Life events
Hi all,
So, hmmmm, I bet you’ve all been wondering what we’ve been up to. The short answer is life. Lots going on. I haven’t forgotten the need to post our Halloween pictures. Thanksgiving was great with the short exception that even with tons of planning, the boys happened to wake up from their nap just as my mom called out dinner. Thus, once again, Joel & I had a cold dinner. The boys did very well throughout the day. We missed seeing cousins Gina and Brigitte and hope that they will once again, be able to join us for a future Thanksgiving. Also missing was my Uncle Dick. He’s been in the hospital and we missed him sorely.
What else. Well, some of you already know this but Joel and I have decided to expand our family by adopting a foster child. To put it bluntly, I’m not blessed in the fertility department and all other efforts have failed. More on that later. Hopefully in the next year or two, we’ll have a little sister for Nicholas and Dexter. We have more than enough love and support to give someone who, through no fault of their own, has been put through the ringer. The last hurdle we need to pass is the home inspection, when our home is assessed as being State safe or not. This process should be complete by the end of the year and then we wait……… Good thing the boys will keep us plenty busy. Needless to say, this process has taken up some of our free time.
After many visits to the physical therapist, massage therapist, numerous doctors, etc…. for his arm issues, Joel is scheduled for surgery in early January. I’ve been told that it is a relatively uncomplicated procedure and one that he will quickly recover from. Thus, you can expect more blogs next year!!!!!! In the meantime, between the pain and the fact that our laptop died again, our blog productivity is still a little low.
Ok, now for the funny story of the day. Yesterday, I took the boys to the Everett Children’s Museum all by myself. Joel stayed home to move furniture. As we pulled into a parking space I said “Now, it’s just Mommy with you today so we all need to stick together.” Nicholas responds with a tinge of worry “I don’t want to be taped to you and Dexter.” You try explaining how the English language works to a 3 1/2 year old. “Yes Nicky, stuck can mean using tape on something but I just wanted us to stay together.” Nicky – “No, I don’t want to be taped up.” Nicholas, I love you.
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November 28th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Glad you guys had a enjoyable thanksgiving even though you were missing a few people.
I can’t wait until you guys get your little girl and another little yates !
Love it Nickynac! But sometimes duct tape does solve everything!
See you soon!
I am so excited I am barely sleeping!!!!!!
December 1st, 2011 at 11:38 pm
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! This time tomorrow I will be somewhere over the Pacific on my way to LA! When in 2 short weeks I will be in EVERETT!!!!!!!
December 4th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Hey guys – I just stopped by your blog today for the first time in about forever. I have to say, if you need a tester to help determine if your house is state-certified-safe for a child that doesn’t yet understand “no”, we can help out in that department! Kai learned to crawl last week, and since then has progressed from wobbly crawl to speed dash crawl, and then to pulling up to standing on anything within reach, and now to turning and trying to reach other things while standing, and I swear he even attempted a pull-up on the side of the pack & play last night… He’s also dumped out the dogs’ water bowl twice, and eaten a few random leaves and things he found on the floor. Life just got REALLY interesting REALLY quickly. Wanna babysit sometime?
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December 17th, 2011 at 9:50 am
This time tomorrow I will be at the airport!!!
See you tomorrow everyone!
hugs and kisses
Laulau