"Where do you want to eat?" "Nina"!!! HAHAHA

She LOVES her chinese food! Here she's eating a California roll..she has to put soy sauce on it like me and Anthony or she won't eat it!! HAHA

First time for this..she didn't really like it..that's good though bc it's a little greasy and SUGARY!!!

Look at all that rice! And she had been eating for a while. I think this is her second helping!! She always asks for more rice!

We let her choose where she wanted to go and eat for her Gotcha Day celebration, and she said, "Nina" meaning Chinese...we laughed so hard! Then I asked her if she wanted to wear one of her Komono's and she jumped up and down saying, "YES!!!!" When I put it on her I told her girls wear this in China and she smiled! Then she started turing, making it flair out! It was such a mommy, daughter moment! I love being a mommy to boys, and my little girl!

TWO YEAR GOTCHA DAY!!!!

Believe it or not, it's been two years since God blessed us with our gorgeous, smart and funny little Olivia! Can't believe it's been that long, or short, depending on the day! :) I can't tell you how awesome she is. I even sometimes wish her birth mom could know her and know that she gave us an awesome little girl and she should be proud! She is potty trained..YAY!! Took 3 days really...still not at night, but that's ok! She does everything during the day. I have always been proud of the fact that our 3 boys were trained at 2.5..well, the streak continues bc Olivia was 2 yrs and 7 mths!! YAY!!! She is 37" tall, weighs 27 pds and has BROWN hair! Her skin is a little darker now, but not as dark as some. She does have a spicy attitude! She likes to pitch fits. She's started this talking with her tongue sticking out???? And since we got the Asian wax out of her ears, she is talking ALOT better! She is very smart and LEFT handed! She loves her brothers and vice versa. She chooses if she's a momma's girl or daddy's girl, depending on the day, but mostly she's a momma's girl! I can't go ANYWHERE without her. I even have to sneak out without telling her bye or Anthony has a hard time calming her down! Really...she's an awesome little girl and I feel so bleesed to have her and look forward to her growing and celebrating every year of Gotcha Day...a day that will be in our hearts and minds forever...Thank you God for our 4 blessings, but the awesome experience of adoption and bringing Olivia into our family!
Learning how to use scissors..dangerous, but she LOVES it! She cuts LITTLE BITTY pieces and they go all over the floor, but that's ok.

I mean really, how beautiful is she?

This is a picture we received from someone who visited her orphanage..it was taken the June before we even knew who she was in July, so this is a very special thing. Lana and I made this for her and I was gonna change out the picture, but I think this one will stay in there. When you ask her where she was born or where she is in this picture she tells you, "Nina" (China) SOOOO sweet!

Miss priss!!!

Look how tall she is! She might be tall for an Asian????

Our new puppy!

When Zack was one year old, we got a Boxer. We loved Dexter. He was an awesome dog and we said if we ever got another dog, it would be a boxer. Well our house at the time that we wanted another inside dog was too small for a big dog and the 5 of us! So...we got Dawsey, a Shih Tzu. We love her, but she's getting old and a little anti-social!! HAHAHA So..the opportunity came about 2 wks ago when my brother's friend had a litter of boxer puppies. He called us and asked us if we wanted the only male brindle boxer in the litter!! We thought about it for ohhhh 15 min and told him yes. So..he and Kristi got the puppy for us. He was 8 wks at the time we were able to get him and weighed 15 pds!! Now, at 9 wks, he weighs 18 pds!!! He's going to be a big boy, but perfect for Olivia to grow up with. The boys and Anthony love him too, but he's already a momma's dog!! :) He loves to sit on my lap and cuddle..can't do that for long, so gonna cherish these times! :)
This is Olivia's basket, he's taken over!! HAHA

Look at that pretty face!

Yes, he went to sleep while I was taking pictures of him and as soon as I got up, so did he!

Here he is: Tobias Maximus! Toby for short, but sometimes he's called Toby Max (kinda like Toby Mac!! :)

Our football guy!

Here is Chase...#41 in this picture. That's not his number, they just gave them jerseys for that night, but he finally gets to play football this year..he's so excited!!!

Look at him running out there...he looks like he was supposed to be a football player!

Cameron and Zack weren't thrilled about being here, but we made them come for support of their brother!! :)