Wordless Wednesday – 05.26.2010
First D-Backs Game
For Grandma’s Birthday we decided to give her a d-backs game with the boys. The boys had a lot of fun and we hardly saw any baseball. Ezra sat and watched the big screen, clapped, and danced with Grandma and Daddy. Noah on the other hand wanted to run.
Running and dragging Grandpa along with him.
We went up to the Sandlot, he ran around screaming (happily) and then kept trying to escape.
We then went back to our seats so we could have some dinner. We all ate like pigs and had way too many calories. We even let the boys try some of our lemonade.
Here’s me and Ez, he is staring at the big screen.
Looking for an escape.
Grandpa and Ez.
Noah having fun with the seat, just ignore me.
Grandma and Ez.
Photo Friday – 05.21.2010
18 month check-up
The boys had their 18 month check-up yesterday. It was not a fun appointment. We had a blood draw, one vaccination (MMR), and a TB test. Ezra was stuck with three needles, Noah five (just couldn’t keep him still). Luckily for me daddy did the holding and I took the other baby for walks. The doctor thinks they look great and said we are doing something right. 😉
Noah is 33 inches (70th percentile) and 26 pounds (50th percentile). He gained about 1.5 pounds and 2 inches since his 15 month check-up.
Ezra is 31.5 inches (25th percentile, how does 1.5 inches make such a difference?) and 26 pounds (50th percentile). He gained 2 pounds and 1.5 inches since his 15 month check-up.
In their 18 month update I forgot a couple of things. They can both say Thank You and Baby. They also give high fives and blow kisses. The biggest NEW thing, wait for it, SLEEPING through the night! (hopefully I haven’t jinxed us by mentioning it to the world)
Wordless Wednesday – 05.19.2010
18 months!
My babies are 18 months old today. Unbelievable! Last year on this date we failed court for the second time, oh the heartache, but what a difference a year makes. They fill our lives with such joy!
They are very busy boys. They love the outdoors, water, reading, making noise, dancing, music, and playing with mom and dad.
Currently they are really working on their vocabulary and try so hard to copy us. Words they are saying: dadda, momma, kitty (ez says key but I know what he means), door, shoe, bubba, dog, hi, hey, uh-oh. Noah also says Ezra and has said Grandma, but refuses to now. They also say nana for banana.
Noah and his wocket for his pocket.
shhh don’t tell him the book is upside down, he likes it that way
what you said don’t put my foot on the table?
don’t ask.
Letting go
Yesterday I decided to let go of control, the control I had because I still fed the boys their breakfast and lunch. I decided it was time they could feed themselves. They’ve been feeding themselves dinner for a long time and I had been resisting letting them feed themselves the rest of their meals. Today I decided to just rip the band-aid off and let them at it. Well they loved their new independence and did really great, plus ate plenty of food.
Here they are enjoying breakfast:
and lunch:
We were having so much fun with our new independence we decided to try out our booster seats and sit at the table for snack:
We also ate dinner this way. All four of us at the table, it was nice. 🙂 Plus not having high chairs in the kitchen frees up some space.
Wordless Wednesday – 05.12.2010
Photo Friday – 05.07.2010
Wordless Wednesday – 05.05.2010
Photo Sunday – 05.02.2010
Helping daddy fix their oven door
First popsicles (don’t let the face fool you, he loved it)
Trying so hard to catch the water
He’s running so fast he is not even touching the ground!
Water fun from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
Short video of Ez enjoying the water
Dancing at the splash pad from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
There was music nearby, so Ez just had to dance!
Wordless Wednesday – 04.28.2010
Officially Done
We are done with the adoption process. As part of the process we were required to have three post placement visits by our social worker. (Technically we still have to send yearly report to Ethiopia, but I am not counting those as part of the process.) We had our last visit last Friday and the report and several pictures will be off to Ethiopia shortly. Post placement visits are easy, they just want to know where the kids are developmentally, what they are eating, what they like to do, and some things they like to play with. They are also a chance for the parents to obtain any resource information they may need, have any questions answered, and hear from someone else that they haven’t totally screwed up their kids (yet). We are happy to be done, but I will admit it does feel weird, when you start the process it feels never ending, and then all of the sudden you are done.