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Cinderella Angel

[This post is dedicated to Daddy, who is in Sarasota, Florida at the Ultimate Players Association Club Championships.] My plan was to dress Lia up as an angel for Halloween this year, because I was an angel when I was a little girl. We bought the wings at Value Village and she had her white […]

We Have a Son!

Lian Han Kun Early next year we will travel to China to become parents for the second time. Lian Han Kun was born in Jiangsu province on November 14, 2007, and is living at the Lianyungang Social Welfare Institute (SWI). We received his file at the beginning of August, and today our agency finally submitted […]

Gone Camping

Lia’s first camping trip was a cold, wet week-end to Lac la Pêche in the Gatineau, joined by Grandpa Rick. We were thrilled to see how much she loved the experience and, apart from some first-night adjustment to sleeping in a tent, did wondrously. It doesn’t hurt that camping involves being outside all day and […]

Trying out the new Flip

Here’s a little mix of clips from this afternoon’s outing to the beach.

Early Summer in New England

Greetings from beautiful Plum Island, MA! Since Lia’s daycare was shutting down for the week, we took the opportunity to rent a cottage on “Plum Lisland”, as Lia calls it, a bird-watcher’s paradise that’s only an hour’s drive northeast of Boston. The week started out cool and rainy, but as the weather’s improved, we’ve been […]