• 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: May 2008

Adoption Update

Sofia smiling in her new “does this diaper make my butt look big?” t-shirt I bought some cheap t-shirts at Tarjay and some inexpensive iron-on transfers from Joann and VOILA, new sassy shirts! Sofia woke up with wild woman hair yesterday after her nap. Her hair would not lay flat the rest of the day….

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kerri - Jonni, glad things are moving along beautifully.
The photos are so adorable and the T-shirts are so cute. ;)

redmaryjanes - Absolutley beautiful Jonni.

I am starting a new blog and I would love for you to be a part of it, so please come by and take a look and let me know what you think.

nikki - I couldn’t agree more, Jonni! Our plans could never come close to how wonderful the real thing is!
We ARE SO blessed!
Love you, girl!

*Overflowing* - Jonni, I am so excited to see things rolling right along. You’ll be DTC before you know it!! Praying your agency does indeed get a paper list!! Hugs, stacy

Anonymous - Hi Jonni-
Will you ever not make me cry?? Your words come at a perfect time for me. . and give me hope–which is at an all time low for some reason right now (maybe because on 5/31/08 we will be 2 years DTC and still waiting)
Thank you for lifitng my spirits and sharing your sweet angel.
Maureen
I asked our agency about switching to an older child (any age between infant-4 years) and they said it would not change the wait time and some new paperwork would need to be filed. . . )

Pictures from Mother’s Day and a Nifty Photoshop Action

I have been working trying to finish the last of the scrapbook pages from our Mother’s Day trip to Cooperstown, NY and I still have one left to do, but I figured I would go ahead and share the two completed layouts. It has been so long since I have had time to sit down…

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laura - dolcepics - Hi! I clicked on PS Freebies and got to this post. Cool! Thanks for the link. I’ve always wanted to try digital scrapbooking. I think it’s very challenging b/c I’m creatively challenged for sure. Thanks for the links!

Carol - What a cool little blog you have my friend! I’ve no talent in that area!!

Liene - Such great digital pages. I also love the new blog layout.

Shannon & Dan - Wow Jonni! First, the site looks great! I love the new cartoons of you guys.
Second, awesome layouts! It looks like you had such a fun time there.
Third…..a 1 TB HD all to yourself! Holy smokes! You are the luckiest girl ever! You could call me a nerd girl, I love gadgets more than jewelery.
Fourth, I am definitely going to check out the links you have posted when I get a chance. I have to travel for work next week so I will have time while I’m in my hotel room in the evenings.
Shannon

Cheri H - Love the new look of your site and your pages look great too! You really have a great eye for things!

Just so you know I tagged you. If you get a minute head over to my site!

kerri - Oh Jonni, Sofia’s dancing video is just precious, so glad you had such a great time!1
Your scrapbook pages are terrific and I just love!!!!! your new blog look.

bbmomof2boys - Love the new look!!! Those shots are beautiful, as usual!

Hugs,

Carla

Janet - Wow! What great scrapbook pages!!!!! You are definitely a talent!!!!

Michele - Glad you had a good 1st Mother’s Day :) I am the same way. What did I want for my birthday and Mother’s Day? A laptop, I hate sharing the computer hehe, the Bamboo Fun and two programs I saw at Staples one for scrapbooking and another for photos. Hubby came through with all of it :)
Your scrapbook pages are great. I am hoping once I get everything off the old computer I can get to digital scrapbooking again too. I have so many freebies I am trying to save them and it’s taking a long time! Hope all is well with you all :)
Love,
Michele

HuluMama - You are so talented1 Beautiful pictures of you family.

We Are Headed Out Of Town For The Weekend

My wonderful in-laws are taking us to the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, NY tomorrow for the Mother’s Day weekend. We can’t wait!

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Michele - Hope you had a nice Mother’s Day!

kerri - Jonni, hope your Mother’s Day weekend was fabulous. ;)

Carol - Hope it was WONDERFUL!!!

nikki - Ooh, what a beautiful hotel!
Hope you are thoroughly enjoying your weekend…Happy Mother’s Day, Jonni!!!

Janet - Hey Girl! I hope you have a GREAT time! Enjoy every minute, and celebrate being a momma! :-)

HuluMama - Have fun!

Yes, Minister... - Love Cooperstown ~
That hotel is awesome! :D Have a great time :D
Love the addition to your blog -BTW!
Ladybug hugs,
;D

Sofia at 19 Months and Her Finding Ad

I decided to finally sit down and scrap Sofia’s Finding Ad yesterday. It turned out pretty good I think. I had been meaning to do a a special little something with it for a while and finally got off my can and did it yesterday. For those of you unfamiliar with China adoptions, the Social…

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Rony - Johni, little Sofia was hand picked by g-d to be your daughter. She is a blessing from g-d. Precious beautiful little girl.

redmaryjanes - Those are darling photos Jonni!. She is just growing so fast now.

Lyndsey - Jonni,
What a great job you have done! I really want to get into digital scrapbooking, I only do paper at the moment. I really enjoy your blog you do a great job.
Lyndsey

Carol - BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY!!!!

Ms. Emily has the smacking thing down too…

How do we get rid of it……I always pretend I’m hurt and she has to kiss it better……

Ugh………..

Yes, Minister... - Absolutely Adorable! I love the page for the finding ad – so good! I sent you that little package we talk about today – so keep your eyes open :D

Ladybug hugs,
;D

Lisa - What a cutie patootie. Zeb is saying cute ofia. I told him no girls until he is using the potty! And I hate to tell you honey they don’t stop at 3!!!! My 4 yr old is truly giving me a run for the $$$$!!!!!!!

*Overflowing* - What a peanut! She is so beautiful. Oooohhh, no doubt terrible 2′s start at 1.5 :) Terrible 3′s are even worse…LOL!!!
~stacy

kerri - How special that you have Sofia’s finding ad, we have one for Jillian but not for Jennifer.
I love how Sofia is showing some spunk, LOL.This beauty makes me want to start the paperchase all over again.. :)

nikki - Sweet Sofia is a precious, precious gift, Jonni!
Love the pictures of her in her pretty new dress.

Fliss and Mike Adventures - What a gorgeous little cherub… love the photos… take care

Shannon & Dan - Beautiful photos. I can’t believe how green everything is for you. My lawn is still brown as the snow has just finished melting in my backyard.

Oh and tag, you are it. See my blog for details.

jwhitacre - So beautiful!!! She looks likes she’s really growing-in a couple of the pics she looks so tall! :) She’s so beautiful Jonni! I hope we can get together sometime soon! Take care!
Smiles!
Jeannine

HuluMama - Beautiful finding picture page and even more gorgeous little girl. That dress is adorable on her.

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