Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mommy's Birthday

Go Tigers!


Leo can ride his big boy bike!
We put Wil in the "trailer" with Leo tonight - he didn't like it at first, when we got moving - he thought it was better. Look at the sweet big brother trying to comfort his baby - awww! We just can't get a picture of Leo with his eyes open!!!

The first time Wil sat up on his own at Leo's swim lessons.







Leo and Gabby are cupcake faces!
Brothers just love to swing!



















Wow- Mommy and the boys were busy today! Alex had to work late, so although we were on our own, we managed to have a blast!

While Leo was at school, some friends (Heather, Gabby and Max) came over to play and learn with Wil and me. Then, we went to lunch with "Grandma Kai-Yi" Leo was being a bit goofy with names! Thankfully, Leo fell asleep in the car. When he woke up, we played on the swings then it was off to swim lessons - then back to Heather, Gabby and Max's house for a GREAT dinner and lots of fun! We came home in time to get hugs from daddy and go to bed! I'm totally having good dreams about Heather's carne asada tonight :-) Yum!
Gabby and Leo practiced and practiced before heading downstairs to give us this show!






Look at our walkin' 5 month old - around, around he goes!

2 comments:

Shana said...

Happy B-day Katie, a little late:) Wil is amazing in that walker thingie, what fun! Is Leo riding without training wheels?! Hope you had a fun day!

Jess said...

That walker is kinda cool! I've never seen one like that, but it's a great idea. I can't believe how fast they're both growing!

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