Together one month

Garrett's 2nd Birthday (OK, a little late)

Malia's First Cake

Ready to visit school/work

Meeting Raggedy Ann

And... the rides

I can't believe that it has already been one month that Malia and I have been together. It has been amazing (hard at times but so worth it). She understands so much English even if she is not speaking it yet. Her English words seem to increase almost every day. The big ones for the week so far are "outside" and "ready?". Malia and Rosie are getting closer every day and Malia has even let Rosie sit on her bed the last two nights when we read books before bed.

I can't believe that I go back to work in 1 1/2 weeks but we visited the daycare on Monday and she seemed like she would be OK. The teachers were nice and the kids all rushed up to say hi to the new kid. We also walked around work and she meet a lot of people I work with. They loved the squeaky shoes and of course Malia. She had fun playing catch with them in the hall. Tuesday we went to the Mall of America for the Toddler Tuesday. The theme was Raggedy Ann so Malia got to meet her. I think however her favorite part of the day was the unlimited 3 hour ride wristband. She is a little daredevil and loved the roller coasters. She yelled out "yea" as we could go around turns and now does the same in the car when I take cloverleafs on the freeway. Another trick was taking her hands off the bar on the carousel. I guess that ride is getting too boring now that she went on some wilder rides. We also finally had a party for my nephew Garrett to celebrate his second birthday (due to timing with the China trip). I think that is most of it for now.

One last call out to my friends still waiting to be matched to their children. Keep believing... it does happen!