Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Who Would Have Thought?
Who would have thought that we'd have the sweetest boy in the world? I could have never imagined it. But....it's true. I know all of the other mommies out there think their little guy is the sweetest....but....I'm sorry to say.....Nope...Ian has that market cornered. He can just cheer his mommy up with his sweet smile and a hug.
Lately he's been singing a lot. It's so sweet to listen to him. He's not a big TV watcher (thank goodness). But he LOVES "The WonderPets". We have several episodes DVR'd. He can now sing almost the entire theme song with his Daddy. So cute...and so sweet.
Yesterday was his Christmas party at Daycare. As soon as I walked in, he was ready to go. I wanted him to play with his friends, but oh no...Mommy's here...so let's go bye-bye. I convinced him to stay and play for about an hour. His little classmates are so cute. I'm hoping to post a few pictures later this weekend.
Then we visited Santa Claus at Utica Square. Ian did great. He even told Santa he wanted "cars and a fire truck" for Christmas. Hopefully Santa took note of that.
My sweet boy will be home soon, but it's Bunco night for Mommy. So, I won't get to see my sweetie until a little later. But, when I get home, I'll get a sweet hug and kiss from the sweetest boy in the world.
Lately he's been singing a lot. It's so sweet to listen to him. He's not a big TV watcher (thank goodness). But he LOVES "The WonderPets". We have several episodes DVR'd. He can now sing almost the entire theme song with his Daddy. So cute...and so sweet.
Yesterday was his Christmas party at Daycare. As soon as I walked in, he was ready to go. I wanted him to play with his friends, but oh no...Mommy's here...so let's go bye-bye. I convinced him to stay and play for about an hour. His little classmates are so cute. I'm hoping to post a few pictures later this weekend.
Then we visited Santa Claus at Utica Square. Ian did great. He even told Santa he wanted "cars and a fire truck" for Christmas. Hopefully Santa took note of that.
My sweet boy will be home soon, but it's Bunco night for Mommy. So, I won't get to see my sweetie until a little later. But, when I get home, I'll get a sweet hug and kiss from the sweetest boy in the world.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Ice, Ice Baby
We are sitting here in our nice, warm hotel room. That's an important since we haven't had power since Monday morning. Sunday night, we awoke to the sounds of limbs cracking, popping and falling in our yard. It was an eery sound. We have 3 large trees in the back yard and 2 in the front. When it was daylight, we could see many large limbs down in the back yard. But, it didn't appear that there was much damage. When we opened the front door....more limbs down. Charlie had to move one of them so we could get out of the driveway.
It continued to rain ice on Monday. We went home to check on the house at lunch. We had no power. But, we had wood in the garage to build a fire, so we thought we'd be OK. We'd camp out in the living room and have fun. When we got home from work around 6:00pm, we found more limbs down and a special limb in our kitchen ceiling. It's not a big limb...but any size limb through the roof and ceiling is too big for me. Ian did not like the dark at all. Poor little guy. I had tried all day to get a hotel room to no avail. I had better luck on Tuesday morning, but nothing was available until Wednesday evening. So...I booked it.
Tuesday evening was better at home...cold and damp, but better. Ian was ready for bed around 7:30pm. We kept him up until around 8:30 and then he crashed in my lap. We had a wet kitchen, but other than that it was OK.
Wednesday some men from our church came over and cleaned up the limbs from our front yard. They tried to clean up the back yard, but we still have a very large limb hanging and it's up so high that it can't be reached easily. So they were afraid to move anything in case the limb decided to fall into our house. We've filed a claim with our insurance company and we're going to call a roofing company to get the roof fixed. We checked in the hotel yesterday evening and it was wonderful. It was great to take a hot shower. Ian slept well and that made his mommy and daddy sleep better too.
Today....all day long we had no power. The pets are fine...a little chilly, but fine. On my way home I stopped by the house to check on the pets. Woo, hoo...POWER. Yay....we have power. It's only 54 degrees in our house, so we're staying at the hotel one more night so the house can warm up.
We have a huge task ahead of us. I'm sure all of the stuff in our fridge is bad and we have a ton of stuff to clean up in the yard. But, through it all, we're fine and we survived. It was stressful. Charlie was, once again, my rock. Thank goodness for a calm husband.
On a happy note...Ian had allergy testing done last Friday. Dr. Sood was afraid he was allergic to our cats. But....all of his tests came back 100% normal. No allergies to food or environment. Thank goodness.
Hopefully life will return to normal in the next couple of days.
It continued to rain ice on Monday. We went home to check on the house at lunch. We had no power. But, we had wood in the garage to build a fire, so we thought we'd be OK. We'd camp out in the living room and have fun. When we got home from work around 6:00pm, we found more limbs down and a special limb in our kitchen ceiling. It's not a big limb...but any size limb through the roof and ceiling is too big for me. Ian did not like the dark at all. Poor little guy. I had tried all day to get a hotel room to no avail. I had better luck on Tuesday morning, but nothing was available until Wednesday evening. So...I booked it.
Tuesday evening was better at home...cold and damp, but better. Ian was ready for bed around 7:30pm. We kept him up until around 8:30 and then he crashed in my lap. We had a wet kitchen, but other than that it was OK.
Wednesday some men from our church came over and cleaned up the limbs from our front yard. They tried to clean up the back yard, but we still have a very large limb hanging and it's up so high that it can't be reached easily. So they were afraid to move anything in case the limb decided to fall into our house. We've filed a claim with our insurance company and we're going to call a roofing company to get the roof fixed. We checked in the hotel yesterday evening and it was wonderful. It was great to take a hot shower. Ian slept well and that made his mommy and daddy sleep better too.
Today....all day long we had no power. The pets are fine...a little chilly, but fine. On my way home I stopped by the house to check on the pets. Woo, hoo...POWER. Yay....we have power. It's only 54 degrees in our house, so we're staying at the hotel one more night so the house can warm up.
We have a huge task ahead of us. I'm sure all of the stuff in our fridge is bad and we have a ton of stuff to clean up in the yard. But, through it all, we're fine and we survived. It was stressful. Charlie was, once again, my rock. Thank goodness for a calm husband.
On a happy note...Ian had allergy testing done last Friday. Dr. Sood was afraid he was allergic to our cats. But....all of his tests came back 100% normal. No allergies to food or environment. Thank goodness.
Hopefully life will return to normal in the next couple of days.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Santa....Not So Bad
Tonight was the Kids Christmas Party at my office. We had a BUNCH of kiddos running around. It seemed like most of them were between the ages of 2 and 3. It was a little crazy there for a while. Santa made his appearance. Only a couple of the kids cried. One little guy was so tough...he was all about seeing Santa...until it was his turn. Then he just lost it. He cried and cried.
Ian, on the other hand, hopped up on Santa's lap and gave him one of those "what's up with you" looks. He couldn't quite figure out Santa's big beard. But, he didn't cry and he did give Santa a hug. No big smiley pictures like last year, but still a couple of good ones.
Can't wait until next year to see what it will be like with our 2 little munchkins running around. I've always loved the Christmas season, but it's truly amazing when you see everything through your child's eyes. Ian is really enjoying all of the lights, Christmas trees, wreaths and nativity scenes. I'm looking forward to the day when he understands the real meaning of Christmas.
Tomorrow night is Parents Night Out at our church. Woo, hoo....a date night for mommy and daddy. The kids are having a birthday party for Jesus. That sounds like fun. Ian always has such fun playing with his friends at church.
The pictures are from tonight's party. Enjoy.
Ian, on the other hand, hopped up on Santa's lap and gave him one of those "what's up with you" looks. He couldn't quite figure out Santa's big beard. But, he didn't cry and he did give Santa a hug. No big smiley pictures like last year, but still a couple of good ones.
Can't wait until next year to see what it will be like with our 2 little munchkins running around. I've always loved the Christmas season, but it's truly amazing when you see everything through your child's eyes. Ian is really enjoying all of the lights, Christmas trees, wreaths and nativity scenes. I'm looking forward to the day when he understands the real meaning of Christmas.
Tomorrow night is Parents Night Out at our church. Woo, hoo....a date night for mommy and daddy. The kids are having a birthday party for Jesus. That sounds like fun. Ian always has such fun playing with his friends at church.
The pictures are from tonight's party. Enjoy.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Fun Christmas Survey
50 Question Fun Christmas Survey
Before Christmas
1. Does your family send out Christmas cards? Yes...I usually address them on Thanksgiving night.
2. How soon do you start shopping? Little stuff around the first of November...but I'm a BIG Black Friday shopper.
3. Who do you shop for? Immediate family, friends and co-workers.
Decorations
4. Do you put up a Christmas tree? Yes
5. If so, is it fake or real? Fake
6. Do you like tinsel? No...my cats don't like it either.
7. Do you use homeade or storebought ornaments? Both
8. Do you put Christmas lights outside your house? I love to, but Charlie isn't much for it.
9. Do you put lights on the tree? Oh yes...lots!
10. How about popcorn and cranberries? No
11. Is there a wreath hanging on your door? Yes
Christmas Eve
12. Do you celebrate it? Yes
13. Do you hang up your stocking? Yes
14. Does your family read "Twas the night before Christmas?" Yes and Luke 2
Favorites
15. Christmas Movie "A Christmas Story"
16. Character from any Christmas Movie...The little boy in a Christmas Story...you know the one who wanted the BB Gun.
17. Christmas Song "O Holy Night"
18. Christmas Memory...So far, it was seeing Ian's little face last year on Christmas morning.
This or That
19. Give or Receive? Give
20. Eggnog or Cider? Eggnog
21. Red or Green? Red
22. Ham or Turkey? Ham
23. Star or Angel? Star
24. White Lights or Colored Lights? White
25. Blinking Lights or Still Lights Still
26. Were you Naughty or Nice this year? I like to think I've been nice...but there's a little naughty streak in me.
Presents
27. What do you want for Christmas this year? Besides a travel date to Vietnam...a new watch with a heart rate monitor.
28. When do you open your gifts? Now that we have children, on Christmas morning. Before Ian...as soon as we got home from church on Christmas eve...I couldn't wait.
29. What's the best gift you've ever gotten? A new piccolo when I was 13.
30. What's the worst gift you've ever gotten? A girdle
31. Who gives you the most gifts? Charlie
32. Have you ever had a secret Santa? Yes
33. Do you like wrapping gifts? NO, NO, NO
Random
34. Do you put change in those red buckets? Yes
35. Do you burn a yule log? No
36. Can you name all the reindeer? Yes...Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen....and of course Rudolph.
37. Do you bake cookies? Yes
38. Have you ever seen your mommy kissing Santa Clause? No
39. Have you ever gotten a kiss under the mistletoe? Oh yes.
40. Do you go caroling? I love to, but I haven't done it in several years.
41. Do you drive around and look at the Christmas lights? That's one of the things we do after church on Christmas eve. One of the churches / bible colleges here in Tulsa has a huge display. We go there every year. Plus we love driving through the neighborhoods.
42. Have you ever left Santa cookies? Yes, when I was little. Now that we have children, we're doing it again.
43. Have you ever sat on Santa\'s lap? Many times.
44. Who do you celebrate Christmas with? Charlie, Ian and our best friend Brad.
45. Where do you celebrate Christmas? Our house.
46. Have you ever had a white Christmas? Several. Being from West Virginia and now living in Tulsa...we get them occasionally.
47. What part of Christmas do you look most foward to? Our Christmas Eve service at church. It's such a beautiful family time.
48. Have you ever had your picture taken with Santa? Yes...many times.
49. Does your family always take a picture at Christmas? At some point. Our new tradition is doing a "family picture" every other year and one of the kids alone the other year.
50. Have you ever heard the song "Thank God For Kids" by The Oakridge Boys? Love that song. Hadn't thought about it in years.
That's it for me. Now all of my blogging friends...I hope to see this survey on your blogs soon.
Happy Christmas Season.
Before Christmas
1. Does your family send out Christmas cards? Yes...I usually address them on Thanksgiving night.
2. How soon do you start shopping? Little stuff around the first of November...but I'm a BIG Black Friday shopper.
3. Who do you shop for? Immediate family, friends and co-workers.
Decorations
4. Do you put up a Christmas tree? Yes
5. If so, is it fake or real? Fake
6. Do you like tinsel? No...my cats don't like it either.
7. Do you use homeade or storebought ornaments? Both
8. Do you put Christmas lights outside your house? I love to, but Charlie isn't much for it.
9. Do you put lights on the tree? Oh yes...lots!
10. How about popcorn and cranberries? No
11. Is there a wreath hanging on your door? Yes
Christmas Eve
12. Do you celebrate it? Yes
13. Do you hang up your stocking? Yes
14. Does your family read "Twas the night before Christmas?" Yes and Luke 2
Favorites
15. Christmas Movie "A Christmas Story"
16. Character from any Christmas Movie...The little boy in a Christmas Story...you know the one who wanted the BB Gun.
17. Christmas Song "O Holy Night"
18. Christmas Memory...So far, it was seeing Ian's little face last year on Christmas morning.
This or That
19. Give or Receive? Give
20. Eggnog or Cider? Eggnog
21. Red or Green? Red
22. Ham or Turkey? Ham
23. Star or Angel? Star
24. White Lights or Colored Lights? White
25. Blinking Lights or Still Lights Still
26. Were you Naughty or Nice this year? I like to think I've been nice...but there's a little naughty streak in me.
Presents
27. What do you want for Christmas this year? Besides a travel date to Vietnam...a new watch with a heart rate monitor.
28. When do you open your gifts? Now that we have children, on Christmas morning. Before Ian...as soon as we got home from church on Christmas eve...I couldn't wait.
29. What's the best gift you've ever gotten? A new piccolo when I was 13.
30. What's the worst gift you've ever gotten? A girdle
31. Who gives you the most gifts? Charlie
32. Have you ever had a secret Santa? Yes
33. Do you like wrapping gifts? NO, NO, NO
Random
34. Do you put change in those red buckets? Yes
35. Do you burn a yule log? No
36. Can you name all the reindeer? Yes...Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen....and of course Rudolph.
37. Do you bake cookies? Yes
38. Have you ever seen your mommy kissing Santa Clause? No
39. Have you ever gotten a kiss under the mistletoe? Oh yes.
40. Do you go caroling? I love to, but I haven't done it in several years.
41. Do you drive around and look at the Christmas lights? That's one of the things we do after church on Christmas eve. One of the churches / bible colleges here in Tulsa has a huge display. We go there every year. Plus we love driving through the neighborhoods.
42. Have you ever left Santa cookies? Yes, when I was little. Now that we have children, we're doing it again.
43. Have you ever sat on Santa\'s lap? Many times.
44. Who do you celebrate Christmas with? Charlie, Ian and our best friend Brad.
45. Where do you celebrate Christmas? Our house.
46. Have you ever had a white Christmas? Several. Being from West Virginia and now living in Tulsa...we get them occasionally.
47. What part of Christmas do you look most foward to? Our Christmas Eve service at church. It's such a beautiful family time.
48. Have you ever had your picture taken with Santa? Yes...many times.
49. Does your family always take a picture at Christmas? At some point. Our new tradition is doing a "family picture" every other year and one of the kids alone the other year.
50. Have you ever heard the song "Thank God For Kids" by The Oakridge Boys? Love that song. Hadn't thought about it in years.
That's it for me. Now all of my blogging friends...I hope to see this survey on your blogs soon.
Happy Christmas Season.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Sick Little Guy
Our sweet little Ian has been sick for the past several days. He started coughing last Tuesday. On Wednesday we got a call from daycare saying he had a fever of 101. When I picked him up, he just looked and acted like he felt bad. That evening, he sat in my lap and snuggled. Then about 8:30ish, he started throwing up. He wasn't running a fever at that point, but he was sick. Charlie stayed home with him on Thursday morning. I called his doctor and they wanted to see him. After a visit with Dr. Sood, a quick (but traumatic) chest x-ray, we were told that he had a ear infection and had it looked like he had just started to get pneumonia. Dr. Sood gave him an antibiotic and asked us to give him breathing treatments. Ian does so well taking his medicine. He HATES...HATES....breathing treatments. The first 3 or 4 times we did them on Thursday and Friday, he was fine...but after that...he was done. He screamed and cried. But...he's feeling better. He's still quite clingy to mommy, but his cough is better and he is still not running a fever. So, we're attempting daycare tomorrow. Hopefully he'll do OK.
It's hard being the mommy when your sweet baby is sick. I just want to make him well. Poor little guy. It's been a long weekend at our house, but we're on the mend.
It's a busy week for us and this Thursday night is the Kid's Christmas Party at my office. Santa will be there. I'm kind of anxious to see how Ian does this year. Last year he did great. But at this age you just never know.
It's hard being the mommy when your sweet baby is sick. I just want to make him well. Poor little guy. It's been a long weekend at our house, but we're on the mend.
It's a busy week for us and this Thursday night is the Kid's Christmas Party at my office. Santa will be there. I'm kind of anxious to see how Ian does this year. Last year he did great. But at this age you just never know.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thankful
Today...and every day....we are so very thankful that God put an adoption plan together for our family. He brought Ian to us and now is bringing Drew to us.
Today we celebrated our 2nd Thanksgiving and it was great. Ian is such a great little guy. He's full force 2 3/4...almost 3....but he's a joy.
Today...my sweet angel kissed me and said I lub you mommy.
Today...I'm thankful for the most amazing husband in the world.
Today....I'm blessed beyond measure and I am so, so grateful.
I'm reminded of the song "Thank You Lord"....For all you've given to me...for all the blessings that I cannot see...Thank you Lord.... Thank you Lord.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Today we celebrated our 2nd Thanksgiving and it was great. Ian is such a great little guy. He's full force 2 3/4...almost 3....but he's a joy.
Today...my sweet angel kissed me and said I lub you mommy.
Today...I'm thankful for the most amazing husband in the world.
Today....I'm blessed beyond measure and I am so, so grateful.
I'm reminded of the song "Thank You Lord"....For all you've given to me...for all the blessings that I cannot see...Thank you Lord.... Thank you Lord.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Citizenship
On Wednesday, November 7, 2007, Ian Everett Kushal Conner was issued his Certificate of Citizenship from the United States. Even though he became an American citizen when our adoption was finalized in January, this is the last and final step. It was a little anti climatic. We arrived at USCIS in Oklahoma City around 8:50am for our 9:00am appointment. There was a huge line of people. We finally made it through the security line. We went into the room where all of the other people with their cute little kiddos were. We had to change lines because everyone was blocking the doors. Finally, the nice lady took Ian's immigration card. She walked back over, handed the certificate to me and asked me to check for accuracy. Then she had me sign two photos and the back of one of the certificates. She said..."OK, you're done." and handed me a flag for Ian, his certificate of citizenship and a letter from the President.
It was a very good day though. Another family from our church was there. They adopted their little boy, Henry, from Guatemala. They arrived home with Henry around the same time we came home with Ian. Henry and Ian are about the same age and are in the same Sunday School class. Ian spotted Henry first and said "Hengry". They were in line behind us. When they finished we were able to take some pictures of the boys together and our families together. I'm glad we were able to share this day with them.
So...our little man no longer has a "green card". He's officially a citizen of our wonderful country...The United States of America!!!!
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Halloween Fun
We have had so much fun the past few days. On Sunday evening we visited the Tulsa Zoo for their annual HalloZOOeen. It's a great event. Very younger kid friendly. There were a ton of people there....according to the news about 4000. But, it was very organized. Ian loved the train ride. He didn't want to ride the carousel at all. He enjoyed the goblin stops...and like getting candy in his little pumpkin.
Wednesday night was our Fall Festival at church. It was different for us this year. Last year, Ian had fun...but this year....he had a GREAT time. Of course, he was very excited to find out that there were train rides. He rode the train about 6 times. The pony rides were a big hit too. He decided to try the "no hands" bit...just to see how mommy would react I think. Then he started saying "giddy-up". He played a few of the games...and was quite the little hit. There were so many cute kiddos...but being a totally unbiased mommy...Ian was cuter that cute. He did have a little melt down moment and decided that biting daddy seemed like a good idea. So...we had to have a time out in the middle of the Fall Festival. He wasn't too happy about that, but he didn't move.
We're through the first of the holidays this season. Now it's time to start gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm ready to put my Christmas tree up NOW...but for some reason I don't think Charlie is thinking the same way.
Our little man is growing up way too fast. He has lost so much of the "baby" look in his face. Makes me a little sad...but...that's part of life.
Enjoy the pictures!!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Discipline
How to discipline is always a concern. We don't want to be too tough, but we have to set some boundaries. Lately, "time out" has been working well for Ian. We didn't know for sure if he understood or not. Today...we got our answer.
Charlie and Ian were playing basketball in the living room. Charlie shot the ball and it hit the table. I said "Daddy"...with an ever so slight mommy tone. Ian then took control. He said "don't throw my ball." Then he promptly walked over to his time out spot and said, ever so sternly......"TIME OUT DADDY....SIT DOWN."
Charlie and Ian were playing basketball in the living room. Charlie shot the ball and it hit the table. I said "Daddy"...with an ever so slight mommy tone. Ian then took control. He said "don't throw my ball." Then he promptly walked over to his time out spot and said, ever so sternly......"TIME OUT DADDY....SIT DOWN."
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Monday, October 08, 2007
That's MY Brother
I'm not sure that Ian understands totally what's going on, but he knows that the picture of Drew is his brother. He was so cute Friday evening when we showed the picture to him. He said "baby?"....and then "toes, momma....stinky feet"...then he giggled. Then we told him that was his baby brother in Vietnam and he said "that's my brother"...and kissed the picture. Throughout the weekend we'd show him the picture and he'd repeat..."that's my brother". We'd ask him where is baby brother was and he'd say "biet..nom". He thinks it's pretty cool right now, but just wait until he finds out he'll have to share his stuff with him.
These are the pictures we took when we first showed Drew's picture to Ian.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Ian's A Big Brother
Introducing Ian's little brother.....Drew Austin Quang Conner. For details see our Vietnam blog http://connervietnamadoptionjourney.blogspot.com/
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Faces
Lately Ian has been making his new "faces". He started by saying "Ian Sad"...followed by the sad face. Then..."Ian happy"...with the smiling, happy face. The past few days it's been "Ian Surprised". I'm assuming this is something he's been working on at daycare. Whatever the case, it's cute as can be. I wonder what his next "face" will be?
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
New Friend From South Korea
Welcome Home William Michael Choi Dreesen. William arrived home from South Korea last Thursday, September 20th. He is 8 months old. I work with William's Mommy...Mary. It's so fun to finally say Mommy Mary. :) Mary and Michael waited a long time for William's referral, but now the real fun begins as they start their lives together as a family of three.
note: the mosquito's in South Korea LOVED William....he had several bites on his sweet little face.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Conversation With Ian
Friday evening, Ian and I actually had a conversation on the telephone. It went something like this....
Ian: Hi Mommy
Mommy: Hi Ian. What are you doing?
Ian: Eating kicken and fren fies
Mommy: Is it good?
Ian: Yep
Mommy: I'll be home in a few minutes, OK?
Ian: OK Mommy. Bye, bye.
Mommy: Bye Ian. Love you.
Ian: Lub oooo Mommy. See ya.
How sweet is that? He's such a sweet little guy. I couldn't wait to get home to give him a big hug. He sure knows how to melt his mommy's heart.
He's been singing a lot the past few days. "Wheels On The Bus" is one of his favorites. He gets stuck on the "up and down" part. He repeats that over and over and over again. He's also trying to sing his ABC's. He does pretty well. When he gets to L-M-N-O-P...it's more like...LA, LA, LA, O-P. He looks so cute doing it.
We can't wait until he has a new brother to play with. It's hard to tell what Ian will teach him.
Ian: Hi Mommy
Mommy: Hi Ian. What are you doing?
Ian: Eating kicken and fren fies
Mommy: Is it good?
Ian: Yep
Mommy: I'll be home in a few minutes, OK?
Ian: OK Mommy. Bye, bye.
Mommy: Bye Ian. Love you.
Ian: Lub oooo Mommy. See ya.
How sweet is that? He's such a sweet little guy. I couldn't wait to get home to give him a big hug. He sure knows how to melt his mommy's heart.
He's been singing a lot the past few days. "Wheels On The Bus" is one of his favorites. He gets stuck on the "up and down" part. He repeats that over and over and over again. He's also trying to sing his ABC's. He does pretty well. When he gets to L-M-N-O-P...it's more like...LA, LA, LA, O-P. He looks so cute doing it.
We can't wait until he has a new brother to play with. It's hard to tell what Ian will teach him.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Catching Up
Computer is home now...and all is well. It's a crazy little thing, but I really missed it.
We've had a fairly busy couple of weeks. Ian is just talking, talking, talking. Sometimes I just don't know where it comes from. His little vocabulary is picking up quite nicely. He still puts his own spin on his words and sometimes we have no idea what he's saying...but that doesn't stop him. He'll keep saying it until his SLOW parents get it.
Some of our new "favorites"....
pic up puck (pick up truck)
ambeeance (ambulance)
fire puck (fire truck)
salren (siren)
go fas daddy (duh...go fast daddy)
winteeld (wind shield)
One of his latest phrases upsets me somewhat...."no talking mommy". Now where did that come from? Out of the blue sometimes when I'm talking, he just says "no talking mommy".
He had his first dental appointment this week. We practiced showing our teeth to the dentist several days before our appointment. He's put his little teeth together and say "cheese". Then he'd open wide and say "ahhhhh". He did pretty well for his first time. He didn't want to sit in the big boy chair, but they were fine with that. He sat on my lap and when Dr. Jim came in to check out his teeth, we just layed him back in Dr. Jim's lap. Ian did GREAT. Dr. Jim said "open wide for me...like a lion" and Ian said "rrrrroooooaaarrrrr". It was so cute. After Dr. Jim checked him out, he took him over to the "prize wall" and Ian got to pick out a prize. It was a very successful first appointment. Ian's teeth look great and so far no problems from the thumb sucking.
We're working on potty training. Somedays are better than others. Some days...no pee pee in the potty at all. He has pee pee'd in the potty at school three days this past week. Hopefully soon, we can ditch the diapers.
Today we went to Race For The Cure. It was such a beautiful day. A little chilly...but that's OK....I love this weather. Halloween will be here before we know it and then poof...it'll be Christmas.
Ian will attend his first football game in October. TU plays Marshall (our alma mater) on Saturday, October 13th. I CAN'T WAIT. I ordered Ian a Marshall jacket so he can be all decked out in his official Marshall gear. GO HERD!!! I'm afraid they're going to get thumped by TU, but that's OK....it'll be good just to see the team play.
One of my friends from work, Mary, leaves tomorrow to go to South Korea to pick up her son William. He'll be 8 months old tomorrow. Mary, Michael and William will return to Tulsa on Thursday. Can't wait to see them.
If you have a moment and are so inclined, please click on the link on the side of this page marked Baby Emy. Our friends Angie & Dustin (Mia's parents) have had their baby....Emy. She was born 3 months early. She's in the NICU in Oklahoma City. She's having good days and bad ones, but that's really to be expected. Please, please pray for this sweet family.
We are almost "officially" on the waiting list for our child from Vietnam. As soon as our paperwork comes back from the consulate in San Francisco...we'll be on the list. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before we find out who Ian's little brother is. There are several families in Vietnam right now picking up their children. Two of the families live here in the Tulsa area. Can't wait to see them when they get home. They are adopting two little boys that have lived in the orphanage together for a long time. The boys are both 3 years old. The links to their blogs are posted on our Vietnam blog (link is on right).
I promise, I'll post some pictures very soon. Ian is so cute and has such a sweet little personality. He continues to amaze us daily. We are so in love with this child.
More updates soon....
We've had a fairly busy couple of weeks. Ian is just talking, talking, talking. Sometimes I just don't know where it comes from. His little vocabulary is picking up quite nicely. He still puts his own spin on his words and sometimes we have no idea what he's saying...but that doesn't stop him. He'll keep saying it until his SLOW parents get it.
Some of our new "favorites"....
pic up puck (pick up truck)
ambeeance (ambulance)
fire puck (fire truck)
salren (siren)
go fas daddy (duh...go fast daddy)
winteeld (wind shield)
One of his latest phrases upsets me somewhat...."no talking mommy". Now where did that come from? Out of the blue sometimes when I'm talking, he just says "no talking mommy".
He had his first dental appointment this week. We practiced showing our teeth to the dentist several days before our appointment. He's put his little teeth together and say "cheese". Then he'd open wide and say "ahhhhh". He did pretty well for his first time. He didn't want to sit in the big boy chair, but they were fine with that. He sat on my lap and when Dr. Jim came in to check out his teeth, we just layed him back in Dr. Jim's lap. Ian did GREAT. Dr. Jim said "open wide for me...like a lion" and Ian said "rrrrroooooaaarrrrr". It was so cute. After Dr. Jim checked him out, he took him over to the "prize wall" and Ian got to pick out a prize. It was a very successful first appointment. Ian's teeth look great and so far no problems from the thumb sucking.
We're working on potty training. Somedays are better than others. Some days...no pee pee in the potty at all. He has pee pee'd in the potty at school three days this past week. Hopefully soon, we can ditch the diapers.
Today we went to Race For The Cure. It was such a beautiful day. A little chilly...but that's OK....I love this weather. Halloween will be here before we know it and then poof...it'll be Christmas.
Ian will attend his first football game in October. TU plays Marshall (our alma mater) on Saturday, October 13th. I CAN'T WAIT. I ordered Ian a Marshall jacket so he can be all decked out in his official Marshall gear. GO HERD!!! I'm afraid they're going to get thumped by TU, but that's OK....it'll be good just to see the team play.
One of my friends from work, Mary, leaves tomorrow to go to South Korea to pick up her son William. He'll be 8 months old tomorrow. Mary, Michael and William will return to Tulsa on Thursday. Can't wait to see them.
If you have a moment and are so inclined, please click on the link on the side of this page marked Baby Emy. Our friends Angie & Dustin (Mia's parents) have had their baby....Emy. She was born 3 months early. She's in the NICU in Oklahoma City. She's having good days and bad ones, but that's really to be expected. Please, please pray for this sweet family.
We are almost "officially" on the waiting list for our child from Vietnam. As soon as our paperwork comes back from the consulate in San Francisco...we'll be on the list. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before we find out who Ian's little brother is. There are several families in Vietnam right now picking up their children. Two of the families live here in the Tulsa area. Can't wait to see them when they get home. They are adopting two little boys that have lived in the orphanage together for a long time. The boys are both 3 years old. The links to their blogs are posted on our Vietnam blog (link is on right).
I promise, I'll post some pictures very soon. Ian is so cute and has such a sweet little personality. He continues to amaze us daily. We are so in love with this child.
More updates soon....
Friday, September 07, 2007
Two Years Ago
How time flies when you're having fun.
Two years ago today we saw the face of an angel....our angel....our Ian. What an incredible two years it has been. God blessed us with an amazing child that we love beyond imagination.
I'll post more and post more pictures when my computer comes home from the shop. In Ian's words "pooter kick" (translated computer is sick).
Two years ago today we saw the face of an angel....our angel....our Ian. What an incredible two years it has been. God blessed us with an amazing child that we love beyond imagination.
I'll post more and post more pictures when my computer comes home from the shop. In Ian's words "pooter kick" (translated computer is sick).
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