Nadia and Amelie’s Rooms

To prepare for being a big sister Nadia got a big girl bed and new dresser from IKEA. Then Mike painted the room her favorite color and then we hung up all the decorations again. I think they really “pop” with the blue! She also got some red toy holders and a red table for her new humidifier that she picked out – the red dragon. And last of all a new red chair from IKEA since we moved the glider into Amelie’s room. We also moved her kitchen into her room which she really enjoys. We have a wall hanging from Nadia’s province in China that we need to have framed and it will complete her room.

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Next Mike moved on to Amelie’s room. I really wanted to go totally different since Nadia’s room is all primary colors and musical things. So we chose 2 shades of lavender and selected paintings with flowers, butterflies and lady bugs. We ordered a little ducky humidifier for the yellow table. We are waiting on a painting that my good friend Laura is doing and we are going to look for something special in China for the last wall. We ordered new wood blinds for both girls rooms and then went with the green curtains. I think that Amelie’s room came out very sweet and it has such a happy feel!

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Nadia and Amelie's Rooms

Michael Jackson The Experience

No matter what you might think of Michael Jackson, I have a ton of nostalgia for his music from the 80’s. My mom even took us to see one of his last American tours in Los Angeles that featured “Bad” and we had a blast! I took dance as a child and loved to watch the videos and learn all the moves.

We have a Wii and I was given “Just Dance” at the beginning of the year and Nadia and I have had lots of fun doing it. If we are out and about and she hears one of the songs she will yell out, “That’s from the Wii!!!” Well I found out right after Christmas that the same company had come out with an all MJ game – featuring 26 songs. I immediately ordered it! Nadia was nearly as excited as I was because I had hyped it so much!

This morning we went to see Grandma Linda and had a New Year’s Eve hat and the second Nadia saw it she said, “It’s a Michael Jackson Hat!!” She put it on and immediately was up on her tippy toes with the hat on. So cute!! She asked if we could go home and do the Wii. Mike took some photos of us doing “Smooth Criminal” – complete with the hat!

Click the photo below to see the entire album. Notice Nadia’s monkey mitten she is using as her “glove”.

MJ for the Wii

MJ for the Wii

MJ for the Wii

MJ for the Wii

MJ for the Wii

MJ for the Wii

MJ for the Wii

The Best Christmas Gift

On Christmas morning we were opening presents and having a sweet time when my phone started to beep with texts from friends and family. So I also looked at my email and saw the following subject line “MuRong Wang Lei Update” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

So I quickly opened my laptop and we all crowded around to see new photos and the answers to our update questions. YIPPIE!!

Mike cropped this one – isn’t she adorable? We can’t wait to meet her!!!

Amelie 12.24.2010

Amelie Update

We found out that she likes apples, milk and yogurt. She sleeps on her side and listening to music makes her happy. They said she is seldom sad and when asked to describer her personality they said “lively.”

What a wonderful blessing! We are grateful for the services of Angela with LadyBugs N Love in Beijing.

We used her to send the care package to the orphanage in November and then she sent off the update request for us this month.

Decorating the Tree

Nadia was all kinds of excited to help with the tree this year. She has “helped” in the past, but this year she was serious about where stuff was going and that she was involved in the whole process. When Mike had to head out for more lights she was so impatient it was humorous.

2010 Decorating the Tree
Click the photo above to see the album

Deco Tree 2010

Deco Tree 2010

Oh and this year she got to help with the icicles and they had to be “sorted” first.

Deco Tree 2010

P.S. They have these owl jammies that Nadia got from her cousin Jade last year at Target this year for adults. And just so you know – I resisted buying them even though I really wanted to match! (next year all 3 of us girls will have to have a matching set of jammies)