The Great Get Together

Wow! We had a great time at the fair this year. I've decided this is the one day that LC can eat whatever she wants (within reason of course. We don't want any projectile vomiting!) We arrived around 930AM and warmed up the taste buds with cheese curds and vanilla milk shakes. Yum!

Lucy really enjoyed the animal barns again this year, especially the Miracle of Birth bldg and the horses. Can you say I really want a pony momma?

We also went to the kiddie ride area which turned out to be a big mistake as LC was only 33 inches and kids had to be 36 to get on most of them. She was only able to do about 3 rides. She also refused to get off the rides when they were done! She totally melted down of course and I had to drag her across the street and just let her buck. This is one spicy little girl! At one point she was rolling around on the patio brick screaming when a guy came out of the landscape display building to try to give her candy! Luckily I intervened, thanked him for the treat and assured him (and LC) that I would be happy to give it to her when she calmed down. It was totally my fault, a full day at the fair with no nap. Not to mention the horrible predujice of the vertically challanged in kiddie playland!

Smooch
PK

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Here are some recent pics of us at the lake for Kurt's birthday and our first family camping trip. We went with another couple and their son. A reat time had by all. Lucy was a camping champion. Personally I think she could have a future as a "Camp Host". She loved roaming the campground looking for new friends;)

We've been busy this summer, going up north, pool, playdates, camping and car trips. Where does the time go? Every year I vow to slow it down and savor the moments. Sound familiar? Kinda like Christmas as well...

No new news to report. I have a feeling we'll be waiting for a referral until the end of 09 or early 10. In the meantime I've been preparing; buying new suitcases, small thank you gifts etc.

Smooch
PK

WE ARE NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got word that other family that has been waiting since Feb got their referral last Thursday and are traveling as soon as THIS WEEKEND. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!

WE ARE SOOOOO CLOSE NOW!!!! FINALLY!!!!

Smooch
PK

Back home...

Hey there!

We recently had some of my family in town for a visit so we headed back to the Ole homestead. My Grandpa owned it originally. My Mom moved in with my Dad and Grandpa after they were married and now my brother and sister in law are taking over the family tradition. The emotional impact of this visit really surprised me. I've been back home many times since my parents died but having LC there with all of her cousins really brought me back to some very fond memories. I remember doing very much the same things with my cousins growing up. All the playing, feeding the lambs, seeing all of them together was like watching a home movie of my childhood. I even have a picture of myself somewhere standing in the same spot as LC by the barn holding a kitty. Makes me nostalgic... Good times...

I also finally have an adoption update!

We're one of two families with documents in front of the adoption committee at los Pisingos!!!!! We're officially waiting! YES! The other family has been waiting for a referral since Feb 09. But since LP does try to match families, they don't necessarily go in order. We could go before or after them.

So this great news! Our dossier was submitted in May 09. We filled out our application for LP back in Oct 08. Got the go ahead to start compiling our documents for our dossier in Dec 08 I believe. It's been a long road but not as long as some families. And we have LC of course which makes the waiting go by faster.

Just think...our next little one could already be "in the making" or on this planet already...Gives me goosebumps and tears all at the same time! Please remember our next birth family in your prayers. They have a very difficult and heart wrenching decision before them.

Smooch
PK

May!

Hey there everyone!

I know. I know. I've become THAT Mom. I bought tickets to take Lucy to see Dora Live! But I just couldn't resist. She LOVE LOVE LOVES Dora. We started off by seeing Dora at the Mall of America. As you can tell by the picture, she was a tad excited. She told me, "I wanna hug Dora." "I wanna kiss Dora." Not exactly the shy type;)

Grammy and Bumpa came with us to see the actual show "Dora Live!" She of course had a wonderful time. It was so much fun for us adults to see Lucy's reactions as she watched the show.

We've also had Lucy's cousins over for a sleep over this month. They have a great time playing the sandbox, going to the park, coloring with sidewalk chalk! Hence the need for a bath for all three of them.

Today we went to the Sculpture Garden with my friend Ursula and her children Joey (Josephine) and Zak. They had a terrific day together. The pictures speak for themselves.

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures from this last month.

We had a great Easter. We went to church and then out to Bumpa and Grammy's house to hunt for eggs and eat lots of candy. Grammy made us a wonderful meal. It was a great day to relax with family. Kurt and I got to relax anyway. Bumpa on the other hand was run ragged by his biggest fan...LUCY! I know, big surprise.

I got an update from our SW. Evidently is not before the committee at LP yet anyway. So...we're not officially waiting yet. SOON we hope!

It's been fun family time tooling around the neighborhood recently with our new bikes and burley. Lucy is digging the ride. She keeps saying "Go! Go! Go!"

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful Spring weather
Smooch
PK

First night in the "big girl" bed

Hey there!

I know, it's been WAAAYYY too long since I've updated our site. My apologies. I'm going to blame my recent CRACKBOOK, I mean Facebook addition.

As you can tell by the name of this post, Lucy slept all night in her big girl bed last night. I only had to put her back in bed 3x. I thought that was pretty good for her first time. There's no going back now! Her afternoon nap has been pretty sporadic lately. She's only 2 1/2 so I'm hoping that she hasn't given up on it yet. The dark circles under her eyes are a dead give away that she still needs one, not to mention that cranky attitude of hers;)


Lucy is getting so big! I'm continually amazed at her verbal and motor skills. She's like a little sponge. Favorite sayings at the moment are, "Niicce" (courtesy of Kurt) "What you doing?" and "I no want to." Transitions continue to be tough. This girl never wants the party to stop. Kinda like Mom???? At least I don't arch my back, scream and throw myself to the ground every time...well not EVERY time...we have to stop the favorite activity of the moment to move on to something different. Lucy got more stitches in the SAME eyebrow again. We were in church for all of 15 minutes when she wanted to take a stroll up the center aisle to say hello to Pastor Anne. When I tried to stop her, (picture said back arching etc above) she flung herself into the corner of the wooden pew. 3 stitches later...What a way to avoid church! At least Kurt was home this time. For those of you that don't know, Lucy has had a total of 3 ER visits in her brief time on the planet thus far, two of which Kurt was traveling. It figures doesn't it?

The Colombia program has picked up again. We've moved up the list considerably and hope to have a referral sometime this spring. Fingers crossed! And please keep us and our next birth family in your prayers guys. We've requested a child of either gender, younger than Lucy. I'm nesting right now BIG TIME. Just trying to get the house ready for our #2. It keeps me busy during the wait. I overhauled the storage room, donated and threw out a bunch of stuff. The OCD in me feels goooood right about now. Lucy is now in our old guest room (don't worry guys. We still have a comfy new futon in the basement.) We'll keep the nursery the same for the new baby. I wanted to have Lucy all settled into her new room to help ease the transition of a new brother or sister. She's in for a wake up call:0 Now if we can only get her potty trained! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will be handled before we get "the call." I really don't want to buy diapers for 2 while we're in Colombia for 4+ weeks!

Well..onto the pictures...it's what you've all wanted to see anyway right?

Smooch
PK