Meet Mara

I would like to introduce you to Mara Min. Her bday is 6/8/09.


I saw Mara's photo on CCAI's waiting child page. Mara is considered to be a special focus child. Mara is deaf. She currently lives with a foster family in Hubei, China.



Because we had adopted from China in the last 12 months we were able to use the same dossier. We just have to have a new homestudy and immigration. All of our paperwork has to be in China by April.

We are all excited to have her join our family. Mia and Mara will be 5 months apart; virtual twins.

What's Up?

So I am a super bad blogger. No real reason I haven't posted. Life is in constant motion here. Let me give you the highlights:
*Wrestling season is underway. I will leave my opinions to myself.
*Tim turned 29 again.
* Mia turned 2.
* Mid Year and testing at work.
*SW came out for Mia's 6th month post placement. I should post pictures of August and pics of now. Such a difference, all positive.
*We are in email contact with Mia's nannies in China. I love having that connection.
*We are adopting again. Snuck that one in on you! More info about her soon.

She liked it!

Today was Mia's first day of Help Me Grow. Help Me Grow is an early intervention program for children up to age 3. They have home based services as well as a building you can go to. We opted for the building. She goes one day a week for 2.5 hours. It is a pre-school atmosphere. There are speech therapists, OT, teacher, and teacher's aide in the room of 8 kids. She was very quiet and mostly observed today. I asked if she wanted to come back and she said yes!

Mia is 2!!

Christmas 2010

What a great Christmas we had! Am I the only one that takes down the decorations on the 26th? I tell people I do, and they look at me like I have a third eyeball. Whatever, I like things to get back to normal. Please don't confuse that with neat and tidy. I compare my house to the house on Malcolm in the Middle.

We also booked it to Arkansas between Christmas and New Years. The boys are used to the drive and Mia did well. Can you believe I left my camera at home? UGH that was frustrating.

The pictures are from our time at home.

Palate Surgery

Mia had her palate surgery on Monday the 13th. The surgery went well. She did have to stay in ICU for 2 days for her breathing. They said it was because she was so swollen from the procedure and the tube that was in her throat.

She was very happy to come home to see her brothers. We were very happy she was home too!

Carter

Carter, my little bud. Always a smiling kid. Eager to please and has an awesome smile and laugh. His smile reminds me of his Grandpa Jake.

*photo by Lisa Feather Photography