We went to a group meeting at the adoption agency. It was a lot of talk about talking to your child about adoption. The social worker suggested, even at this young age, formulating their story ( Read more... )

MA MA MA BA BA BA BA
UMMMM UMMMM

MMMMMMMMM
MMMMMUMMMMMMMM

AAAAAHHHHHMAMA A MAMAMA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
UUUUUUUUUUAAAAAMAMAMAMABAMA

This is what I'm currently listening to....a Biz serenade and it's loud! Occasionally it's muffled by a fist jammed in her mouth.

We have been expecting that Biz is starting to teeth given the massive amounts of drool that the child excretes AND the fact that she LOVES having her gums massaged. I kept thinking it was too early for her to actually be teething AND I've seen that it can take quite sometime before the tooth actually appears. Nope! Val pointed it out tonight - ( Read more... )

When Biz is really upset - like meltdown upset - she flattens out her mouth, mashes her gums together and makes a distinct ma ma sound. I know she's not saying actually saying mama. It's a toss up between being disturbing and hysterical.

We got home late last night. We were supposed to get home earlier but our flight out of Wichita was delayed by over an hour. Yeah, not amused and I doubt that we'll ever fly United again. Biz did great on the plane again. She was such a doll for most of the trip. I'm glad we can travel with her ( Read more... )

So, the in-laws have left. They had a nice visit with Biz and brought lots of gifts from various friends of theirs in Greece ( Read more... )

Okay - here are some new pics


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Last month we had professional portraits done of us with Biz. Yesterday was order day. We ordered 26 4x6's, 3 5x7''s and 2 8x10's and it was $683!!!!!! Now, not all of the pictures are for us but we didn't ask anyone to pay for their pictures so, thank God for credit cards I suppose ( Read more... )

I knew Biz was growing like a weed but I had no idea just how much! She is up to 13.6 pounds (90th percentile for weight) and 23 inches long (75th percentile for height). She has managed to pick up a little cold and the doc gave her a Rx for antibiotic eye ointment to help clear up her goopy eye. She also has a small cyst on the roof of her ( Read more... )

So last night we took some friends up on an offer to babysit Elizabeth so we could go out to dinner alone. We went out to a nice dinner - had a bottle of wine and some great dessert. It was fantastic to have a lovely dinner together uninterrupted. After we brought Elizabeth home and put her to bed, she then slept through the night! She didn't ( Read more... )