HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day to all the great mom's out there!
We had a great Mother's Day, my first "official" Mother's Day. Olivia and I posed on my new wicker love seat for our front porch. We all spent the afternoon and early evening at Grandma and Grandpa Manning's house. We had a great afternoon with fabulous food and everyone was there so we all got to visit. Even my Aunt Helen and her son Dave were able to make it. Olivia had a lot of fun with her Great Aunt Helen and laughed so hard while she teased her.

We also got a nice picture of all the women together for this special day.
The four of us were not able to be with everyone last year because we had just arrived in China to pick up Olivia. It's hard to believe that was a year ago.
We are so grateful that things turned out so wonderful for us. Olivia is such a great little girl and we are so lucky to have her.
The news this morning told about a 7.5 earthquake that happened this weekend in Chengdu which is very close to Chongquing and Fuling, even the same province of Sichuan, which is where we got Olivia just one year ago.

We can be so thankful to be home with her safe and sound and have such a wonderful addition to our family. She really had a great time with everyone yesterday and was so very tired by the time I got her in her crib for the night. Today we can recover and take it easy after a very fun weekend. Thank you Grandma Manning for a great day and for everything you do for us during the whole year!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!