A few more shots of our little soccer player- so cute! And below the official Team picture :) and our after soccer picnic in the field.  We decided it is easy to stay and have dinner there in the field since soccer ends at 5:30pm- Will loves the picnics- (I do too)- but that does mean PB &J once a week for dinner. 

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day! (a little late for the blog) But Will wanted to send his official wishes to the best Daddy ever!!

Here are some questions I asked Will

What do you like about Daddy?

"He tickles"  - tickle time is a daily if not thrice daily event for Will and Daddy :)

"I like to sleep with Mommy, Daddy" He is referring to the 5 am hour when he comes into our bed and rolls around like a chinchilla for an hour- :) but it is sweet to have him there

What do you like to do with Daddy?

"I like to go to park and playgound and swing HIGH!"  Daddy does push extra high 

"I like playing cars, like playing trucks"  self explanatory :)

What would you like to say to Daddy on Father's Day?

"Happy Birthday Daddy!"  Still getting our holidays straightened out :)

Happy Birthday er Father's Day Den! 

Now there are 3........

As many of you know we are in the process to adopt a little girl from China.  We are getting closer and closer to getting our match (which means we will know her name and see her little face!).  We have been the Baker family of 3 for so long. but we are ready to be the Baker family of 4.  This is the family picture we took to send over with our dossier.  Hopefully before too long we will be 4! 

Will is definitely ready to meet his mei mei (little sister in Chinese) and talks about her often. He makes up different names to call her.  The latest one is "Dizzy" (that is a character from Bob the Builder) - we'll take it into consideration buddy. :)

Anyway stay tuned here because as soon as we get any other info we will post!! 

Will and his cars

Will loves his cars- I mean don't all boys feel this way? Its crazy how little boys just love them.  And we live in a good place for this- we see all kinds of cars, trucks, construction vehicles (so close we can touch them- dangerous perhaps?) Anyway, we have this big bucket of cars and multiple times a day he goes and dumps the whole box on the floor to play with them. I always think he has too many cars but he plays with ALL of them- lines them up, remembers his favorites, my favorites, tells me what they are doing etc. Here in this picture; I walk up and he tells me "Shh mommy cars are sleeping".  Its funny girls do this with their baby dolls and I guess boys do this with their cars.  HA HA!

Dreaming of Vacation

Den is about a month away from wrapping up his first year as a teacher- and it has been a lot of work and he has done a great job but we are definitely ready for a break and are looking forward to a little R &R with our family this summer.  Here are a couple of pictures from our time in Thailand this past february- don't we like nice and relaxed?  I guess its the hard work that makes the rest time so sweet.  

Parents Visit

As I mentioned earlier, my parents came to visit and it was so much fun.  Especially for Will who had two people at his beckon call. Will loved having grandma and grandpa here to read, play cars, play candy land (again and again), go outside, play playdough... you get the idea.  My parents are such good sports and traveled with us a few times.  My mom even went with me on a homestudy visit to a small city out west.  As we were riding in a rickety old van to the city my mom said sweetly (without a hint of complaining)  "This is the most uncomfortable seat I have ever sat in"- she was right, it was pretty bad. She really got off the tourist path this time.  Ha Ha

Anyway,  we loved having them here.  Here are a couple sweet pictures from their time here.  More pictures to post (but I need to upload first).

Thanks mom and dad!