Updated pictures of our Lily!!!

We sent Lily a care package through Ann of Red Thread and she sent us these updated pictures of our baby girl. I can't wait to hug and squeeze her. She's a little thing weighing 25 lbs and 34 1/2 inches tall.

Christmas Came Early at the Muñoz home...

God is so good to us....

Our house has been buzzing with activity these last 2 months and a surprise came to us this week.
You're probably not surprised to hear that we have been in the process to adopt again from China. But you will probably be surprised to know that we have accepted a referral of a little girl in Zhanjiang. She is 27 months and adorable. We are thrilled beyond belief and can't wait to meet her soon!

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!!!

Love,
Muñoz Party of 4!! (Soon-to-be)

Mia at the Pumpkin Patch

We visited the local pumpkin patch and had lots of fun taking pictures and picking out little pumpkins.

Family Cruise on the Oasis 9/2012

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Memorial Weekend - Disney Trip

We went away for the weekend to Disney World. As usual we had some fun and relaxation. Mia is such a good traveler. She sits in her car seat without any complaints and wathces her videos on an Ipod Touch. I love that she's happy just to be with us and do whatever we are doing. She got to meet Mickey for the 1st time and Belle, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella too. She hugged and kissed all of them. She had already met Minnie and Pooh on a couple other visits. She's my little trooper. She's also talking all the time now, along with singing and dancing. She is such a funny little girl.

My baby has bloomed into a little girl!

Mia is so much fun! She can act whacky and funny or she can sit quietly playing with her toys. She has grown to love music and singing. We’ve tried ballet too but she’s not a fan so we are going back to swimming this week for the summer. Maybe we’ll try ballet in the fall again. We can’t wait for summer! I think she’ll really enjoy the beach this year. Here she is in her Spring photos.

A little scrapping

These are a couple of scrapbook pages I made for a special album that is being delivered to the Director of Mia's Social Welfare Institute that supervised her Foster family while she was in China. Many other families that also adopted from the same SWI participate and the Director loves pictures.

Our little flower is growing so fast!!!

Christmas 2011 Picture

The day I took Mia for our Christmas card photo she had a royal meltdown and would not even sit anywhere near the backdrop or Christmas tree to take a decent photo. Of course I didn't give up. When we returned home, still in her Christmas outfit, I lured her to the Christmas tree with Cheerios and the result was perfect. She even brought a chair out and modeled for me. I couldn't believe this was the same child that had kicked and screamed her way out of a studio 1 hour prior.

Here she is turning on the charm...

Holidays 2011

The holidays kept up very busy last year! We are so blessed in so many ways and God continues to bless us with our amazing little girl! She is so funny, sweet and so confident. I love that she is so strong (somedays). Mia now sings the alphabet, she will sing to my ringtone on my phone and loves to twirl around and dance too. She's doing very well in day care. She doesn't cry anymore at all. Some days she pushes us out the door and blows us a kiss. She is very much about routine and structure (like her mommy).

She is fully potty trained. I'm very happy about that. She reminds us in the morning that it's "No pamper day". That's how we got her fully trained. We would practice on weekends with no pampers and tell her it was "No pamper day". Now she says it everyday!

She loves to learn, she loves for us to read her books and will make us read them several times. She still loves to color, paint, glue anything and her puzzles. She just started to show interest in baby dolls which is adorable. She likes to watch Dora, Blue's Clues, Ni Hao Kai-Lan, Wonder Pets, Yo Gabba Gabba and likes the Fresh Beat Band videos.

She is talking so much. We can understand 90% of it but there are still somethings we are working out. She still speaks Spanish and English and I'm working on some Mandarin through songs and the few words I know.

Wishing you a wonderful New Year with many blessings!

Thanksgiving

Bubbles in the Backyard

Mia and Cousin Amanda

Christmas morning

Family Christmas photo 2011

Savannah Riverfront

Hilton Head Island, SC

Callaway Gardens Festival in Lights

Xavier and Frankie with Mia at the park

Happy New Year!!!