Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Results of a hot July



I love Leo's self correction in this one!




Leo has been such a good kiddo lately...so glad his defiant stage has diminished, although I'm sure it will make appearances every now and then. He loves reading right now.......he finds his sight words everywhere on shirts, on cereal boxes, books - even "hiding" in bigger words, a strategy I have tried to teach many a 6 year old! Even if it's not "real" reading yet, we sure are proud of his excitement to learn!!! Right now, Leo asks to watch "The Three Little Pigs Factory" which is really called Storybook Factory about 1,000,000 times a day. His favorite part is the "Punc, Punc, Punctuation" song - he cracks us up singing "a period means full-stop and an exclamation to make your point - we're gonna rock this joint!" And yes, Leo is pretty much always in just underwear, sigh. He's taken the summer reading program at the library extremely seriously - he insists on putting a sticker on his "map" each time we read a book and has really enjoyed earning his prizes.

Our "little" boy is 4 1/2 months old. He loves having tummy time on his wonderful animal quilt. He spends minutes (hours in baby attention span time) staring at all the cute little animals! Thanks Mrs. Gieseke! He is 16 lbs, 14 oz and 26 inches long


- Baby Wil's newest sleeping position!

Baby Wil's first meal!





Happy Birthday, Grandma Shaffer!




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Shana Giroux said...

OMG, Leo is doing amazing with his sight words! Love the "Stomp On" game and will totally use it with the girls! Great idea! I have been focusing on phonics and forgetting about sight words, duh:) Wil is too cute eating and with Leo commenting in the background, Hilarious!

July 24, 2009 at 9:22 PM

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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