First School Pictures, isn't she beautiful?

Looking back at the pictures when we got her in our arms, she has changed so much. Her hair has really grown, she's gained about 3 or 4 pounds and that much in inches in height also. She's growing up to much!!!

The Lord has blessed us so much!!

8 Months Today...she came into our arms

Our 60's girl for Halloween night, Trick or Treating, she kept asking after each house gave her candy, "Are we going to another store now?" We kept telling her they where houses that people live in and that was who was giving out candy, I'm not sure if she really cared, all she knew she was getting candy and liked that part of it.

Wow...it's been almost three months since we've posted..

but we're doing fine...our little happy family. Aimee is a amazing little girl, we love dearly...God has been so good to us, putting her into our life!!


This is a picture that was taken of us at my family reunion, the first time Aimee had met alot of my Aunts, Uncles, and cousins..of course, everyone fell in love with her.


The last two pictures was made at school when the Fire Department came out for the kids to learn about safety, she fell in love with Sparky the fire dog. Our local fire department came out tonight to our Fall Festival also, and she ran up and hugged Sparky...of course Mommy had the camera there aimmed..

We just got in from our Church's Fall Festival, Aimee had a ball, this was her first, we had games and little goodies to win from the games, then tickets to win other prizes...She was excited! She was so fun to watch work around the place, games, etc...but yes we all are alive and doing well.

Finally going to post

This picture is of Aimee and a little friend at Vacation Bible School. Her family met us at the airport when we got home, it was so funny, both of them just kept on looking at each other. I think it was the first time Aimee had seen a blond headed girl and first time Katie to see a chinese girl...we got a big kick out of it.

This is Aimee the fist time rode in a convertible, she was taking everything in. At one point she laid back, closed her eyes, and opened her mouth.

Aimee at Physical Therapy, she does so good working with the therpastist. She thinks it play, they work with her so good.

It's been so long since I have posted. We've just been so busy. Aimee will be starting school in two weeks, she was excited when we started getting her school supplies. I'm excited for her yet I'm kind of scared also. It seems like when they start in school they grown up so fast.

My Mother had back surgery then ended up with a infection (staff)sp? So, she's been in the hospital the last few days, everything seems to be healing and doing good. The Lord takes good care of his children! Praise the Lord!

Myrtle Beach..last day of vacation

In the morning we will be packing up everything and headed home, I always enjoy our vacation, but dread the drive home, yet I'm always glad to be home. Here are a few more pictures of our vacation I thought I would share.

4 Months ago today..."Gotcha Day"

We're in Myrtle Beach for the week, Aimee is loving everything about it. This picture is her and DH playing in one of the water areas in our motel, she LOVES the water!!!

Her butterfly face painting, she wanted it done then after a little while she wanted it washed off, then asked later where her butterfly was???

Daddy built her a sand castle the first evening we took her to the beach, she did leave it up long enough to have her picture taken in the middle of it...then she pushed it over...DH wasn't to happy after the work he had put into it...oh well.

A picture of her being her cute little self!!

This little helicopter ride was at the Tanger Outlet, she enjoyed riding all of the rides. It's amazing how much she has changed in the last four months. She talks so much english, compared with what all she was saying when we got her. Some of her words are still hard to understand, but she improves daily. We took her to Pigeon Forge several months ago and she wouldn't even ride the 25 cent horse, now she wants to ride everything. We took her the other evening to the Family Kingdom Amusement Park yesterday evening and she wanted to ride all of the rides, she had a blast. And we had a blast watching her.

Happy 4th of July

A few more pictures of our beautiful daughter!!!

We had a nice 4th...thank you Lord for our freedom!
The last three are of her in North Carolina at DH step brother's house playing in a little pool, having a ball.

The one of her playing basketball is right down her Daddy's alley since he has always loved basketball...how's this for a slam dunk!

We hope everyone had a great 4th of July..and we're on our way onto Myrtle Beach today...Can't wait to get there..

Love and Blessing to all who keep up with this blog for our daughter, Like Stevie Wonder...She's Some Kind of Wonderful!!!

A few new pictures....

As you can see our daughter is a water dog...the first two are of her playing and running in a water puddle by the pool. Then the close up is of her after she had been playing in the rain for the first time, she loved it...

She loves to fish, so she had to practice using her new pink rod and reel...she was so cute! If you look real close at the water by the pond there is a fish on her line, her first catch..

She will adjust to everything so well to anything, her AFO she took to wearing it from the start. Of course sometimes she would rather not wear it. At first she thought it was for her sprained ankle since she had sprained it two weeks before she got her brace (AFO).

We are so blessed by our Lord of Lords!!!

3 months in our arms today!!

Believe it or not, it's been three months since we've first laid eyes on Aimee and she came in our arms forever as our special little one...God is so good!!!

AMEN!!!

Aimee just having fun

A picture of Aimee enjoying one of the indoor playground's...love her dark brown eyes! She doesn't mind me running around with my camera where ever she goes, by the time she's grown she will think she's a movie star.

She loves the water so she played so hard in the pool at the motel the other day. We've not got our pool at home open yet, DH was working on it the other day, back flushed it and then went to turn it back on and the pump wouldn't come back on. Hopefully, it's something simple. The pumps are not cheap! Maybe fill it in with dirt would be cheaper???

She got her new AFO (brace) for her right leg Monday and she's adapted so well to it. Which really she adapts to everything so good. We're so blessed by the Lord to have her as our daughter.

I thank the Lord each day for our blessing!

Splish Splash Aimee enjoying life!!

She loved the swimming pool at the motel so much, she laughed, splashed, kicked, for several hours...to say the least we didn't have to rock her to sleep tonight. I thought she was so cute in her swimsuit..since we play around and in water all Summer she has quite a few suits already, but this is the one she chose to wear today. Her legs looks so long, but they're really not, she shorter than most of the kids her age she's around.

I thought this picture of her and my Mother listening to the MP3 player together is so cute. I never pictured my mother listening to a MP3 player, it's amazing what a Granny will do for or with their grandchildren. I Love it! We're so blessed!

The last picture is of her at the Moo Fest in town on Saturday, we put her in the stroller to make it easier on her and us, put on her sunglasses since it was so sunny and she saw this visor in the back of my car and decided to wear it also. Daddy said, "You don't need to wear that" I laughed and said, "Look who's talking, someone that never goes any where without his hat hardly" Of course...us two girls won the battle on that...I thought she looked cute anyway!

Just a few pictures to share

The picture of her in the pink shades, she loves pink..so when we started looking at sunglasses for her of course she picked out these bright pink frame ones...and I think she is so cute in them, even if she's not smiling!

Aimee went to her first prom, I've taken the Special Education Prom pictures for the last three years at the local high school. The special education kids so sweet and cute, they love without any boundaries! The picture of her, DH and me was made at the prom ....her first prom.

Wild woman driver, all of the kids that come to our house ends up driving our golf cart, she's still not driving by herself, this is the first day she drove, sitting in Daddy's lap and doing the steering...she loved it, her smile was from ear to ear!

Tonight we're in Lexington KY to take Aimee to the Shriner's Hospital for the AFO for her right foot, I hope it fits ok, her ankle is still swelling from the sprain from two weeks ago. This afternoon when we checked into the motel we got our swim suits on and headed to the indoor pool. She loved it and played so hard! Kicked, splashing water, etc ....

She's having her first experience of the tooth fairy tonight also, I pulled her tooth on the way up here this afternoon. Her tooth is now under her pillow, she's worried that the tooth fairy may put the money under Daddy or Mommy's pillow, instead of hers...Smile!!

God Bless and Keep everyone safe!

Biker Babe

After church DH decided to get his motorcycle out, Aimee wanted to ride, so she got on behind Daddy and rode around our place a couple times...she loved it and I'm so glad because both of us have our own motorcycles and we enjoy riding. Of course Mommy had to grab the camera and take a few pictures.

Two Month Home

We've been home now two months with our beautiful daughter and we thank the Lord daily for this miracle in our life! For our 2nd month celebration of being home, we spent it in the emergency room with Miss Aimee, she decided to get out of her Daddy's truck by herself and fell, her ankle was so swollen in just a few minutes, put ice on it, etc..they x-ray it, said nothing was broke, a severe sprain: sent us home with RICE (rest, ice, compress, and evelavate) Have you ever tried to get a 6 year old to do this, no such luck! Now her ankle is black and blue and toes swollen. We're hoping it will improve quickly, she's suppose to be fitted with her new AFO (brace) for that foot on June 1, so please everyone pray for this to happen!

I tell her Aimee you need to put your foot up, don't walk on it, etc...She always asks WHY? This is her favorite word right now, everything you tell her..why!

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Our beautiful Daughter

We think she is the most beautiful girl in the world...of course that's a parents right! Her eyes are amazing as you can see by the last two pictures. She's getting so brave on her swing set she got for us being home for one month, she loves to hang upside down. The first one is of her leaning up against a tree in our yard, which is a beautiful print in black and white also.

Can you say proud Mommy? The Lord is so good!

Mother's Day

This was my first Mother's Day for my own child and felt so blessed for this. This morning I woke up so happy laying there thinking of this being my first Mother's Day and how happy I was and how thankful I am to have my own Mother still with me. DH was laying next to me and asked "Has Mother been dead 1 year and a month" I answered him with "No, it won't be a year and month until the 18th of this month." Then it hit me, how selfish I was being, thinking of how happy I was of being a Mother myself, then I realized how much my own DH was hurting of not having his Mother to celebrate this special day with us. I could not even think of what he is feeling, thinking of how special my own Mother is to me! I pray for him and his brothers and sisters for being without their Mother, Lord lift them up and ease their aching hearts.

Gotcha Day

two months ago, we received Aimee in our arms, it was amazing at that moment, she was ours and will be ours forever! God is so good! Praise the Lord! Sometimes I think about it and it seems longer and sometimes it feels like only yesterday she come into our lives in person, not only by a picture, email, etc...

Trips to Chattanooga 3 days straight

Aimee trying on Mommy's glasses notice the upside down she likes to wear them.


and these 3 people are tired! Monday, DH had doctor appt. Tuesday, Aimee had Neuro appt, which he is thinking Cerebral Palsy; not Spina Bifida. With the type of surgery they did on her spine in China, that is done for CP no SB. He's confused of want is going on in her right arm...he said he wouldn't give a for sure diagnosis until he gets all of the test results back. He ordered a MRI, they called this morning and can not get her in until August 15th, which I feel is crazy..but oh well. The doctor will be there when it is done, he may do something to her himself while she is put to sleep. That is one of the reasons it's taking so long to get an appt because they only do MRI's and putting children to sleep on Friday's...crazy I know. That afternoon she had PT, they took a closer look at her arm because of the doctor request, they're thinking none use not nerve damage, we'll see.

Yesterday she decided she was LeLe again not Aimee, which I have read that is normal for a child to do this. It broke my heart at first because it made me think she wasn't happy here. I don't know if other parents are having these emotions like I am. I just pray alot. She has done so wonderful, I guess I want her to be happy at all times and deep down in my heart I know there is know way in the world that will happen. I think of everything she has been thru in her young life and think she should be completely happy with the rest of her life...of course we love her so much we don't like to see her hurt in any way. So far today she's hasn't mentioned she is LeLe.

Plus last night she got upset over we don't know what and she cried for about 30 minutes, and she's not the type to cry for anything. Which I'm glad she's showing her emotions but yet it breaks my heart also, if that makes any sense. Of course we spent from 1:30pm to 4:30pm waiting for DH to have x-rays and mri...so she was so tired.

Please keep your prayers coming for our family and the other adoptive families!

Just a few pictures from the last few weeks

The picture of her sitting on the quarter horse was made before I put the 25cents in, she didn't want any part of it when it started bucking, I couldn't help but laugh at her, at first she was ok when she was sitting there holding onto me. She loves our horses and cows at home and not afraid of them. But she is still kind of afraid of our dog and cat. The other day she was out at the barn with DH and took a hold of one of our horses tail, he just stood there and looked around at her. It scared Daddy when he saw what she was doing! We're amazed how gentle he has been with her.

The haircut picture if her getting her first haircut in US, when I told her we was going to get our haircut, she looked at me and showed me her fingers on her hair of us cutting her hair real short, she felt better about it when she saw only a trim was happening.

Her Physical therapy appointments have started, she doesn't mind them at all, because they make it fun for the kids. She's still shy around them since she's only had two sessions. Her Neurology appointment is in the morning bright and early. Hopefully they will be able to let us know her diagnosis more.

Sending prayers and thoughts to other adoptive parents. And praying your time with your little ones had been as wonderful as hours, even with her being hard headed; she fits right in with us.