Monday, December 22, 2008

What happens when you cat nap with a 2 year old around.....




Watching the dancing trees!


We went to ZooLights this weekend at the Phoenix Zoo. Leo was thoroughly impressed! He had such a great time! Here are some pictures from the trip. It's amazing how the threat of an email or phone call to Santa makes Leo "nice" It's like magic, and he really has no idea yet about what Christmas morning is really like...



Leo was promised by nana and papa some pinecones about 2 months ago. We haven't talked about them in a very long time. But this week, when a small package arrived, Leo knew just what was inside! SPIKEY PINECONES!!


I fell asleep for a few minutes on the couch today and I woke up to this on my belly. Apparently, Leo was busy! And he also thinks that baby Wil really likes stickers. OR more likely, my huge belly is an easy target for an entire package of stickers!





Also, thanks to all that have called to see how I'm doing. For those of you who don't know - I went to the hospital this weekend. My heartrate suddenly sky-rocketed while I was eating lunch at school on Friday. By the time I made it to the hospital, it was 259 beats a minute! Pretty scary - it was like I was on an episode of ER or something. Thankfully, strong little baby Wil was fine through the whole thing. I don't have a lot of information right now, but will know more after my appointment with a specialist in January...

3 comments:

Beth said...

Katie,
WOW, glad to hear that all is okay with you and Baby Wil!!! Keep us posted.

The video of Leo with his pinecones is super cute!! I love that he calls them "spikey"!!

Debberoo said...

Leo is such a darling "spikey"!

So sorry to hear you had to go to the hospital, it sounds like it was very scary :( Hopefully they will figure out what happened and it won't be anything to worry about.

Happy Holidays!

Rydley said...

How scary about your trip to the hospital! Glad that both you and Wil are doing okay now! (Love that name, of course!) Such cute photos and I especially like the sticker ones!

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