Big Boy Bed

I fell asleep on Boo's floor yesterday for naptime, thinking seeing me with my eyes closed would get him to go to sleep as well.

Ha!

I was the only one who took a nap yesterday, although it was pretty nice to have one.

When I woke up and peeked an eye open to see what he was doing, I saw a certain little someone staring at me while pretty much balancing himself on the top rail of the crib!  Of course, I immediately told him to get down before he fell.  I told him I'd be right back and rushed downstairs for the camera, after which I asked him to try to climb out of his crib so I could take pictures.  Yeah, mama of the year award, right here!!  Don't worry, I didn't let him go too far.

"really, you want me to do what?"

"okay, I go like this with that foot..."

"...and then grab here with my hands..."

a little more pull and he'd be over!

Okay, you can stop. Now.

So Chris and I decided that this weekend, we would convert his crib to a toddler bed.  Nothing wrong with trying to keep him in the crib as long as we could; he wasn't complaining about it and, as far as we knew, he wasn't trying to climb out of it...at least, successfully.  During his bath, we switched out the bed rails, then got him in his pj's and let him loose.

I think he's diggin' it.

So far, no problems, although I think he was pretty exhausted by the time he went to bed, so tonight's ease could be deceiving.  Who knows where we'll find him in the morning!!

My baby's not a baby any more.

Wordless Wednesday - Yeah, I'm Cool!

Movie Monday - The "E" room and more trains!

Do you think we watch "The Letter F@ctory" enough?!?!

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit and brought a bright new toy with them!  Boo still doesn't have the uumph needed to get the train to move by pedaling it, so the slant to the driveway helped a bit.

Movie Monday - Transportation

Does that make me selfish?

All this mess with the EP issues and current wait times has got me thinking recently.

Even though I would dearly love a sibling call for my son's sake, part of me hopes we don't get one because I don't think I would be able to get through the subsequent wait with the strength and grace that I see from others who are waiting now.

I. hate. waiting.

I am not an extremely patient person.

And I hate not being in control, especially about something so important.

Could I even love another child as much as I love my first-born, my sweetie-pie?

Would I want to disrupt the normal that has become our family since our son joined it almost two years ago?  Would another child fit into our family as well as he does?

Would it be easier to wait a second time since I have a child in my arms already?  I don't know.  Maybe.  I might not have quite the time to obsess about what's going on like I did with our first adoption (although you can bet I would make the time!), but that would definitely not make up for the fact that I would know part of our family was not present.

Does this all make me sound selfish?  I don't know.  Maybe.  But those are my honest thoughts.

That's not to say, if given the opportunity, that we would ever turn down a sibling call.  There would be no question about wanting to parent that child as well.  We would be thrilled!

Although the wait to have that child in our arms would be agonizing.

And I think we would both be pretty terrified of what our "new normal" would become after that.

Guess that makes us regular ol' parents, though, huh?

The Frozen Tundra

Last weekend, we got back in the car and made our way north to see some good friends.  We have had this vacation planned for what seems like forever and we were so excited for it to finally be here!!  We had planned this around the Klondike Days that takes place about 30 minutes from where they live.  This is an outdoor winter festival that we thought Boo would enjoy (not to mention the four adults who were looking forward to it!).  And it was made that much better because they had a. ton. of snow.

On the way up, Boo was practicing his letter recognition with his "ashcards" (flashcards) from The Letter F@ctory movie series.  The following movie is a little long, but if  you watch 'til the end, you can see that our boy is very good at praising others:

On Saturday, we went to Klondike Days.  We watched ice and wood sculptures being made with chainsaws, saw a logging competition (actually pretty neat), walked around an old frontier encampment, took a sleigh ride and a dog sled ride, and Boo got to ride a pony all by himself! (although Daddy was walking beside him, just to be safe)

if you look close, you can see his tongue sticking out, concentrating

getting a lift from Jay

Sunday, we went out to play in the snow.  Took Boo sledding around the yard and I felt like I was swimming in the snow a few times, it was that deep!!  Just saying: walking up a hill, pulling a sled, in snow that went above my knees in most places...talk about a workout!  But it was fun and Boo absolutely loved it.

Now, if only I could find mittens that would stay on his hands...

this was the shallow snow

We then went snowshoeing for the first time ever, which was fun.  And easier than I thought it would be.  Kind of makes me want to move somewhere where I could buy a pair and be guaranteed to use them every year!

Jessie, me, and Boo

you might be seeing this picture again come Christmas-time!

Jessie and Boo after a day outside, watching The Letter F@ctory.

Boo had them "trained" to sing the alphabet song before we left...it only took two days!!

In Boo's words, "Very good, Jessie and Jay!"

Thanks again for an awesome weekend!

EPs submitted!!

Thank you to everyone who prayed for and supported those who were waiting for EP submissions...as of this past Monday, things are starting to flow again in Korea!!!  There were a number of emigration permissions that were submitted to the Ministry (MOHW) and the waiters have been told that the MOHW is going to try to expedite these submissions.  So that means that the first travel calls of this year could be coming in by the end of the month or sooner!

Oh, happy week!!

Movie Monday

His happy dance.  Love it.

I couldn't get to the camera fast enough to catch the entire alphabet, but he sang the whole thing.  I love hearing him sing songs!

Another first!!

We have a racing fan in our family.

Specifically, cars.

But, really, anything that has wheels and goes fast.

In circles.

Did I mention, neither Chris nor I know anything about car racing?!?!

I guess we'll be learning.

Because our son loves it.

Huh.

Whodathunkit?