Sunday, October 26, 2008

Alex's Adoption Day - 2 years!!!!!!!

... and we love him more than ever!!!! It's amazing when I look at those old pictures and see that little baby... and i thought he was so big when we got him! He turned a year old 2 weeks after we got him! Now he is about to turn 3!!!! He is so grown up and sooooooo smart! He has determined, from hearing Jerry and I talk, that "Our Government is broken!" We about died when he first said that! Therefore he repeated it as often as possible for the first couple weeks... There are 2 things we most commonly hear from People about Alex... "he is so cute!" and I can't believe his linguistic abilities! (they don't exactly say linguistic, but all different forms) Most people think he is at least 4! Nope!!! He is 2! Our sweet social worker that came for his post placement was asking Jerry if he was sure he was only 2, she seriously thought Jerry was mistaken! Anyways i don't really know how that happened, but he is just good with words, i guess! It is so much fun watching him develop!! He asks "but why?" all the time... even when he knows the answer! He also asks "what is that" all the time... He loves his cars and trucks and construction equipment, quads, and dirt! He can make his new baby brother Anthony laugh faster than anybody else! He and Anthony even play "commando crawling" tag in the house! It is quite hilarious! Anthony is 10 months!

Alex is enjoying knowing so much stuff... he knows it is fall and winter is coming! So far we don't have any big trips planned for this winter... We went to Kazakhstan this summer, so... we might have to skip a trip or two... We'll see...




This is one oof the last pictures at the babyhouse for Alex! That is the inspector, she was very happy to see Alex again this last summer! We really liked her!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

2 Years Ago...

2 Years ago today we set foot in Kazakhstan for the very first time!!!! We arrived about 1am because our plane was late. We slept a few hours, had a meeting where we signed some papers, handed over the program fees and the cost of our apartments and interpreters and we had the rest of the day free. We had Vitali drive us up the mountain to the Ski resort where they were having some mountain biking "thing" for the day! We rode up the mountainside and walked around for a while... all the while having butterflies in our stomachs because TOMORROW we will meet our Alex for the first time!!!!!!! Oh my goodness!!!! It feels like it was yesterday... just thinking about it i remember the feelings!!! We set my camera on a rock and took our picture up there in the mountains on the OTHER side of the world!!! I can't believe we were there... We could only imagine what the rest of our life was going to be like!



Today... this feels like old news! Little did we know we would go back!!! Now having lived in Kazakhstan for not just one, but two months of our lives, we have 2 precious boys to show for it! THAT is amazing!!! Kazakhstan is our second Homeland! I would go back in a heartbeat!