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Nia Vardalos recently became a mom thru adoption. Here is a link to her reflection of the journey thru and purpose of adoption. Many of her thoughts I have said myself. I know that we are exactly the family that God wanted us to be! I am so thankful that His plans are my plans. Oh, gotta go my little man is calling now... read and enjoy! http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20277865,00.html
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Well, Diego started walking ~6 days after he turned one! On April Fool's day actually. Fooled you mom and dad! He had a complete blast at his bday party which we held at the park on the perfect AZ spring day. 15 kiddos and their parents plus other friends and family were in attendance. Festivities included the chicken dance, hokey pokey and of course a pinata! Diego had his first massive sugar attack w/a chocolate cupcake that was decorated by his Colorado Cousins. Diego absolutely loved loved loved having the big boy cousins around and wandered the house looking for them after the weekend was over.
We were able to take a family trip out the East Coast and were able to get in some quick but fun visits with the Burney side of the family. We had some time at the beach and in GA. The best part was that we were able to see and spend some time w/each person in J.D.'s fam. We're so thankful for that! It was fun to see Diego really start developing those important relationships. He certainly loves being the center of attention!
We also saw him really developing his communication skills on the trip as he was going sign language crazy; signing "more" "food" & "please" constantly (although more actually meant...I WANT). He waves bye and blows kisses...if you're a really special person you get a kiss on the lips! He also now signs "cracker" "milk" "all done" and "help". He has also started combining signs like "more please" & "eat milk".
He is in what we call a "sponge" stage...soaking up all kinds of learning from sounds to gestures and understanding language. It's scary how much he understands and how much he feigns understanding!
He is into his gross motor skills and will walk/push/climb all day and he cannot understand why we like to take breaks for nap time!?
What about us??? Well, if we thought he was fun before he is even more so now. And, more challenging as he asserts his will more frequently! However his smiles and silliness, curiosity and loving ways make it easy to forget...maybe not so much for the cats though! haha He reamins an easy kiddo and a joy to parent. The biggest challenge is balancing what needs to get done with all of the new things he just pulled out to play with. Now even more so in this crazy heat! J.D. is trying to finish up studying for his CFP exam in July and Leif is trying to manage while the study flurry reigns on. However, J.D. is man of the hour...if he is around then Mama is chopped liver. It is so neat to see their special relationship grow and flourish. And it certainly makes a great treat after all of those intense study sessions!
New pics are on display enjoy... Much love
p.s. don't get confused by the early Diego pics thrown in...I just couldn't resist looking at the changes...there are more updated pics after them
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Well month nine started w/the Croup. That is one childhood sickness we do not need to experience again. Of course it also happened over the New Year holiday so the timing was perfectly horrible in terms of getting in to the Dr?it was also the first week I returned back to work.
While we were waiting to see the Doctor, Diego looked across the room and started waving at a lady sitting in the waiting room. We also made friends w/a biker dude. Nothing like a cute face to pave a road thru differences. 2 more teeth this month this; time on top. A middle and a side tooth. The huge news?he learned to crawl one night right before bed. So cute b/c he just scoots around like a choo choo train and looks so petite b/c he?s no longer stretched out flat. He also has a great little lion roar and when he sees the cats he roars and starts after them. They move to higher ground pretty quickly. Not only is he crawling but he is pulling himself up to stand and can cruise along. This happened w/in the same day as the crawling. He also wants us to ?walk? him around everywhere. He is actually quite good w/his footsteps it?s just his balance that keeps him from doing it all alone!!!! We?re in trouble. His roar is so funny b/c if you initiate he will go back and forth with you for quite some time. I also see him using that as an expression for when he gets frustrated. His problem solving skills are really developing and he is beginning to enter the object permanence stage?he also wants to eat everything we eat?so another motivation to stay on our best behavior! Diego has also started initiating more ?play? with us. The other day in the hall he was crawling away and I said ?Where are you going?? he sat up, looked at me got a michievous look and set off crawling faster?I said ?I?m gonna get you!? and he tried crawling faster but got so excited that he became uncoordinated and ended up not going anywhere.
We are happy to report that we have suffered thru our first experience (because I am not na?ve enough to think it is the last) with separation anxiety. I think it was only about a month but wow, when it is happening for every nap and bedtime?we thought it was never-ending. Thanks for all the prayers!
His transition continues to go well and he is such a happy, smiley, talkative (in Diego language of course) baby. We are soaking up every moment.
I have added more pictures to the ?As the Guatapeep Grows? page and Diego's current theme song (haha) just change the we to I, don't worry you'll know what I mean later. Also finally included pics of his room. Enjoy! Much love...