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

Memphis Zoo

First of all, sorry for the long breaks between updates. I'm going to try my best to update more quickly since Emmy is growing like a weed. She got her hair cut this week and I'll put those pix on the blog when I get a chance real soon.

We took Emmy to Memphis Zoo on Saturday and she loved it. She was enthralled with all the different animals on display. She is growing and getting smarter each and every day. We can't remember what it was like before we brought her home six months ago.

And on that note, we had our six month visit with our social worker on Friday. Things seemed to go well. It was rather nerve wracking but we got through it.

Love to all

Mark, Linda and Emmy

P.S. It was great to see Kentucky lose today and the people of Memphis loved it!

Thanksgiving

here are some more photos!