Case Family in Hong Kong

So, in the above shots you will notice me in a very pretty dress.  This is the dress I’ll be wearing this upcoming Saturday, August 1…when I am to make my debut as ‘flower girl’ in my Auntie Gloria and Uncle Stanley’s wedding!!!  I am so excited to “toss the flowers gently” on the floor…as mom has mentioned is my role.  My friend, Justin (who is 3 yrs old) will be the ring-bearer and my partner in this endeavor.  I think we’ll do swell!

Stay posted…next weekend I will try and post some photos from the wedding day!  Hope you are all well and we here in the Case family love you lots!

Ezri

Well, as you now know (from the previous entries here), I met Mickey Mouse last week at Hong Kong Disneyland.  We’re pals now.  It was fabulous to get to meet Mickey and the whole gang.  I have a miniature Mickey at my house that my great-Grandmother Vanetta got me for my birthday (Thanks Grandmother!)….So, one day this week, Mickey and I decided to get to cookin’ with some play-dough.  We had lots of fun.  With mommy’s help, I even made Mickey an ice cream to eat (see photo).  I like cooking…I think it must be great fun to create new things and serve them up…..and I really like “little chef”—that’s what I call Ratatouille.  I could watch that movie over and over…and over again!  Oh, along with last week’s pics. of our cooking fun, I’m adding a few cooking photos from a while back (I think I was around 18 months old).  These were taken one day when I really helped mommy make banana bread…delicious! (“That’s delicious!”–is actually one of my favorite new phrases when eating!)

Well, enjoy.  I’ll tell Javi to get on here and post a few photos of himself too…I think we’ve got some new ones.

See ya’ real soon,   Ezri

Well, this is Ezri.  I know it’s been a while, but I’ve been quite a busy bee these days, what with my new brother around and all!!!  Javi is pretty great.  When I awaken, I like to say, “Hi morning, Javi!”–that’s sort of my morning greeting.  He likes it, I’m sure.  And, other than sometimes being tempted to push him or remove his hands from the window ledge he uses to stand with….we’re pretty good pals.

So, the big news I’m talking about today is my new ‘big girl’ bed!!!  It is amazing!  Just 3 nights ago, as mommy was reading me some bedtime stories (Stinky Face to be exact), I decided I’d lay down on my toddler bed and cover up.  That is always the spot where we read books and such before bedtime.  Anyway, mommy asked, “Would you like to sleep in your ‘big girl’ bed tonight?”  I replied, “Mmm hmm.” (read: yes)  Then mommy proceeded to put on some new sheets that my granny Case made me; she made me Veggie Tales sheets, Elmo sheets and Hello Kitty sheets.  In case you’re unaware, these are three of my favorites! (Thanks Granny!!)  So, the last three nights, and for a nap each day, I’ve been sleeping in my new bed!  It is quite freeing—why just last night–at around 4:00am– mommy found me out in the sea of my floor, ‘floating’ on a large pillow (that she’d placed beside my bed in case I fell out)!!!  She gently placed me back with my head at the headboard and I never really awoke…until 6:00am.  This is my new ‘waking time’.  I’ve decided that since I’m now a big girl…and no longer confined to my crib…that perhaps I can have the freedom to get up in the wee hours of the morning….why not?! — More time in the day spent awake equals more fun, right?!!!

Well, I won’t keep you folks.  Just wanted to update you on the exciting and exhilarating life of Ezri!!….stay posted for some fun footage and photos of my brother, Javi’s 1st birthday celebration!

See ya later, alligator (a favorite adage!), Ezri

Pics of Ezri enjoying Mom & Dads backyard, she can’t get enough of the “puppies”.  Also some pics of a vist to my (Jason) Grandma’s house and my good friend Brian’s to meet his son Cooper.

So, I’ve posted a few pictures for you to check out…as it’s been a while since I’ve done so, …and don’t want you all forgetting what I look like! Included in these are a few pics of me just hanging out around the house, while there are others of Easter Sunday (or R.O.C. as mommy calls it–Resurrection Of Christ, a more accurate labeling of the day we celebrate). And, lets not forget the pictures of me having a tea party!!! My Uncle Nate and Aunt Kelly Thompson sent me this fabulous cloth tea set for my birthday (Thanks so much guys!!!)… it is such fun; the shots shown here were taken just after I’d opened this gift and was enjoying it for the first time. Since then, we’ve become well acquainted, and we are now having not only tea, but oftentimes ‘cockee’ (what I like to call coffee).

Well, just wanted you to have something fun to look at. Oh, and a video of my tea party exploits can be seen below! Enjoy.

p.s. Still no new word on my brother, Javier. Please keep praying for him, his birth mom…and our family as we all want want is best for him. Please pray for God’s will, not that of us silly people, to be done!

–Ezri

Well, you’ve been hearing a lot about my brother, Javi….and I suppose you are up-to-date. We haven’t heard anything more, but continue to pray that God will facilitate on each child’s case and that the babies will be placed in the homes and hands God has prepared for them very soon!

On other matters, you’ll see on the video above that I have a very loud and scary roar!!! This clip was taken about a month ago..so I am bigger now–I’m growing quite quickly! But mostly I’m still Ezri and mostly the same. Some new things going on with me include a greater interest in my Cabbage Patch baby doll that my Granny gave me for my first birthday. (This requires a bit of explanation: on the adoption papers that came with my baby, her name is listed as Kaitlyn Sherlyn….then there was the introduction of Elmo into my little life…and well, Elmo has a “Baby David” in his amazing potty book….. So, daddy and I decided to chuck Baby Kaitlyn’s hair bow, and, since I hadn’t yet identified her as a girl anyway,…we decided that she should also be Baby David!!! So, her cute outfit is no more, and Baby David now proudly wears a blue sleeper outfit, and occasionally likes wearing only his diaper!) What more?….Let’s see…Ah, yes: our swimming pool opened today, and mommy and I went to check it out. It was quite a fun time and I only went under once (sort of an accident; sort of on purpose. I wasn’t exactly sure what would happen if I bent down…well I found out and mommy scooped me up to safety, dried me off and we went back at it! There was another baby there too..and he had a small beach ball with an even smaller ball inside it; he shared with me and that was pretty fun. Maybe mommy can find one of those for me and Javi!

Well, I don’t want to get too long-winded here. Hope you enjoy the video, and I’ll soon be posting an entry called “Livin’ Large”….featuring me in mommy’s clothes!

–Ezri

Ezri gives Daddy some water from her bottle

Ezri keeps mommy on her toes

Melanie & Cheryl hold Ezri’s hand

Ezri reads with Steve