Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Girls’ Day Out…somehow Miss K is typing….?

Hi Everybody!  I decided that I can push buttons on this thing like Mommy and Daddy and tell you about my exciting trip with Mommy.  Tuesday Mommy had to go to Springfield so that she could visit the orthodontist (who is mean and makes her teeth hurt :-)  She decided (with some prompting from Auntie Susan) to take me with her.

We left Monday evening and spent the night at Brad and Susan’s new house.  I got to pet Chabba the dog and see her bed bed bed (I should probably mention here that when I say some words I sound like I am from the deep South.  “Dog” is one of them.  When I say it, I sound like Foghorn Leghorn.  Think “Daaaawgh”.  Ok back to the story).  Then I played with Brad and Susan and then I slept (eventually) in Jack’s big bed.  I had fun.  I’m not sure that Mommy slept alot, though.

In the morning I got up super-early (because I was excited) and decided that the first thing I wanted to do was try on the cow costume that Auntie Susan was passing on to me from one of the boys:

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It is still a little big, but I don’t care---it was nice and snuggly.  Mommy said it made my drinking milk very ironic:

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After that, we got dressed and Auntie Susan and I took Mommy to the tooth guy.  Then Auntie Susan took me to hair lady and she cut my bangs.

Then we picked up Mommy, had brunch and then went shopping for SHOES.   SHOES is one of my favorite words.  I love them, and I love the shoe store.  I tried on LOTS of shoes and some fun boots, too:

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I also found a cool thing in some of the shoe box packing that makes the neatest hat—don’t you think?

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Giving Auntie Susan a kiss:

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Oh, and then I was having so much fun that I danced in the shoe store:

After that, we did even MORE shopping at the mall, I took a nap in my stroller (in Coldwater Creek), and then we went to the party store for stuff.  Finally, we went back to Auntie Susan’s and Uncle Brad’s house, where I got to see the chickens in the neighbor’s backyard:

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Oooops—better go!  Mommy’s headed this way and I’m supposed to be asleep!  Shhh!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Just a normal Sunday here at Casa Burbee (Pictures)

Yesterday was busy, but in retrospect it was just a normal day.  Karina and I played with Mary in the nursery during Sunday School (well, most of Sunday School---they had snacks before Sunday School and the K Monster ate 2 muffins, plus part of Daddy’s coffeecake):

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Then, yesterday afternoon there was a hayride and a bonfire---Miss K had a hot dog that Daddy cooked for her on a STICK (one of our words) and came home covered in chocolate and hayride glory:

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Zucchini drumming---it’s a new kind of music:

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Whew!  Long day! Glad I’m a TIGER! 

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Sunday, October 3, 2010

Going to the Apple Festival—Picture Post

I’m ready to go!  Let’s go to Versailles!

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

One year ago….

One year ago last Sunday we arrived in Moscow to meet a little girl---we’d only seen a few pictures of her, a short (but welcomed) video, and knew just a few scary things about her medical history:

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One year ago Monday we walked into a room in the Kaluga baby home and saw this face in person for the first time:

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One year ago today we were on our way to have Miss K’s picture take for her passport and other adoption documents:

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This morning Miss K was running around with her toothbrush, watching Elmo and Abby, saying (for the first time!) “thank you!” and asking to have “Goodnight Moon” read for about the 7,513th time.  We’re looking forward to a new season of Sesame Street because we’ve watched the last season so many times that Steve and I can recite lengthy portions.  (Thank you God for TIVO).

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What a difference a year makes!  Thank you, God, for this amazingly special little girl!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Fresh as a Daisy…..

or maybe not….. :-)

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