Updated Photos of B!

Hi all, we just got the final paperwork to sign for the adoption from the Chinese government. It looks like we will travel on January 9 or 16 (or later if travel arrangements can't be made quicker). They included three updated photos but it doesn't look like much else was provided. So we will likely recognize him when we get there, but not have any clothes that fit. If only they made kids' clothes in China...If we get anymore info we will pass it along. Bye for now.

The big update

Hi all,

It's been awhile, again, so lots of events have happened since our last post. So, I'll try to highlight some of them.

#1 -- Annual Proulx Family Farm Visit

How tall this fall?...

This year we had lots of fun with the giant slide, the wagon ride, and of course, the best part, candy floss!!!

Hallowe'en was also a blast this year. I thought I could get away with taking the girls to 6 or 8 houses, but they were having none of that. It was just too much fun for them and I think they'd have happily stayed out for hours going door to door. The only way I got them home was by telling them we could surprise daddy by ringing the door bell and yelling 'trick or treat' at him when he answered. So, after about 20 or 25 houses they finally agreed to go home. Here they are in their costumes this year...

I also have a video of the two of them singing one of the Hallowe'en songs their caregiver taught them. There were a few of them, but although they walked around singing them much of the month of October, when I tried to get them on video they'd clam up. Here's the best one I have ...

(the words, in case you can't make them out, are

I am a pumpkin big and round,

once upon a time I grew on the ground,

now I have two eyes (they say tears.. they think they're funny) a mouth and a nose,

what are they for do you suppose,

with a candle inside, shining bright,

I'll be a jack-o-lantern on Hallowe'en night)

We also had our first snow storm a month or so ago. The snow didn't stay, so we have none right now. But for several days it stuck around and the girls thoroughly enjoyed it. (I enjoyed it less.)

Finally, we've started getting ready for our newest family member. We set up the crib a week or so ago, and of course the girls were only thinking of B when they insisted they test it out to make sure it was safe. If it can stand the two of them bouncing up and down in it, I think it's pretty solid...

Finally, we are trying to put together a care package to send over to B in China. Hopefully we'll have that finished in the next day or so and we can get it in the mail. When we send the care package we're also going to ask to get an update on B's development. We'll let you know if we get any news.

That's it for now. Hope your fall is going well. Only a little more than four weeks until Christmas. My tree is going up this week! (Obviously not a real one.)

K...