The Beauty of My Days...

Zoë, my sweet, tender-hearted little girl.  

I can't wait to see her in the morning when she wakes up and greets the day with a smile and a teeny tiny "morning Mommy" tickles my ears as I walk into the bedroom.  

And my heart swells every night when she says "Mommy, kiss" right before she drifts off to sleep. 

I marvel at her beauty; I am in awe.

Birthday Party for a Friend...

The girls have a sweet friend, who also happens to be named Zoe, and who is also preparing to move to Boston.  She invited the girls to her birthday/going away party at a local gym, which is also where the girls take gymnastics on Wednesday mornings.  They had a great time and showed some promise on the rings (Poppi) and uneven bars (Zoë).

Our Future Wedding Singers - 05/22/2013

Poppi is on lead vocals, Zoë on back up; they are singing a compilation of "If you're happy and you know it... and The wheels on the bus..."  Grover is accompanying them in the background with a little instrumental from the Disney Princesses.


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Fashion Shoot - Beach Babes

We will be packin' up our girls very soon for our first beach vacation!  We have not slept away from home since we became a family of four and returned home from China.  We are giddy with anticipation; Zoë is so excited she insisted on taking a nap in her bathing suit, and I quote "nap, leave bathing suit on."  She was too cute to argue with, and besides, I once slept with a new pair of sneakers, so who am I to judge/say no.

Always time for tea...

Athletic socks optional, but you may be missing a new fashion trend... :)

Zoë striking a pose (sad it's blurry :(

This is Poppi snapping back her train track because Mommy couldn't figure it out!  The look says it all!  She stood up and gave herself a round of applause...I was so proud of her for figuring it out!

Dahling...

Mother's Day - 05/12/2013

My sweet whispers, you are what sustains me.  With you, my purpose is clear and my heart untroubled.

I will love you until I have no air left in the very lungs that breath for you.

  To my mother, on this day and every day I think of you.  You continue to be the compass within my soul and I look to you for guidance when the uncertainty becomes darkness so dense that it obscures my vision.  

Your essence is woven into every fiber of my being and my heart speaks to you each day.  And at night I sleep, if only to catch a glimpse of you in my dreams.

My greatest hope is that my children will know this profound love of which I speak and hold it close to their hearts always, and always.


To my children's birthmother, an enigma that may remain forever elusive and unknown, I bid you peace in the heart which must break into tiny pieces of regret with each thought of the daughters to whom you gave life; please know that they are safe, they are loved and they are beautiful beyond measure.

Poppy Talk...

Conversations with Uncle JiJi (May 5, 2013).