Saturday, November 21, 2009
Miscellaneous Pictures
Keaton and his baseball coach at the end-of-season party.
Karli and Kenzie at their first gymnastics class. The pictures are taken through a window, so they're a little fuzzy.
Pictures from the park.
Pictures of Kayla, Karli, and Kenzie at a different park.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Kacee:)
Our fingerprint appointment is scheduled for 11/17/09. We have heard that government approval can come as little as a week after the fingerprint appointment. We hope to have our dossier at our agency by 12/4/09 (one year to the day that we left for China to pick up Karli and Kenzie's birthday), so hopefully, our officer at the USCIS will not find anything wrong with our home study and will approve us quickly.
We received an update today with some new pictures of Kacee. We got to ask 10 questions and the social work institute answered all 10, provided updated measurements and photos. Here are some of the questions we asked and their answers.
1. Does she crawl or walk?
She is walking now.
2. Describe her typical day.
She gets up at 7:30am. Breakfast at 8:00am after washing face; 8:30am-10:00am activities at play room; 10:30am fruit; 11:30am lunch; 12:00pm-3:00pm nap; 3:30pm snack; 4:00pm-5:00pm play with friends; 5:30pm dinner; 6:00pm fruit; 7:00pm -9:00pm watch TV; 9:00pm bottle; 9:30pm go to bed. She takes another bottle at middle of night; change diaper once at middle of the night. She sleeps well.
3. What is her favorite thing to eat, play and do?
Sheis not picky. She has good appetite. She especially likes to eat snack and fruit; she likes all kinds of colorful toys. Wei Wei is active and likes to play with her friends.
4. Can she hear anything at all such as music or television or people talking to her?
Yes. She has hearing. She can hear TV and music, she can hear others talking to her. If you call her name behind her, she will turn around quickly.
5. Has she had any more testing since her referral paperwork? Did the testing show she had ear canals inside her ears?
Her file was submitted in April. We took her to Gui Zhou provincial People’s Hospital and had CT and hearing test in June. CT result shows that she has cochlea buildup (so she has hearing), but both of her outer ear canals are closed.
6. How does she communicate with you? Does she talk and say some words or just make sounds?
She isn’t talking well yet. but she can laugh. She is very smart. She can understand what we are saying. When we communicate, it’s always we ask and she will answer by nodding or shaking her head for “yes” or “no”, “like it” or “doesn’t like it”.
7. her updated measurements:
Height: 82cm; Weight: 9kg; Head: 46cm; Chest: 47cm; Foot: 12cm; Teeth: upper 8 and lower 7.
We received an update today with some new pictures of Kacee. We got to ask 10 questions and the social work institute answered all 10, provided updated measurements and photos. Here are some of the questions we asked and their answers.
1. Does she crawl or walk?
She is walking now.
2. Describe her typical day.
She gets up at 7:30am. Breakfast at 8:00am after washing face; 8:30am-10:00am activities at play room; 10:30am fruit; 11:30am lunch; 12:00pm-3:00pm nap; 3:30pm snack; 4:00pm-5:00pm play with friends; 5:30pm dinner; 6:00pm fruit; 7:00pm -9:00pm watch TV; 9:00pm bottle; 9:30pm go to bed. She takes another bottle at middle of night; change diaper once at middle of the night. She sleeps well.
3. What is her favorite thing to eat, play and do?
Sheis not picky. She has good appetite. She especially likes to eat snack and fruit; she likes all kinds of colorful toys. Wei Wei is active and likes to play with her friends.
4. Can she hear anything at all such as music or television or people talking to her?
Yes. She has hearing. She can hear TV and music, she can hear others talking to her. If you call her name behind her, she will turn around quickly.
5. Has she had any more testing since her referral paperwork? Did the testing show she had ear canals inside her ears?
Her file was submitted in April. We took her to Gui Zhou provincial People’s Hospital and had CT and hearing test in June. CT result shows that she has cochlea buildup (so she has hearing), but both of her outer ear canals are closed.
6. How does she communicate with you? Does she talk and say some words or just make sounds?
She isn’t talking well yet. but she can laugh. She is very smart. She can understand what we are saying. When we communicate, it’s always we ask and she will answer by nodding or shaking her head for “yes” or “no”, “like it” or “doesn’t like it”.
7. her updated measurements:
Height: 82cm; Weight: 9kg; Head: 46cm; Chest: 47cm; Foot: 12cm; Teeth: upper 8 and lower 7.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Soccer
Kylie had a double header today with a soccer game this morning and one in the afternoon. Her team won both times. Yay!!! Here are some pictures of Kylie taken during the games.
While Kylie's team plays, Kenzie and Karli like to run around and have fun. Here are some pictures of "The Littles" playing around at the field. The would love to play soccer, but right now we think they are a little young.
And of course, it wouldn't be a normal day at our house without someone in time out. This time Karli wanted to play with someone's else's soccer ball and would not return it. You should have seen the fit she pitched right in the middle of the field during half-time.
While Kylie's team plays, Kenzie and Karli like to run around and have fun. Here are some pictures of "The Littles" playing around at the field. The would love to play soccer, but right now we think they are a little young.
And of course, it wouldn't be a normal day at our house without someone in time out. This time Karli wanted to play with someone's else's soccer ball and would not return it. You should have seen the fit she pitched right in the middle of the field during half-time.
Tot School
This week in school Kenzie worked on identifying her letters. I did not realize she knew the names of all 26 letters and a lot of the sounds.
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