What A Wonderful Surprise!

This afternoon, Tom and I got a surprise in our Inboxes! One of the fabulous people we traveled with in China sent us some photos. We were very lucky to have traveled to such a beautiful country with such amazing people to meet our son. Thank you for the photos, Alice!

Random Photos of China

Random Photos of China

Trip to the Buddist Temple

Medical Exam in China

This was the day the sky opened up and poured on us!!! We were on our way to Zachary's Medical Exam in China and we got DRENCHED! Then, the tears began and we got drenched again!

Zach's Love For Little One's Began In China

Grandma Oerter's Birthday

Black Friday ended with Grandma's Birthday Celebration! Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Zachary With His Cousins

Zachary got to meet his cousins, Kyle and Kaitlyn, for the first time on Thanksgiving! Uncle Craig and Aunt Mary too! Here he is with all his cousins.....pretty cute, huh?

Uncle Dan And The Elmo Laptop

The Elmo laptop strikes again! Somehow Zachary's Uncle Dan was able to get him to slow down enough to actually listen to the questions. Zachary's button pushing got him a lot of "Does Not Compute's", but Uncle Dan got a lot of "YAY's!" Zach had big fun playing with his uncle!

Dancing With Daddy

Zachary likes to get a little dancing in every day! He's got the music in him for sure! He knows how to turn on the stereo all by himself. #5 on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse CD is his favorite!

Brilliant Purchase

Thinking it was a good idea, I purchased an Elmo laptop for Zachary. WOW. It is cute....but completely obnoxious. He tried to type as fast as I type, so this is what we hear...."Cookie Monster, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Elmo, Ernie, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie Monster, Elmo!" No volume control either. Awesome.

So Much To Be Thankful For....

My life is blessed. Tom and I have a beautiful son. Zachary is an amazing little boy. So funny. So loving. So perfect. We have a wonderful family. We have great friends. We have a nice house, plenty of food, money in the bank, our health...the list goes on and on. We are very thankful for all that God has given us.

Play Date At The Treehouse

Today Zachary had a play date with his friend Lexi at the Treehouse! Thank you for playing with Zachary, Jen and Lexi!!! We had a ton of fun!

Getting Woof Woof Ready To Go

Shooting Hoops!!!

Going Down The Slide Is Fun!!!

Elmo Table!!!

Zachary's new table was a big hit! ELMO!!! He loves that crazy, red monster! He set up his train set right away! Choo! Choo!

YAY!

This Train Stuff is Serious....

Look At How Cute I Am!

Trip To Build-A-Bear

We went to Build-A-Bear today and Zachary brought home a new friend! He named him Woof Woof and picked out his outfit. The whole drive home, he held him in his lap and petted his ears. He was talking and laughing every minute! They were having a good ol' time!

Big Hug!!!

Having Fun With His New Friend!

Zachary Laughing With Woof Woof!

Let's Color!!!

Brushing Daddy's Hair

Zachary has to do whatever we do. If we brush his hair...he has to brush ours. Here he is doing daddy's hair!

Playing Ball In The House

Okay, I know that we shouldn't play ball in the house, but it's cold outside!!! Zachary has a great arm and he loves to tackle! Uncle Brian taught him to yell "FUMBLE!" when he watches football! He must have watched a lot of sports in China because he loves them! He gets really close to the TV and yells things that I wish we could understand. I'm glad that his daddy will have someone to watch the game with....they are quite the pair!

Pushing His Bus Around

Here he is in the Halloween pajamas that Teri and Lucy got for him! So cute! He pushes his bus around the family room while Tom pushes around his plane. This can go on for hours, but it's funny to watch! When Tom makes the plane fly, the bus has to fly too! He imitates EVERYTHING!

What's With These Pajamas?

Grandma Oerter bought Zachary some footy pajamas. He loves them! We couldn't stop him from messing with the zipper and the feet....He appeared confused by the design! Hee hee hee!

Just Standing Around Looking Cute!

Zachary Just Cracks Himself Up!

I wish I could understand all that Zachary says....because he thinks he's hilarious! He is such a happy little boy!

Here We Are! Another Great Day!

He's just so darn cute!

Let's Play!

This is a typical pose for Zachary! He is always ready to play!

Big Day For Presents!

Zachary got 2 packages in the mail yesterday! One from Aunt Mary, Uncle Craig, Kyle and Kaitlyn. The other was from Mr and Mrs Adams. He was very excited!!! Thank you so much for thinking of our little guy!

Sesame Street Trance....

Dino-Mite!

Zachary looked so cute in his Dino-Mite shirt, I was teaching him to yell, "I'm Dino-Mite!!!" Mature of me, huh?

Who Put The Quarter In Zach???

After he took a 3 hour nap this afternoon, Zachary was wound up!