Jada's Adoption Page: December 2006

Merry Christmas!!

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

Luke 2:11-14

Peek-a-boo

I'm liking this video stuff.

Jada playing Peek-a-boo.

Videos from China on Youtube

I put some of our videos from China on Youtube for your viewing pleasure.

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Enjoy!!

Eatin' Good

Hair is growing out and that's perfect because Jada is just now learning to grab food from her plate and rub it on her head!

But, it's OK, because we know it's the necessary step for her to get to fully and cleanly feeding herself. Her recent favorite is pan sauteed zucchini & yellow squash! Oatmeal is a morning staple and Cheerios (Honeynut).

He babbling vocabulary is ever increasing. We think she'll be putting all that together real soon and start saying words. She's done VERY WELL with all the Christmas decorations. Very few incidents and those involved the plastic ornaments.

She's really smart. She can take the cap off a pen and put it back. She can take the battery cover off of any battery operated equipment. She's throws her own diapers away after getting changed. She's fluent in sign language with: food, more, please, milk, no and our favorite, I LOVE YOU!! Sometimes when I walk in with a diaper, she'll lay down on her back!

Her hair is growing out, her teeth are getting bigger! She's very active and hard to keep up with. She's becoming more physically affectionate. Giving hugs and kisses and wanting to sit in our laps on the couch. Oh, she's VERY jealous when mom and dad hug and kiss!

Things are progressing very well for Jada. She's been such a blessing!

Decorating for Jada

I compromised TWICE for the Holiday Season. First, I hung lights and got a tree. Last year, I got out of doing all that. I gave Brandi the ole, "It takes too much time, too much mess, it's our last year without kids, let's just CHILL!" I'm just not into the "Christmas" thing. Well, not the lights and Santa and stuff.

Next, if I do decorate and get a tree, it's gonna be a REAL tree! Well, not this year. Brandi once again broke me down and talked me into a fake pre-lit tree from Sam's Club, which they delivered. I must admit, it's a slamin' tree. Very difficult to put together and shape and form each branch, but hey, ALL THE LIGHTS WORKED!

The last time we decorated, we did a blue snow man theme. Now that 1/3 of my attic is full of boxes and boxes of blue snowman decorations...... of course its time to change the theme! DUH!?!?!?

So, this year, it's RED & SANTA: check it out...

P.S. Anyone on HPC staff reading this, look at Brandi. It's 10:30pm and she's just sittin' on the couch mumbling stuff like, "Budget.... Expense Reports.... Credit Card reciepts.... reconcile...." Somebody give her a hug.