It's been a tough couple of weeks at the Shaffer household.
Little Leo is finally showing some signs of "testing" He is officially 2 years old! He hasn't been sleeping too great, but still enough. He is "going boneless" as Mo Willems and Jane like to say. He constantly spills his big boy cups (as he insists on having them) just to see what will happen (I wish I could clue him in that the result is ALWAYS the same, but experiment he must!) He is basically making his mommy crazy (but mommy is a little more emotional than usual!) I have also started working everyday for a few hours, to start permanently full time next Tuesday - and I think that's hard on all of us. He's still such a good boy though - and just cute as pie!
He pretends ALL the time now - we're not really sure what's real sometimes. Today he pretended to cry, choke, gag, sneeze, and cough! Oh Leo!
However, the most embarrassing of his pretending came tonight at the park. Leo is still pretty good at sitting on his potty, especially if mommy or daddy are going too. Well, he has put together that the dog lifts his leg on a bush to pee - so at the park, Leo gave it a try on every tree and bush! He gets down on all fours and lifts one leg - complete with a little grunt. I actually think he's pushing out some pee while he does this!
Leo is also singing pretty much non-stop! Again, we have to get a video - but any new song he hears on the radio - he makes up words and a tune and sways back and forth! He really seems to like the Aerosmith rock ballads, such as Crazy and Don't Want to Close My Eyes! He also really likes any singing TV show - America's Got Talent, Nashville Star, and, yes - we have been forced to watch, High School Musical! He also insists on singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Moon" and gets pretty angry if you suggest "star" but accepts "Twinkle Twinkle Little Mommy or Daddy or Leo" He is also overly sensitive to the contestants on Wipeout, the game show where people take on a very messy obstacle course. Leo asks everyone if they are "alright," shouts "Oh no!" every time they take a spill, and cheers very enthusiastically when they make it to their destination. Daddy is really hoping that this enthusiasm carries over when we watch the Olympics - since Leo will be earning his gold medals at the 2024 Games in swimming!
He definitely keeps us laughing in between the "MINE LEO's" "No No NO's!!!" and "MORE!"
Please keep the families that are waiting for their children and referrals from Commonwealth Adoption Agency in your thoughts and prayers. The agency is no more; and the families are in a bit of limbo as they await some bureaucratic decisions to be made. It must be the most difficult thing to go through. I tear up just thinking about it........
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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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
2 comments:
So funny! You must get him immitating the dog on video, so hilarious! Good luck going back to work this week, I am in the same boat:)
-Shana
Hey! I'm behind in my blog reading... Yes the dog imitating is hilarious! Testing is tough, isn't it? It's amazing how as parents our emotions can go from being really peeved to thinking that they're the ultimate cutie in one second flat. Good luck with it all!
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