It was 107 degrees last week, today, its in the cool 70's. And a smattering of rain. The last gasp of free a/c before summer kicks in. Behind Gracie are the tomato plants we planted in March. Gracie is now saying sentences, such as "He's sleeping" "I climbing" (Yikes!) "I strong!. She loves singing, counting everything, and of course, the garden hose, with running water. Top stuffed animals (in order) 1. Tiger 2. Fat Cat 3. Bunny (not the same bunny in China) 4. Stripes (small, portable tiger). She's not thrilled to take a nap, has started to "negotiate" a bit before sleep time --- like, its better to sleep on the floor in front of the TV. Just trying to keep Daddy from crumbling under the pressure.
Favorite books are still "Good night Moon", "Hop on Pop" and "One fish two fish" but also likes "Caps for Sale", "Big Red Barn" , but lately "Mr. Brown can Moo!" is a really big hit, and she can do all the noises.
Our goal to keep TV away from Gracie until she was 30 has gone away, and she loves "Jacks Big Music Show", "Between the Lions" and "Oswald". She catches "Ni-Hao, Kai-Lan" when she is at Gramma's and Poppas. For a while there, I thought she was associating the Chinese word "Ye-Ye" (Grampa) which is used alot in the show, with her "Poppa" but that was dashed when leaving Poppa and Gramma's house one day, I told her to kiss "Ye-Ye" good-bye and she went right past "Poppa" to the TV and gave it a big kiss. Yep, it was lame of me to think my kid could learn Chinese just by watching cartoon show. Chinese school, here we come.
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TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS!
May 1, 2005 - Application for adoption filed.
July 2005-Homestudy visits.
August 2005. October 2005 - 171H finally ready, rush to USCIS but one of our first names is mispelled.
November 22 2005 - Paperwork to China!
May 2005. We were supposed to get our referral by now.
August 2006 Re-do Homestudy.
December 2006- Reapply for 171-H
Jan- March 2007 Wait some more
March 2007 Start Pestering USCIS for our 171-H
May 2007. Finally got our updated 171-H.
June 2007- Truck accident, Skip "vacation" because of broken rib,
July 2007 - Apply for China Visa.
August 2007. We both look at each other and remark we are getting old but look OK.
Sept 2007- We are expecting our referral ANY DAY!
July 2005-Homestudy visits.
August 2005. October 2005 - 171H finally ready, rush to USCIS but one of our first names is mispelled.
November 22 2005 - Paperwork to China!
May 2005. We were supposed to get our referral by now.
August 2006 Re-do Homestudy.
December 2006- Reapply for 171-H
Jan- March 2007 Wait some more
March 2007 Start Pestering USCIS for our 171-H
May 2007. Finally got our updated 171-H.
June 2007- Truck accident, Skip "vacation" because of broken rib,
July 2007 - Apply for China Visa.
August 2007. We both look at each other and remark we are getting old but look OK.
Sept 2007- We are expecting our referral ANY DAY!
November 2007. Arrive back into US with our Gracie!
November 2008. Start Homestudy #2 for #2
May 2009. DTC China for #2
June 2009. LID China for #2