Always and Forever: Happy Birthday, E-Poodle!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Happy Birthday, E-Poodle!

(Note: Now with pictures!)

(This picture is from R Day yesterday... Nothing to do with this post, but I LOVE it!)

Today, my baby is one already!

We woke up early today, as we had to meet my dad and mom at Panera (no rude comments today, yay!) so that my parents could take R for the day. (My dad's been wanting to take her sledding.) I bought a "Birthday Girl" shirt for her so everyone would know that today is indeed a very special day. E and I shared an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich while Mom and I talked about the rest of the plans for tomorrow's Pink Poodle Birthday Party.

After we got home, we played with all the toys without R trying to snatch them. We read some of our favorite books, too.

Then, we practiced "Big Girl Standing," and E stood for 5 seconds on her own. (Yesterday, she stood for 3.) Then, the birthday girl posed for a few cell phone pictures to send to brag about turning one and standing all on the same day.

After that, the birthday girl decided it was time to do some hard-core crawling around to work up an appetite for lunch.

For lunch, Miss E requested baby "hot dogs" (those gross baby meat sticks that smell like cat food to me-- ewww), mandarin oranges, and a cheerio or two. We had a long, leisurely, quiet lunch and did some chair dancing. We also practiced blowing kisses and waving!

After that, it was time for a nap so we had a bottle (milky bot, as R calls them!) and fell asleep.

We woke up from our nap, and Mommy realized that E must have had 3 teeth break through her gums while she was asleep. (At least they were not there yesterday!) We had some more bottle after a diaper change and went downstairs to play.

Soon, the mail arrived, and E-Poodle helped Mommy open the mail. One would think that on one's birthday, the box that arrived in the mail would be for her, but no, it is a new pair of shoes for "sister."

While waiting for Daddy to get home from work, we practiced "Big Girl Standing" and stood for a full 7 seconds on her own. As this is a lot of work, we then decided to finish our after-nap bottle!

Daddy soon came home, and the Princess was very happy to see "Daaa!" Daddy finished some things for work (he works from home some days).

We had dinner (Mexican-- E loves beans and rice) and then went out for ice cream, although the Birthday Girl didn't get any. No sweets for her until she has her cake tomorrow!

Soon we tried to wind down for bed, which took over an hour tonight. We cuddled with Daddy and Mommy both!

What a great birthday!

Tomorrow? Birthday party!

8 comments:

titushome said...: Aww!! Happy 1st birthday, Sweet Girl!! Sounds like you've had wonderful day celebrating!! - I'm so, so glad you are spending your first birthday with your FOREVER FAMILY!!! And I know they are so, so glad you get to spend it with YOU too!! We prayed so much you would be home by this day, and just look - you've already been home over a month-and-a-half!!!

I love you!!!

Sarah; February 19, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Arena Mom said...: Wow you guys have had a busy week! Congrats on everything....1 yo and home.....2 year anniv and braids! What a happy family! Our two year is next weekend....we had the same timing (except on #2 :); February 19, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Melissa said...: How many teeth does that child have now?? Soon she will beat Noelle!! Is she liking her grobag? We use still one religiously for every nap and night, regardless of the weather, and are still happily in our crib!

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!; February 20, 2010 at 12:12 AM
Kristi J said...: oh, what a great day!! precious, kj; February 20, 2010 at 1:28 AM
the andersens said...: yeh!!! Happy 1st Birthday sweet E!!!! You are getting so big - crawling, getting teeth - gosh! You're a busy girl!!!! :-); February 20, 2010 at 1:42 PM
The B Family said...: Happy First Birthday, Little E!
They are growing so fast! I can't believe our K is going to be celebrating her first birthday in less than 2 months--since we've been home she's learned to sit, crawl and pull herself up to standing. And she got 2 teeth this past week! Amaziing!
Can't wait to see E's party pictures. It sounds like it's going to be so cute, and I know she's going to have fun celebrating with mommy, daddy and sister R!; February 21, 2010 at 1:46 PM
J-momma said...: thanks for the tip for the curly hair products. what a great website. love the tips and everything too. maybe i should try a silk pillow case too. she does get lint and stuff stuck in her hair. but it fooled me because the texture is so soft on the top. i've tried soliciting the help of hair stylists in the past but they weren't very helpful. i think i'll get the shampoo, conditioner, and milkshake from that website. thanks for the tip. and happy birthday to E. maya's is just a couple weeks away. what a great age!; February 21, 2010 at 2:43 PM
milreb said...: Hey E, this is Bear. Happy birthday! I'll give you a call soon so we can swap some more recommendations. Those caps on the door springs were da bomb!; February 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM

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Right Now: We are a forever famiy of four!
Jan. 2009
Decide we will start the process to adopt again when we get our tax refund back.
Feb. 2009
9th-- Officially decide to start our second adoption & begin making contact w/ agency/SW & order birth certificates.
13th-- Medical letters make it to the agency. We'll wait over the weekend until Monday afternoon to learn what the decision is on our application.
17th-- Approved to adopt again. Infant girl; agency will consider an older child after more research.
18th-- Receive adoption contracts (YAY) and copies of our birth certificates in the mail. (1 Yr. R Day Anniv.)
24th-- Orientation call w/agency, contract & other paperwork notarized, 1st payment check written.
Mar. 2009
2nd-- Dossier/homestudy binders arrive. Complete application for child/family services in our state to be able to start homestudy process.
4th-- Doctor's form for R filled out. 1st attempt at getting clearance letter from the local police department.
5th-- Dossier call w/ CM. (Love her!)
6th-- Go to police station again-- they'll write the letter! Also get bank letter for homestudy completed.
10th-- Letter from the police station is now in dossier binder! A & I get TB tests. Med. letter for homestudy for A is completed after check up.
12th-- We get several docs, including POA, notarized.
13th--CIS fingerprint request (& payment) mailed to local branch; Med. letters for both homestudy & dossier are finished.
14th-- A's employment letter arrives. We might have to redo it. Emailed our CM to find out.
17th-- Employment letter ok. Get financial letter notarized, but have to redo it b/c notary messed up the date. Can't have that on a dossier!
24th-- Lots of notarizing and preparing for the homestudy visit.
25th-- Homestudy visit completed. We'll be on the waiting list soon! YAY!!!!! Fire inspection will be Apr. 6, 11am.
28th-- We receive our fingerprint appointment in the mail-- April 8 at 8am! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
31st-- We finish the "Eyes Wide Open" training manual.
Apr. 2009
2nd-- We finish the online training classes. Woo-hoo! Also get last 2 dossier documents notarized. WE ARE FINISHED!
5th-- SW submits our homestudy draft to agency for proofing/review.
6th-- Fire inspection (we passed!).
8th-- CIS Fingerprint appointment. All went well. :)
10th-- We get our POA state certified... Ok, now we're really finished w/ all the documents for both the homestudy & dossier.
13th-- SW tells us our HS is the next to be reviewed by agency. (Hurry up! :) )
14th-- Adoption training manual is approved by agency.
16th-- We find out that our HS was actually approved on the 13th, pending the child abuse check from our State.
17th-- Email from SW tells us child abuse checks won't be completed until the week of Apr. 27th. Email CM to see if we can send in our dossier early even though it is against agency policy. (She'll probably say no, but I figure it is worth a try!!)
20th-- After 1st telling us no, we are allowed to mail dossier in for review. Of course we won't be on the waiting list until our homestudy is complete sometime next week.
21st-- Dossier and fees are mailed. Will be at agency by noon tomorrow. WOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!
22nd-- Dossier is in CM's hands!
23rd-- Dossier is approved by CM. Now we have to wait on those checks to finalize HS & get on waiting list.
29th-- Child abuse checks are finished!! HS is finalized, notarized, & on its way to agency's home office. Thank goodness!!! Wait list soon!
May 2009
4th-- We are on the list at #33.
5th-- Waitlist #30. Yes, we moved 3 spots in less than 24 hours.
21st-- Receive our FDL from USCIS. Now we have been granted permission from the US gov't. to adopt internationally.
26th-- Dossier is finished with the US & ET embassy authentication process. Next step: To ET for translation and submission to MOWA (when we get a referral, of course.)
June 2009
9th-- June number in-- #29.
July 2009
10th-- July number in-- #18. What??? 11 spaces in a month! Woo-hoo!
August 2009
6th-- August number in-- #16.
September 2009
4th-- September number in--#11.
October 2009
7th-- October number in--#6. Single digits! YAY!
19th-- REFERRAL DAY!
22nd-- Call with international adoption doctor. Good to go! SW signs paperwork for us.
23rd-- We get everything notarized and sent to our CM. Will be there by noon tomorrow!
24th-- Our acceptance of referral paperwork arrives at our agency.
26th-- Our CM has our referral paperwork. Now on to the ET side of this adoption!
31st-- We receive returned notarized referral acceptance paperwork... As well as our travel info! (Soon, please!)
November 2009
5th-- Next Steps phone call with our CM.
18th-- Our CM calls to tell us our court date is Dec. 2!
December 2009
2nd (night of Dec. 1st)-- We have our court date.
2nd-- We passed court!
4th-- Our CM calls to tell us our tentative travel date of Dec. 25. We contact a couple travel agents to find the best airline prices and flights.
7th-- Our travel dates are confirmed, and we book our tickets.
17th-- We receive our paper tickets in the mail.
20th-- Nana and Pappy bring E's curtains and bedding that Nana made. It is completely beautiful!
25th-- We leave for Ethiopia.
27th-- Gotcha Day!
28th-- Embassy Appointment.
31st-- Leave to come home.
January 2010
1st-- We arrive home. Our family day. What a great way to celebrate the new year!

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