Fairy Princess party

Aleaya went to a birthday party today!! She had a blast and dressed up like a fairy princess!! sorry about the quality of the picture. I dont know what is wrong with my camera.

We have a name

It took lots and lots of badgering but we finally have a name. Skeeters official name will be Tyler Sheng-Le Callahan. I'm sure we will still call him Skeeter-and I know for sure Aleaya will be calling him Skeeter. Every time she sees his picture she yells out "skeeter". It's so cute!! I'm not sure if she really understands who he is yet, but she will soon! Especially when he comes home and starts invading "her" space. I cant wait!!!

Skeeter-Sheng Le

Skeeter-Sheng Le

Yes, its a boy!!! He still looks pretty in pink!!

Speaking of names

While thinking about a name for this blog, I just kept thinking of sugar and spice and snips and snails and puppy dog tails!! I then came up with the name "snips and snails and little pig tails" but since someone already has a blog named "snips,snails and pigtails" I change the name to Slugs & Snails & little pig tails!! I figured it was fitting since we live in Washington State!!! I remember my little brother being fascinated with slugs when he was a little boy!! He thought it was fun to follow the slug trail!! UGHH!! I'm sure Skeeter will be fascinated with them too. So hence the name :)

Names

Sheng Le's nickname is Skeeter, that is the name that CHI gave him. I think Skeeter is a cute nickname but we don't think we want to call him Skeeter forever. Matt and I can't seem to agree on a name. He wants Nicholas-keep in mind our dog's name is Nicky. I want his name to be Shae or Shayne or maybe Tyler........... Shayne means a "gift from God" and with the passing of Scotty, it seems fitting!!! We know Scotty is surely smiling down on his little brother right now!! Hopefully we can agree on something before we leave for China :)

My little Artist

This is Aleaya at the Children's Museum in Olympia. She had so much fun, she cried when we left. Not just crying, a throw yourself on the ground type of crying. Isn't two fun?? I think we will be making lots of trips down to Olympia to get our paperwork authenticated to send to China. Hopefully a tantrum won't happen each time we leave the museum. You know we can't go to Olympia without going to the museum.

Kong Sheng Le

This is our little boy!! We are adopting from China again. His DOB is May 16,2006. He is from Guizhou Province and is living in Foster care. We sent in our LOI for him at the beginning of May and are now waiting to receive our PA. We can't wait for him to come home.

My First Post

I can't believe I'm doing this. A blog of all things-I love reading other peoples but not sure about keeping anyone entertained with mine-We will see!!! As my adoption friends will tell you, Im not so handy with the computer!!!