Julia has Anna's shoes on and a baby doll shirt on her head
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Oops! I forgot to post this!
Deep breath..inhale...We celebrated our last Christmas party last night. Wagner family Christmas was at sister Sue’s this year and well, it was wonderful. Wayne and I had both dreaded what could be a tough get together since is the first holiday with Grandpa George (aka Peach). Much to our surprise, to was a great time...No crying, no fighting, no arguing. Not that we really thought that would happen, but feelings are close to the surface and we are all still out of sorts.
Julia once again had a stellar performance. She was a miracle. I still can’t believe she’s only been with us a month. I do think that she has some Grandpa George in her. She was laughing and smiling at everyone, loving the attention of all her older cousins and just having a grand time getting to know everyone. Wayne and I are beyond words at her transition. We could have never guessed that she would adapt this well. Julia loved playing with Madison. They are just about a year apart and loved chasing each other around. Sharon and I joked that we each have 3 kids and they are all about the same ages. Cam and Mitch are the same age, both 8 years old, and 9.5 weeks apart. Then comes Sydney who was 6 in April and then Anna who was 5 in March. Then they added Maddie who turned 3 in November and we now have Julia who is 2 as of October. Neither of us have intentions of having number 4's!!
I don’t think that I ever saw Cameron all day. As long as the boys had batteries and chargers for their GameBoys, they were quiet. The "boys" consist of Max, age 10; Cameron age 8; Adam age 8; Mitchell age 8; MacKenzie age 7and I could add Matthew who is 3 but he’s not allowed in "game room" where the bigger boys play video games. All the boys play so well together. It makes my job as mom that much easier. :-) Same thing with Anna. She played with Syd, Maddie and Julia all day. Only time I saw her is when she wanted a drink of water or needed dry undies. Julia is flitted all over. She loves her Uncle Jeff. He was the first family member to get to hold her when we got back to Michigan. Uncle Jeff reminds me of Grandpa George, so it’s great to see Julia loving every minute of his company.
I hope that you enjoy our goofy family photos. As you can see we had a great time! Have a happy new year! (I’m not sure our 2006 can be better than our 2005...)
Julia once again had a stellar performance. She was a miracle. I still can’t believe she’s only been with us a month. I do think that she has some Grandpa George in her. She was laughing and smiling at everyone, loving the attention of all her older cousins and just having a grand time getting to know everyone. Wayne and I are beyond words at her transition. We could have never guessed that she would adapt this well. Julia loved playing with Madison. They are just about a year apart and loved chasing each other around. Sharon and I joked that we each have 3 kids and they are all about the same ages. Cam and Mitch are the same age, both 8 years old, and 9.5 weeks apart. Then comes Sydney who was 6 in April and then Anna who was 5 in March. Then they added Maddie who turned 3 in November and we now have Julia who is 2 as of October. Neither of us have intentions of having number 4's!!
I don’t think that I ever saw Cameron all day. As long as the boys had batteries and chargers for their GameBoys, they were quiet. The "boys" consist of Max, age 10; Cameron age 8; Adam age 8; Mitchell age 8; MacKenzie age 7and I could add Matthew who is 3 but he’s not allowed in "game room" where the bigger boys play video games. All the boys play so well together. It makes my job as mom that much easier. :-) Same thing with Anna. She played with Syd, Maddie and Julia all day. Only time I saw her is when she wanted a drink of water or needed dry undies. Julia is flitted all over. She loves her Uncle Jeff. He was the first family member to get to hold her when we got back to Michigan. Uncle Jeff reminds me of Grandpa George, so it’s great to see Julia loving every minute of his company.
I hope that you enjoy our goofy family photos. As you can see we had a great time! Have a happy new year! (I’m not sure our 2006 can be better than our 2005...)
Monday, January 2, 2006
Is it really January 2nd already?
Wow, I can hardly believe that we are into a new year already. Where did the time go? Wasn't I just whining not getting our travel approval? Wasn't I just writing from Beijing, Wuhan and Guangzhou? Wasn't I just writing to tell you of the passing of our beloved Grandpa George? In the blink of an eye, the time was flown by. We managed to get through the holidays without any major meltdowns, breakdowns or flying of the coops. :-)
The kids (including Julia) handled all the holiday stress and chaos like champs. They loved every minute of being with all their cousins and family members. Cam is still trying to figure out 2nd cousins on the Wagner side. "You mean that Dad has brothers that are old enough to be grandpas?" This just blows him away. I'm not sure if Cam will ever look at Uncle Ed the same! :-) We managed to get all of the Christmas decorations put away and are getting our house back to normal. I'm glad that school is starting tomorrow. I think the kids miss the routine as much as Mom does.
I talked with another adoptive mom today was grocery shopping today. They have been home with their daughter for 3 years now. She's a cutie! Michelle S. has invited us over to play some time once we get back to normal. Their daughter Ellie is from the Guangdong province. Where as Julia is from a province further north, Hubei. I'd love to take a Chinese geography class along with a Chinese history one. Although...what good is that going to do me? Not sure, maybe I'm more like my mom than I thought. I love to read, just to read and learn things. Maybe that's where my desire for knowledge comes from.
Well, I need to check on some other things while online. I hope that you all enjoyed our holiday photos. Anna instructed me earlier that she would like to see more pictures of her on this website. :-) I'll see what I can do...
The kids (including Julia) handled all the holiday stress and chaos like champs. They loved every minute of being with all their cousins and family members. Cam is still trying to figure out 2nd cousins on the Wagner side. "You mean that Dad has brothers that are old enough to be grandpas?" This just blows him away. I'm not sure if Cam will ever look at Uncle Ed the same! :-) We managed to get all of the Christmas decorations put away and are getting our house back to normal. I'm glad that school is starting tomorrow. I think the kids miss the routine as much as Mom does.
I talked with another adoptive mom today was grocery shopping today. They have been home with their daughter for 3 years now. She's a cutie! Michelle S. has invited us over to play some time once we get back to normal. Their daughter Ellie is from the Guangdong province. Where as Julia is from a province further north, Hubei. I'd love to take a Chinese geography class along with a Chinese history one. Although...what good is that going to do me? Not sure, maybe I'm more like my mom than I thought. I love to read, just to read and learn things. Maybe that's where my desire for knowledge comes from.
Well, I need to check on some other things while online. I hope that you all enjoyed our holiday photos. Anna instructed me earlier that she would like to see more pictures of her on this website. :-) I'll see what I can do...
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Thursday, December 29, 2005
I will think of something...
I wanted to post some pictures of Julia's first Christmas and well, there was no way to make it just a few pictures. I wanted to include most of our famiy members. I think that you'll get the idea when you see all the pictures that I posted. :-)
Julia seemed to handle the chaos called Christmas very well. Better than I could have ever expected. She loved meeting new family members and sitting with her Uncle Mark. She also got a kick out of Mark P.'s white socks. She had never met Marko before and was totally smitten with him as the night progressed. We were a bit worried about her getting used to too many people too quickly, but those fears seemed to fade just as quickly as they arised. Julia is a social little girl and loves to be the center of attention. Much like her sister Anna.
So enjoy the pictures and thanks for words of encouragement. We hope that we can help waiting families and ease some of their fears.
Julia seemed to handle the chaos called Christmas very well. Better than I could have ever expected. She loved meeting new family members and sitting with her Uncle Mark. She also got a kick out of Mark P.'s white socks. She had never met Marko before and was totally smitten with him as the night progressed. We were a bit worried about her getting used to too many people too quickly, but those fears seemed to fade just as quickly as they arised. Julia is a social little girl and loves to be the center of attention. Much like her sister Anna.
So enjoy the pictures and thanks for words of encouragement. We hope that we can help waiting families and ease some of their fears.
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