Posted by Natalie at 01:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

We are home and have had a week to recover from traveling. Micah is doing great! I carry him around in my ERGO most of the time and he loves it. Elliana is very hands on in every way. She is starting to slow down and go do other things while I am feeding him. With the slow down, she wants more "mommy time". We have gone out a few time with just the two of us girls. Chris is going to take Elliana and Andy to see Toy Story 3 tomorrow. This will be the first movie going experience for the two of them and Chris' first BIG outing without any other adult help. Hoping for the best:)

I am sad to say, but with three kids I cannot keep up the picture of the day. I will try to post a weekly update with a few pictures on the weblog to keep you checking. Please no yelling at me! Maybe after a few YEARS I will try to do it again, but realistically it just is not going to happen right now. So enjoy these pictures!

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Posted by Natalie at 09:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

We have received our travel dates! We will be headed to pick up Micah very soon!!! Elliana is very excited to get her baby brother and to stay with Grandparents while she waits! Andy still doesn't get much of what is going on, or at least he doesn't say much about it. He did say his first sentence on Sunday, which is a big deal for him.

Posted by Natalie at 11:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Elliana has begged for Buzz Lightyear pajamas for months. I took her to get a pair last week. She has worn them every where and every day. People see her coming and start laughing that she is still wearing them. I made her put on real clothes for our activies today. I had gotten out Andy's buzz lightyear outfit without thinking. Elliana could not believe that I would do such a thing like let Andy wear Buzz and not her. So the search will begin for Elliana to have real Buzz clothes too.

Posted by Natalie at 05:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Elliana's new favorite activity is playing in the car. She has learned how to open the door from the outside and inside. The weather was cool enough for her to enjoy this activity for several hours today. She buckled her babies in to their car seats repeatedly. She "drove" to several places and ran lots of errands.

Andy has been enjoying blowing bubbles outside. He asks me to blow him bubbles, then runs to do something with his trains, and then comes back for more bubbles.

Micah has been playing in a bouncy seat. We received a 13 second video and that was what he was in, the bouncy seat. Elliana is loving that he is able to play in a bouncy seat and will tell you all about it if you ask her. The social worker visited him lasted week. The next step is to write up the report and turn it into the judge.

Chris has been playing in the yard, putting down mulch, cutting grass, pulling weeds... I have been trying not to play outside too much as allergies have been especially bad this year.

Posted by Natalie at 08:43 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Deana, our representative, went to court in the middle of the night. As a side note, it is only a twelve hour time change, I guess they do not have day light savings time. She said all went great. That is good news. The judge, who is new the the bench, did request an extra document, but it was able to be produce and turned into the judge right after the case.

The bad news: the social worker has not even started Micah's report. We are on hold until she does it. She first needs to set up a time to meet Micah, which she has not done either.

Since is the judge is new, we do not have past time lines to go by. Either way, I think I will have to adjust my travel thinking to June or July.

Also, We did not get any new pictures, but are hoping for some when the nannies finish writing updates on all the babies:)

Posted by Natalie at 01:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tomorrow is Micah's first court date. Please join me in praying for a miracle, that the social worker would have her report on Micah to the judge! The case is set to start at 2:45 p.m. Taiwan time, that is 1:45 a.m. for me. It can last as short as 15 minutes. I will not hear anything from my case manager until the afternoon on Wednesday because of all the different time zones we are working with. I, of course, will update right away.

Posted by Natalie at 09:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)