Schools in session!

Brittany and Andrew are back to school. They both were a little nervous going but when they got off the bus, they were excited to tell us about their day.

Dominick goes to his school to meet his teacher and see his class. He's excited, keeps asking if Marissa can go with him. He will start class on Tuesday. He will go Tuesday's and Thursdays for 2 hours.

I will post pictures later.

Wyoming Pic's

A little mad to be in the car so long
Telling mommy what road to take
Big Teeth
Dirt Biking Brittany, Andrew, Marissa, Dominik, Ye Yen and Sam
Yi Yen eating :-)

Jailed!
1800's Jail-

Marissa's Original Documents

We received Marissa's original adoption documents today! It's amazing to actually see the "stamps" that each adoption needs in order to go through the process. In the documents there are 2 pictures of Marissa we haven't seen, and 1 picture of Marissa's birth mother. Other than the pictures nothing is "new" to us, we've read or seen it already, it's just the originals.

We still have to complete the form for Dominick's original documents. We'll probably do that this week, but it will most likely take 3-6 months to get them.

Leaving for Wyoming

We are off to Paul's brother's home in Laramie, WY. We are driving...13 hours!! Paul's brother (Mark) and his wife welcomed a new addition to their family, Ye Yeng. She arrived to the US from China about a month ago and is doing wonderfully! We are extremely excited to meet Ye Yeng (sorry Kristen and Mark if I misspelled) and to see Sam again! Brittany and Andrew are excited, but already have been asking "how long will it take?". We haven't traveled this far with 4 kids as of yet, I'm hoping it will go good.

Things around home are good, busy. Brittany, Andrew and Dominick are getting ready for school, and I'm really surprised but they all are excited, but they aren't in Jr. High or High School yet.

DOMINICK'S 3RD BIRTHDAY

Dominick turned 3 on Friday!!! We had a relaxing Friday night; it was just Paul, myself and the kids, we had pizza-his favorite and he wanted a frog cake!! When it came time to cut the cake he said "No eat my frog". It took him a little bit to blow not spit out the candles!

Dominick & his Frog Cake

He LOVES his new backpack we got him for preschool!

Saturday we had a birthday party with a "cars" theme. He loved all the attention, presents and pinata. At first he backed off when the pinata broke, but he quickly realized that it was treats and toys inside and made his way! Dominick had a huge smile on his face all day. Everything was so new but it didn't take him long to learn the tricks.

Dominicks LOVES Cars Movie!

Big Girl Now

We have come to a new point of realization...our baby is no longer a baby! We took the front of Marissa's crib off, now she can climb in and out herself. She was already trying to climb out, but now she's so proud; so much so she decides to get out of bed herself and climb into mommy and daddy's bed in the middle of the night, or she goes to Brittany's room and wakes her up at the crack of dawn.

It's hard to imagine she'll be home 1 year in August. Looking at pic's not only has her hair grown, her attitude is gigantic!!

First Picture is our referral picture of Marissa

Second picture is our visit to Guatemala-Marissa was almost 3 mo

Third picture is when Marissa came home August 24, 2006

Fourth picture is of Marissa now...Our HARLEY GIRL!!

Sunday's at Home

The kids and I spent most of Sunday at home relaxing, playing and cleaning. I cleaned out the garage while the kids rode around. Dominick recently learned to pedal, he's so proud he can ride around with Brittany and Andrew. Marissa (just like a princess) waits until one of her siblings notice's her and pushes her around, she knows someone eventually will help her.

Brittany is learning to roller blade on her new skates. Andrew is learning to skate board, God help us both are naturals. All the kids know the rules...No riding until helmet is on.

After they got bored in the garage they decided to chase each other around the yard...not like the good ol' days where we RAN, now kids DRIVE.