A Belated Mother's Day Post

We had a great Mother's Day celebration this year on Mother's Day Weekend and the weekend after when Grandma, Pop Pop and Doe came up to visit.

I love playing with Pop Pop.

This is the Little Mermaid nightgown I love so much, because I think Ariel looks like my Mommy.

Big smiles!

And now a little posing.

I love sitting in my Grandma's lap too.

But Pop Pop really likes to play. I love being upside-down.

And Doe read me a pop-up book.

This is my "pet" lizard. He fits in well with our two cats, a fish and a frog (all real pets).

And my favorite puppy: Anna! We are all getting ready to go eat some Thai food.

I love the princess tent that Ratana and Joom, our friends from the Thai restaurant, bought me.

Daddy took some pictures of Mama. Here's a funny look.

Happy Mother's Day Mama!

Daddy's two favorite girls.

And another shot of us.

I love my Mommy, and she loves me too.

Here are Pop Pop and Grandma. They are about to enjoy some delicious Thai food.

Daddy now has control over your mind. Be very, very afraid.

I'm a happy girl today. Ratana gave me some beautiful hair barrettes.

See! Well, you can't really see it can you?

I love playing with my Mommy's jewelry. This is her necklace that says, "mother to a little girl" in Mandarin.

And here's one with Mama, Ratana and Mei-Ling!

And here is my other friend Lalapat. She, Ratana and Joom are my friends.

We had two great Mother's Day weekends! And how wonderful it is to have both Mama and Grandma to share Mother's Day with.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy turned 35 years old this month! We went to our favorite place for dinner (Thai of course) to celebrate.

We had such a good time.

Mommy helped me with my Tom Kha (coconut milk soup with lemongrass and other yummy things). I'm doing better getting it to my mouth. I'm also learning how to use chop sticks, but I have a long way to go.

Ratana brought Daddy a special Thai dessert - a Taro cake with coconut milk. Yum!

We had a great dinner. I also was glad to dress like a princess. What I define as "princess" is wearing a dress. I will tell Mama each day whether or not she looks like a princess.

Oh, and notice the Hello Kitty watch and the bracelet. I'm really into this princess thing.

Daddy's two favorite girls.

We're glad you had a good birthday Daddy! May you have many, many more.

A Wonderful Easter Weekend And Celebration Of Grandma's 74th Birthday

We had a fantastic Easter and a wonderful celebration of Grandma's 74th birthday! Saturday night, we had a delicious dinner for Grandma's birthday. We didn't take any pictures of that. But we did take plenty of the rest of the weekend. On Sunday, we went to church and then out for an Easter dinner - at a Japanese Steak House of course. Here is a picture of me, Mama and Baba at Grandma's house. We are standing in front of her HUGE azalea bush.

Here is a good one of me, Xavier and Baba.

One with Grandma, me, Pop Pop and Doe. Grandma looks fantastic for 74 doesn't she?


I always love a picture with my sweet Baba. And we match today!


And here we all are.

I do love posing for the camera.

And one of me with Mama.

Here we are in front of the pretty azalea again.

On Saturday night, Grandma and I dyed some Easter eggs! That is something Grandma loves to do each year, and this was my first time. What a special moment for us.

This is fun!


Thank you, Grandma, for doing this with me!


After church and our Easter dinner, I found out the Easter Bunny left me a basket at Grandma's house. He followed me there!

Oh wow! The Easter Bunny must know my exact size.


Now I am hunting for those eggs we dyed last night.

I found another one!

Well, that's all for now. This next weekend, we will be celebrating another birthday, but it's a surprise to the person. So I won't say anything more.

Child of Blessing

Today was my baptism. We were reminded of the many blessings bestowed upon us. We celebrate that we were brought together as a family to love one another and enjoy our time here on Earth. The song sung today was "Child of Blessing," and Mama and Baba are so grateful and feel so blessed that their path led to me.

I really enjoyed the service. Mama had prepared me for water dripping on my head, but she didn't tell me it would drip onto my arm. I had the whole church chuckling
as I shook it off my arm.


This is my more serious face.

Here is a picture Pop Pop took during my baptism. Thanks to Pastors Mark and Beecher and our sweet friends Marie and Bert for participating.

We are so grateful Doe, Pop Pop and Grandma were able to attend and
spend the weekend with us.

And here's one with Mama and Baba.

Smiling as Baba held me in the narthex and we greeted our fellow church members.

After my baptism, we went had had some delicious Thai food. After that, I was surprised with a couple of presents - a tricycle and a hoppity hop ball! Mama will post pictures from that experience later.

Snow In Georgia!

We enjoyed quite a surprise this month - 9 inches of ice/snow! This was my very first time seeing ice and snow like this, and I really had a great time.

Mama had fun in the snow too. We couldn't believe how quickly it accumulated here.

Here is what our house and yard looked like about halfway into the snowstorm.

Baba decided that Pandora needed to come experience the snow as well. You can probably tell from her expression that she did not appreciate nor enjoy it at all.

This happened last week, and now this week it has been in the 80s for several days. Typical March weather in Georgia. Check back in a few days to see pictures of my baptism! It's happening this coming Sunday. Zai jian!

Remembering Poppy

David Theodore Tarbox
1950-2009

The past few weeks have been tough for our family, as Adam's father David drew closer to the end of his life. Mei-Ling turned 3, and we had her scheduled to be baptized this weekend but got the call that Poppy did not have much time left. As I type this today, we expect that he will not be with us but for a few more hours. At that time, Mei-Ling, Xavier and I will join Adam in Memphis to bid Poppy our final farewell.

This is a picture of Poppy at his happiest. It was Thanksgiving of 2007, and he's holding Mei-Ling and his grandson George. He had grown a beard for a little while, so this was an unusual look for him. He had already been diagnosed with cancer, and he was battling it valiantly - as he has continued to do even as I am typing this post.

We will post pictures from Mei-Ling's birthday at a later time.
This post is in celebration of the life of David Theodore Tarbox.

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;
Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23