sadie is 15 months old!

Sadie turned 15 months old today!  We celebrated with a sprinkle cookie and a new toy!  She went to town with the cookie.  It was all over her face and hair and her fingers were different colors from the sprinkles.  We went straight from dessert to the bath.
She is such an amazing little [...]

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lunchtime rut

I need help.  When I go back to work (ugh) I have to send lunch with Sadie.  It will have to be finger foods that she can feed herself since she hasn’t mastered the spoon yet.  I feel like I’m in a rut with her lunches and I need some inspiration.  I don’t want to [...]

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couple of fun days

Yesterday, my friend Y came over after work (where she’s filling in for me!) and we went for a walk and to dinner.  Sadie’s new "trick" is when you ask, "How big is Sadie?"  she raises her arms way up and I say "So big!"  It’s adorable.  Here she is doing it at dinner.
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good news for more families

A few more families from my agency received their approvals today.  Two of the families had acknowledgement dates of November 2007.  They had to wait 10 months to pick up their children.  I have no idea how they made it through the wait.  I’m just so happy that these families will finally be united and [...]

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catching up…Monday, July 14 Hanoi

Sadie woke up, as always, in a great mood.  We played for a bit and then went down to breakfast.  Afterwards, we walked up the street from our hotel to explore a bit.  The people here are very interested in Sadie.  They ask if she is Vietnamese and "How many months is she?"   Everyone smiles [...]

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catching up…Sunday, July 13 HCMC to Hanoi

We woke up and I had much packing to do.  I knew I couldn’t watch Sadie while I packed so I left her in her crib with some toys and she was fine.  She didn’t cry at all.  Around 9am we went to the yummy breakfast buffet one last time.  After breakfast I went back [...]

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catching up…Saturday, July 12 HCMC

I want to try to get caught up on our time in Vietnam.  I was posting regularly for the first few days until Sadie really came out of her shell and suddenly, I had no free time.  I took notes while I was there but never had time to form full posts.  Sorry if this [...]

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BIG mail day!!!

Today, Sadie received one of the most important pieces of mail she will ever receive.  Her Certificate of Citizenship arrived!  The envelope included the official certificate, with her adorable Visa picture, and a letter from the President of the United States, congratulating her on becoming a United States citizen.  Yippee!!!

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favorite pics from yesterday and today

I thought the new US Weekly would never get here!

Auntie Y – I’m almost ready to play Rock Band!

Finally a chair I don’t have to climb onto!

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what’s sadie up to?

Just wanted to share some of the many adorable things Sadie is doing these days.
She loves music and will start dancing when she hears it.  She’ll even dance in a store if there is music playing.  I especially love watching her dance to the theme song to Gilmore Girls (one of momma’s favorite shows!).

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One month!

One month ago today, Sadie was put in my arms.  We’ve officially been a family for one month.  I can’t believe how fast the time has passed.  I can still remember the moment I first saw her like it was yesterday.  They just handed her to me and finally we were together.  I was [...]

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holy poop!

Since this blog is a place to record memorable moments, I can’t let the night end without posting about tonight’s incident.  Sadie had dinner then we played for a little while and watched some of the So You Think You Can Dance finale.  Finally, it was bath time.  She loves bath time.  I started filling [...]

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sadie’s first word!

Last night was another bad night.  I’m having a really tough time getting her on a schedule.  We had two good days so I was hopeful, but no such luck.  Sadie went down at 9pm then woke up at 10pm and was up until 1am.  Mommy is very, very tired!  There was a highlight though [...]

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