Giggles.

It wasn't a squeal, it was giggles!

Almost 5 months ...and rolling over.

For the books technically it was yesterday ... 10.16.11

 Ta-Da.

4 Years and 4 Months Old

 I have so much catching up to do but here's a start ...

 "What are our crazy parents doing"

Grace 4 years old, 32 lbs, 3ft. 2 in. tall

Most recent quote - "Mommy we need more toilet papers"

Amelia 4 months - 15.6 lbs

Most recent milestones - sitting up and eating squash

We love summer.

Big Sister and Little Sister

Amelia 10 weeks

 Grace running for The River

Just a few pics.

7.5 Weeks Old

 You try holding your head up with all this hair...

Last day of swimming lessons.

 Post swim treat.

A Perfect Angel.

Happy Fourth of July

5 Weeks Old

4 Weeks Old

The Girls.

Grace's last day of preschool..

Amelia 2 weeks old.

Amelia 3 weeks old. (WHO ME?)

Look at this face.

Another beautiful girl with gorgeous eyes. We are so lucky and blessed! Can we keep a secret or what?  I will tell you that we started looking into domestic adoption in Feb/March. The thought of both of us traveling to Russia 3 times and leaving MG was too much and something didn't feel right about Russia this time around.  Little did we know she was right here in NY. We learned about "A" in early May and things moved fast from then on ... including "A" coming 3 weeks early. It has been a fast and smooth process. We think the world of her birth mom and are honored she chose us ... and so grateful a very special person found us. 

Introducing Miss Amelia Catherine.

Sneak Peak From the Beach

Happy Easter.

Hello, Hello

Seriously, I have no idea where the time goes. Between work, home and running a 3.5 year old around to all her activities and socializing there is no blog time, let alone time to gather my thoughts. First, MG's surgery went good and she was up and running within a few days and back to daycare a week later. She was a trooper but it was quite stressful for me and I can tell you that I don't want to do it again for awhile.

It was so stressful I had to take a trip the Dominican for an extra long weekend to rest up. That's a joke, I really went with a dear friend to celebrate our BIG birthdays.  It was wonderfully relaxing and so happy we made it happen.

We're off on a family vacation to the beach tomorrow. MG is sooo excited, even for the car ride. I don't think she remembers the 15+ hours ride from last year. :)

Took this the morning after the the big thunderstorm this week. In my jammies, wearing Dan's shoe's on the slippery cliffs. (how's that for a story;)

Dreaming of Spring.

SUPER DORA Sneaks.

Off to the hospital.

We're off to the hospital tomorrow morning for MG to have a lip revision. It's just a little fine tuning to the work she had done in Russia. The cleft surgeon here thinks they did a great repair but he thinks he can improve a few things for her.
We think she is perfect but know this will help her down the road.  Obviously we are very nervous  and hate to see her in pain. I've almost backed out about a 100 times. As of right now I've got all her favorites packed and lots of fun planned when we get home. We're  keeping her up to late to keep eating ... boy can that girl eat!! She will have surgery tomorrow and will spend one night in the new Golisano Children's Hospital.

Happy 2nd Adoption Day Grace Viktoria!

We celebrated MG's second adoption day on Feb. 12th. So hard to believe she has been home two years, but at the same time it's like she's always been here. The weather got in the way of our first set of plans, so we quickly came up with a backup.  She had a two day celebration with lots of swimming, crafts, friends and of course ice cream & M's. (her favorites)   So lucky to have her in our lives.

Embracing Winter

Sweet Girl.

Christmas 2010

Our Granite.

Our Granite has been missing since 12/16. Please leave a comment or e-mail me at jill_swenson at hotmail dot com with any information. Thank you!