and many are missing, there has also been a considerable amount of damage to homes and roadways. I know of one family who was hoping to have their G&R in Phu Tho on Tuesday.I do not know if Ann was able to get to Phu Tho to meet their daughter Brooke. Please keep this family and all of those affected in Northern Vietnam in your thoughts and prayers.

Busy days.......

Where is the time going?? why is it going by so fast? someone please make it stop! August gets here and WHAM, time starts flyin' by. Every year about this time I start thinking...wish I would have slowed down a little, enjoyed my time off, relaxed, taken it a little easier....(hmm with a 16 mo old not sure where I was planning on fitting relaxing in) One of the advantages of working for a school is that we get the summer off to spend with our children, but summer's gotta end sometime and for us it is August 25th. We have kept fairly busy these last couple of weeks and had a lot of fun. My Mom came for a week to visit and we went to the fair and to Portland for a few days to spend some time with my brother, sister-in-law and their two adorable children. Paige has been VERY busy....6 teeth is as many days! crazy!! she is also getting ready to walk...and "talking" this girl does not stop. I only wish I knew what she was trying to tell me. It has been a great summer and I have enjoyed every second with all three of my children. Life is good.....


Although Paige really loved all the animals this year at the fair........


She loved the Curly Fries more......keep your eyes on the prize sweetie!!
drippy, greasy, yummy fair fries....nothing can compare

What have we been up to?

Road Trip!!!! we took a road trip to Idaho to visit my Father in Law and his wife Joy. My Sister and Brother in Law Destiny and Justin traveled from Seattle. It was so nice to get together and we had a nice couple of days just hanging out. Abe and Joy have a beautiful place on 56 acres in Grangeville Idaho. My FIL has an airplane and he took Kayla and Coop for a spin ( there was NO WAY I was going up there)they spent about an hour up in the air. I am not gonna lie.....8+ hours (one way)in the car with a family of 5 was challenging at times, but it was lots of fun. Our travels took us along the route of Lewis and Clarke, THAT WAS COOL! I love that kind of stuff. We took a detour on the way home and spent a night in Portland and went to the Washington Park Zoo. It is nice to be home, although Paige traveled very well. I wouldn't want to be strapped in a car seat for that long, but she didn't seem to mind. Oh, I cant forget to mention that Paige pulled herself up to stand for the first time while in Idaho. She is really good at it now and you can tell she is thinking about taking some steps. While Dad is excited, I feel like my baby is growing up so fast. She is turning into a little girl so very fast. We have one month before we have to go back to work and I don't want to miss a thing my little angel might do or say. Her personality is really starting to pop out and boy is she something!! I am crazy about my little Diva!



Getting ready to hit the road....

Are you kidding me?? did you say 8 hours???
Scenery along the way...Kayla was able to take lots of nice pictures , but I will just share a couple... I think this is a lovely shot ..

another old barn....
ever seen a shoe tree???.....8 hours later a arrive in Grangeville Idaho....yea..it is so nice to see our family!


Kayla and Coop flying over Abe and Joy's place
An aerial view of their lovely home and guest houseThis is me with my aunt Destiny...

Oh, I got to play the piano too!

Me and my MommyThis is my new favorite friend...we will discuss this in another post......
At the Zoo....








Ahhhh.....home at last, time to go treasure hunting in Mommy's cupboard ,now that I can stand there is lots I can get into:)Just chillin'...

These stairs are on my list of " things to do!"

A Year In Pictures

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July 4th, 2007 Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
July 4th 2008 Redmond Oregon, USA

The day we met.......

One year ago today we met for the first time. I wanted to take you with me so badly but we were told we had to wait one more day. I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I fell in love with you instantly.