Kindergarten!!!

So it happened, the day I have dreaded since I first held her.  My baby started kindergarten!  Oh how I dreaded this day.  While I was dreading it Jaden was counting down the days.  We decided that she could ride the bus to school and I would pick her up in the afternoon.  That lasted all of one day because when I picked them both up they informed me they no longer wanted me to pick them up and they wanted to ride the bus.  I was a little heartbroken but have since gotten over it!  That gives me one extra hour a day ALONE!  Yes there were tears the first day from mommy, I have since come to love MY time!  Oh the things I am getting done!

Jaden loves school.  I love the fact that it wears her out! :-)  So far she is doing great.

And in other BIG news, a week before Jaden started Kindergarten she moved to her own room!  I have been a co sleeping mama for just over 5 years and now I am not!  She has done great with it.  Me not so much in the beginning but now I love it!   Thanks to this big move she is now the owner of a hamster!  Joy!

Gotcha Day 5 years later!

It's hard to believe but another year has passed since Jaden was placed in our arms!  It seems like just yesterday when they handed me a very quite baby in the hotel room in Nanchang, China.  those were a peaceful 30 minutes and then all hell broke loose and we had a screaming, puking, grieving baby on our hands for about 3 days.  Then she became the happy fun loving girl we have today!

We of course spent the day in our traditional way, spending time with the Roger's family!  These sweet girls were from the same orphanage and we got them both together!  I love getting them together.  

Of course we needed a Chinese beer picture to commemorate the trip to China since the adults had a few of these on the trip!

Love that these girls will always share a special bond!