• 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 2011

Upcoming Speech Therapy Graduation!

We received exciting news on Monday when we attended the school meeting regarding Sofia’s speech therapy services. After two and a half years of speech services, Sofia has graduated…well almost, her last day of speech therapy is June 14th. I will need to continue doing speech exercises at home over the Summer with Sofia just…

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Daleea - Woohoooo! That is wonderful indeed!
I finally found my way to your blog again. lol
Hugs and God’s blessings,
Daleea

Samantha’s 5th Birthday & Mother’s Day

It feels like it has been forever since I have posted anything over here on the blog. I attempt to keep things somewhat up-to-date here so the girls will be able to look back at this blog when they are older and and see the day-to-day activities of when they were young. So here are…

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Lisa Holmes Bonner - Adorable. What a beautiful family you have. Love their dresses that they wore for their dim sum. Did you make them? Hugs dear friend.

Jill Johnston Hutchison - I’m with Sindy, BEAUTIFUL post! I cannot get over the girls…..prettier every day! I feel you on the getting older thing with them…as happy as I am watching them grow, it truly is bittersweet to look back and watch how much they have changed! Happy Birthday to Samantha! Hugs Jonni!

Sindy Gore Ost - Just beautiful Jonni!! The girls are so beautiful and getting so big!!!<3<3

Samantha’s 2 Year Referral Anniversary

It is so hard for me to believe that we received Samantha’s referral 2 years ago on May 6, 2009. I remember the day like it was just yesterday. Our agency had just received access to the list after not having it for approx. 18 months when the CCAA changed the China Special Needs Program….

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Debbi Napolitano - Congratulations Jonni – What a wonderful blog! It is so amazing how we ended up with the daughters we were supposed to have, isn’t it?

Amy Smith-Kepler - Beautiful post. Congratulations on the two year anniversary of one of the best days of your life!

Trish Swyers Freid - I heard from Heather today….we need to set up a time to get together with the girls! Too much time has passed!

Jo - As you have been watching those two little darlings grow and flourish I feel like I have been watching YOU (from accross the Atlantic) do the same, both as a mom and a photographer. And it has been a joy to watch.

Teacher Appreciation Week ♥

This week is teacher appreciation week and I have been doing some craft blog hopping and have found such clever ideas. Take for instance this one, it is courtesy of Eighteen25. I just LOVE their site and great craft ideas. They are offering this great (and free!) piece of subway art that you can download…

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