Sunday, April 6, 2008

Little Rip busts out some hoops!

Leo LOVES basketball - he plays it, he watches it, he pretends it, he lives it! Here he is in his little Piston's jersey - Little Rip Hamilton is what we call him! This little jersey is from his cousins in MI! Isn't he cute?? We hope that the Pistons will always be his #1 team, with a close second being the Suns. To top all of that off, today was "Baseball" Theme day at Church - Leo's favorite "Ball" He pretty much calls every toy either "Ball" or "Bubbles"

Seamus on guard! Shoot, Leo, Shoot!



















Maybe his basketball name can be "The Lawnmower!" I don't know what that means, but it sounds cool! The kids at the park usually call him the "Little Yao Ming" when Leo steals their runaway basketballs at the park (everyday!)







Update on "That dog" He still has no official name......Chippy went by the wayside, right now we are using Seamus (which I now know I spelled wrong in my last post) Nicknames being Shay and Shay-Shay (Which at least Leo knows) and Shayme. All of them don't seem to fit.





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I tend to call him "that dog" so far. He farts up a storm and STINKS! But he's nice and sweet and learning some manners.......





Here is the best pic I could get of Leo imitating "That Dog" He tries to eat out of the dog dish, barks, and lays on the ground! Oh our little pumpkin!

1 comment:

Mel said...

Since he farts alot maybe 'Tootles' would be a good name! lol Then Leo could call him 'Toot-Toot'. Just a thought.

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Timeline


January 8, 2007 Attend Adoption 101 Information Session in Mesa, AZ
January 22, 2006 - Apply for preapproval from our agencyand Taiwan
January 23, 2007 - Application for USCIS (I-600A) form submitted
January 28, 2007 - 1st Homestudy meeting
January 28, 2007 - Sign adoption contract with our agency
January 29, 2007 - Approved to adopt from Taiwan
February 1, 2007 - Clearance from state of Arizona
February 6, 2007- Maricopa application to adopt is filed
February 13, 2007 - Clearance from state of Michigan, Medical clearances, and Fingerprint invitation arrive from USCIS
February 24, 2007 - Fingerprinted for USCIS
March 11, 2007- Homestudy Complete and Court Certification from Maricopa County received
April 28, 2007 - Homestudy is translated into Mandarin
July 1, 2007 - Finally receive 171-H in the mail
July 6, 2007 - Get new case manager
July 22, 2007 - Sign adendum to contract
August 8, 2007 - Our lucky day! Referral for Lin Kai-Yi, born 6-3-06
August 8, 2007 - accept referral
August 13, 2007 - Sign Child Referral Agreement
August 23, 2007 - Paperwork arrives in Tucson
August 24, 2007 - Paperwork arrives to us
August 26, 2007 - Documents notorized (How many adults does it take to use a stamp?)
August 28, 2007 - Documents certified by AZ Sec. of State
August 29, 2007 Documents sent to TECO to be authenticated
September 4, 2007 - Documents arrive in Tucson from TECO
September 6, 2007 - Documents sent to Taiwan! YEAH!
September 10, 2007 - Update day! We receive 4 pics and a video!
October 2, 2007 - Receive word from TWCA that our hearing date is October 9, 2007 (this happened extreamly fast!)
October 9, 2007 - Keep your fingers crossed for a quick 1st ruling (even better yet, keep your fingers crossed for a final ruling!)
October 11, 2007 - October updates are here!
October 19, 2007 - Receive more pictures and videos from Ray's visit to Taiwan!
November 5, 2007 - November updates are here!
December 2, 2007 - December updates are here! Can't believe there has been no news all month!
December 13, 2007 - FINALLY! Word of our First Ruling! Yippeee! It happened on Dec. 13th in Taiwan (yesterday here)
January 4, 2008 - January updates
February 4, 2008 - February updates
February 28, 2008 - Leaving for Taipei!!!
February 29, 2008 - Arrive in Taipei!
March 4, 2008 - Gotcha Day! Can you even believe it!?!?!?
March 5, 2008 - FINAL RULING FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY! (by the way, our paperwork says the final ruling was issued December 24th!)
March 6, 2008 - First AIT appointment
March 7, 2008 - VISA DAY!
March 10, 2008 - Leave for home!
March 10, 2008 - Arrive home with our boy!!!!!!!!!!!
July 5, 2008 - Find out about Wil's arrival!
March 10, 2009 - Wil Shan-Yi Shaffer is born at 3:38 am 8 lbs. 4 oz. 20 inches long