Welcome Home Emma!

Our wonderful friends Russ and Deb had a 'Welcome Home Emma' party for us on Saturday. They worked very hard and everything was absolutely wonderful! They invited several families, including the Landes', the Boitnotts, and the Millers, who all came and shared in the joy of Emma finally being home with us. God has really blessed us with wonderful friends throughout this process, and Emma has so many people who love her and pray for her - she too is blessed and is a blessing to us.

Enjoy the pictures from the party - we had a great time!! Thank you to Russ and Deb!!! We love you guys!

Beautiful girl at church today

Emma went to her Sunday School for a little while today, but did go to nursery during Church service, and did great! Here are a couple of pictures from this morning, and a few from this afternoon too - she is starting to like the cocker spaniels, finally.

Our friends Russ and Deb, with their daughters, Lily and Lucy, have visited our church a few times, and were there today! We are so glad they like, and want to get the girls involved in activities. We are blessed to have them as friends!

Today is the one month anniversary of Gotcha Day

One month ago today, August 13, Emma Grace SiQi was placed in our arms to become a part of our family forever. We don't have a lot of serious pictures of her, since she is usually smiling or cutting up, but we are attaching a slide show of what we do have.

Emma's weekend

Emma loves to play on the couch! She stands up and yells to everybody, at the dogs, or just plays with toys or blocks - she is easy to entertain.

On Saturday afternoon, we went to Old Salem Days a while, then to a Sunday School Banquet. Emma stayed home with GuGu and grandma and grandpa.

On Sunday, we went to church. We went to the early service since we had nursery today. Then, Emma went to her own Sunday School class, and didn't fuss at all.

She is such a good girl!!!

Emma's first doctor visit

On Tuesday, Emma had her first visit with the doctor. Everything checked out great, and she is a healthy baby girl! She weighed 19.3 pounds, and was 31.5 inches long. Her weight is a little under the 5th percentile, but her height was in the 30th. She got four shots which made her a little unhappy, but only for a few minutes. It must have made her tired, and she went to sleep. Here's a few pics from her visit. I didn't get any with the doctor, though.

Pics from church Sunday

Here are a few pics from church yesterday...

I love to play!

Emma loves to play in her room now. She has lots of toys, and she and I have been playing all week long! Here are some pics from this afternoon's playtime and, her snack time too...