Our Adoption Adventure

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Time flies

Hi all,

Life has been busy here. I have worked for almost 3 weeks straight so I am exhausted. I keep thinking, "next month will be slower" and then it isn't! Aidai is learning all types of things. She can count to 11 now. She speaks in sentences and many are easily understandable for adults that are not Me, Bill or my mom. She still loves school and daycare. She is really excited about the garden, Bill has a few things growing inside already and she is fascinated. She loves Caillou, Curious George, Sesame Street and Macgyver (what can I say, she's my kid).

We received paperwork from the state indicating that Aidai is now readopted in NH so we just need to request her birth certificate from the Vital Statistics office.

Check out Mala's blog over at www.bringinghomebeck.blogspot.com for photos of Aidai meeting up with her former Tokmok roommates, Beck and Jyly. I forgot my camera so the other two had to snap photos for me!

Elizabeth

Monday, February 16, 2009

First trip to the pool!

We went swimming with Beck and Mala today. It was the first time Aidai has gone swimming. She went right in! She wasn't comfortable enough to let go of me but she had a blast "swimming" while Mala or I held her. Beck is an awesome swimmer, a great role model for Aidai. Of course I didn't get any photos of her in the pool cause I was in with her but next time I'll bring a photographer (aka my mom or Bill) with me to the pool!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

The terrible twos at age four

This is a reenactment - the real thing contains alot more pout

Another thing Aidai learned....

Evidently when someone gets mad they cross their arms and make an "I am not happy face" cause this is Aidai's new thing. Noone here in the house does it. We tried to figure out who did it but she didn't tell us. It is pretty funny but can also be annoying cause she does it so well! She totally shows the "I am queen bee how dare you make me mad" attitude she has had lately. I'll try to get a photo of it but seeing the camera makes her stop what she is doing and stare or grab for it.

Update

Hi All,

Nothing huge to report. Aidai is going to school and daycare and loving both. She is learning quickly. Yesterday she was singing and all of a sudden I realized it was the ABCs! She doesn't pronounce the letters correctly but that is definitely what she was singing.

Yesterday we enjoyed a Valentine's Party and Bonfire at Jim and Beth's. Thanks for inviting us! Aidai got to ride a 4-wheeler with Jim and she LOVED it. Beth gave Aidai 2 bracelets and a necklace that she immediately put back on this morning. She really like them.

Have I mentioned that Aidai is in love with Caillou. She would watch the show for hours at a time if we would let her. Nothing else holds her attention liek Caillou.

Still waiting for the school to get PT going. Everyday when Jocelyn "Jocey", the day care provider, picks Aidai up they tell her how Aidai is falling alot that day. Uhhhh news flash, she has Cerebral Palsy, wears a brace, and had no depth perception. Of course she is falling! We told you that at meeting one! I don't think they realized that when I said she falls, I mean she FALLS. Maybe they thought I meant something else by that word.... =)

Kyrgyzstan adoptions seem to be shut down for the moment. Only 2 families that I know of have come home with kids since us and they were the week after us. I am going to write up a thing about how Aidai is doing, everyone is compiling stories and an adoptive mom is putting them all together and then it is going to be used to show Kyrg how well the kids are doing. It is going to be hard to get everything in to 250 words!

No doc appts in the near future, wahooooo! The next one is 3/9 at the eye doctor and then the orthopedic in April. PT should be added in there soon though.

Thanks for reading!