17 months old today!

Happy 17 month old birthday, Hannah En Ming! With any luck, we'll be seeing you right after you are 18 months old! Well, the past week has gone pretty quickly. Riley finished kindergarten and exited her school proudly carrying her "Perfect Attendance" certificate high over her head! We are very lucky to have such a healthy and determined child. She found out that her 1st grade teacher will be Mrs. Conley and her report card was stellar. We're extremely proud. Riley also had her big ballet recital at the Paramount Theatre in Middletown and did a great job as a "Broadway Baby". Yesterday, Riley and I headed to the Build-a-Bear Workshop to make a brand new stuffed animal for Hannah. Riley chose a purple and blue hippo which she named Ming Ming. She also generously purchased matching fairy outfits for her own "I love you" bear and Hannah's hippo. Very cute. Today we spent the 97 degree day swimming at the lake with friends, which was the right call! Rob is busily working on "Spiderman", "Meet Me in St. Louis" and a play in Massachusetts all at the same time. So, business as usual for him. I am loving the fact that Riley have little to no obligations right now and am simply trying to go with the flow. So far, so good. I do, of course, have that tiny bit of anxiety about my baby waiting for me in China always in my subconscious, though, so I think I won't truly be at peace until I've got her. I shall post again when we finally get Hannah's translated referral.