We have run into some snags with the adoption. The time frame between your file going to China and receiving your baby has increased considerably. Remember our paperwork went to China in October 2005. Now the Chinese government says we can expect a referral in early 2007. Meanwhile, we're keeping busy.
Gabriel finally lost his 2 front teeth. He's so cautious about everything so we had to beg him to wiggle them and pull them out. Jeff and I even wiggled them at night while he was sleeping because his new teeth were coming in. He started kindergarten and seems to have adjusted fine. Waiting the extra year for kindergarten proved to be the right decision and there are other 6 year olds in his class. He loves his teacher. Although he tries to convince us that kinder is really long (even though it's actually 45 minutes less than his pre-k class last year).
Julian is enjoying his new preschool so much so that he's been getting up at 4:00 a.m., getting dressed by himself and coming in to beg us for breakfast on school days. Our new house rule is that no one leaves their beds until they see sunshine. He became quite a good swimmer this year even though he's still "little but mighty". Both boys are spending alot of time in their fort Jeff built them out of wood recycled from the facade of our house.
Jeff has been working on base alot and working on our addition. They poured the foundation yesterday (finally) and look forward to the sounds of pneumatic nail guns this week. Colette has been picking out flooring, paint, doors, cabinets etc. We can't wait to have our own bathroom.
We will keep you posted on any changes in the family. We look forward to meeting our "Mei Mei" (little sister in Chinese). Take care and God bless!
C & The Gang
