Merry Christmas!

We are busy getting ready for Christmas, Kristy's first, and enjoying all the activities. She doesn'treally know what is going on but I'm sure she will catch on soon.

Fall in Lexington

Its been 4 months since Kristy joined the family. She is fitting in really well. She is extremely attached to her mother. She has had a lot of firsts since our last update. She enjoyed the Pumpkin Patch Festival at church. This is held every Halloween. Kristy was a fairy princess. Kourtney and a friend decorated the van for trunk or treat and took 3rd place. We all went to Judy's mothers church Fall Festival at Surfside. Kristy had a great time in the pumpkin patch. It was also Kristy's first time at the beach. She got to put her feet in the water and loved it. Kourtney had her 15th birthday on October 29th. She is ready to drive (legal in SC) but her parents are not ready for that just yet. We are headed to Hilton Head Island for Thanksgiving at Judy's older brothers house. Here are a few pictures from this month.

3 Months Since Gotcha Day

On Tuesday October 16th we celebrated Kristy's 3rd month with the family. She is doing great and has fit into our family perfectly. Her English is becoming more and more clear. She is learning shapes, numbers, and letters. She loves to have books read to her and does not really care about TV. She loves to listen to music and will dance when she hears it. She also loves to go on walks with Mom and Dad around the neighborhood. She had a lot of firsts in the last month. Her firsts included a haircut, a trip to Riverbanks Zoo, orchestra concert (Kourtney's first high school orchestra concert). OK, she really didn't make it through the concert but we tried. She started daycare this week and seems to being doing good. She is glad to be picked up and wants constant attention when we get home. Today was her baptism at church. Her Uncle Neil assisted our ministers in the baptism. The entire Yongue family was able to make it so it was the first time all 7 cousins were together. Here are a few pictures from this past month.

Kristy's First Bike

We don't have a long update this time. We just thought you would like to see Kristy on her first bike. We'll have a longer blog later.

September Update

Our updates seem to be less and less frequent. Thats what happens when you have two teenagers and a 2 year old in the house. Kourtney began her freshman year at Lexington High School and says she loves it. Her class load is challenging and the dance class load is adding to the demand. She is dancing in the Moving South Dance Company this year. Kelly began the 8th grade at Lexington Middle School this year. She is also dancing at Moving South as well. Kristy is in the flow of things or we are just in her flow. She is learning new things everyday and we are working with her constantly to get her up to speed with American two year olds as quickly as possible. Her English improves everyday. She went for a physical this month and everything looks great. The ENT doctor thought that her cleft surgery was fine. He was surprised that she didn't have tubes in her ears yet as this is commonly done with cleft affected children. He said the first signs of ear trouble and we should have the tubes put in. Kristy has met almost all of her family and of course she is the center of attention at each gathering.
We have found a daycare in Lexington for Kristy when Judy goes back to school. We dread that day but she will probably be better with it then her mom and dad.