Thanksgiving Trip

Over Thanksgiving we took a trip to see family in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.

Abby met her Great Uncle Danny

And her Great-Great Aunt and Uncle Jim and Eleanor.

Abby received a doctor's kit as an early Christmas present and took care of all the cousins.

A lost puppy found its way into our hotel room.

The family playing Mah-jong

Adoption video

This video was made by some friends of ours. Their recently adopted daughter asked them if she could make a video to speak out for orphans and the need for adoption.

Xiaoyun was adopted in April, just days before she would have turned 14 and no longer been eligible for adoption.

Box Shoe Comedy

Family Jam Session

Happy November!

Abby and the rest of the family are enjoying November in San Diego!

This is the tree that Abby's wonderful nanny made. Every day they add something that they are thankful for.

They also made thanksgiving themed finger puppets.

Fall Festival

We went to EFCC's Fall Festival tonight. Jon was Tony Stark and I was Batgirl. Even though he's Marvel and I'm DC we make it work for our little fairy princess!

Happy 3rd Birthday Abby

Happy 3rd Birthday Abby

Playdate

We had a fun playdate this morning with some yummy mummies from SFC. The kids were super cute and no one got hurt-what more can you ask for?

Pumpkin Patch

We took Abby to the Pumpkin Patch this weekend.

She rode lots of rides.

But her favorite ride by far was the giant slide. Every time we got to the bottom she ran back to the stairs and wanted to go again

Abby and her best friend Annalise are performing together

Abby's first Trolley Ride

Abby rode the trolley for the first time today

We took it all the way to Old Town and ate Tacos and watched the Mariachis.

Abby is becoming skilled at building towers

Santa Fe Chalk Festival

Today is the Santa Fe Chalk Festival. The Upper School art students are making these cool sidewalk chalk pictures.

Carlsbad Art Splash

We went to the Carlsbad Art Splash to see Athena and her sister do sidewalk chalk. Abby did some painting and some music playing and we all had a lot of fun!

Light Up Shoes!

Dancing

Four makes Two

Abby's 1st Haircut

We went to get Abby a haircut at this fun little place nearby. She was not sure about all this but afterward she was playing happily in their kid's area.

Coronado Beach

We spent a little time at the Beach in Coronado right next to the Del Coronado Hotel.

Horse Show

We went to a horse show today because one of my students was jumping.

USCIS has our paperwork

Our homestudy is all finished and we have sent our I-800A paperwork to USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services). We have asked for them to expedite our case so we will see how it goes. We are prepared to contact our congressman, Duncan Hunter to ask for some help if things are going too slowly.

Big News!

So our family has some pretty amazing news to share. We found another Wetmore daughter! We found Lina Long Wetmore on our agency's website and we somehow knew she was meant to be ours. These first 2 pictures were taken when she was 10 and the last one is the most recent from this summer. Please pray for us because we have to complete the adoption before Lina turns 14 on March 13th. Gotta move fast! We'll share more info as we get it.