Where is May going?

Time seems to just be flying by... I can't believe its May 21st already! Usually May is hot and humid here.. but its been raining here for about two months straight and so we are just getting to the hot weather. It was nice to put that off, but we are SO done with the rain!! We've gotten in a pool just a few times and although the sun hasn't made an appearance we were able to enjoy the water. Here are few photos..

We had Dim Sum on a public holiday awhile back..

 Too much brotherly love..

 How I get things done these days..

 YiLi is doing okay with eating some "real" food. She likes plain yogurt with mashed bananas and squash with homemade rice cereal...

 Annabelle gets a real kick out of Yili!

Jack is very gentle and loving with her.. 

 My friend Christine and I have quite a passel of kids these days!

 And look who's learned to sit up since she's been here!!

Go fly a Kite

We woke up to a beautiful day...so we enjoyed a morning at the park.. and after we saw these amazing kites up in the sky, we bought a cheap one and tried it out. 10 min. later, Max stepped on the kites and broke the middle piece and the fun was over ;o)

 On another note, YiLi has really settled in and we have had a great week.She got sick, which wasn't great, but now is doing better, although has a runny noise and cough..

she likes to sleep with her hands over her face...

A concert and a baby...

Its been a busy few days for us. Thursday night we got a foster baby. This is through the same organization as we fostered last year. And this baby is in Hong Kong for medical treatment from an orphanage in China. Her name is YiLi and she is almost 6 months old. We are all enjoying having her. She has Bilateral Microtia. This is a good article if you interested. 

http://www.microtia.net/overview.htm

Both her ears are affected, but she has had a hearing test on Friday and her inner ear is normal, so like the article says, all she needs is the bone conductor device... she will see another dr. soon to see about that. Infants can get one because it can just be attached to a head band and place on the baby's head. When she is older she may have one surgically attached as well. here are a few photos so far... and max loving on her :o) Both boys have been so sweet!

 And this morning was Jack's Kindergarten concert... SO cute ;o) the dance moves were awesome ;o)...

here are all the R2's {4/5 year olds} four classes together.

 Some kids drew a picture and some were recorded reading a story that was told throughout the concert. Jack drew a picture ;o)

 Only two classes together... can you find jack?

 all 12- KG kids for the final song... Next year Max will be up there ;o) fun times!

Camping on the Beach

We took advantage of the four day weekend by spending one night on the beach. Bryan was such a trooper. He was at MS camp from Tues-Thur... then was okay to head back out camping on Friday. We packed up in the morning, and headed out. After a quick stop at Subway for lunch we made it out to the beach.

 Jack and Bryan spent a long time building this hotel ;o)

 We made campfire cheeseburgers for the first time in the pie cooker and Jack approved!

 The beach was a popular place to spend the weekend!

 The boys spent a long time digging a hole big enough for Bryan to get in.