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Huge Update

Here it is, almost a complete year since we were blessed with the most amazing little angel in the world. We can't even believe how quickly this year has flown by and although we have been out of blog touch (not intentionally) we are back with so much to tell. Emily has recently had the most amazing Christmas where she has learned to cook in her new kitchen, she has turned 2 and learned to ride a tricycle, become the most aggressive Easter egg hunter in the neighborhood and unfortunately has been diagnosed with Intermittent Exotropia Strabismus (momentarily drifting eye that could result in loss of sight if left untreated) It was recommended that she have surgery. We scheduled it for April 9th...this never sat well with me. After lengthy hours of research and prayer, I have come to decision to post-pone the surgery and try alternative medicine...Vision Therapy. If it doesn't work, we have time to permit surgery, but I honestly feel in my heart that this will work. Enjoy some new pics of Emily Grace and please keep her in your prayers as we begin this journey.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We have almost completely resolved our computer issue so there will be plenty of updated pictures of Emily Grace coming to you this week. Stay tuned!!
By the way, She turned 2 years old on March 2nd. My amazing baby is turning into an amazing little girl!! :-)

Emily Grace's Photo Session

We are still having issues with our Computer. We hope to resolve it soon, but until then, Copy and the paste the link below to see new pics of Emily Grace (some of the best are at the end in a white dress) Once you have found the page, click on "Venn" then click on any picture to see it large or go through them with the arrow button. There are more pics than just the first few on the first page. Please comment on your favorite pics :-)

http://paulwendl.morephotos.com/mp_client/pictures.asp?eventid=0&eventstatus=0&categories=no&keywords2=no&groupid=%201137&bw=false&sep=false

Happy New Year!!!!

New Posts and Pictures will come when I resolve my computer issue!!
Wishing you a fantastic 2008!!!

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Our 8 month Anniversary!!

December 2nd makes our 8 month Anniversary and is also Emily Grace's 21st month birthday. We are so grateful for our sweet angel. Emily Grace makes us smile every day. She has such a personality and is so intelligent that I am stunned almost daily by something she says or does. Emily loves music and her new thing is to do her rendition of "ballet" each time she hears a classical piece of music. It is too cute. Also, she loves to sing along with songs. She knows some of the words and she makes up the rest. It is too funny. She also loves to clap and say "yay" at the end of everything that she loves. She is a big fan jigsaw puzzles, word flash cards (both English and Chinese) and books...a Teacher's dream ha ha.

Thanksgiving

We had an amazing Thanksgiving this year. We are so incredibly grateful to have spent this holiday with our daughter, Emily Grace. In fact, I couldn't even make it through the "Thanksgiving grace" without crying tears of joy for our amazing lil' asian angel. We are so blessed. Emily Grace is everything that we ever wanted and more.

Question

Before I post one more post with pictures...would someone please tell how to correct our problem with silde.com?
Once upon a time our pics were just posted and remained posted, now sometimes they are there and sometimes they are small or black and one has to click the "x" button to get them to appear. Any suggestions as to how I can correct this issue? Does anyone know a better uploading site?
Thanks-a-million!!!

Chinese Lessons for Emily

It is nice to post that Emily has been cooperating very well with wearing her eye patch each day. Also, recently Emily has begun to take Chinese language classes. I read some where that a baby begins to lose his/her first language after having been separated from it for 6 months or longer. After having Emily for 6 months, I discovered that we had a Chinese language teacher living in our neighborhood. After having discussed private lessons with her, she came to visit Emily. I found out that Emily still remembered Chinese. She responded to simple commands and could say some Chinese words and phrases. I also discovered that what I thought was baby babble turned out to be Chinese. Early on, when I would play music, Emily would say a word that I thought was babble, but found it interesting that she would frequently say it each time. I learned that she was saying the Chinese word for "dance." On the day of Emily's first lesson, the teacher told Emily good-bye in Chinese and Emily responed a full sentence. She said "see you next week." The teacher was surprised and so was I. I have a ton of other examples. I learn more and more about Emily Grace every day. :-) The Chinese lessons have been fun and we both are learning a lot. Oh yeah, we are still interviewing Nannies. Ughhhh. Wish us luck!!!!!