SNOW!!!!!

The weather outside is frightful!!!!  4 days ago it was close to 70 degrees and now we have snow on top of ice.  Yikes!!  Tanner had is first official snow day yesterday and was so excited!  Of course, I was scheduled to work so he got to spend all day with Nana, Papa, and Anna.

This morning, they couldn't wait to go out to play.  So we bundled up and away we went!

The kids had never actually eaten the snow before.  Anna mentioned it so I told them it would be okay but watch out for yellow snow.  So, before the ate it, every time they asked if it was yellow!  :)

This wasn't a "good" snow because it wasn't very wet.  We weren't able to build a snowman or really go sledding.  We were able to sled a little but weren't able to make a long track to go really fast.  Not too impressive for my sensory kid but fun nonetheless!

After we warmed up and ate lunch, I decided to make some snow ice cream.  This was a first for us as well.  It was yummy!!!!!

Hope everyone is staying warm!
Becky

Where do I even begin?!?!

This blogging stuff is hard!!!  It never crosses my mind to get on here and actually do an update.  So...almost 5 months later...we are still here and going strong!  Tanner is acing kindergarten.  He loves it and is having so much fun.  I can tell his brain is just soaking up everything!

Anna started preschool in September.  She loves it and is so excited to finally go to school also.  She is going to Friends Forever and has the same teacher that Tanner had, so it made for a smooth transition.  Anna was already comfortable there and didn't have any problems making the adjustment.

In October, we flew to Miami for a nice relaxing vacation.  We didn't do much but it was nice to just get away for awhile.  Plus, we had never been that far south so it was neat to go and experience a different area.  We went to the Miami zoo and went on an airboat out on the everglades.

Tanner and the Koala Bear

We are gearing up for the holidays.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and please remember the Real Reason for the Season!!
Becky

FTIA Reunion

A week ago was the FTIA (our adoption agency) annual reunion.  We are lucky enough to live in the same city as the agency so are able to go to the reunions.  This year it was at Holiday World, which is a theme park in Southern Indiana.  Tanner loves theme parks and we always go for his gotcha day.  It was perfect that the picnic fell three days before his gotcha day!!

Tanner looks SO grown up in this picture!

I can't believe I actually got a pic of both of them waving and smiling at the camera!!

This picture says it all!!!!!

Anna and her buddy

Waiting to drive the old cars

Yikes!!!!!!!!

Happy Father's Day!

We are back and at a new address!

I have missed updating a blog, but after everything going on in Russia, I had decided to disable our previous blog due to the fact it was Tanner's full name!!  So I have changed it around a little and hopefully will be able to keep it more up to date!

So here is a family update:

Tanner

Tanner graduated Pre-K!  He is officially a kindergartener!

And Tanner turned 6!!

Tanner has been diagnosed with sensory processing disorder (SPD) and is currently in occupational therapy for that.  He is showing improvement and can't wait to see how well he does in Kindergarten (well....I kind of can wait!)

Anna

Anna turned 4!!

Anna had her four year check up and didn't pass the eye test.  So we went to the eye doctor and she is indeed near sighted plus has astigmatism.  So she got a brand new pair of pink glasses!  I don't have a current picture on the computer yet of her but will post one soon.  Daddy says she looks like a "nerdy Chinese girl!"

If you read the "about us" section, you may have noticed that I mentioned that we are gearing up to add another prince to the family.  We have decided to adopt a prince from China and are going to start the process in the beginning of 2014.  We are getting excited for this next venture!