Sunday, March 2, 2008

February Post 2 - Orlando Trip

February's second post brings us on Ella's mid month trip to Orlando with mom and brother (rah rah!). Here are some nice shots with Justin, Jisele and Jayson Havas; not to overlook Ella's first pose in some cool shades! Watch out....

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.

Welcome to Ella's Blog

Hi everyone, Welcome to Ella Sarah Lazar's first blog.

How it Started

Laura, Evan and I will be updating this blog as we prepare to travel to Yangchun, China. Yangchun is located approximately 160 miles southwest of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China. We just received our match (referral) on Thursday January, 4th 2007 and aim to travel 4-8 weeks from this date (most likely 7-8 weeks as the Chinese New Year falls during this period).

Watching Ella Grow

Thanks for visiting - we had so much fun updating this blog during our trip to China, that we decided keep Ella's blog updated (once a month) to watch her (and Evan) grow up in front of our very eyes!


Happy 1st Birthday Ella

Happy 1st Birthday Ella

Ella Laughing for Mom

Ella Laughing for Mom

Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy's Little Girl

Ella's Referral Pictures #2

Ella's Referral Pictures #2
What a cutie!

Ella in Crib

Ella in Crib

Ella Referral Picture #3

Ella Referral Picture #3
Look at that Hair!!!

Announcing Yang Chun, Hua Tuan

Announcing Yang Chun, Hua Tuan
1st Picture of Ella