These are pictures taken of Rachel and Madelyn, the girls' jiejies when they were visiting me and their Papaw in 2001, they loved playing with bubbles in the tub :)
Sunday, March 25, 2007
This week's FFFF over at Double Happiness! is "Bubbles". The twins really enjoy playing with bubbles (and so does Mimi :) Unfortunately the only pictures we have of the girls enjoying bubbles are these taken the day after their "Gotcha Day" last October, they do seem to be having a great time!
These are pictures taken of Rachel and Madelyn, the girls' jiejies when they were visiting me and their Papaw in 2001, they loved playing with bubbles in the tub :)
These are pictures taken of Rachel and Madelyn, the girls' jiejies when they were visiting me and their Papaw in 2001, they loved playing with bubbles in the tub :)
I'm amazed! Those twins have gotten dirty!!
If you saw the video of the girls at their birthday party, you'll recall they have a 'little' problem with NOT wanting to be dirty -- hands, face, whatever ---- Anyway, they seem to have gotten past all of that and are really enjoying playing in their sandbox these days. They seem to really enjoy cake afterwards too, especially Faith!
Faith
Hope
Hope
Faith
Faith
Hope
Faith
Hope
If you saw the video of the girls at their birthday party, you'll recall they have a 'little' problem with NOT wanting to be dirty -- hands, face, whatever ---- Anyway, they seem to have gotten past all of that and are really enjoying playing in their sandbox these days. They seem to really enjoy cake afterwards too, especially Faith!
Faith
Hope
Hope
Faith
Faith
Hope
Faith
Hope
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Well, I know it's Wednesday (and Wednesday afternoon at that) but didn't want to miss out on all of the Family FotoFun Friday Challenge fun Donna at Double Happiness! planned for this past Friday so here you are!
FEET -- Mimi so loves those little feet!
These next two are when the girls had their toenails painted for the first time, they seemed to know just what to do -- blow to dry them quick :)
Faith
Hope
Hope
The girls have not been visiting Heike and Sarah over at
Random Thoughts so I'm not sure where Faith learned how to do whatever it is she is doing!!
Fun with Feet!
FEET -- Mimi so loves those little feet!
These next two are when the girls had their toenails painted for the first time, they seemed to know just what to do -- blow to dry them quick :)
Faith
Hope
Hope
The girls have not been visiting Heike and Sarah over at
Random Thoughts so I'm not sure where Faith learned how to do whatever it is she is doing!!
Fun with Feet!
Monday, March 12, 2007
This past Saturday the girls made their first trip to the zoo. Mom and the twins went to visit Aunt Chelle and Cousin Bailey on Friday and the rest of the gang joined them at the Ft Worth Zoo on Saturday. At least 'some' of the gang was there, Mimi was in NY and couldn't join in on the fun :( -- I really didn't like it one bit either!! Dad got left at home to tend the sheep so he missed out as well. Karen, Lisa, Angela, Slade and Neeley came from DeLeon as well as Cousins Cody and Tanner and a few of their friends.
This is Spring Break week so Mom and the girls will spend several days visiting family and friends in the Ft Worth area before heading back home. Hopefully we'll get more updates and pictures of their visit soon.
Saturday also happened to be the 5 month anniversary of the twins' "Gotcha Day" so what better place to spend it than the zoo!
To see more pictures (with captions) click here or to see them in a slide show click here.
Hope and Faith
The Gang (at least the "kids"!)
Hope, Faith, and Neeley
Hope
Faith
Faith, Neeley, Mom & Hope
Mom and her girls
This is Spring Break week so Mom and the girls will spend several days visiting family and friends in the Ft Worth area before heading back home. Hopefully we'll get more updates and pictures of their visit soon.
Saturday also happened to be the 5 month anniversary of the twins' "Gotcha Day" so what better place to spend it than the zoo!
To see more pictures (with captions) click here or to see them in a slide show click here.
Hope and Faith
The Gang (at least the "kids"!)
Hope, Faith, and Neeley
Hope
Faith
Faith, Neeley, Mom & Hope
Mom and her girls
Friday, March 09, 2007
Hands----
Hands convey most every emotion known to man ... love, hate, happiness, anger, excitement, calm ... They caress, they hit, they wave goodby (or perhaps hello), they stop or bid you to come, they hold the symbol of love/marriage...
Hands are the method used to communicate through sign language, used by the deaf and often for babies and young children to communicate before they can verbalize.
The power of touch is felt through the hand...
What a great topic Donna at Double Happiness! has come up with for this week's FFFF Challenge!
This picture is of Madelyn's hands in prayer...
and the second is of Faith.
When I came across the picture of Faith I immediately thought of the one of Madelyn and how similar they are---
Sweet caress--
or not :)
I had such a difficult time deciding which pictures to use (a
Mimi's prerogative:) so I created a couple of collages. The first includes hands of and around the twins, the second includes hands of and around Rachel, Madelyn and Yates (taken shortly after Yates' birth)
Hands convey most every emotion known to man ... love, hate, happiness, anger, excitement, calm ... They caress, they hit, they wave goodby (or perhaps hello), they stop or bid you to come, they hold the symbol of love/marriage...
Hands are the method used to communicate through sign language, used by the deaf and often for babies and young children to communicate before they can verbalize.
The power of touch is felt through the hand...
What a great topic Donna at Double Happiness! has come up with for this week's FFFF Challenge!
This picture is of Madelyn's hands in prayer...
and the second is of Faith.
When I came across the picture of Faith I immediately thought of the one of Madelyn and how similar they are---
Sweet caress--
or not :)
I had such a difficult time deciding which pictures to use (a
Mimi's prerogative:) so I created a couple of collages. The first includes hands of and around the twins, the second includes hands of and around Rachel, Madelyn and Yates (taken shortly after Yates' birth)
Monday, March 05, 2007
When Mom dressed the girls this morning Faith decided it would be neat to put her hands in her pocket -- no ideas where she would have gotten the idea but she seems to think she's pretty cute :)
Hope comes along and decides to try it out herself---
Hope - "Gee, is this how I do it?"
"I think I've got it, I AM cute!"
Faith - "Yep, aren't we though!"
Hope comes along and decides to try it out herself---
Hope - "Gee, is this how I do it?"
"I think I've got it, I AM cute!"
Faith - "Yep, aren't we though!"
Friday, March 02, 2007
The twins are really growing up!
Mom decided it was time to change their cribs into toddler beds so she got right to it and made the switch (she's quite resourceful that girl!) Donna, sorry she isn't there today to help put together that Play Center your working on:) but she had other things to contruct (she probably wouldn't have read the instructions anyway).
Here are pictures of the twins' toddler beds --
and here are pictures of the girls taking naps in their new toddler beds! This is actually quite exceptional because they really don't sleep in their beds much (still having some sleeping issues) so we're hoping their new beds will be just what it takes to get over that. From what Mom says, they were certainly excited about them, jumping around, laughing and clapping their hands! I asked Mom if she had gotten pictures of their excitement -- she said "Mom, I WAS putting the beds together, didn't have time for pictures too!" Oh well, maybe we can get some video later after they wake up, after all Mom did get that new camera she was wanting and did get these great pictures of the beds and our sleeping girls.
This is Faith
This is Hope
Mom decided it was time to change their cribs into toddler beds so she got right to it and made the switch (she's quite resourceful that girl!) Donna, sorry she isn't there today to help put together that Play Center your working on:) but she had other things to contruct (she probably wouldn't have read the instructions anyway).
Here are pictures of the twins' toddler beds --
and here are pictures of the girls taking naps in their new toddler beds! This is actually quite exceptional because they really don't sleep in their beds much (still having some sleeping issues) so we're hoping their new beds will be just what it takes to get over that. From what Mom says, they were certainly excited about them, jumping around, laughing and clapping their hands! I asked Mom if she had gotten pictures of their excitement -- she said "Mom, I WAS putting the beds together, didn't have time for pictures too!" Oh well, maybe we can get some video later after they wake up, after all Mom did get that new camera she was wanting and did get these great pictures of the beds and our sleeping girls.
This is Faith
This is Hope
Family FotoFun Friday Challenge
Because of the popularity of last week's FFFF Donna at Double Happiness! has decided it would be fun to do it again -- same letter but this time 10 things you DON'T like. Geez, that "U" she assigned me was really hard!
You would think "U" would be pretty easy, you can add "Un" to so many words and make something most people don't like -- Untrusting, Unemployed, Unfortunate, Unfair, Unfriendly - you get the picture but try coming up with a real picture of one of those!
Anyway, this is the result with listing below ----
1. Undernourished - So many children in our world are so undernourished. UNICEF said on World Food Day last October "Undernutrition remains a major killer of children under five years of age, contributing to approximately 50 percent of the more than 10 million child deaths every year".
2. Umbrella - I really don't like umbrellas that flip inside out when the wind is blowing, especially on a cold rainy day walking to work in NYC.
3. Utensils (dirty ones) - I really hate sitting down at a restaurant and finding dirty utensils.
4. Unamerican - Being an American is something to be proud of and I don't like seeing people who aren't.
5. Upstairs - I live two steep flights up and it isn't fun dragging luggage up those stairs after returning from a visit to Texas :)
6. Unwanted girls from China - While I'm so glad we have the twins and so grateful to China for doing such a good job of caring for them and finding just the perfect parents to be their forever family, I don't like it that so many girls in China are just unwanted.
7. Upside Down - I DO NOT like being upside down on a roller coaster ride!
8. Unsafe - Drinking and Driving is unsafe, it kills ...
9. Unhappy - I never like for any of my children or grandchildren to be unhappy (pic is of Hope).
And for my 'double U' - 10. War - This is NOT a political statement, I don't like war and every day I hope and pray for Peace on Earth.
Because of the popularity of last week's FFFF Donna at Double Happiness! has decided it would be fun to do it again -- same letter but this time 10 things you DON'T like. Geez, that "U" she assigned me was really hard!
You would think "U" would be pretty easy, you can add "Un" to so many words and make something most people don't like -- Untrusting, Unemployed, Unfortunate, Unfair, Unfriendly - you get the picture but try coming up with a real picture of one of those!
Anyway, this is the result with listing below ----
1. Undernourished - So many children in our world are so undernourished. UNICEF said on World Food Day last October "Undernutrition remains a major killer of children under five years of age, contributing to approximately 50 percent of the more than 10 million child deaths every year".
2. Umbrella - I really don't like umbrellas that flip inside out when the wind is blowing, especially on a cold rainy day walking to work in NYC.
3. Utensils (dirty ones) - I really hate sitting down at a restaurant and finding dirty utensils.
4. Unamerican - Being an American is something to be proud of and I don't like seeing people who aren't.
5. Upstairs - I live two steep flights up and it isn't fun dragging luggage up those stairs after returning from a visit to Texas :)
6. Unwanted girls from China - While I'm so glad we have the twins and so grateful to China for doing such a good job of caring for them and finding just the perfect parents to be their forever family, I don't like it that so many girls in China are just unwanted.
7. Upside Down - I DO NOT like being upside down on a roller coaster ride!
8. Unsafe - Drinking and Driving is unsafe, it kills ...
9. Unhappy - I never like for any of my children or grandchildren to be unhappy (pic is of Hope).
And for my 'double U' - 10. War - This is NOT a political statement, I don't like war and every day I hope and pray for Peace on Earth.
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