December 2nd part!

Maria looking cute in her outfit from aunt Lianro!


Trying out the sled... as you can see it did not go over well with Maria... she just laid back and screamed!!!


Anthony really loves his new sisters... although he is sometimes a little overwhelming to them... Maria screams at him and Kimi bites... oh dear!



A dress that MY grandma made for one of my cousins... it barely fit Maria... you could see her booty as she walked away... hahaha!

Christmas Presents! Less than 200 spent on 4 kids! AMAZING!!!



Our PINK Christmas tree!






Our pink fireplace mantel i started a fire with the chimney closed... thus the dark stuff on the marble! ugh!

Chinese outfits for Church! Don't you just LOVE how Kimi has her legs crossed!!!? so cute!
Opening stockings... apparently they spilled a snack! kimi didn't care... she was going to eat every last cracker!

"Reading" to Maria on the potty!

Putting together a puzzle of the world!

December

First day home!



Gifts from China...
Kimi trying the stairs... she was worried, but she made it! we taught both girls to go down the stairs right away...

The boys trying out their new "Tai Ji swords" they collapse into themselves... don't worry... they are not real... although still a little dangerous in the hands of a 3 and 5 year old! :)

Getting a nap with daddy... they missed him so much!
Our meal setup currently! haha!

Trying out the snow for the first time! Neither girl was real thrilled with it! :)

The boys always LOVE it!


Maria was really NOT happy with it! then Jerry let go of her...
and she face planted into the snow! Oh dear! she was SUPER NOT happy!

ya' like Jerry's Russian hat!? got that in Kazakhstan the first trip. He enjoys looking funny!

Maria wore some of Alex's Kazakh tights!

We had to go to the grocery store eventually... lucky for me jerry didn't have any jobs right away and was able to go with us!

They're a mess!

maria has mastered the "cell phone" play


Maria turned 2!!! So i did a photoshoot of her on her birthday... well... when i dowloaded them to my computer... they were all gone! I cried! lucky for us we had some cake left so i put the candle back on the next morning at breakfast and started over!













she can be silly...








this is exhausting...




Of course i had a to try a few of Kimi... she is so hard to shoot!



But i love this one!

Maria trying out the potty!
The day after Maria's birthday is Anthony's birthday! I made him cupcakes... lemon with raspberry frosting, yummy!
so cute!!!

aaaaarrrrrrg!



This is how Anthony eats everything... he always wants to eat the "topping" first... we are still working on that! :)

First week at church!

Birthday!
Birthday!
Took her forever to pick a present!

trying a quick photo of the four... yeah that's not working...

that either...
now we are talking!
fridge farm...




Attempts at a "Christmas picture" It became Chinese New Year's picture!





This is the one we finally chose!

a nice picture of me with my honey! 13 years married!