Autumn Moon Festival

Tonight was the first FCC event that we have attended, (Families with Children from China). At this time of year, actually I believe it's Tuesday the 25th (this year), the Chinese celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival. Our FCC chapter met at a Chinese restaurant for dinner and then had activities in the back for the kids. They had face painting which Taylor only wanted to watch, and craft tables set up. The Autumn Moon Festival is the 2nd biggest holiday in China behind Chinese New Yr. The great thing about the restaurant was they had made moon cakes, which is alot of hard work and is a big Chinese tradition for this holiday. Last year I looked into ordering some to celebrate and they were $20 for 4 of them and they are very small. I also checked into local Chinese restaurants and they didn't/don't make them, so it was nice that we were able to try them. We drove 80 miles(one way) and were probably only there 1.5 hours but it is nice to learn about Chinese holidays and share it with other families that have also adopted.

Fish are scary...but fun to catch!

James carried Taylor fishing at my boss' pond on Sunday. My boss and his wife, Brian and Laurie, came out to the pond too. So James would cast out the line and Taylor would reel it in, never allowing it much time to sit. Taylor probably got about 10 fish on his line. He would reel them in until he could see the fish and then he would drop the pole and take off running. He didn't want to be anywhere near the fish, as you can see in the picture. Brian tried to get a pic of just Taylor and James but Taylor threw a fit not wanting to be near the fish, so Laurie held him and you can see Taylor's trying to get away. The fish in the pic was hooked on Taylor's pole but he did have help reeling it in :))

Taylor was very excited when they got home, telling me "big that one" and putting a finger in the corner of his mouth like a hook. He was covered in mud, because the first thing he did when they got there was fall in the mud.

Staples

Taylor definitely has staples in his diet. He loves corn on the cob, white rice (soupy) and boiled eggs. I took this picture to always remind us, if we ever forget, how much of it he ate as a toddler. On this night he ate one whole piece of corn before me and James could get our plates and come sit down with him.

Just having fun...

TAYLOR THE PIRATE!!

TAYLOR AND COUSIN EMMA

TAYLOR AND MAMA CUDDLING
TAYLOR'S FIRST TRIP TO CHUCK-E-CHEESE
FIRST GOLF CLUBS
JUMPING FOR JOY!
A LITTLE COACHING

ALL TUCKERED OUT.....

We've been tagged...

We have been tagged by a friend of ours April who adopted a cute little guy, Aiden from the same orphanage as Taylor. Their blog is www.journey2aiden.blogspot.com. She is much more computer savy and blogger savy than me and I think she has much more blogger friends than me but I will give it a try... with a couple of twists.

You have to post these rules before you give the facts. 1) Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to you life for each letter of your middle name. If you don't have a middle name, use the middle name that you wish you had. 2) When tagged, you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name facts. 3) At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don't forget to leave a comment telling them that they're tagged and to read you blog.

O.K. my middle name is Michelle and that's tooooo many letters so I will go with Rose which is what a neighbor of ours (when I was 6) used to call me "Jennifer Rose".... I kinda liked it!

R-Respiratory, I am a Respiratory Therapist, I enjoy what I do and best of all I only work 3 days per week. I always thought I would want to be a SAHM until I became I mother and then I figured out that I am a better person and better mother to have that time at work.

O-Oh so in love with my husband and my son!! James and Taylor are everything to me and I love them oh so much!! Our life is full of love and laughter and becoming parents has just been the best thing ever!!

S-Silly, we love being silly, and we constantly pick and Taylor has a sense of humor that fits right in.

E-Eat, our favorite past time is eating!! We love to eat good food and our favorite food is Japanese and sushi. Of course, Italian ranks up there too. And yes, good ole country cookin' you just can't beat it. Yeah...we just really like food!

I don't have a lot of people that I know that blog, so tagging someone else is going to be difficult. This will be my homework. To be continued........

Good news from Cardiologist

Yesterday was Taylor's follow-up with the cardiologist. Because the appointment was late in the day James took off early to go with us. They repeated the echo and EKG and said everything looked great. They cannot hear a murmur but on the echo there is one tiny place where blood is passing through where the whole was. She said that there is probably a stitch there and probably the next time they do an echo it won't be there anymore. So for now he would have to have antibiotics before dental cleanings and dental work but other than that treat him as a normal kid with NO restrictions as he grows...because after all he is a normal kid now with a normal heart!! Also we don't have to see her for a follow-up for a year and then after that she said she would probably only see Taylor every 3-5 years. How awesome is that!! So after being at the doctors office for almost 2 hours and it being time to eat....we celebrated with sushi!! Yes it was a great day!

Another August baby...

James had his 36th birthday today. Taylor was so excited about the cake (he may have thought it was for him again). When we had cleared the dinner plates and called him to come get cake he squealed and started screaming for his cousin Trey to come (they were playing in the living room). Taylor then gets in James lap and blows out the candles like 3 times before I could get him to stop so I could take a picture and as soon as we snapped the picture the candles were blown out again.

We had a great weekend. Friday night we went to the county fair and I was so mad because I forgot my camera. Taylor got to ride the 'old timey' cars twice, the merry go round, and a real pony. He is always so scared of Traci and Bill's horses but he got up his nerve and enjoyed riding the ponies. He also got to watch some motor cross racing and just kept saying "I wanna wide, I wanna wide". He was definitely over stimulated by the time we left he was just looking around everywhere saying "I want that, I want that, I want that". He just wanted it all....and who could blame him.