This past Friday, Kayleigh and Zeb went to Toys "R" Us to pick our a toy of their choosing for their birthdays, up to a certain monetary limit. Kayleigh of course chose a piano keyboard. Pink. Complete with microphone for performances. Zeb wanted to play with it so bad, he used his feet to get in on the action.

Christmas Again!

Josh and Danielle's family got here on Monday night which meant on Tuesday morning we had Christmas day all over again. We spent the morning talking to my parents and sisters as Kayleigh opened her gifts. She is now confused and thinks we should open presents about every two days. She was pretending to call my Mom on the phone yesterday and said "Nanna more presents!". I had to tell her that Christmas was really over this time. We got some wonderful gifts. My family loaded me up with some new clothes which I love! Zeb got some really cute outfits and Kayleigh got some fun stuff too. Kayleigh loves bubbles so for Christmas I asked John's parents to get her bubble bath. I couldn't find it anywhere in China. After opening them she asked me all day if she could use them and I told her she had to wait till bath time. I ran the water and my excitement was building as I took her into the bathroom. I couldn't wait to see her reaction. Much to my surprise she went completely ballistic and told me that she was scared of them! What?! I had to put my hand in the water to convince her that they were not going to "get" her. Once she got in she warmed up to the bubbles and loved them!

Zeb in one of his cute new outfits that my sister Hayley got him.

Zeb just started this thing where he likes to just let things hang from his mouth. Not sure why?

Kayleigh loving her bubbles!

These shoes are my personal favorite gift of Kayleigh's.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

This will be our final post of 2008!!! The four videos below are all from December. We hope you enjoy this New Year's gift.

Christmas Surprise

This is Christmas morning with Kayleigh seeing her big gift for the first time.

Christmas Day!

We had a great Christmas Day. Everyone came to our house and spent most of the day here. We had a late breakfast and then opened presents. We also played some games and watched a movie. It was lots of fun! Kayleigh loved opening all her gifts from her family here! She also helped everyone open their gifts as well.

Josh and Danielle gave her this horse.

We drew names and Danielle had my name. She handmade this Jesse Tree for me! I just love it! It is so special that she did it herself.

Ellie gave Kayleigh and Zeb these signs to put up in their room. She made them herself! They are so cute!

Then there is Zeb who liked eating the paper more than getting the new gift!

Zeb's present

John's teachers wanted to come over to see Zeb and bring him a gift. In Chinese culture you never open a gift given to you in front of the giver unless they tell you to open it. So after they were gone we (Kayleigh) opened Zeb's present to find this awesome dragon hat and shoes. Above you can see Kayleigh modeling the hat. It is quite interesting. She wanted to wear the shoes but they were a little small!

Christmas Time!

This is Christmas Day when we had the Dean's over and had breakfast together.
We then opened presents together, Kayleigh went first and opened her gifts form us and from the Deans. She had a great morning as you can see.