Happy Birthday Javonn!!

Check out this happy face!! We were so thrilled to be able to celebrate Javonn's 3rd birthday! His first birthday home with a forever family! 
We talked about his birthday coming up for days already and he has been singing "Gappy-Birthday to ShaoBo"  He cant say the "H" sound so its "GAPPY Birthday!!! He sings the whole song over and over again! We were sure to sing it a couple times to him since he loves it so much and his face just beams with joy!

Goofy party blowers... 

When he first came home, he wanted nothing to do with ice cream. It was to cold! And he would say "yuck! yuck!" we just smiled and wondered how long he would think that :)
As you can see, he dosent hold to that belief anymore. Now he begs for "ICE-EE-CREAM"

He and sissy dont even mind sharing a cone!! 

It's hard to believe that it actually hasnt been quite 2 months since Javonn is home! It feels much much longer! He feel's so much a part of us already!
When I consider how short of a time he has been with us, I am amazed at how much he has changed already!

He talks SO much! I would say his speech is half or more English now. He has recently started to really stutter whenever he gets excited and is trying to talk fast. I think he gets confused with words that once rolled out in Chinese, now coming out in English and he cant speak them as fast as he's thinking them. It's really cute! 

A recent visit to Cabela's. The children enjoyed seeing all the animals so much!

He's a true boy and loves getting dirty. He wasnt sure about the sensation of grass on his feet the first few times, but now he dosent want shoes on unless we are going away and need shoes on.
He dosent like being dirty too long, then he comes asking for "wash-y wash-y" as he rubs his little hands together. Oh, and never forget the soap. He loves using soap! Bath times are always a delight for him too!

This is how he can be with daddy even when daddy cant carry him! He absolutely loves riding on daddy's back. I thought it was so cute I just wanted to follow them and watch. Dosent he looks like a baby Koala hanging on!

Karilee & Derek participated in our Home School's group Stepping Up Graduation Ceremony! All the kid's got honored for completing the grade they were in. It was a fun special evening!! Yay for completing first and third grade. Now we are soaking up summer vacation and loving every bit of it!!