Goodbye 2007! Hello 2008!

How exciting! It's going to be 2008 in less 7 hours!!! I can't believe I'm writing my very last post for the 2007...hahaha

Happy New Year Everybody!!! : )

I don't really have any plans for celebrating the new year tonight. I guess going to Taipei 101 and shouting for the new year countdown with the crowd can be an option.But I'd rather stay home and watch the countdown and fireworks on TV because just thinking for the next 4 or 5 hours after the countdown,you'll be stuck in Taipei with the rest of hundreds of thousands of people there and can't move or go anywhere...that'd suck. And also, I think I'm getting too old for that,too...

I'm going to give Adam and Rainny a big HUG and KISSES tonight when the clock turns 12:00am. I guess that will be my way of celebrating the new year! Hahaha...^0^

Little Rainny Gone Wild...

Last Saturday afternoon, we were taking some family pictures for Christmas outside the restaurant. Rainny was up first. We put her down on the grass (oh,she was so excited to get down)and she started playing and making faces. She was having so much fun! Then...

She started lifting up her dress...like this
Hahaha...Funny Rainny! : )

She put it down..
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And,she lifted it up again...

And,she put it down again...
She did this for about 10 times I guess...heehee

Later after she got tired of playing with her dress,she moved on to her white boots...

Rainny looks like a Santa's little cheerleader
"Goooooooooo,Santa!"

After the boots,she found a dry leaf she can play with...
I guess Rainny always can find something she can play with : )

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

We're so blessed to have so many good friends and two really wonderful families in both Utah and Taiwan. Thank you so much for all of your love and care and friendship!
We love and miss each and every one of you!

Best wishes for all of you! : )

Heavenly Father gave Adam and I the best Christmas gift this year -Rainny!!!
We couldn't ask for a better gift. We're just so HAPPY and so BLESSED to have her join our little family and to spend this Christmas with her! She is such a joy! I can't imagine doing anything without her now... : )

I found this brand new Christmas outfit that comes with a hat,a dress,a diaper cover and a pair of white boots on the internet for a total of $8 US dollars. What a bargain! But the hat is a little bit too small for Rainny,so I made this Christmas Bow Band for her and it turns out great! It matches Rainny's Christmas outfit! : )

P.S. Let me know if anybody wants one for next year's Christmas! Hahaha...

Rainny's Christmas Gifts from Grandpa & Grandma Hislop! : )

This morning Adam took Rainny outside for a walk. Minutes late, they came back with a BIG package from America! It's our Christmas gifts from Adam's parents! Yeahhhhh!!! We were so excited and can't wait to open the package to see what's in there...hee

Rainny was helping Daddy unwrap the package...

Hmmm...let ms see what gifts Grandpa and Grandma Hislop gave me: some OREO cookies,a stocking full of American snacks,Daddy's favorite sunflower seeds(Daddy was so thrilled to see this one...haha), a greeting card from everyone with Grandpa,Grandma,Angie and Ginger's signatures on it and lots more! Thank you so much for these wonderful gifts and all of your love!

" We miss and love you all so much!!! "

Now Mommy and Daddy finally have some cool gifts they can put under their 4' tall Christmas tree.I can't wait to open mine on Christmas day!!! : )

Funny Rainny clapping her hands!

Rainny understands "clapping hands" in both Chinese and English! She's such a funny and happy baby in this video clip.

One of Rainny's favorite things to do recently is clapping her hands which she's just learned a couple days ago. Last week she started doing that a lot by hitting her two fists together.At first,Adam and I thought maybe she was doing some kind of signing like "ball" or "more" since we've been letting her watch the Signing Time DVDs. But the way she did it doesn't really look like she was doing either of the signs.

Rainny's little brain is like a sponge. I'm really surprised by how quick she learns new things. She is a fast learner! She started saying "Oh, (pause),oh" a month ago when Adam was trying to teach her to say that by saying "oh oh" and repeating that word whenever he dropped something. And she said "oh oh" the next day.

Rainny also understands a lot of the words we say to her now. When we tell her to give daddy or mommy a kiss,she would actually lean forward and open her mouth to give us a kiss. That really makes us laugh a lot! Haha! : )