Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch - May 15, 2008

Sorry it took so long to get this post up and going. The pictures wouldn't work correctly and I thought I would never get it to work.

It's hard to believe that next month June 19, Davis will be 2 years old. Seems like he has always been with us. He is such a good little boy and good natured. He just goes along with the program every day. It is such a blessing that to have a first child we got him. If he was a handful I don't know what we would do being first time parents. Now, that may change as he gets older, hope not. I have included some pictures below of his first kite flying experience. He was having a time holding on to the wheel of the kite. Almost pulled him over. It was quite funny. But it was such a pretty day on the farm. The horses were running like crazy as they were not to sure of the kites flying over their heads. Brownie didn't like it one bit. The kites make a flapping noise. But they aren't afraid of low flying loud planes, they don't even look up. Go figure.

Then there are the pictures of Davis opening up his Christmas gifts. Finally. We didn't think it would have taken so long for Davis to get here. Now the tree can go back up to the attic. Yea!

Thanks for checking in an following along. We will make every effort to keep everyone posted on how things are going, and any new adventures. This summer will be fun to see how Davis will react to the beach, the Children's Museum, Zoo, and so many other things he will do for the first time. I haven't been checking my personal emails too closely so I will get back to you as soon as I can. Davis takes up a lot of my time these days, but it's a good thing.

Keep checking back!

David and Davis.

May 8, 2008

I think that we are all finally feeling better. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I just didn't feel like sitting up that long at the computer. Just getting things done around the house and taking care of Davis was all I could do. Since we have been home the first week Davis had his first doctors appointment. He didn't care for that one bit. Four shots was a bit much for him. And he still needs more. He has an appointment to have the cleft lip and palate checked out. Hope that one goes better. His Aunt Chris and I took him yesterday out to lunch and shopping. He still needs so much. He did very well. He is good about eating just about anything. He also behaves so well in restaurants. At least for now. We got him some more clothes, still need more though, it's amazing how you think you have enough. He will be 2 in June and is wearing 12 month t-shirts and some things in 18 months. He is a little guy. I have some clothes that are 24 months that are huge on him. Maybe he will fit into those one day. He is 24 pounds. Not 32 like we were told in China. He is adjusting well, and it will take a while for him to feel totally comfortable we are sure. He doesn't talk yet, except for saying things in Chinese, but does imitate sounds and if he really wants something he will point. We have noticed that he does understand most things we tell him or ask him to do. So I suppose in time he will be talking up a storm. We are going on vacation in July to Kiawah Island, South Carolina. We have been there before and really like it there. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees the ocean for the first time and gets to build sand castles and put his toes in the sand.

I will be posting pictures here on the blog as much as I can. Hope everyone is well, take care!