One Armed Bandit - Casted

Here is the Sophmeister in her purple cast. Should be on for about 4 weeks or so. Her devilish smile may be an indication of future casts to come...

One Armed Bandit- X-Rays

For posterity.

Sophie's Broken Arm

Soph's first broken bone- or shall I say "bones"...Radius and Ulna...Soft cast until we go to the Ortho tomorrow...What started out as a trip to Saratoga to visit Robert on his Communion turned into an interesting trip to the local clinic for a cast and probably a nice fat bill!!

Tune in again soon for an update on Tsunami Sophie...

Sarah's Serenade

Sarah sang me a little number for my 39th birthday on March 26th...American Idol watch out!

March 19, 2009- Happy 3rd Gotcha Day

Three years ago our lives forever changed when we followed our "Red Thread" to China. Crammed in a room with 9 other families, who we now call our "extended" Gao Shao Sister Family- we waited anxiously for our names to be called. Before we knew it, a sweet cherub of a child named Gao Shao Xin was placed in our arms.

Fast foward to today. That sweaty little over-dressed and over-layered baby in Guangzhou has grown into our very independant, spunky, smart and beautiful 3 1/2 year old Sarah. She has brought a lot of joy to our lives and for that we will be forever grateful to her China Mommy (as we call her) for making that ultimate sacrifice for her newborn baby. Although the circumstances are unknown to us, we can only hope she had the best intentions and wanted a better life for her daughter. We hope we have, and will continue to provide -that happy life she had hoped for.

Sarah is a great big sister to Sophie and a great helper aroud the house. She is too smart for her own good, and can be challenging at times when faced with a situation she does not like (e.g. bedtime, dinnertime, etc) In school she excels and in ballet she is an absolute princess. While not exactly an American Idol yet, she can belt out a tune like nobody's business. She is entertaining at the very least.

To begin our 3rd Gotcha Day, Sarah awoke singing "Happy Gotcha Day to Me" which was so cute. After school, Sarah, Sophie and I went to Payless to pick up some Spring shoes. Afterwards, we were off to McDs for some dinner and a romp in the playarea. Daddy got stuck working super-late so he could not participate in the fun (no new shoes for daddy) Maybe we can plan a little something extra this weekend.

I will post pictures at a later time. I just wanted to make sure I posted a note to commemorate our special day! Mommy & Daddy love you to pieces!!

Sarah Preps for Opening Day

For Kris who has been going through Pickles&Pickcheas withdrawal.

Hope this brings a smile to your face. We miss you guys!!

Chickpeas '08 Pics

Here are the girls' school pics from this year. I know- they are dressed exactly alike....but aren't they just the cutest?

Sadly, both Sarah & Sophie will be leaving Chickpeas Daycare. As of Jan 5th, Sarah is starting Footprints Montessori School and Sophie is staying home with Wendy the babysitter, Chris and some temporary fill-ins when I go back to my 4-day, 10-hour a day schedule.