If you were born on the 19th & you're turning 19-months-old, is that your first golden birthday?
Kaelah is growing up oh, so fast! She likes to sit up to the table without her booster seat, put together her shape puzzle Grandpa bought, identify objects, and make lots of animal sounds. Kaelah is beginning to show more creativity in her play and is increasingly entertaining. She is also becoming a profession procrastinator when it comes to bedtime and doesn't fall asleep right away anymore. (As I type I can hear thumping sounds and singing coming from her room.) The 2 words we hear most often are "more" & "Gobo" (as in Gobo Fraggle). Why? Kaelah gets to watch Fraggle Rock while I'm combing out all the knots in her hair in the mornings. I think it's trying to go curly back there but without much success. Thank goodness for detangler! It also gives me plenty of time to put in pig tails -- I'm so glad she finally has enough hair to do something with! This video shows her busting some new dance moves and showing off the motions for her favorite action song. Yes, I've noticed we have quite a few bath time videos, but that's b/c when she's in the tub she doesn't lunge for the video camera. (:
Other than that, Dan & I have completed all the paperwork, etc. that has to be completed to be placed on our agency's adoption website again. Now it's simply time to wait for a phone call saying the government gave it's stamp of approval to everything. When we adopted Kaelah we began the process in January of 2006, were "approved" in October 2006, & were blessed to have Kaelah join our family in July of 2007. The process itself has been surprisingly easy for us this time, but we have a tendency to feel selfish because know we know just how much of a Christ-like sacrifice we will be asking of someone else! Hindsight is 20/20 and everyone involved knows that Kaelah was certainly meant to be a part of our family. It will be interesting to see what God has in mind this time around!
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And happy 19th month-day to Kaelah!