Happy Adoption Day to Graham

Three years ago, this child was delivered to us in the Marriott of Guatemala City (dressed up by his foster mother!):

Here he is today, enjoying a special lunch at Crown Candy Kitchen (grilled cheese and vanilla malt):

The whole idea of Adoption Day was pretty lost on him, since at first he kept wondering if we were celebrating his birthday!

We should have another Adoption Day to celebrate in March, when we finalize Alexa's adoption.

The First Post!

Welcome to our brand new family blog! We decided to be the Nice Monsters in honor of Graham's name for his Halloween costume. He dressed up as a monster, but since he's a little bit scared of regular monsters, he decided he would be a *nice* monster:

On to other topics... here are Alexa and Graham playing piano together - quite nicely - the other day:

Alexa really enjoys the Exersaucer. One of the attached toys has a little mirror that she enjoys staring into. She laughs hysterically at the "other" baby: