Monday, September 22, 2008

some of Leo's new "skills".........

1) Feeding tortoises


Leo and Daddy had a father-son day at the Phoenix Zoo on Saturday. They got to feed the Galapagos Tortoises carrots. Leo was completely intrigued by the entire event! He LOVED it! Here are some pictures - isn't he cute?




2)Manipulation


Today Leo "conned" grandma into a Lightning McQueen car by saying "Leo LOVES McQueen" at the store........
3)Alternating legs to climb.

Leo can now climb stairs or jungle gyms without putting both legs on one step. In other words, he can do it like you or I can
4) Pretend - all day long!

Today, so far, Leo has been a horse, a dog, a marmoset (I don't even know if that is spelled right) and for a really long time - a horse. He wants food, tells you when he "poops", and makes the appropriate noises. (only when he's being an animal though...)


5) Talking, talking, talking

He doesn't stop. He does it in his sleep, he does it in the car, while he's eating, while he's sitting, while he's walking, while he's riding his bike. You get the drift. And not so quietly either. His constant chatter is really something, let's just put it that way :-)
He's so sympathetic too. If someone is hurt, he runs to say "awww" with the cutest little face. Except for mommy, who he enjoys stepping on, smacking, and poking. Somehow mommy's "ouch" reaction is super funny.


We've officially concluded that this kid is a whirling dervish - all the time! Full of life and full of energy from sun up, to way past sun down! What can we say, we just love him!

3 comments:

Shana said...

Wow, Leo is really making some huge progress, especially with language! As far as the manipulating goes, get used to it, once they learn how, it's downhill from there:)

Beth said...

sounds like Leo is keeping you busy!! his vocabulary sounds pretty impressive too!!

Rydley said...

Way to go Leo with the chatter! (It never stops I tell you!!)

Love your post about Mo too...so funny!

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