The Waiting Game

I know that I have not posted anything new about our adoption of Nora. But to anyone familiar with international adoptions.....the process is hurry up and wait. W-A-I-T! So, we wait! Our dossier is updated and has been sent to our wonderful agency. They will be authenticating it, and then sending it to Vietnam for translation and then submitting it to DIA. We continue to pray that GOD shows us a way to bring our daughter home to us.

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On a lighter note, Natalie has found that interactive tv is a blast. Mommy, on the other hand, can sing all the songs from Monkey-Doo, HI-5 and Yo-Gabba-Gabba! Natalie gets exercise and mommy goes bonkers!!!!! I even find myself singing these little ditties when no one else is around!!! ARGH! I need a Days of Our Lives marathon to bring me back to the adult world. LOL

Potty-training 2008 style

We have been using a non-traditional approach to potty-training Natalie. We have shown her how to use the potty (not necessarily on purpose), let her know what is expected of her and encouraged her to use said potty. Unfortunately, she thinks that we were just making a suggestion and not a request!


She has taken the whole matter under advisement and, after much thought, decided that she has a different approach! The Natalie Method is ....... when soiled - remove whatever clothing you have on, grab ahold of outer tabs on diaper, pull tabs and release diaper, drop diaper, run over to wipes, grab as many as your hands can hold, wipe private regions with wipes, drop used wipes on floor, get fresh diaper out of bag, spread new diaper out on floor, center yourself over diaper, and plop hopefully in target area, try repeatedly to fasten side tabs. Once this is accomplished, run to Mommy and inform her that you are poopy!!!!!!!!!

Celebrating the New Year!

We went to our favorite restaurant Sunday to share in their New Years celebration. It was wonderful. We had dim-sum, which Natalie HATED! But when the lion came out to dance, she was fascinated. She kept calling it a 'kitty cat' and was furious when it finished its dance and left. I think that she would have taken it home, if she could have. Though she really did not like the dancer that accompanied the lion. She was very scared of him, and personally I thought he looked creepy, too.

Happy New Year!!! ~ Year of the Rat!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

The Paperchase Resumes!

We received an e-mail from our agency stating that we needed to re-do two documents and get them to our agency by Feb. 13th! Our dossier is going to be sent to Vietnam! Woo-Hoo! Just when I thought it would never happen......

I have the documents and will be sending them off to the VN consulate in San Francisco tomorrow or Monday and hopefully they will get back to us quickly.