Some Updates

Adoption Paperwork:
No updates… haven’t heard from the senator’s office or from the USCIS.  So once we get our act together and find some energy, we will start over again.  I wish we could hand deliver it for the second round, but going to Texas isn’t in the cards right now.

Schools:
We have started the process of researching schools/day-care and visiting them.  We have found some good options for the fall, but we might have to figure out a temp plan for September/October as the one we like the most doesn’t accept the kids until 30-months.  But we are still working through the options, so we will see how this all turns out.  I don’t know how people decide public vs. private, etc…  once the kids get older.  These decisions are big and knowing you are impacting an entire life/future is tough.  Joe is a public school employee, and we live in a really good district – but we also have a pretty great option for a French/American school, which would be pretty special (we will just have to work until we are 90 years old!)  J  I just don’t want to mess up on the education piece of his life…

Samuel’s Eating:
Well, we have been putting our dinner meals in a bowl in front of him (while also feeling him Mac & cheese) --- just to let him play around and possibly try something new.  He is eating cous-cous now…  though he avoided everything around the cous-cous!  He will also eat rice (no beans) and will eat plain spaghetti.  He weighed 22.4 this morning, which the calculators tell me is less than the 3^rd percentile for his age.  He goes in for his 2-year checkup next week…

Samuel’s Words:

·         DaDa

·         MaMa

·         PaPa

·         Up

·         Down

·         Cat

·         Dog

·         Duck

·         Cow

·         Airplane (or “appay”)

·         Car

·         Hi/Hello

·         Uh-Oh

·         Yuck

·         Please

·         I love you (pronounced “ah-la-ya”)

·         Mmmm

·         Bo (his stuffed lion)

·         Shoe

·         School bus (otherwise known as “poo-bus”)

·         Outside

 

Bethany Auction:
We will be the guest speakers at the Portland Bethany Christian Services silent auction this coming Thursday (5/13.)  We will show the “coming home” video and then just talk a little bit about the adjustments and home.  We are hoping the little one behaves himself long enough for us to get through the evening!

Joe Swimming:
Joe has been slowly but surely working his way back into swimming shape as he, Scott & Matt will be swimming from the Alcatraz to San Fran (Sharkfest) on June 5^th.  They are going to drive down to SF, do the swim and then drive back.  I know 2 things:  1) I would die of hypothermia 2) I would drown.  

But this challenge happens to be right up Joe’s alley…  J