Adoption 2011/2012

I just wanted to give everyone an update on our upcoming adoption.  Unfortunately there are many emotional ups and downs with adoption, but we know every time we look at our beautiful baby boy, Ike, that it all works out in the end.

A couple weeks ago the adoption agency sent Hope some money to get on the bus (she is afraid of flying) and head to Utah.  She had been asking to get to Utah since the end of August, but the agency didn't have anywhere for her to stay until recently.  Well, they sent her the money and on Saturday the 12th she said that she was on the bus and on her way.  She never showed up.  She is no longer returning my emails or phone calls and texts from the agency.  Her due date is December 25th so we will just be waiting around until then to see what happens.  If we do not hear from her again by the end of December we plan to move forward and be matched with another birthmom. 

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

San Francisco/ Berkeley Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we traveled to Berkeley, CA to spend the Holiday with Uncle Derek and Aunt Meg.  We arrived Monday night and returned home on Saturday.  We rented a house so that we could all be comfortable and stay together.  I can't believe how quickly the trip flew by.  We had a wonderful holiday with our family!

The whole crew sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner.

Out for a walk in the park.

Checking out the petting zoo.

Keeping a safe distance from the birds.

Touching starfish at the aquarium.

Denny and I went to check out Alcatraz with Clint, Danielle and Krissy.  We all really enjoyed the tour.

Ike loves swinging while we walk.

Ike entertaining everyone

Showing Aunt Meg how to put the ball in the cup.

Eating mommy's sucker.

Dino Museum

The days are cooling off as winter is quickly approaching, so we are skipping the parks and staying indoors.  In one week Ike went to the Dinosaur Museum 3 times.  Playing at the water table and in the crushed almond shells are his favorites.  The animated dinosaurs scare him a bit, but as long as someone is close by he is pretty content.

Getting those shells out of his curly, curly hair is not an easy task.

Ike is pretty stable on his feet now, but standing on the earthquake simulator while standing is a bit tricky for a new walker.

This is just cute....and awesome.  It is nice to have another reader around to keep Ike (the book junkie) happy.  (This is on my couch and not at the museum, but it is a Dino book so it totally fits this blog post!)

Trick or Treat

Ike's first trick or treating experience was short, but fun for all of us.  We went to about 5 houses with Nanna, Papa, Aunt Danielle and Krissy.  Ike figured it out pretty quickly... 1. Toddle up to the door 2. Wait for Krissy to say trick or treat 3. Look cute 4. Grab a piece of candy and walk off.  Of course the candy immediately went straight to his mouth, like everything does, wrapper and all!  Here he is chewing on a wrapped piece of licorice.  When he got to the next house his hands were full so he threw a chewed on piece of candy in the bowl to get a new piece.  So Cute! and Gross!

Ike and Krissy Pre Trick or Treating.

Go Get Your Book

Denny and I have been reading to Ike since day one and now it is one of his favorite things to do. He will go to his room get a book and have us read it several times, then go back to his room to get another one and he will do this alllll day. I will shut his door so that he can't get to them and we can do something else for awhile, but today he figured out how to open his door. And I figured out that he will go get the book I asked him to get if I ask for one of his favorites.

And these are his favorites!