Yesterday was half of a year!

Willow commemorated the day by taking nearly two and a half hours to fall asleep last night.  ;)

Thanksgiving

We got to see our extended James family for an early thanksgiving.

:)

On Thanksgiving Day, there was a China float for the parade!  Willow also liked the Hello Kitty.

Already tired and we hadn't even begun!

Willow, Grandpa will love teaching you about your family tree!

Noodle necklaces with Gigi.

'Austy' teaching her the ways of marbles.

Yum!

We shared the story of how God brought Willow to our family with Show Hope since they've done so very much for us.

Gobble gobble.  Time for another day of giving thanks with the Robinsons!

Throwing leaves is awesome!

We had such fun hosting for our first turkey lunch!

So many blessings.  We thank our mighty Creator.  There is so much love, mutual respect, and gratitude in all of our families.

How about a few more random pictures?

Neese's bday!

Washing her own face.

Forever friends.

We picnic in here when we have a fire.  Our girl gets excited!

A special treat of time with friends.  Pics by Oliver.  It's definitely different spending time together whilst caring for a two year old, and we are grateful our friends all understand!  

Daddy joined us at Kindermusik.  We are rowing a boat here, of course.

First toy in which she understood sorting by color.

Gigi's teacher friends dressed as Anna and Elsa, so we were there!  She was a bit hesitant but also very excited.

Favorite out to eat meal = rice and beans!

Willow likes to pretend to go night night.

The art of making faces.

A twist on painting.

Willow loves cleaning.  It's a favorite game.  Wish I felt the same!!

Willow and a few of her little friends!

Something was funny, probably Daddy!

I wrote something for a blog that advocates for Chinese orphans, No Hands But Ours.  We have discovered an incredible community of people who do great things in foster care and adoption.  So glad God allows us all to be His hands and feet in a broken and hurting, yet beautiful, world.