Our little sweet pea had so much fun celebrating her first American Fourth of July!!
We had a GREAT weekend! We weren't sure how Addi would do with so many activities, but she loved them all! Our weekend started with a boat ride with Grandma and Grandpa T on Sunday. She looked so funny with the huge lifejacket wrapped around her little head. We thought she would cry, but she just smiled. She kept trying to clap her hands, but she couldn't reach them together! It was so funny. Once we were in the boat, the faster Grandpa went, the more she laughed and squealed! She absolutely loved the wind on her face! Then she decided to start blowing bubbles with her spit! She knew exactly what she was doing and soon had drool all over her face. She was quite the little comedian!
On Monday, we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa T's cottage on Lake Michigan. Adelyn had soooo much fun on the beach! She loved to sit in the sand and pick it up in her hands and watch it fall through her fingers! She also crawled ALL over the beach. She would crawl to play with the boys and crawl towards the water (although she would only get her hands wet- I think she was scared of the waves), then she would play peek-a-boo between the weathered posts of an old retaining wall. It was so fun to watch her make so many new discoveries! She finished up her beach visit with a dunk in the lake by Daddy (to try to get some of the sand off!). She laughed and squealed each time Daddy swooped her into the water! After we returned home, we went downtown to watch the fireworks. We thought she would be scared, but she watched them with wide eyes and even clapped her hands and reached in the air like she was trying to touch them. What a wonderful way to celebrate her first Fourth of July!
One Mommy. One Daddy. Two brothers. Four hearts who waited so long for our sister and daughter to come home. And now our wonderful family is finally complete!
Lilypie Second Birthday tickers
Adoption TimeLine
2011: 12/28 -FINALIZED! Adelyn is All OURS! 12/10 - Last post-placement visit 10/22 - Third post-placement visit 8/28 - Second post-placement visit 7/6 - First post-placement visit 6/24 - Home Forever 6/22 - GOTCHA DAY!!!!!! 6/17- Leave for Korea 6/10 - TRAVEL CALL!!!!!! 6/8 - NVC Out 6/3 - NVC In 6/3 - I-171 (I600 copy) received in mail 5/27 - I600 APPROVAL! 5/26 - Received 9 month update with DVD! 5/12 - 797C Notice of Action received from USCIS saying they had received our I600 on May 5. 5/3 - I600 Submitted! 5/1 - Homestudy visit #4 (needed for updating homestudy) 4/29 - County Court Approval! 4/19 - Paperwork sent to county courts 4/15 - ICPC approval! 4/6 - Paperwork sent to ICPC Office in Lansing 4/5- Legals arrived! 3/30- Care package sent to Korea! 3/24- Agency sent Acceptance papers to Korea 3/10- Health Forms updated 3/5- Acceptance paperwork finished/mailed to agency 2/28-Officially accepted Referral!! 2/25- Received referral file/pictures 2/23- REFERRAL!!!! 2/6- Finished all of our Hague trainings
2010: 8/24- Dossier/Homestudy to Korea!! 8/19- Korea webinar 7/19- I-600A APPROVED! 6/21- Fingerprinting completed 6/7- Received I-797C (Fingerprinting Appointment Notice) 5/26- Submitted I-600A 5/4- Homestudy APPROVED! 3/28- Homestudy meeting #3! 3/21- Homestudy meeting #2! 3/13- Homestudy meeting #1! 3/7- Passports received 3/2- FAC caseworker assigned! 3/2- FAC application approved! 2/24- FAC application completed/mailedl! 2/5 - Applied for passports 1/30- Completed half of our Hague trainings 1/21- Spence-Chapin application approved! 1/13- Spence-Chapin application mailedl! 2009: 12/23- Qualified for Korean Program! 11/15- Began researching agencies/countries 11/1 - Made decision to adopt
Hopeful timeline to bring our daughter home: Spring 2011
"Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."
2 comments:
Amazing how she just fits right into everything! She looks so happy!
Brooke Annessa
www.theannessafamily.blogspot.com
LOVE the pics! What a miracle little Addie is! :)
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