Aug 29, 2010

22 Months Today! Only 2 more months til the Big "2"


In just a few days Samara will have been home for 5 months and sometimes I cannot believe she has been home this long and it's like she been with us all along and other times I realize that 5 months is not very long at all and realize how long of a road it will be. Not to say that she hasn't made incredible strides because she has...tremendously.
She is a beautiful little girl with a lot of spunk. We are still working on attachment which is a loooonng road but I know one day we will get there, fully there. For the most part a lot of her little things she does that come from being in an orphanage for 17 months still rare their ugly head and sometimes several times or more a day. We have good days and not so good days...but really who doesn't ...orphanage or not!
I worked a car show today so daddy was home with kids for about 5 hrs without me.....he said that Ethan and Samara played really well together for an hour just playing cars on the floor. zooming them around the carpet and making motor noises....I know, I know..... listen when you have an older brother it's not tutu's and tiaras all the time! LOL
Sometimes I cannot stop myself and I look at her and my mind wonders back to Russia and her orphanage and I think how blessed we are to have this little girl in our lives.
Ethan loves his little sister so much, today he said to Justin in a little loving and adoring voice "Awww isn't she just so sweet dad?" as he patted her head like a dog! LOL....that's my Ethan.
I'm already planning getting a start on planning her Birthday...Well a little. I bought an adorable little tutu dress that I am going to have embroidered with her name and a #2. I'll post a pic of that when I have that done.
It's off to bed for me......back to work tomorrow. YUCK! Why does the weekend go so fast?

Aug 26, 2010

Update Way Overdue......

I'm sleepy..playing with one of my favorite toys "the farm"
One of my favorites..Look at her smile " I'm So Big"



Too Cool!


Too Cute!


I'm a Model...Look at me Pose!

No explanation needed! LOL


Hamming it Up!

Snack time after some hard playing!

Such a good Big Brother...his face is classic "Mom stop taking pictures" LOL

Putting some "GAS" in the cozy Coupe (using a purple bat of coures)....I love his imagination!

So the Gas didn't work...Guess it's muscle power for this princess!


So precious...and very tired!


Aug 5th- Appointment with Human Genetics and had Genetic testing done......Everything came back Normal!!!

Aug 11th- Our Social Worker came for our 1st Post Adoption Report. Where does time go???Went really well, she had nothing but great things to say about Samara!


Aug 12th- I had my first meeting with my IAC group for the fundraising event for CCH IAC....I think this is such a great cause and so far seems like it's going to be fun too. Apparently the invitation that has Samara's pic on it looks super cute according to one of the members but I haven't seen it myself.

Aug 15th- Had our first Official family photo's taken and also Ethan And Samara had individual pic's taken....haven't seen them yet our lovely friend Lisa who is a phenominal photographer is really busy so not sure when we get our proofs back...I plan to use one of these photo's for Samara's announcements......I know she will have been home for 5 months Very Soon...Next week in fact!


Today was Ethan's 1st Day of Pre-School......I cannot believe it....My baby is growing up and he did so good and really had alot of fun. He is going two days a week (Tues and Thurs) He's big stuff!

We are going out of town for labor day for a short little trip to the Amish Country....always relaxing and I LOVE all the yummy cheese and sweets! :)



Samara turns 22 months on the 29th...only 2 more months until her second Birthday....CRAZY INSANE!!!


Aug 1, 2010

Haircut by Dad

So, Ethan really needed a haircut, and with today being Sunday and not being able to take him to see the barber, I decided to give him a trim to hold him over until we can go see Rick. Other than the time I tried to cut my own hair as a kid, this is my first official attempt at cutting hair........and I'll let you be the judge! Ethan was all gung-ho about letting me trim him up until we got into it, then he was itchy and squirmy and wouldn't hold still for anything...........imagine that, a 3 year old not wanting to sit still while getting a haircut??
This isn't so bad....wait, we just got started...

Really Mom, we have to document everything??


The finished product.
The best part of this haircut for Ethan was getting to take a shower afterwards, the kid loves to take showers! I'm sure this wasn't the best cut ever given by a beard and mustache trimmer, but it will certainly hold him over until we can go see a professional.