Sunday, July 13, 2008

some 4th of July pics and camping was a bust!


Leo is ready to start his own blog!


Our little citizen! That feels nice to say! We made a special shirt with our cousins to celebrate the 4th of July! Here they are in the firetruck!



Daddy experiemented with Leo's hair again - this time a mohawk!


Well, camping for daddy's birthday was NOT a success! Leo woke up Saturday morning with a slight fever.....a bit of medicine and an hours wait put us on the road. An hour and a half later, we were putting up the tent and taking a walk in the woods. When I picked up Leo, who was running around picking up sticks and rocks - I noticed he was really hot! Upon taking his temp, 104 degrees! we decided to go to visit the emergency room. You wouldn't have known he was sick - he made friends with everyone in the Prescott emergency room - being cute as a pumpkin pie.....blowing kisses, saying Hi, talking about his tent... We kept hearing the nurses say, "Isn't that kid cute?" (Yep, he is!)
Thankfully, Leo is fine. Happy as ever, just a little virus to be treated with Children's Tylenol and Children's Motrin. But needless to say, a couple hours later, we were back to take down the tent (this time in the rain!) and headed home!
Poor Leo cried when we woke up and saw that we were home. He wanted to "night night in tent!" so much!
We'll try again soon...... for now, Leo has more energy than mommy and daddy!
This is a video of Leo playing his "horn". With his daddy opening presents. (hmmmm, for some reason Leo thought they were for him, not daddy. Wonder why?) and daddy's 30th birthday apple pie that mommy and Leo made.

Take care everyone!

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4 comments:

Shana said...

Happy B-day Alex!! Sorry the camping trip was a no-go. They seem to get sick at the worst times, huh? Hope Leo is feeling better and love the video, too cute.
-Shana

July 13, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Karin and Rob said...

Leo is just too cute playing his "horn"!!! Hope he's feeling better and that he can go night-night in the tent soon!

July 16, 2008 at 6:34 AM
Debberoo said...

OMG how does he manage to just keep getting cuter and cuter! Happy Birthday to Alex, whose also pretty cute ;)

July 16, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Karen said...

I love the Mohawk :)
Karen

July 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM

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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