Aubrey

Aubrey at 1 year of age.

Aubrey at 2 1/2.

It's hard to beleive it has been almost 10 months, this time last year we were just recieveing our LOA. I remember how excited, emotional and SCARED to death I was. Now Aubrey is sitting beside me on the couch and watching cartoons and we are at peace. One day I will write about my emotional journey during our adoption, it has certainly been a rollercoaster I never expected to ride. I always thought adoption was about wanting a child and finding a child that needed a home and then after a bunch of formalities life resumes and your family is complete, A to Z just like that. In reality that scenario is full of giant HOLES. To sum it up it has been the most fullfilling wonderful thing and the hardest thing I have ever done......I'll write a book about it one day I think:)

Just loved this photo thought I'd add it. Jimmy, Aubrey and I went to the beach last week, Destin, FL. It was my National Sales Meeting for work, had a great week. It is always a really exhausting week too much overindulgence, eat to much drink too much stay out too late and come home feeling like you got hit by a semi! I was rather proud that I kindaof took it easy on myself and feel better than usual, i might just shake off the fog by tomorrow, just got home yesterday. Aubrey is doing really great, she recently went through a pretty whiney phase that was driving me nuts but it seems to have passed. I find that with kids these patches usually do if you don't pay them too much attention. She continues to be such a loving, sweet little blessing. Zach is doing great also, school is going well so far, he has a really sweet girlfriend, we are looking for a vehicle for him, he is still playing guitar and singing his heart out. What a lucky Mom I am:)

What's new?

Nothing....nothing new anyway:) All is well in the Lee household. Zach is about to start back to school, he is working really hard on his music. He's been playing guitar for a few months now and he has always been a great singer, but he's putting it all together now and making music. I am so proud of him. I always new he had talent, it is just great to see him be so passionate about something. Check him out on youtube....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZWKSryRVYI

He'll have more to come!

Aubrey is doing great too, she is so smart and getting to be quite the roudy one! She's keeping us on our toes. Her language is getting better she's using lot's of phrases and we are really encouraging her. She can count to ten and say a really cute version of the ABC's. She is getting big and her hair is getting long. Oh and she LOVES to dance. We went to Opreyland hotel last weekend and she danced for three hours one night to country line dancing music, it was so cute she was trying to do the moves:) I bought her some cowboy boots with lights in the heal and she just thought she was really something else! Here are some pics....

Fun on the Hiwassee River

We've been spending as much time as we can on our pontoon boat, boating season is short so you gotta get out there while you can. As you can see Aubrey loves it, she loves to swim and dance to the music we have playing on the boat. I was just looking back at pictures from China it is hard to believe we are approaching 8 months with our special little girl. What a ride! You know my mind is just starting to clear.... for months I have been on autopilot. Having a little one again is a lot of work, I guess conceptually I knew it would be but refused to acknowledge it. We have a good routine going which is key. I could not ask for a better child I have said this so many times but Aubrey is super flexible, she just goes with the flow most of the time. She is loving and smart and has such a good sense of humor, she keeps us laughing and smiling. She is such a blessing. Since our last post we have had fathers day, and the 4th of July. We took Jimmy out to eat for fathers day, it was a special day with our kids. For the 4th we had a big party at our house. Jimmy worked had for two weeks to finish out deck, we added a huge addition to it and got a hot tub which we are enjoying very much. Summer has been fun so far! More fun to come before school starts again. I'm Cool.

Loving Daddy....

Aubrey loves her gu gu!

I love this wind blown look!

Zach Aubrey and Trey.

Aubrey and Mommy!

Driving the boat.

Are these guys good looking or what?

Swimming with Daddy.

Need a vacation from my vacation!

Had a great vacation we cruised to St. Thomas, St. Martin, Coco Cay for seven days and stayed in New Symrna Beach for a couple of days beforehand. I learned one thing....cruises are not the best choice in vacation for a two year old....too confined and not enough activities for little ones. But we had fun none the less!! It was nice to get away, get the sun and eat like the world was running out of food in seven days. I think we collectively gained a metric ton. Lots of pics below we had so many good ones I had a hard time narrowing it down. Aubrey is doing great her language skills are really progressing. The only issue we have is seperation anxiety when I get out of her sight, it is really bad some days. I guess we just have to be patient and ride it out. I hope she soon learns that Mommy will always come back. Oh how I love this little girl. Zach is enjoying his summer break. Now it is back to the old grindstone and as usaul when you leave for a while I came back to a pile of work a mile high. Oh well here's to my next vacation!