Houston Zoo and New Closet!

Abby and I spent this past weekend at Lao Nian and Lao Yie's house since Daddy was on a boy's weekend attending the LSU vs Kentucky game.  As usual, Abby had a blast with Lao Nian, Lao Yie and Jo Jo!  We played A LOT at home and made it to the zoo on Saturday.  The weather was perfect and the only good thing about my mom hurting her foot is we got to park up close in the handicap parking spot.  :) 

What a good lookin' pair all geared up in burnt orange!

Ruby, these shoes look familiar?

Who knew Franco Sarto made "glass slippers!"

For some reason Abby doesn't like chao fan (stir fried rice) but she'll eat the heck out of xi fan (rice pouridge).  Either works for me!  We are so thankful she is a great eater!

Abby still loves to help Lao Yie water the plants.  :)

Jo Jo, Abby and elephants!  Thanks Bobo for carrying Abby around all day!

Monkey and Abby.  I like her smile here.

Family photo!  We eventually had to get my mom a wheel chair.  Just too much walking at the zoo!

It only took almost 3 years but we finally got elfa shelves and installed it in Abby's closet on Monday.  The closet walls needed to be painted and the shelves were really easy to install (of course, Bryce did the brunt of it!).  It originally only had one shelf with one rod that extended the length of the closet.  Too much negative space for a growing child.  Here are some pictures of our project. 

Before we knew we were pregnant, we had new door frames, doors and base boards installed in the hallway and all the bedrooms.  They are still not painted because of my constant nausea so please excuse the raw wood look!  Otherwise, this is the freshly painted closet.

Voila!  Shelves installed!  Time to transfer everything back into the closet and OUT of our room!

Of course, my little helper wanted to help.  :)

Finally done.  Next project - our master closet.