Oh What a Memorial Day Weekend...

This weekend started off with a bang. Just before we left to go to see Shelby's family in Massachusetts, we got the video and picture CD from our friend Eric who was over in China recently. He and his wife Stacy are adopting a little girl from the same orphanage as Saxton, so he made a visit to the Yiwu Social Welfare Institute. He was able to get some great video of Saxton and his daughter playing with the nannies.

We are proud to say that Saxton is full of energy. He was clapping and dancing with the nannies as they sang songs to the Saxton and Grace. It was very exciting to see him in motion and to hear his little voice say "a-ee." We must have shown the video to different members of Shelby's family at least ten times. But every time we were excited to see Saxton, as if it were the first time we saw him. By the way, my arm is black and blue from where Shelby kept hitting me and saying, "DID YOU SEE HIM!!! HE'S DANCING AND CLAPPING!!!" Oh well, they are great love taps and I couldn't be more excited.

We had a great weekend up in Massachusetts. Sawyer's (and Saxton's) Bupshi and Papa spoiled him with gifts. What else are Grandparents for?

Then we celebrated Shelby's Birthday (which is this Sunday) with a beautiful cake...

...and some fireworks!!!

We hope you all had a great weekend!! I know we did!!!

Missing Mommy....

Last week Shelby was on a business trip to Copenhagen, Denmark. While she was gallivanting around the world, Sawyer and I were bummed that we couldn't go with her on this trip.

So, while we sat on the couch and did the guy thing (watch any sport on TV even if we don't like it), I thought I would update you all on what is going on.

Last week we started occupational therapy for Sawyer. While he has made a great amount of progress over the last few months, he is still very behind on talking - he is not vocal at all. The Philadelphia area Early Intervention group is awesome to work with and seem to be more in tuned to what we, as a family, can do to help Sawyer progress further. This past Tuesday, we had his first appointment with the pediatric doctor at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She gave Sawyer a clean bill of health and got us started on getting acquainted with the Cranial Facial Team at CHOP.

On the house front - just like our house in Maple Valley, this house needs some updates. So we started in the master bedroom. Of course nothing goes as planned. We originally thought that we could rip up the carpet the previous owner put over very nice hardwood floors and refinish them. Well, when I was taking off the baseboard, it went through the wall. The room now looks like this:

Hopefully in a week or two, I will have it all back together.

Just today, the dishwasher died, too. So, Sawyer and I took a look at it.

Tomorrow, Sawyer and I will be replacing this dishwasher with a new one. HOW FUN!!

OKAY!! I know the real reason you people come here..... AND NOW THE STAR OF THE SHOW....SAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Are DTC!!!

We were informed that Saxton's paperwork has been sent to the CCAA, TODAY. Sawyer's Little Brother is one step closer to coming home!! We are very excited.

So let the buying begin. We basically need to double everything that we have for Sawyer. Today we bought a double stroller so they can sit side by side. Once we get our room refinished, we will put the finishing touches on their room.

If all goes well, we should be traveling to China in August or September. Wish us luck!!