Well....did you think we'd fallen off the face of the earth? We have been gone for 3(!) weeks but the time has flown by! A very good friend gave us the use of a townhouse just a mile from Disney property for the last few weeks. We had every intention of blogging from there but there was no internet access. It actually was nice being disconnected for a while....but now we're back and up and running.
We had a blast! Mom and girls stayed out there the entire time (only a 30-40 min. drive from home) while Dad/Julie went back and forth. The girls swam, swam, and swam....then slept like logs. We went to Sea World, Disney (all over) and had lots of quality family time. We also had visits from several friends and family. Mom Jo stayed the first week and then we had visits from the Cox, Jones, George,Rejonis, & VanLue :) families. We also ran into several families from our church out there as well. At night Mom got some much needed R&R....and enjoyed catching up on some reading and sometimes sleep :) It was a God given, much needed time of rest and renewal for us! There was even a few days without cell phones. Dad sat a pool soaked Katie up on top of the stoller not knowing my cell phone was underneath her....and well...my phone was peed upon. Bye-bye phone. Cingular was very nice and gave me another with thanks to my wonderful husband for orchestrating the delivery!
Another little girl from China adopted a month before Katie was there as well. She was 2-3 weeks older but no kidding...about 2-3 inches taller and talking up a storm. She was adorable! We also met a family from Korea and the Phillippines who questioned why we had an Asian daughter. When we told them she was adopted from an orphanage in China they all asked if they could have their pictures taken with her....so....Katie posed and smiled pretty for the Korean family from Virginia.
For a fun day with Julie we went to the Port Orleans resort there for Beignets and pool fun. Dad was sent in search for food with the girls and came back 30 min. later with all 3 girls hair "wrapped" (and no food). They were so excited! Julie and I made sure Dad knew he did good with that one! We didn't know Dad would even know what hair wrapping was!! They're still talking about it and eventually everyone was fed. :)
Another day we were at the pool and they had a "belly flop" contest. About 30-40 people lined up. We looked up and there was Leni in line. Soon Katie wanted to join her. Eventually all 3 girls entered the belly flop fanfare....with Katie Mei getting the most applause from the crowd..(yes, she flopped into the water with help from her daddy). A memory burned into my mind forever!!:) Definitely a mommy moment!!
We introduced the girls to Cracker Barrel resturant....and now Katie's favorite food is Chicken n Dumplin's. Very funny! All 3 girls ran around with wild hair (wrapped with ladybug beads of course) and no shoes for 3 weeks. A great time! We can't wait to go back! Enjoy the pictures and hope you aren't bored (there's alot of them!) It's good to be back! Let the diet begin! :)