Welcome to America, Davis!

We made it safely to the US, and Davis did great during the flights. Here's a pictoral look at our 30 hour tour from Manila, Philippines to Atlanta, GA.

2:30AM, at the house in Manila. Davis is ready to ride in his first airplane.

At the Manila airport: Davis gets a new Lola.

Ellen watches over the bassinet that was bolted to the wall of the 747.

The bassinnet did its job beautifully. Davis did great on all the flights--we even had some other mothers who offered to trade us for their children!

(We declined.)

Chillin' (sideways)

Davis officially earned his "First Flyer" certificate from the crew and captain of Northwest Airlines.

Detroit: His first ever contact with American soil (carpet).

Safe in Atlanta with Grandma, Gramps, and Uncle Will.

Is this the same dog?

Happy Easter!

We had a very busy Easter weekend and chose to celebrate in many ways!

These first pics are from a day trip we took to a waterfall. We had heard it was a quiet place to just sit back and relax. On this holiday weekend it was packed!! Davis and Scruffy were easy targets to make a lot of new friends!!

I've discovered my thumb... Mommy and Daddy are wondering if I will be left handed!

First the kids had the courage to make friends with Scruffy...


Next they played with Davis!

We had a few of our nieces over to decorate Easter eggs. Here Ana and Vivian are showing their artistic abilities!!

At church on Sunday... here are our adopted parents. "Nanay" (mom in Tagalog) and "Tatay" (Dad)

For Easter dinner we had some good friends of ours over. Here is our precious friend Emi and her baby, Joni! We love them so much!

Faith Academy Baby Boom 2006

2006 was a busy year for the Faith Academy families! This morning most of us moms were able to get together for brunch and time with our babies! Here are the babies in birth order from left to right. Alistair (July), Joel (October), Bella (November), Jai (December 21st), Davis (December 24th) and Benjamin (December 30th). Not pictured Olivia (June) and Simon (September). It was a blast to spend some time together. :)

All of us!