It's a Boy!!!

Saturday we welcomed in the newest member of the Walling Family. As an early Valentine's day gift to everyone I brought home a yellow lab as a surprise. No one knew he was coming except me. I can't believe I kept it a secret. Well I told lots of my friends, but none of the kids or David knew. David has been wanting a dog for quite some time. The plan for the last year or so was that when we returned from our China trip last summer we would get a dog. Well, life happened and we are just now feeling settled in again enough to take on this endeavor.

To say the kids were excited is an understatement. Zane keeps saying he just can't believe we really have a dog. He was pinching himself yesterday just to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

Kaylee thinks he's a baby and carries him most places. But he doesn't seem to mind and it probably won't be long until he will be heavier than her anyway. Trent and Mia are adjusting and are content to pet him when he's sleeping.

Zane named him Rocket and everyone likes the name and it just seems to fit him. Mia has even learned the phrase "No, Rocket" when he was trying to see what she was eating. He's a really cutie!

Picking Flowers

Mia is growing and changing so quickly. Her vocabulary is amazing. We were trying to count all the words she know and we couldn't keep track and she is only 19 months old. Kaylee took her doll from her and Mia said "NO!, My Baby" Maybe being the 4th child and smallest she has learned quickly to defend herself. But she is so sweet when she says "Thank You Mommy." Our friends the Salazars are in China right now adopting a little girl. Her name is Lan and she is one day younger than Mia. We can't wait to see her, they live very close to us as well. They set up a blog also www.lansadoption.blogspot.com In case you want to check it out.