Emmy's second halloween

Emmy got to hang out with first cousins Heather, Devon and Kaitlyn during her second halloween on Saturday. We also visited Nana, Aunt Carole, Uncle Clay and P-paw. She had a big time and got lots of candy.

Family picture

It's been a while since we've updated and I'm sorry about that. We just completed our 12-month post placement visit! Hooray! Our last major hurdle is going before Judge Whiteaker in Lonoke County Circuit Court so we can get Emmy's Arkansas birth certificate.

Enjoy the photos. Emmy is the perfect child for our family! We love her more than anyone could ever imagine.

Love to all

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Emmy's first vacation

We are in San Antonio, Texas on Emmy's first vacation. We left on Friday and spent the night in Austin. We went shopping in San Marcos on Saturday before driving on to San Antonio.

We went on a carriage ride around the downtown area after we ate at County Line BBQ on the River Walk. Emmy threw a bit of a fit...okay, it was a huge one because she wanted to ride the boat.

We survived that and road a boat and did some touring on Sunday. Emmy was tired but had a great time.

On Monday (Today), we had lunch with a friend of mine, Jamie and her Chinese adopted daughter Grace. Emmy and Grace had a great time. Jamie brought a portable DVD player and the kids watched Yo Gabba Gabba.

After lunch, we went to the River Walk area and rode a trolley bus and went to the Mexican Market, where we did some shopping and ate at La Margarita.

We're back in the hotel, relaxing. We'll probably go swimming later. Try to update more later. Love to all.

Emmy update

We've had a really busy time lately. Linda's drama club play, Annie Jr., went well last week but it was very time consuming. I've been busy with the state baseball-softball and track stuff and we've been trying to chase down a chinese-American 2 year old named Emmy, who is growing like a weed and is learning so much.

Her vocabulary is getting better and Mrs. Sue and Mrs. Carolyn at the former Peppermint School in Lonoke have really been working with her and they have her "repotty trained"

On Friday, we took Emmy to the Relay for Life in Lonoke. She had a great time running on the track and we took her photo next to the banner that the newspaper bought in Memory of mom (aka Granny Rosie).

We hope you like the pix. We'll have more again real soon.

Love to all,
Mark, Linda and Emmy

Emmy's first easter

Well, today was Emmy's first Easter in America. first, we got up at 8 a.m. and the Easter bunny brought her a basket of candy and a couple of her favorite Nick Jr. shows on DVD

She wore a sailor's dress she got from her Aunt B and we went to see Mema at Golden Years before heading to a packed house at Palm Street Church of Christ.

After services, a egg hunt was held for the children in the church. Emmy didn't know what to think at first but when Justin W showed her there was candy in the eggs, she was all about it!

After Church, we went to Nana's house in Carlisle for an awesome lunch and visited with Nana, Aunt Janice, Uncle Jim, Dad, Carole, Clay and Uncle Dickey. We had a great time. It was a lot of fun.

After that, Emmy slept on the way home and took a two hour nap. Now if I can only get her down for bed!

Oh, by the way, it was 16 years ago tonight, I was in Charlotte, NC watching the Hogs win the NCAA basketball title. My, how times have changed. Some in a better way (Linda and Emmy) others in not such a good way...like the Hogs bball team being horrid.

love to all

Mark, Linda and Emmy.

Emmy's first haircut

Sorry it took so long to get these photos on here but Emmy had her first American haircut on March 24, 2010 at Salon 305 in Cabot. Debbie Hutslar has cut Mark's hair since 1995 after he returned from college in Fayetteville.

Debbie was wonderful with Emmy. Emmy didn't cry any except for when Ms. Becky was using electric clippers on her client. I guess it scared Emmy and reminded her of when she had her head shaved in the orphanage.

Hope you all have a great Easter. We'll share more photos soon.

Love to all

Mark, Linda and Emmy