• Hi There!

    Hi, my name is Jonni and I am Mommy to Sofia (5 years old) and Samantha (6 years old) and wife to John. We reside in upstate NY. Our daughters are 5 mos. apart in age and a whole lot of fun. Sofia is from Jinchang City, Gansu and she turned 11 mos. during our trip to bring her home from China in 2007. Samantha is 5 mos. older but was our 2nd adoption. She was 3 years, 4 mos. when we brought her home from China in 2009. She is from Yangzhou City, Jiangsu.

    I love blogging about our girls, photography, fonts, printables & crafts and I also have a slightly obsessive John Mayer addiction. Thank you for stopping by. :)

Monthly Archives: March 2008

Time for a Blog Redesign

Okay, I am bored with my blog. I am tired of the colors and the look. I have been downloading a lot of actions and brushes in Photoshop and my favorite illustrator by the name of Chih Hang who’s art is featured at istockphoto was so kind to make a special illustration for me that…

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Michele - It looks great! I’m telling you go into business designing layouts you would do great!

T & R McGrath - Hi Jonni, I love the blog. It looks great!!! Can’t wait to see all the changes.

Tracy

norie - jonni…i love the new colors!

norie

Jewels of My Heart - Can’t wait to see your new design…. how special that the artist did something special just for Sofia!

Janet - Looking forward to it!!!

HuluMama - I’m so impressed that you know how to design your own blog! Wish that were something I could do. Can’t wait to see the latest pics of Miss Sophia.

A Little Bit of Walking & A Lot of Giggling

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Carol - oh my Mommy, you have your hands full now!!

I think puppy is jealous!!

You have a beautiful home!!! Wish mine was that clean!!!!

I LOVE how she holds her arms up!! too cute!!

Leslie - Ok Jonni,….I want her. I’m going to have to come up there and get her. She is just way to cute for words. Her walking is so cute, with her little arms out. Your dog is precious also.

Man you and John have one cutie on your hands for sure. I just love her. I don’t think I can say that enough. Can you guys share her with me??? You know you would have to if we lived closer together….LOL. Thanks for sharing your cutie pie with us all.

Janet - Awwww….that is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!

kerri - Adoable, those little legs can sure move!!
As for the giggling video, who is having more fun Sofia or Daddy? ;)
Thanks for sharing Jonni.

nikki - Oh Jonni! I looooved those videos – she was really cruzin’ in the first one. and it’s sooo sweet how happy she is to be with her daddy. (and how happy he is to be with her, too.)

also loved all of your Easter pics!
Glad you are all doing well.
XO

bbmomof2boys - OMG!!! How cute is that??!!! And her walking like a little pro – so cute with her little hands up! Thanks for sharing chick!

~Carla

Oops!

I was trying to edit a few links under my Mommy Blogging Buddies link section and accidentally deleted the entire page element. Please let me know if you do not see your blog under that section and you would like to be added. I tried to add as many back as I could remember but…

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Carol - me me me add me !!!

Can you see me with my hand up??

ha ha!!!

Michele - I’m there :)
Just wanted to tell you your blog looks beautiful! You should open your own little business! I’d be first in line :)
Michele

Janet - I hate it when stuff like that happens!!!!Good luck with everything!

Sofia’s First Easter & Sofia’s OHGWQ

I have been keeping busy the past two weeks trying to help my mom with her new business. I have been working on a brochure and her website, It is coming together pretty well. Grandma S. and John’s cousin Dana came to visit this weekend. We had so much fun. It was especially great to…

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Rony - Jonni, your quilt is the most beautiful I’ve seen. Did you design it? I would love to talk to you about the pattern as I’m having someone make K and A’s. (2 years later–sad)… e-mail me privately…

Shannon & Dan - The quilt is beautiful, just like your little girl.
Shannon

Shana - Happy 1st Easter, Sofia!!!

What a beautiful girl you are & so brave to sit so smiley on Easter Bunny’s lap! Wow!!!

Thanks for sharing your PS action tips- it’s so fun!!!

Hugs, Shana :)

Michele - Forgot to mention, the pics of Sofia are wonderful. They remind me of pics from when I was younger, they have that look about them (hard to explain). Know what I mean? Man, I think I’m getting old!
Michele

Michele - It’s been way too long since I checked in, Sofia is such a cutie :) I love the quilt, beautiful and I would have to say worth the wait, is it stunning. Love the pics, the one w/ daddy & others (b&w) is very very nice. I see Sofia didn’t mind the Easter bunny! Lilly has talked about it for weeks, would she sit on his lap?? No Way, Mommy! Those were Lilly’s words ;) No bunny pic for us this year :(
Glad to see you are all doing well.
Love,
Michele

HuluMama - Beautiful girl and beautiful quilt!

Carol - Wow that’s a quilt!

I love the black and white photos……

She did better than Emily would…I wouldn’t even take her to see the bunny this year, she would have peed her pants!!! LOL..

kerri - The quilt is breathtaking, it’s just beautiful!!
Glad you had such a wonderful Easter, the pictures of Sofia are beautiful, I love her dress.
Happy Easter.

Sofia’s First Swim Lesson

Sofia had her first swim lesson at the YMCA yesterday. We just joined about a month ago and had to enter a lottery to be accepted into the class since the classes are relatively small. I did not expect that we would get in on the first try but we did. I was so happy….

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Michele - Love the tree and the swimming babies is way too cute. Sounds like you all had a nice time at swim class.
Michele

Jewels of My Heart - tooo sweet!

Amy - I think I saw some of those baby swimming things while in China at 1 of the stores.

Shannon & Dan - I love the family tree. What a great page. I would love to see more tips, you can never learn too many of them.

kerri - Computer tips, oh yes please, I’m so challenged that I’ll take any help I can get, LOL.
Can’t wait for photos of Sofia taking her lessons, glad you got a spot in the class.
The family tree is so sweet, I love it!

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