Flying To Nebraska!

Olivia and I left Tulsa on Thursday (September 20) for Kearney Nebraska. We had a lay-over in Denver Colorado. All flights were on time and we arrived in Kearney @ 9:00 p.m. My sister, Julie and her husband, Gary picked us up at the airport. We had a great time while we stayed there!

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

Sisters

Slippers!

These were a baby gift for Olivia from my friend (Lise). Olivia wore these for hours this morning. It was so cute! She went around saying "ruff, ruff, ruff"!

Seeing old friends.....

We went to a lake out-side of St Louis to spend the weekend with the Robinson’s. They are a couple that we met while in China when we all got our daughters. We really bonded with both Katie & Marc while in China.

Our girls are from the same orphanage. Sofie was in foster care most of her year in China. Both girls were brought back to the orphanage 2 weeks before we got them. So, the girls would have been together then plus the 5-hour drive to Changsha where we then got the girls. Then we all were together for 2 weeks while in China.

The girls didn’t act like they "KNEW" each other but they started playing together and it was like they had their own language. No they weren’t talking in Chinese to each other… they actually seemed to be playing a game and only they knew the rules. It was so cute to see the girls together, and it was great to see Marc & Katie. We had a wonderful time and hope to get together again soon.

Xinhua Girls Together Again!

Olivia & Sofie

Ohhhhhh...... what happened?? The girls got into the movie tapes. Boy did they have fun!

Fun At The Cabin!

Sofie & Olivia playing together!

Sofie & Olivia Megan & Olivia

Olivia & Katie

Marc with Olivia & Sofie

Colette & Katie

Fun At The Lake!

Megan & Daddy

Katie & Sofie

Daddy & Olivia

Olivia with her first balloon

Megan & Friends!

Megan went to a friends house for a swim party. This was the last get together with her friends before they all go to middle school.

Talking.....

I have been meaning to talk about Olivia's vocabulary. She says: Mama, Daddy, Mah (Megan), Nana, Juju, ball, bellie, bear, hi, hello, pup, up, more, bottle,and bye. I'm sure there are more I just can't think of any right now. Plus Olivia does animal noises. She does the sound or movement for dog, cow, fish, sheep, bird, bear and elephant.

When we are with other people Olivia clams up and is very quiet. We need to get her on film so people really believe she does talk. She is so cute!

Mommy & Olivia

I still have to pinch myself to remind me that Olivia is mine and that someone isn't going to knock on my door and take her back. Probably a good thing that we didn't adopt domestic.

I went to the doctor for my yearly check up and my doctor (she had delivered Rachel) asked to see pictures of Olivia. I didn't have any with me, because I always have Olivia with me. I hardly every leave her. The few times I have left her have been when I go to church on Sunday, and when I get my hair cut/colored. I have had friends offer to keep her. I just don't like to leave her. When I do I miss her so much.

Olivia is so much fun! She is amazed at the simplist things. That is the good thing for us 'adults' we forget about the simple pleasures until a child reminds us. So for anyone that is waiting for their baby. It is so worth the "wait". I am loving every day that I have with my baby.

I love you my beautiful girl,

Mommy