Mom and Daughter Day Out

When GOD Made YOU by Newsong w/NatalieGrant Made by:KathyO

New Blog address!!

Please check out our new blog for our family and for Maeha's adoption and Sierra's adoption.
For our family:
wanlessfamily.com
For Maeha:
maeha.wanlessfamily.com
For Sierra:
sierra.wanlessfamily.com
We will be sending updates through those blog address effective today. Looking forward to your comments and sharing with you the special and not so special days of our lives.
Live it out Loud....Live for the day!!

Happy Easter!!

The Wanless' family would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter!!!!!!!!! Next year Maeha will be home to celebrate it with us!!!! :)

Brandon with mom. I told him that I looked fat in this picture and he responded that he looked skinny. I told him that was because he was wearing black!!!!!
Corey with mom. No, I did not call him to tell him to wear blue so we could match but hey great minds think a like!!!! :)
Our family had a wonderful surprise with seeing Liz and Julia!!!

Sierra at the Easter Vigil. She loves to pose for Grandpa Billy
Our little Sierra is growing up fast...........too fast for mommy...:(
Ok, are we done with pictures yet??
Sierra with her good friend Cadance

Best of friends!!!!

The Easter Egg coloring begins!!!
Ok, what color will Sierra pick? She does love pink!!!
Do you like my pink egg Billy??
Even Billy had fun doing it!!

2nd Gotcha Day Anniversary!!!!

The wonderful moment when we first met Sierra in person!! Oh she was so scared and so was Mommy!!!
The little girl just less than an hour later let me hold her as she begins the grieving of her old life into her forever family. To this day it breaks my heart when I think of all the hardship she had in her life at such a young age!!!
Sierra's favorite memory with us in China was in the play room!! She to this day asks if she can go back to China so she can play in the playroom. I keep telling her that it would be an expensive play date!!
The three of us just a couple days before we came home!!! A little more comfortable Sierra!!!
Two year later our little girl has shown us the sweet, funny and loving side that they did not include on her file. She loves to make us and others laugh and she has such a contagious smile!! The last two years have been so awesome and we feel so honored and blessed that God chose us to be her parents and family. She has given to us more than we can ever give her.

Sierra waiting to go to the Chinese New Year Party.
Some of the girls and boys that attended this years OCC Chinese New Year Party
Sierra loving being with all the children from OCC.
Yes, this is Sierra teaching herself how to use chop sticks.

Sierra at Christmas Eve Mass
Grandma Paulette and Grandpa Billy with Sierra
The Wanless Family


Jason and Corey call this a red head sandwich!!!!!

Sierra is getting so excited for what is to come!!!!!!! She tells mommy that she wants everything for Christmas. When I asked her, how is Santa suppose to deliver everything she says, "In a huge box, Mommy!!" She loves that her entire family is home. At this point we have not told her too much about Maeha. We only talk about if you have sister can you share your toys, your mommy and daddy and your brothers. We are waiting until we get PA (pre-approval). We have been talking about adopting so that she is preparing but slowly. We are looking forward to the day that we can talk about Maeha with her and share the pictures. Please pray that the transition for Sierra is easy that she is able to share her life with a new sister. Also pray that she is able to get through the two weeks when mommy is in China. We want to wish you a Merry Christmas that is filled with joy, laughter, and love!!!! We hope that everyone has a fun but safe New Year!! Blessing to all!!!!

We would like to invite all our family and friends who still connect with us by using this blog to visit a new blog that we just set up:

www.paperpregnancy2.blogspot.com

We have some wonderful news that we would like to share with each of you!!
xoxoxox!!
The Wanless family

The Wanless family wants to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving (as you can tell at that moment for Sierra it was not too happy.....she was a little hungry) and we hope that all your lives are filled with joy and true happiness!!!

Sierra with her cousin Caidance from church being silly and showing funny faces.

One of the favorite things that Sierra loves to do is going to Billy's baseball or basketball games. She is his favorite fan and cheerleader!!!!

Halloween was a lot of fun with picking out pumpkins at Apple Blossom Farm, carving them and going out trick-or-treating!!!

Family weekend up at the seminary with Brandon. We all had fun. All three boys went on the 4 mile run and guess who came in first of all three..........BILLY!!!!! Way to go Billy!!!! He was in the top 20 along side tons of college students!!! Maybe cross country next year??