December 2010

Hope your December was a good one. We had so many highlights, and a few lowlights. I was diagnosed with Pnuemonia on my Birthday - the 4th and it took most of the month to recover. It was really slow going and I ended up being much sicker that I thought I ever could be. I am just now getting my energy back. Thank goodness I did much of my shopping/ Christmas Prep prior to Thanksgiving. Brody and the kids pitched in a lot and got the tree up and decorated. They also frosted cookies and did outside decorations. Brody threw in some strep throat of his own the week before Christmas - we were quite a pair lying on the couch watching way to many movies.

We hosted my parents and Brody's for Christmas Eve/Day and the kids had a blast. We all did, they are so fun to watch this time of year. You know it's a good Christmas when they say "I got everything I wanted". Thanks, because we worked really hard to pull things together this year.

Jax has his Birthday coming up this weekend. Hard to believe he will be 4. Then we are off to the Dells for our Peed Family Holiday festivities.

We hope you have a happy & healthy New Year!

Love & Hugs!

The Peeds

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Happy Halloween

Addie was a kitty and Katara the water bender from Avatar (the cartoon - not the blue people). She is our resident Anime lover. Jax was a ninja and a zookeeper. We had something trick-or-treat related with school or the community everynight this week. So we were busier than usual. We also hosted a fun Halloween party today with our friends. Everyone had a great time and ate way too much food and candy. Back to work/school tomorrow. Hope you had a great Halloween too!

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First Day of Kindergarten

Addie started Kindergarten this morning. She is so lucky to have an awesome teacher - we are excited. She will be attending all day. She is can't wait for computer class, gym class, and she is working hard to learn to read. Here are a few photos from this morning. Unfortunately it was a rainy first day, but it didn't seem to dampen her spirit.

Two Wonderful Years

Tomorrow marks two year with our beautiful, sweet boy Jax. Although we had a tough start in China it has been smooth sailing ever since. He is alway there with a hug or waiting for a snuggle. Notice how he is cuddling with me the first day - he still does it and I love it :) I call him our little monkey. He has many nicknames, but lately the nickname of choice is Noodle. Mostly because he loves anything pasta, but also because when he is tired he just flops like a wet noodle. He has blossomed so much this summer - riding a bike, swimming like a fish, and talking up a storm. We our blessed to have our Jackson Noodle in our life forever. Enjoy some photos from the last 2 years. To my fellow XingFu Seadogs '08 - Happy Two Years!

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Olympics 2020?

Addie is so determined - she has mastered the monkey bars and now the rings. I have to get this girl into gymnastics. She may be little, but man she is strong. I stopped filming, but she turned around without stopping and went all the way back across :) Jackson is the same way - so strong, especially his upper body.

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Spring 2010

Sorry, it's been awhile since I have posted. We are all well - we have been really busy. Life is just flying by. Here are some highlights from our Spring so far. I came home from work today and Addie & Daddy surprised me! Addie is riding a 2-wheeler. Wow, so big. 4 years ago she was just taking her first steps - now look at her.

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Four Fabulous Years

Really has it been four years? I still remember walking into that conference room in Nanchang waiting for the babies to arrive. We spotted Addie right away - couldn't miss those checks.

Addie & Daddy

Addie & Mommy

1st Family Snapshot

1st Gotcha Anniversary [2007]

2nd Gotcha Anniversary [2008]

3rd Gotcha Anniversary [2008]

4 Years!!

We are headed to the railroad show and the circus tomorrow to celebrate! We are still in awe that this beautiful, smart. kind-hearted little girls is ours. We are so blessed.

Happy New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year - Welcome Year of the Tiger!

Probably time to take the Christmas decor down off the blog. We had a great Valentine's Day. My sweetie bought me a new point and shoot camera so I hope to take more candid photos again. I have really been slacking since since my old camera died. Thanks honey :)

We spent some time in the kitchen this weekend getting ready for Addie's Chinese New Year party at school tomorrow. I made a tiger cake and some cupcakes. Addie decorated her own cake for our family. She said we got extra sprinkles because she loves us so much. Sprinkles = love - I like that. Tomorrow we are going to read some books to her class, make dragon masks, do a dragon dance parade, and eat cake, yum!

We also went out to our favorite local place for Chinese food. Dinner was awesome - lots of leftovers too. My favorite part of going out for Chinese - the leftovers.

Here's a few photos:

Sad Day...

It is a sad day for our family today. We had to say goodbye to our sweet girl, Harley. We'll miss you "Puppa D"!

I hope you are in heaven chasing clouds and eating chocolate. We love you!

Harley

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Pray for Haiti

Please keep Haiti and the Haitian people in your prayers. Many families from our church have adopted or are adopting from Haiti, and they have received little or no news regarding the plight of their children. Central also sponsors an orphanage in Haiti that we know has been damaged, we do not know of any casualties or injuries. Finally, we sponsor a little girl, Fabiene who is 9 - we have not heard anything regarding her or her family.

Please Pray.

Thanks!

The Peed Family