Shopping

This weekend was fun for us. As a family, we decided to go shopping for Mariah. Look what I found as we were going to the check out at Old Navy! It is even spelled correctly! I had to get it and it was only $5. Oh, the little things that excite me.

Kyle had a teen activity at the mall with the youth group. It is so hard to believe that we have a teenager! Aren't we too young for that?  I realized the other day that when Mariah starts Kindergarten, Kyle will begin his senior year of high school. I will be a well-experienced home school mom!

We dropped Kyle off at one of the mall entrances of the team he was to join. It just so happened to be.........all girls!  There was our timid Kyle with 5 girls on a mission! They were on a team that was not about to lose. The idea behind this Mall Masquerade was for our church youth group (about 35 kids) to look for 7 adults that were in disguise. Not costumes, just disguises. It was fun for them! I, however, was on a mission to shop.  Kyle's team tied for first place, they found everyone then headed back to the church for pizza and......honestly, I don't know! He was in the more than capable hands of our new youth pastor and his wife. Kyle loves them and they provide a lot of clean fun!

While Kyle had his masquerade we shopped for Mariah's things......clothes. I have NOTHING for her!  This was our first shopping trip solely for Mariah. We never thought we would be blessed with a baby in this adoption. We really thought a toddler. But a baby it is, and a baby we love and welcome. 

Becca and Ben each picked out an outfit for Mariah. Jeremy found a swim suit with lady bugs on it. For those who are not familiar with the adoption world (like us just a few months ago), lady bugs are believed to be a sign of good luck. Red is the good luck color in China. We bought things in 12 month and 18 month sizes. She will be about 19 months when we go to get her, so we are guessing at sizes. Chinese adoptive children often are smaller than their American counterparts.  If I only had that update, we would have a better idea of her size. Although in the winter, their measurements are taken over top of all of their heavy, quilted clothing. So, I'm not sure it would help much.