February Post Part 1

Wow - what a month of February it was for Ella and all of the Lazar's. I'm going to change things up a bit with more and bigger pictures with no comments next to the pics. Instead, I'll explain our month here...it all started quietly with Ella enjoying a rare storytime with Daddy....you see this is out of her nightly routine where she gets tucked under Mommy's covers for a half an hour right before bedtime and the two Lazar girls cuddle up and have fun teaching and reading ; listening and learning. I'll snap a picture of that moment for March's post as its soooo Cute. That's all for quiet as February 9th came around with a quick visit to Atlanta's Chinese New Year celebration where we saw my friend Judy and her family; here we get to experience some real Chinese culture and, well I'll just say it, some authentic food that reminded me of Southern China (and it wasn't McDonalds)! The highlight was the Dragon Dance, of course, expertly performed by Chinese students from Atlanta. Following the New Year celebration, we headed down to the Airport to meet Mom and Millie who came in for a weekend. We had a blast, going to Mary Mac's an original Southern Tea room for lunch (I am still stuffed!), followed by a visit to the World of Coke. The next day we shopped and saw Millie's old boss and our friends the Baum's, who recently moved from Long Island and before the Monday send off, went to the Cherokee County courtroom to finalize or re-adoption (in Georgia) of Ella - so it's official again! Some pictures of these events are below and I'll pick up from here in part 2.

January 08 Atlanta Snow

Bracing for a pretty hectic February, January 2008's highlight was snow in Atlanta and Ella was able to enjoy it with her brother. We also participated in Atlanta's FCCA Chinese New Year celebration, where we were able to see some friends we started the adoption process with, Jason and Denise Ellis along with son Bruce and daughter Lana. Oh and Ella continues to be curious and mischievous (sp?). One of her favorite words is MESS and she is sure good at making them as evidenced by the picture below. We promise a longer update with more pictures in Feburary!