Mother's Day Dinner at Auntie Ki's

This is Elizabeth's second Mother's Day - the Lord was gracious last year in timing her adoption so she came to the US a few days before Mother's Day! So last year's holiday was pretty special!

This year Auntie Ki and Aunt Jenny got in a little bit of trouble for being out of town for the weekend - but we got back in time to cook a delicious dinner for everyone.. we missed Tia Sarita who was down in Florida with her hubby (Uncle Mike)... here are some pics of our fun evening - you can tell that even though this was a night to honor the moms, it was Elizabeth who stole the show!

In the Garden!

Today Elizabeth went to check out the new children's garden with Auntie Ki, Aunt Jenny and Greg.. poor Mommy was home with a cold.. Elizabeth had fun fun fun walking around, playing in the fountains and smelling the flowers... what a fun day! And thankfully Chrissie got to take a good long nap, so that helped her recovery!

Aunt Days!

This week Grammy went to the beach, so GrammyDayCare was transformed to AuntDayCare - Aunt Jenny watched Elizabeth on Tuesday, and Tia Sarita on Thursday. On Tuesday Aunt Jenny took Elizabeth to Longwood Gardens then to the library - it was a fabulous day! She was full of smiles and had a great day!

Her First Car!

I'm sure you think Elizabeth has everything - well, she didn't before, but she does now! Thanks to one of Chrissie's co-workers whose daughter has outgrown some things, Elizabeth now has a toy kitchen (with a sink!) and a car! Yep - a car... at 14 months the kid has her own set of wheels! She went for her first ride in the car today and she LOVED it (check out the pics in the slideshow)! Giggled and squealed as I ran her up and down the street, and cried when her Mommy made her get out and go shoe shopping... can you believe it, a girl not wanting to go shoe shopping!?!? Aunt Jenny was quick to try to instill a love of shoes, but it was past snacktime, so priorities had to be reorganized... we'll be working on her stamina, but she did get one pair of shoes - adorable little blue mary janes with flowers on the toes.

Elizabeth at the Beach

Mommy, Auntie Ki and little E drove out to Long Island yesterday to visit Papi and the beach! This is E's first time and she loves it! She loves to watch the water and have the wind in her hair! :) All the neighbors are excited to finally meet her!