The Adoption of Molly

Molly's Baptism

St. Maartin

Labels: Vacation with Uma and PaPa

Molly turns 2!

Labels: 2007, March 22

Winter storm 2007

Easter 2007

Molly loves her chocolate.

1 Year Anniversary

Happy Valentine's Day to all.

We can not believe it has been a year since Gotcha Day. I have received many emails today from the families that we traveled with to bring home our beautiful daughters. They have sent us current pictures of the girls . It is so good to see how much they have grown. They will all be turning two over the next couple of months.

We had such a wonderful time in China. Hearing from the families has brought back such great memories. Max and I have been going through old post from when I was in China. Thank you to everyone for their love and support and following us through this life-changing journey.

Michelle

Christmas 2006

We had a wonderful Christmas. Molly got the hang of opening her presents real quick! Her favorite was the table and chairs with the tea set from Grandma and Grandpa. The boys did quite well too. Max received the Wii and Zac received the Xbox 360.

Disney Nov 2006

We had a wonderful time at the Magic Kingdom in November. Molly was kissed by Snow White and is now a big fan of all the Princess and Minnie! The boys got in all of their favorite rides and a few new ones too. Molly just soaked up everything and was very happy. We saw many couples with children from China and enjoyed speaking with them. Some couples even stopped us and showed interest in adopting for themselves. The week ended well with a win for Rutgers. We saw lots of scarlet red in the parks. Because of the NJ break many families from NJ were there. We ran in to two of Max's friends at MGM. We had a wonderful time, and are glad to be home.

Adoption Finalization-Nov 1, 2006

The honorable Judge Serpentelli signed the adoption papers on November 1. 2006 in the presence of Molly, Max, Zac, Tim, Michelle, Angela, Tim and Joan. We celebrated afterwards at brunch!

Happy Halloween

Molly had a wonderful time trick or treating in her little black cat costume. Pictured with her is Forrest, the soccer player and Max the clone trooper. The weather was mild and we went to the downtown area with friends in the evening. We topped it all off with pizza at Vinnies!

Pumpkin Picking

Rutgers vs Navy Game

We had a wonderful weekend down in Annapolis, Maryland. This was Molly's first Rutgers game! Rutgers beat Navy 34-0.

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More images of this Summer

This summer we spent time in the pool, on the beach, and in Maine. It was a great summer for us and flew by so quickly. Molly took her first steps labor day weekend for my Mom and Dad. Tim and I took a much needed adult weekend away in Cape May. She was very tentative at first but now is walking more than she is crawling. We are attending a Mommy and Me class on Friday mornings and she really enjoys going to "school" like her big brothers. Pictured above is the yearly lobster feast at Young's in Blelfast Maine. To the right is Molly enjoying her first ice cream cone. She prefers chocolate. She is 19lbs 10 oz and has finally graduated to a forward facing car seat, which she much prefers, now she can watch the television! She repeats everything and is still such a smiley, pleasant little thing. My mom taught her to sign I love you and she does it often. Her favorite song is... When your happy and you know it. We sing it all day long. We spend our weekends at the football field and she loves all the attention. It has been a busy fall, Zac has started high school and Max is in 3rd grade. Her favorite part of the day is waiting for Max and Zac to get home from school. We go out to the bench and watch all the school buses go by and she waves to all the kids. Halloween is coming up and I will post pictures of the kids then. Thank you for checking in with us.