Today's Project- new swing set!!!

So earlier this week, Roger and I decided to dive in and purchase a swing set from Kmart!! They said it would take about a week to come to the store, but we got an email on Friday that said it was here. We called the Weinsteins to see if we could borrow their truck and Roger went to pick it up last night. Thank you Bryon for helping to unload it at our house, because I would have never been able to help.  Today, we decided to attack the project. We  had planned to have family over to help put it together, but when we told everyone that, they kind of laughed and reminded us how long it took to put Hunter's swing set together, so we decided to brave it ourselves. All the wood was already cut and most of the holes were already drilled, so we thought we could do it.  Well it turned out that 10 hours later, with the help of Dora, we completed the project!!!! The only thing we didn't complete was the anchors. When we tried to pound them into the ground, they both eventually split. We will figure that part out later- right now Hannah isn't big enough to flip the swingset. Roger and I totally enjoyed putting it together ourselves and we never even yelled at each other.  Once we were finished, we had to pull Hannah away from Dora, but once she figured out that it was for her, she tried every part out. We recommend this swingset to everyone- Kmart- Timber Play Set II.



Hannah tried to help at the beginning and kind of got in the way, so Mama got
smart and put in her new Dora dvds and she was hooked for an hour and half.





After Dora and lunch, Hannah took a nap.  She fell asleep reading
her "If" book to Dora...yes with her purple Crocs on.

Enjoying a banana popsicle on her half finished swing set.



This is Mama's favorite part of the swing and I think it will be Hannah's too.

Climbing up the wall...

at the top...

at the bottom!!!! CHEESE!!!!





Completed swing set in one day!!!!!

First of many warm days of fun!!!!!

Last Saturday, Baba decided to go fishing, so Hannah and I decided to fill up the little pool for the first time this year and have a little fun.  She was a little hesitant to get in at first, because it was a little cold, but after she started to warm up, you can see she dove right in.  She even took the time to cool Mama's feet off every once in a while. We had a good time...can't wait...3 more days of school, then we can have more good times all summer!!!!



Happy Late Mother's Day!!!!

I wanted to send this out earlier obviously, but I was having trouble with my blog and it still isn't coming up quite right at home, but we are going to try it anyway.  I wanted to send out a late Mother's Day wish to all the mothers reading this.  Sometimes I still can't believe that I am finally the Mama that I dreamed of being for 5 years while we waited for our little girl, but it is real.  She is real!!! She is truly the best Mother's Day present that I will ever receive and wouldn't want anything else!!!  She has grown so much since that first day we saw her, then received her and brought her home. Look at her now- Wow!!! She continues to be a huge blessing to us and everyone around her and we thank God for her every day.  To all the moms- enjoy every minute you get!!! Children are a true gift to us.


The very first picture we saw of Chen Leyan (Hannah).

 

The first time holding Hannah!




The first full day at home.

                                       Look at her NOW !!!!!!