Is it just me or is Dahlia thinking - ..'k, mom, are you getting this?
My little monkeys.
This was taken on Dahlia's 5th Gotcha Day last November. I thought it would be interesting to see how it converted to black and white.
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Our hotel lobby during one of our many Dahlia and Mommy breaks.
So, I finally uploaded my pictures through Flickr. Yeah!!! And I choose the largest format, aligned center. But I think it loaded on the post all over the place and I'm only publishing this, postdated, for the middle of the night so I'm not sure how this is going to look. So, if it's wonky....you'll know why. I'll fix it eventually. (For some reason I can't even get my script to align center.) Update: I figured it out but will leave it for now. Future posts will be correct. Thank you for your continued patience. :)
Meanwhile, make sure you spend some time at Lisa's here for some wonderful black and white photography. She has inspired so many to join in the fun!
And Happy Wednesday!
Hi, I'm Wanda. I am a happy woman, wife to Danny for...oh....lots a years and finally Mom to THE most adorable little girl from Hunan, China - Dahlia. And now we have been blessed again with another daughter, Milana, from Zhejiang, China. (The 2 best things I've ever done!)
We live in the Montreal area. After a loooonnngg wait for Dahlia's little sister Milana (pronounced - Mee-lana, like banana), we finally brought her home in August 2009. Dahlia came to us in Nov 2004 (at 20 months of age)and a year later we began the application for another baby - at the time the waiting period was around 8 months. Almost 4 years later (say what!?!)we, at last, brought Milana home.
This began as the story of our journey to bring Milana home and life with her big sister, Dahlia. It now continues as we live as a family of four!
God.
My (growing) family.
Hangin' out with my girlies.
My wonderful friends (you know who you are!).
To laugh (out loud and a lot!).
Music.
Painting. Hugs.
Long chats with my buds.
My garden.
To read (ha...when I can!).
Sunshine.
Spring, Spring and more Spring.
Building things.
Cooking.
Decorating.
Parties (ahem).
The internet.
Life.
Movies. A.I.
Dancing with the stars.
So you think you can dance.
Travel. Umm..did I say laughing my head off.
Oh Gee...everything actually!!
39 comments:
Hello my fellow night owl friend!! Are you still up? I am sitting at my desk watching the snow fall......it is beautiful.......and so are your BLACK AND WHITES!!!!
I love the series of the girls together.....such precious moments that you captured!! I also enjoy the pictures you include from your trip to China........such special memories converted to black and white!!
So nice to see you in a photo too......you are beautiful Wanda......inside and out....what a lovely person who I am happy I have gotten to know. Now we just need to work on that little NYC trip:)
Have a wonderful night!! I hope you are in bed by now!
xo,
Lisa
Every picture you take is incredible.
these are great black and whites! i love looking at photos of your girls!
Beautiful! I love the first one with the anticipation in your younger daughters eyes.
I agree with Lisa... I'd love to join in on the NYC trip... what fun that would be!!!
Have a great Wednesday!
These pictures are just wonderful!
Dahlia definitely knows what she is doing! What little dolls you have.
GET some sleep! Your post will look better to you when you are rested.
These are so beautiful! I especially love the kissing sisters ones. Warms my heart!
Such gorgeous captures! Great that you snuck in a pic of yourself - gorgeous!
Beautiful photos! I especially love the temple in China. Is that the Summer Palace?
They are all beautiul, but I just love the first 2!!
Beautiful photos of lovely little girls! China is definitely somewhere I would love to go someday. Do you have a post somewhere on your blog from when you visited last year? I'd love to read about it!
I love the sister pictures. So sweet!
So beautiful!!!!! Love the sister picture....but they are all gorgeous!!!!
I absolutely LOVE the moments you captured with your beautiful girls ~ these will be keepsaskes and treasures for...well...for EVER & EVER for you all!
AND I'm relishing walking back with you through your travels to China ~ I'm absolutely captivated and feel priveleged to come along!!
Hugs!
Love the photo of the girls..so precious...
And China is a place I am hoping to go to in a year or two..My mil(who is Chinese and has gone back many times) insists it would be too hard a trip with 5 kiddies(one of which is 18 mts)...
So in a year or two...I am hoping we will be able to take our family..
Beautiful pics Wanda. I love the idea of a gotcha day celebration! I've been having trouble with Flikr lately too!
I love looking at your photos. I especially love the ones you took on your trip to china. beautiful. I wish you a wonderful wed and the rest of the week ahead.
Much Love
Ria
What a beautiful family! In my opinion there is nothing sweeter than pictures of sister's loving on eachother.
Hi Wanda, Thanks for leaving that comment about the pantie mal-function on my blog. I will change my judging criteria from the number of thumbs up to how many panty changes are required per post!
These pictures are so lovely, I love kissing siblings pictures. The one of you is just stunning, you must have modeled at some time in your life, the camera loves you; as it should.
These are all gorgeous Wanda, I especially love the ones of your 2 sweet girls and you too. And you know I adore any image of China and love how you've converted them to black and white. hmmm...now you've inspired me to try doing that with a few of ours from 18 mos. ago in China.
Have a great rest of your day!
Your girls are beautiful and so are YOU! Wonderful pictures.
Indeed ~ truly tender moments in B&W! Love the China photos too! Can never get enough of seeing that landscape...
Hope you are having a great week!
What BEAUTIFUL pictures....I especially loved the 2nd one.
Oh these are so pretty! The 2nd one definitely made me smile! :)
precious!!! OMG you are all so gorgeous!!!
I like the Are you getting this Mom? one :)
These are so sweet and pretty!
The photos of the girls are gorgeous!!
Oh Wanda, I love these...those little personalities are shining through...
The photos of your girls are precious. You take such beautiful face shots!
All your photos are great. Both of your daughters eyes in b&w are captivating, awesome.
I could not wait to see your picture this week! You always have the most wonderful ideas! So creative and fun! I love the pictures of your happy and smiling sweeties : ) Perfection!
I just LOVE your black and whites - the contrast is so beautiful on your two little sweethearts.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such kind words!
-Amandalynn
http://www.imageserenity.com/blog
BW photos are just so dramatic.
The ones of Dahlia kissing Milana are so sweet!! ...and I love the one of you with Dahlia. :)
These are just beautiful!
just beautiful!!!!
Gorgeous photos of gorgeous girls!! I love the China pics, too. I have never been there. Have a great evening.
Wow! Well done!!!
Wanda,
Your girls are gorgeous, love the pictures!
Absolutely gorgeous pics! I love the one of your little girl looking right at you as she's kissing her sister. Adorable.
I noticed that you follow many of the same blogs as I do, so I wanted to say, "Bonjour." and introduce myself. Montréal is one of my favorite cities, in fact QC has a special place in my heart, I'll have to blog about that some time!
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