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Welcome to my blog. This is a journal of things in my life during the adoption process. If you want to start at the beginning you need to read backwards. What this means is go to the archives (January 2006) and read through to current time. I enjoy reading your comments, so please post your thoughts for me to read. Colette

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Leaving.....

Olivia and I are flying to Nebraska on Thursday. We will be gone for 12 days. I am excited to see my mom & siblings! My sister Julie will pick us up at the airport and we will stay with her for a few days. Saturday I am going to the Husker game with my mom. I can't wait..... GO HUSKERS! After that we will be staying in Hastings at my mom's and seeing lots of relatives.

We fly to Denver, then we have a 3 hour lay-over before we fly to Nebraska. YIKES! 6 hours from the time we fly from Tulsa till we land in Nebraska. Please say a prayer that we have a safe flight & Olivia travels well.

Just wanted to keep you updated on life in the Walker household.

Colette

Daddy & Olivia


Megan cheering on the football team!





Emily, Alex, Megan & Bailey

Friday, September 14, 2007

Breakfast In The Morning!






When we first got home Olivia would eat everything & anything and not stop. Now getting her to eat is a challenge. So, 'puppy' now has to be on Olivia's high chair to eat. Good thing Puppy is washable.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Hanging Out In the Garage!

We were hanging out in the garage after our football games were over. It was a little humid, but berable. Olivia's head started sweating (we call her a sweat-head) then Megan fixed her hair. Too cute!









Friday, September 07, 2007

Playing in the kitchen.




The ruffles on the bottoms are just soooo cute! This out-fit is a hanmy-down from my good friend, Susan from Arizona.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

First Game of The Season!

Saturday was opening day for both the Huskers & Sooners (seperate games). First we watched Nebraska play. Olivia is wearing a Husker out-fit that Megan wore. I need to find Meg's picture and compare.

After the Husker game Bob's good friend Gregg & family came to visit and cheer on the Sooners. This was there first time to see Olivia. Olivia had fun playing with Garret and Gabriel is the same age as Megan. They both have grown so much since they were babies. Judith & I reminisced about them when they were babies. They both will be 12 towards the end of the year. Where have the years gone?

Oh by the way. Both teams won! YEA
Olivia & Mommy
Megan, Gabriel, and Garret

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Fasinated With The Window!











I took these pictures Thursday after we got home from a photo shoot. Catholic Charities has a "Walk For Adoption" in November. Tulsa People is going to have an artical in the October issue about the "Walk".
They took a picture of 8 people that were adopted through Catholic Charities. Catholic Charities did our home study and hooked us up with Children's Hope Internation Adoption. I also volunteered one day a week there for a year while we were waiting to go to China.
At the photo shoot the oldest was around 30 and the youngest was 2 months old. I was worried that Olivia wouldn't cooperate but she did GREAT! There were 2 other kids around her age and they both were crying. Olivia stood where they asked her too and was smiling playing with her dress. Can't wait to see how the photo turns out.