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This blog, which began as a therapeutic outlet during the wait for our daughter's arrival, morphed into a place to share feelings, ask for support, and flip through a virtual 'brag book' of photos. NOW, as we embark on our second adoption trek, please join us as we plan, pray, and travel again to the other side of the world to be united with the next piece of our family puzzle.

Peace & Blessings...Beth & Ron (and Hope too)

Monday, June 30, 2008

Birthday Girl


WATCH OUT!!! This girl is 2!!! I can't believe that a year has passed since Hope joined our family and we celebrated her 1st birthday in China. She's such a beautiful girl and brings such joy to our lives and everyone she meets.

Two weeks ago we celebrated Hope's 2nd birthday (the 1st time). We had some scheduling issues with trying to plan everything so we ended up having two parties. The first was on Saturday the 14th. Uncle Mark and Aunt Andria came up from Arena for a quick overnight visit.
Hope was pretty excited to see them!

Of course Stella came, too. :)

Hope got her 2nd haircut.




We had a yummy grilled chicken lunch ("mmm"...Thank You Daddy) and enjoyed Mom's attempt at birthday cupcake baking (still "mmm"...but MESSY).



After lunch we opened presents on the patio. It was cute how Hope set everything up so she was so on display. Of course most of the adults wanted to sit in the shade so it sort of naturally worked out this way, but Hope set up her own table and chair.



































These are a couple of my favorite photos from the day. This girl is so fashion forward!


One of the gifts from Uncle Mark and Aunt Andria came in the mail on Monday. Since it wasn't here for the party, we made sure to take extra photos. We opened it together with Ron when he got home from work.
Hope LOVED it!

























Where did your hair bow go?

OH :)





I think she's ready for a night in the great outdoors!


3 comments:

AmyO said...

Happy birthday Hope! I'll have to watch the videos later :) Olivia has those same striped capri pants. Looks like she got a picnic table? I still need to find an umbrella for O's.

Tracy said...

xweknbAdorable photos!

Wow - 2nd haircut already? We are still months away from teh first, I think. :)

Maddy and Zeke's Mom said...

What great photos. Her haircut is so cute!!