Happy Birthday Maggie!

Maggie turned two on December 16th!! I am so happy our beautiful girl is here and we could celebrate her birthday together as a family! She had a great time celebrating, her entire family spoiled her, and everything was perfect! She is such a gift, we are so lucky!!!

Maggie Playing with her Birthday presents with big Brothers Patrick and Harrison!

Smile, Pleaseeeee

Do I have to really even have to say anything for this post! I am playing catch up for our blog, and had to include our attempts for the family Christmas card. Let me tell you it wasn't easy, but we eventually managed to get one picture that wasn't half bad!! They are really too funny, of course I wasn't thinking that then, haha

Maggie's first Snow!!

Here is Maggie, checking out snow for the first time! How cute is she! We are pretty certain she has never seen snow before, living in southern China. She didn't seem to mind the snowflakes, and even tried to catch a few!

Photos From Our Trip

Here are some photos from our trip! I also have added some photos of our family the first few weeks home!

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Home From China!!!

I have soooo neglected my blog! Let me tell you life is busy with four little ones running around, but I am going to start to get back on track. We have been home from China 8 weeks, and Maggie is adjusting so well. Maggie now speaks 15-20 English words, she eats everything in sight, loves her brothers and to be honest with you, it seems like she has always been with us. She is smart, curious, and seems to be very happy. Her two older brothers Joseph and Harrison are so good with her, they really love her!! Patrick now on the other hand is having a little bit of a hard time, getting use to his new baby sister! He is getting better, I figure time will make things better, we are all still adjusting. China was eye opening, our trip was much more difficult than I ever imagined. Maggie was completely traumatized, and it took her four days to warm up to us. She was so sad and dispondent, I had incredible guilt taking her away from her foster mom. She was very attached to her and she clearly greived her loss. I missed the boys so much, it was one of the hardest experiences of my life. Everything we went through was worth it all, to have our beautiful girl! Everyday I look at her I still can't believe she is ours, God is good, we are so lucky!

Crazed at the Collett House!!!

I just posted pictures of Harrison's first day of kindergarten! He did so well, he hopped on that bus and never looked back! I can't believe the school year is already on the third week, we have been so busy! Joseph has started football, and had his first game on Saturday, winning the first game he was feeling great. He was also named defensive captain of the team, which he thinks is really cool. Both of my big guys are doing great at school, the transition has been smooth, I am so proud of them! Patrick has his first day of preschool this week, we will see how that goes considering his Mom and Dad will be on a plane to China! We are leaving in four days, it seems to have come so quick!! I think we are ready, packing mostly done, trying to organize our kids schedules and that sort of thing. I am completely anxiety ridden, much more than I thought I would ever be. Next week at this time we will be in China, and probably be meeting our daughter for the first time, amazing isn't it!! I will try to post some pictures of Maggi es room, it really is so cute, i am also going to try to blog from china to keep everyone updated. That's about it for now, I have to go run around my house and try to get things in order!! Everyone send those positive thouhgts our way, I can certainly use them!

Harrison's First Day of Kindergarden