Visit with Paula.

I finally met my cousin Paula today! She followed my parents blog every day when we just got together as a family. Her and my dad were best friends growing up. She made this amazing scrapbook of our first few weeks together as a family in China. It must have taken her forever and it is so beautiful. It was so great to finally meet her! I hope i see her again soon. Love Hailey.

Topless walking...

Hailey has got a little trailer park in her today. She thought she would walk around topless, diaper hanging out of her track pants. Isnt she an adorable little princess. What a monkey.

Happy Mothers Day!

Wishing Groups 244, 243 and 242 a very Happy Mothers Day! We have completed a very special journey together. Alex celebrated Mothers Day with a nice littel snuggle to wake up. I tried to get up early and prepare a breakfast in bed, but the monkey was far too excited about Mothers Day to let me get a head start. We got up, got dressed and went to Grandma's house. We had some awesome play time with our cousins and had a great dinner with Grandma. We opened a whole bunch of gifts and had a great time. What a great day, just the start of many to come!

Bubble bath time.

Hailey just loves bath time. She loves to drink the water and squirt everyone with her squirty toys. The mommy fires up the bubbles and its giggly time. Good times...

Hailey walks better...

Hailey has really started to walk better lately... will continue posting progress.

Cute Monkey.

Hailey was supper cute today in her "I love Dad" shirt. I couldn't help but take a pic for the record. Alex has been so sick and i have been running "Daddy Daycare". Boy, it really makes me appreciate how much work it is for Alex daily. Even with her two sleeps she really tuckered me out.

Mini-go-tastic!

Hailey has finally warmed up to the mini-go now. But she has to do it herself. Our favourite part is when she flings it accross the room! That makes clean up fun (and easy).

Baby Andrew sits up and takes notice.

Baby Andrew is sitting up now! Look how cute he is now. We love our little visits.

Madeline's Party!

Thanks to Madeline, Mag and Ray for a wonderful afternoon in their beautiful home! We were so excited to see all of Hailey's pals from China. It was great to catch up and see how well all of the children are flourishing! What amazing friends we have. We even got a peek at what may become Shirley's living area if she decides to take them up on their offer to come to Canada. Can't wait for the next get together. We miss all of you already! Love Alex, Jason and Hailey.

Wheels on the Bus excitement.

What a funny monkey. We had our nightly bath, but this time we gave her crazy Kramer (Seinfeld) hair. She sat on my knee to watch the Wheels on the Bus before bedtime and went nuts! She was dancing and talking and jumping up and down. What a silly pants.

Auntie Robyn visits....!!!!

Auntie Robyn finally met us recently. She flew all the way from Virginia on her own just to meet us. (well maybe to see everyone else too and for Dads 60th birthday!) Daddy picked her up at the airport and she stayed for a sleepover. When i woke up in the morning, what a surprise to finally meet her for breakfast! We had a great playday with her and then Grandma joined us. The next day we went to the zoo with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Robyn, Mommy, cousin Avery and cousin Ewan! What a great day. Then it got even better the next day when we played all day at Grandma's house for Grandpa's 60th birthday! Daddy went out with Grandpa to play golf and even let him win! Then next day Auntie Robyn, Grandma and Grandpa came over for lunch and a long walk through the valley to the beach before Auntie Robyn caught her long flight back to Virginia. Thanks for visiting, i miss you already! Love Hailey.

long walks on the beach...

It is so amazing to finally be in the nice weather. Its great to be by the lake and go for walks on the boardwalk at sunset with the monkey. so relaxing....

Cousin Andrew visits

We love our visits from cousin Andrew. For those of you that don't know, this is Alex's sisters new baby of six months. See you again soon!

The cottage at last...

We finally made it to the cottage two weeks ago for an overnight visit. What a surprise to find the lake frozen over. Monkey loved the cottage and we enjoyed the fresh air and peace and quiet. We got out for a few walks and some great downtime. We look forward to spending lots of time here when the bugs go away.

Happy Easter!

Thanks Grandma, Grandpa and the Easter Bunny for an incredible Easter day! We had a great egg hunt with our cousins Avery and Ewan. There were eggs everywhere, it took 30 minutes or so just to find them all! Mom cooked up an incredible dinner of turkey, vegetables and a delicious apple pie. We missed Auntie Robyn and Uncle James today. The very next day we had our second delicous turkey with Auntie Lynda, Uncle Lyle, cousins Andrew, Elain and AJ. Aunts, uncles and friends all joined us for a great Easter dinner. We gave thanks to god for bringing our family together and for having Hailey with us this wonderful holiday. We also thought about birth mom and how we must be on her mind during the holidays.

Hailey walks to Mommy...

The monkey is so cute with her wiggly walking.

Hi, its Hailey, how can i direct your call

Most of our family and friends would tell you that we dont answer the phone or may not know what a phone looks like. Well here is good proof that we model phone talking enough that the monkey decided to pick up my computer mouse and dial in.

Welcome Dave, Jayne, Justin and Jaiden.

We didnt realize that they have a blog as well. We just had a look through and it looks like they are doing great! Dave and Jayne were part of our veteran core in China and really helped us through some of the unknowns. We will always remember meeting them for the first time and having breakfast with them on our Gotcha day! We are so pleased that they seem to be settling in so well (and Leaf fans to boot!). Check out their blog below at the side under Haileys Friends.
Love Jason, Alex and Hailey.

Anyone out there?

Just checking to see who is still checking our blog. Not getting alot of comments on the blog (Except the Carmody's who always post). Just making sure you havent all gone to Kirk and Debs blog again. I think you are all still there, just too busy to comment. Love Hailey.

Hailey Walks!!!!

Hailey has made so much progress in the last week. She walked right accross the room yesterday and i managed to catch this little walk today. It is so great to see how excited she is to walk. Every accomplishment makes her so happy (and us proud). She is adorable!