Party time

Sophie Ru Turns 2

The gangs all here

Talking to Mr. Andy
The sun was in their eyes
Last year waiting for our sister Together at Last


Sophie turned 2!! She had so much fun yesterday. We sang Happy Birthday alll day long. And she kept saying "2". Her vocabulary is really starting to pick up! We are still at the beach so we went and celebrated at Lamberts. Then came back to the beach house for cupcakes and homemade ice cream. We celebrated with our friends the McGehee's they bought Sophie the cutest outfit from Gymboree. When we got back to the house we had a surprise visit from the Nails family. Sophie and Addie Lu had a great time meeting each other. I will post a video of that and also pics of Sophie's big birthday party we had at home.

First boat ride

Ok, I am way behind on posting these pics.
On Mothers Days some sweet friends of ours invited us to go boating. This was Sophie's first boat ride. She loved it. All the kids enjoyed swimming off the Corey's boat. The older 3 knee boarded and enjoyed Dustin's jet ski. I cant find a pic of Micah knee boarding but he did a great job. Sophie tried out the jet ski, but she wasnt too sure about it. We went and ate at Catfish Cabin afterwards. The kids were so tired. They had just enough energy to order a lot of food but not enough energy to wait up to eat it. They were all asleep in the restaurant by the time the food got there! Thanks Corey family for a fantastic boating day! Ok I just noticed my pics are all out of order. The first ones are the kids sleeping in the restaraunt. I dont know how to get them in the right order.

6 months

WOW!! It is hard to believe yesterday was 6 months ago that we met Sophie for the first time. She has changed and grown so much! She is such a Pierce and we cannot imagine our lives without her. We all fall in love with her more everyday. She definately knows we are her family. I wonder does she remember anything from her life in China.

Tomorrow is her 2nd birthday we have already had her party and I will post those pics soon. We are at the beach this week.
We love you Sophie Ru!!

Sophie and the water hose

Sophie had fun helping her daddy wash his truck. She was squirting Bert with the hose and then she turned on me!! Too cute! Listen for her sweet laugh.

Girls Night

Last night I had a fun night out with Jennifer and Erica. This was the first time for us all to meet in person. Jennifer is adopting from Vietnam and Erica from China. Of course Sophie came with me and she was as busy as ever. She was definately our entertainment. She enjoyed eating everyones ice cream and going through Erica's purse....eating m&m's off the ground. Yes, she had a grand ole' time!
Thanks for the invite ladies I can't wait until we do it again! I am sorry Laine and Kim couldn't make it. Hope to see you all again very SOON!!!

Sophie has become quite the chatterbox!

Zoo

WOW was it HOT!! We went to the zoo yesterday. When we pulled up and saw at least 10 school buses and at least 10 charter buses we should have known it was an "omen"...or the fact that all the schools were getting in the last field trip. We did have a good time..and we were all wiped out on the way home! Of course ice cream from Mcdonalds perked us up..and cooled us off. This was Sophie's first trip to the zoo. We did go to the zoo in Chengdu but we were still getting use to each other so that doesnt really count.

Cool in the pool

Sophie loves goggles

Madison Kate
Taylor Ryan


Last week my friends brought over their precious baby girls. We had a great time chilling out and lounging by the pool. The pool was still freezing I dont know how my kids can handle it!!

Pics

Is it just me or does everyone have a hard time trying to get all of their kids to look at them at the right time?

Thank You!!

A HUGE thank you to the precious St. John Family they gave Sophie a beautiful Corelle doll. Sophie had it outside yesterday and I snapped some pics. She has also received some other cute babies I am going to post those after I get some cute pics!!