Asian Festival and Zoo.

We went to the Asian Festival in Columbus last weekend. It has three stages with different performances (dancers, musicians, and martial arts). Then there are food booths from many Asian countries and huts to buy clothes, jewelry, paintings etc.... My grandparents live near Columbus so we got to stay the night and visit with them. My grandma is so sweet and she just loves Jade. They went for a walk by the duck pond and Jade helped water her plants. The next day we went to the zoo. It was SO crowded. We only looked at the animals Jade really wanted to see. They also have a cute little boat ride that we rode too. A two minute ride with a 30 minute wait. Jade thought it was so cool so it was worth it. We have a zoo pass so we got 1/2 off and can go for free to the two by us so it is a good idea if you love the zoo as much as we do.

Day in Asia.

My mom teaches biology and is also the faculty advisor for the Asian Awareness Club at her school. Each year they have "A Day in Asia" where kids can come in and learn about Asian culture. It is lots of fun and there is food, arts, and cultural information from several Asian countries. I took Jade up to visit again this year and we invited her friend Millie to come too.

The club collects donations and sends the money to support an orphanage in China.

Uncle Cory and Jade. I love the face Jade makes when she says, "Cheese!"

Jade's friend Millie and her mommy Susan.

Jade and Grandma. Jade is checking out her tattoo in mandarin.

One of my mom's students doing Tai Chi.

Earthquake

I know many of you have probably already heard about the earthquake in Sichuan, China but anything happening in my daughter's birth country always is close to my heart. There are 12,000 dead and rising with approximately 18,000 still missing including schools with children in them. I watched some news clips and it is really heartbreaking. I'm glad they are allowing aid from other countries. I encourage one to take a moment to think and pray for those still missing and the families of loved ones lost.

Hapy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and soon-to-be mamas out there!

Going Bye Bye

Jade loves to go bye bye. Every morning she always wants to go somewhere. It has been rainy the past week but today was 75 and blue skies. We found a new park to go to and it had a cool tunnel that Jade really liked. It was fun to take pictures in. What else went bye bye was 3 inches of Jade's hair. I cut it myself. Not perfect but hey it was free.

Still waiting to hear about our match/referral. We think it may be this month but who knows. Everyone on our yahoo group for our agency are on the edge of their seats waiting for news. With the closing of adoptions out of Vietnam we are all a little more anxious than usual. Jade is also talking a lot about being a big sister. I hope we can show her who her brother is soon. I think I will be able to chill out a bit once we get our referral too.