Designer T

There is a new and up coming designer in the world of fashion. His T-shirts are like none you have ever seen. We are so honored that RooWear has chosen Max to introduce his new line for the Spring/Summer season.

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INTRODUCING the CEO if RooWear

ROO~ROO

aka ~ Andrew Warren

Thank you Andrew for working so hard and making this BEAUTIFUL Easter T-shirt just for your Maxy. You are one very creative little boy!!!

This adorable little guy is the son of our dear friends Mark and Amy. They live down the road from us but they can't get enough of us so they are restoring a home next door...hehehe...RooRoo and his big brother Mason have been so sweet to Max and have been his big buddies from day 1 of him coming home. Kimi loves you RooRoo and thank you for thinking of Max.

I survived and I LOVED it...

Okay I need to go back a couple of weeks....I was trying to get ready for a 10K run and I realized very quickly that I was biting off more than I could chew. I called Britney and told her that there was NO way I could run 6.3 miles, she let me know that there was a 2 mile run that I could run instead...2 miles sounded MUCH better. Saturday morning promptly at 8am my race began. I loved it, it was exhilarating! It was much easier to run 2 miles when you are running with a group, you push yourself so much harder. There were several hills which made it harder....even when I go to the the gym I NEVER put the treadmill on incline...that is just to much work...lol... I ran probably 85% and briskly walked 15%. It was a beautiful run even though it was cloudy and chilly, it was probably in the upper 50s to lower 60s, we ran on the old brick streets in the middle of the Azalea district. I tried to focus on the beauty around me. I came in about middle of the 2 milers, but I was huffing and puffing big time. It was really a lot of fun and when I crossed that finish line I threw my arms up in the air like I just won the Boston marathon...I am such a GOOF....hehehe...I am so glad Britney talked me in to running....it will not be my last.

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#264...that would be ME...claiming my VICTORY before we started.

and she's off....the cute blonde girl wearing black is my lovely daughter...she ran the 10K

the finish line is in sight

i'm nearly there....(huffing and puffing)

Britney is greeted by Max, he was cheering his Jie Jie on.

What beautiful form....THATS MY GIRL!!!....she is nearly at the finish line...6.3 miles and is still smiling...that's Britney for you.

Good job, Brit!

Britney comes to get her baby bro

It was a fun day for all.

Exciting News to Share

UPDATE:

I talked to Parenting magazine this morning and it will be in the June issue, they are doing a piece on the Regis & Kelly contest. Max and 49 other children were chosen from the contest entries, for the magazine.

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A few months back I submitted a photo of Max to Regis & Kelly for a contest they had going on. When I did this I agreed to hand over all rights to the photo. I got a call today from Parenting magazine, they are going to run Max's photo in an upcoming issue. He said they got the photo from Regis & Kelly. I don't know right now what issue or any details but when I find out, you can bet I will let you know.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The agency that we are using has new privacy rules, I can post pictures of our daughter on a blog but it has to be secured. I didn't want to put this blog on private so I sat Lulu up her own blog that I secured. If you would like to follow along as we wait to travel please leave me a COMMENT with the email address you use for your blog or if you don't have a blog then any email address you use will work, you will have to set up a Google account(after you receive an email inviting you to join my blog, it will give you directions on what to do), it's free and very easy. Also those who already have a blog, keep checking your email, once I get the email addresses submitted, you will receive an email inviting you to join. Whether you normally leave me comments or just lurk (believe me, I do my share of lurking :-) please feel free to follow our journey as we wait to bring home our little princess. We actually received 2 NEW PHOTOS of her today, and I really want to show her off :-)

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

i am deeply and madly......

in LOVE!!!

New Spiky Do

Max is liking his new do, but he does NOT like getting his hair cut...poor baby, cried and cried and cried. Thank you Dayna for the great hair cut and for being so sweet and PATIENT. I told Dayna that I think I will be on the look out for a long hair style for Max that will look good with his straight hair, it's just not worth him going through the trauma of a haircut right now. Days before the appointment, we talked about it, I sat him in a chair in my lap in front of a mirror and acted like we were cutting his hair, I thought he would be okay, I guess I thought wrong. Thanks again Dayna, I love his spiky do.

Max's 1st Easter

I have 4 post on this one day, so Mom keep scrolling down because I have a thank you post for you.

I have so much Easter activities to post but for now here are pictures of Mr. Max on Easter morning.

WOOHOOO!!!...you go Max

Max loves to wear Dadda's socks around the house.....I promise Paul does NOT sit around in his socks and underware.

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Hip Hip-Hooray....Today is the first day that Max had NO, NOTTA, GOOSE EGG, ZERO accidents in his BIG boy underware...YAY!!!...He pooped and tee-teed in the potty all day and I never just sit him on it, he let me know every time when he needed to go "Paaa". I have to take a tad bit of the credit....I think that my cheer played a big part in todays victory...OKAY, I know you are sitting on the edge of your seat wanting to know the cheer...okay okay already...it goes like this (i'm sorry but you can't get the full effect with out seeing it for yourself, but I'll do my best to explain it ) You must jump up and down and clap your hands as you say....Max is a big boy he tee tees in the potty...Max is a big boy he tee tees in the potty....(now the most important part) you take both hands and make a fist and roll them around and around in front of your waist, and say YAY MAX and on Max, your arms fly up in the air with fingers spread apart (spreading of the fingers is very important ;-) repeat YAY MAX repeat once more YAY MAX...top it off with a few WOOHOOs, spirit fingers and high kicks....I used this same cheer to help train Britney, Mark, and Hayden.....I may be 45 but I still have that potty training touch...hehehe.

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My big boy!

Thank you Meme!!

Mom I just wanted to post a picture of what you got me for my birthday. I bought this gigantic Stendig calender with the birthday money you gave me ....I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

Thanks....your the bestest!!!

Max the ROCKER!

Max learned this from his brother's, they played Guitar Hero when they were home for Christmas break.

noodles and meatballs....i thought...

max and i were playing with play-doh and i told him that we were making noodles and meatballs. as i was pretending to eat them, he picked up a meatball and said POOP....from now on i will be very careful what i pretend to eat. :-)

first day of spring

spring has arrived...the daffodils are in bloom...the weather is warm...and i am loving it!!!

6 months ago today.....

on September 19, 2007....a day...that moment, we will NEVER forget!!

That moment that Max Cole Yousong walked into our lives, we were forever changed. God has blessed us abundantly, more then we could have ever imagined....we give Him thanks and praise!! We have been entrusted with this precious and priceless gift, to raise him up to know and love God, and to prepare him for the plan that God has already laid out for his life. We are so blessed that God chose us before the beginning of time to this journey of adoption. We can not imagine our life without our bundle of happiness and joy.

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