Now like a month and a half after my last post I finally have some time to jot some stuff down. Where to start? So much happens with a 3 1/2 year old in that time. We went to Adventure land and had a blast! He rode all the rides except the space shot and 2 of the roller coasters. He loved it and is very brave. Even loved the stuff that made Trint and I wanna hurl! We took him to the Iowa State Fair and he loved it there, I used to think child leashes are mean but I am a strong supporter of them after that. He did pretty good and was great after we got him into the midway on the rides. He could only ride the little stuff though cause they really watch heights there, and he was too short for any of the big rides. He was NOT happy about that ;) Tim and Deb came up to visit him and that was nice. We had a good visit and they were all glad to see each other. We took him home to meet our families and it was good that he got to meet them but it was a hectic weekend and not one I want to do again. Now we are forced to go home on long weekends. A day and a half to visit 4 families is about 6 hours a family and that is just too much!!! He got to meet Grandma Marvel and Nette so that was really nice cause they both live so far away. I think Nan and Pop are thinking about coming this way soon too so that will be a nice visit. He is now staying with Kristen during the day. She was praying on a Saturday night and looking online for a nanny job. She told the Lord that she wanted one kid and $200 a week. I did not know that and at church the next morning was asking her how many of her kids are now in school, knowing that we needed a new babysitter for Gavin, and she said "I'll watch him", I told hr we would give her $200 a week and she said yes. After church she told met that she had been praying and that is exactly what she asked for. Thanks Papa!!! YOu are so good, fulfilling 2 needs/desires with no stressing on our parts. He loves it there and she loves having him so it all worked out. I gotta admit that he liked it a little too much :) I went to pick him up the first couple days and he didn't even want to leave with me, which in all honesty hurt my feelers. I would tell him its time to leave and he would either scream and say NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Or just sit down on me and refuse to move while saying "Dabin stay Krisins house". I pouted a few days on the car ride home. Now he just wakes up every morning "Go Krisins house?" SO funny. He has started to call us mommy and daddy intermittently. It is such a sweet thing to hear that from him "Mommy", when we were at adventure land we lost Trint and when we found him, Gavin went running to him saying "Daddy daddy daddy" almost brought tears to my eyes! He is such a sweet boy.....when he wants to be ;) He and I butt heads quite a bit. He is generally an angel for daddy, but when daddy leaves the room all hell breaks loose and he will not listen to a word I say! Then when daddy enters the room again all is well. I don't even think Trint believes me when I say he is naughty cause all Trint has to do is look at him and he straightens up. Me I am like about to loose my mind and he still wont listen! Trint did tell me that I could quit my job and stay home with him, just as long as I go to school when he does. I guess I better start figurin out what I wanna do?!?!?!??!?!?!?! LORD PLEASE HELP ME CAUSE I DONT KNOW!!!!!!
Our last meeting for the home study is on Sept 13th, which is just around the corner. We hopefully can get a meeting with our attorney and get papers drawn up for Cara and Brian to relinquish rights and then we can file for adoption!!!!! It is getting closer and so exciting. We have seriously fallen in love with this little man. He is spoiled right now....eh....who am I kidding he is going to be spoiled rotten, but here is the list of boughtens. We had to immediately go out and get him some new clothes, then a bike, then we had to deck out his room so we bought all Spongebob stuff. Found an awesome SB toddler bed, Table and chairs, and toy box. The stuff was great, all wood, awesome. Well after purchasing toddler mattress, toddler mattress sheets and blankies we found him on the floor every morning and came to the conclusion that the toddler bed is too small, so I returned the mattress and am keeping the bed and sheets for Stella and Cael. The I got on craigslist and found a bed and mattress set for $100 delivered and that is working out well. Got all the sheets and SB blankies, SB curtains, SB pillows, and all the cool SB wall stickers and now he is pimpin a sweet room. Got him a dresser and Bookshelf, and pretty much everything else his little heart desires. I cant stop myself from just looking for things to buy him when I am shopping, he is breaking the bank ;)
Hope to be able to post once a week here so I dont forget stuff.
