Saturday, May 31, 2008

More pics from MI

These are Leo's second cousins Dylan (Uncle Petey's little boy) and Rayla (cousin Rachel's little girl)








This was the result of Leo's birthday shirt after his big birthday bash. Mommy's rationalization for buying a special shirt for Leo's birthday was that he would wear it 3 times. Well........ at least he had fun the first time he wore it - I guess that's what riding a golf cart, petting a bunny, eating cheesy poofs and too much cake, and shooting lots of lemonaide will do to ya!

This is Leo on his new swingset that Daddyfound for him for his birthday! We bought it from Craigslist and it is HUGE! It has a sandbox, clubhouse, rockwall, slide, and 3 swings - woh! It took 2 grandmas, 2 grandpas, 2 parents, and 2 neighbors to get it into our yard. And Daddy still has to finish putting it together - woh! So thank you Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma Ma and Uncle Petey for the birthday money!









This is our little Mo after his haircut. He likes to take a nap in the bushes. He hasn't escaped in a while, though while we were in MI he tried to jump a 6 foot fence by getting a running start into the wheelbarrel! Oh, and today he chewed through his harness....... Mo Houdini Shaffer - what will we do with you?!?!?

This is Leo with his 2nd cousins Ayliah and Dom - having a chopsticks war
Leo and his Grandma Ma

Leo petting Larry the bunny at Papa's house

Leo yelling "Yee Ha!" at a restaurant. They sang to him for his birthday! Why does he have to be so big!?!?!

Leo also got to go birthday shopping yesterday with some of his gift cards. He chose a Finding Nemo fish tank, along with two fish we named Eeyore and Mickey. He also chose a Lightning McQueen pillow for his bed :-)

One lucky kid....... 2 tired parents!

3 comments:

Rydley said...

Cute pics! Hard to validate those shirts, isn't it? But they're always worth it even with just one wearing (in my book).

Your swing set rocks! We just got one that's completely lame compared to yours (but the girls love it anyway)!

Shana said...

Love the pics and the shirt! Can't believe you got the swingset of Criagslist, gotta check that out myself. Looks like Leo will be having tons of fun on it!
-Shana

Beth said...

Great swing set!!! Never thought about checking Craigslist for something like that. I'm sure Leo's going to have TONS of fun with it!

Learn Chinese!

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