The Year of the Ox

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
I know, I've been a neglectful blogger. The good news is, I HAVEN'T been a neglectful mother, wife or business owner which is why I haven't been updating the blog.
We have big weekend coming up. We are having Alex's birthday party on the 31st and I'm sure there will be lots of pictures. We have been home for over 6 months now and things continue to get better. Alex sleeps through the night 95% of the time. She is still a bit of a Velcro child, but she will actually leave me to go play with other children now, which is a big step. We are planning on moving Alex out of our bedroom and into her room this week. Pray that it goes well. Alex seems really excited about it, but many times she changes her mind when the actual time comes.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great week, and check back this weekend for a party recap.

Look what we did.

Several months ago Alex started to notice ear rings. I told her that when ever she was ready we would get her ears pierced. This week she announced she was ready. I waited several days to make sure she wouldn't change her mind, but she continued to tell me she wanted her ears pierced. Yesterday, we went to the mall to have it done. The first place we stopped, only had one person to pierce ears and we really wanted to have both ears done at the same time. So we walked to the other end of the mall to another store. I've never seen Alex walk so fast and with so much determination. When we got there, Alex picked out a pair of "diamond" studs for her first ear rings. She got very nervous but when I asked her if she was sure, she kept saying yes. She cried a little bit right before the actual piercing, but as soon as she saw herself in the mirror with the diamond ear rings she stopped crying. While we were at the mall, Alex got to ride the carousel and the hot dog truck. Overall, it was a good day.


Alex bundled up to go outside and see the fire works on New Years Eve.

Riding in the hot dog truck.

Riding the Christmas carousel at the mall.

Right after the ear piercing.