Thursday, July 22, 2010

Rubin the Hand-Raiser...

ready for kindergarden??


18 comments:

Colleen said...
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Colleen said...

Oh Rubin! I just want to squeeze you! Love hearing all of the little Meeeee!'s We do this with Noah when we are going to get ice cream...you can bet your butt he raises his hands! :)

Colleen said...

whooops! sorry, I entered my comment twice so I deleted one. :)

Aunt Casey said...

Who misses her nephews??? Meeeeee!

sue said...

oh Rubin, don't go to kindergarten yet! although it certainly looks like you are ready, you smart little cookie!

Kris said...

That is adorable! I love that he raises his hand - did he learn that from his brothers? So cute.

Elizabeth Frick said...

Oh my goodness, what a cutie! WHEN can our kids meet? Come ON!!!
And I love the total sneak-in of "who loves mommy?" question at the end. Hee hee.

Christine @ 12,450miles said...

You weren't also driving were you?! ;-)

Love it... of course!

Christine said...

That's adorable! Now I want to teach Joel how to do that. :)

Kimberly and Ed said...

Rubin is so adorable! Cute video:-)

Yvonne said...

Again, I think Rubin and Daniel are in cahoots. Daniel just learned to day "me" this week. Too cute! And love seeing the happy, smiley boy :)

erin Beaver said...

Okay, Rubin is the cutest little thing ever and he's MINE!!! Or at least almost mine via godmother status. Love love love!!

kelly said...

So cute! Oh, Rubin you've grown up since we saw you last! We've missed you!

Sue said...

super cute!

JoJo said...

Who wants mommy to post more cute pics and videos? MEEEEE!

shellyct said...

LOVE this! And love that Mama gets TWO hands up in the air!!!

Rach@In His Hands said...

The cutest thing EVER. Love you, Rubin!

CatherineD said...

Soooo cute! Daniel has made me play this five times now, and he is jumping up and down screaming for me to play it again!

Our Adoption Timeline

  • December 23, 2009- Adoption Finalized.
  • May 7th, 2009- Family circle complete in Madison.
  • May 6th, 2009- Mama's got Rubin in Seoul.
  • May 4th, 2009- meet Rubin
  • April 23rd, 2009- Visa Interview
  • April 22nd, 2009- TRAVEL CALL!!
  • April 14th, 2009- Packet 3
  • April 7th, 2009- NVC out
  • April 1st 2009 (no foolin')- I171 received
  • March 9th, 2009- I171H received
  • February 27th, 2009- progress report from SWS
  • February 24th, 2009- Fingerprinted at USIS
  • February 19, 2009-Rubin's legals arrive in state.
  • February 16, 2009- mailed referral acceptance.
  • February 12, 2009- received referral paperwork.
  • January 29, 2009- verbally accepted referral
  • January 27, 2009- received unofficial referral.
  • January 20, 2009- I600A received and filed with the Dept. of Homeland Security
  • January 16, 2009- submitted I600A
  • January 12, 2009- homestudy document complete.
  • January 12, 2009-received Foster Home Licensing
  • December 22, 2008- A.I.A.A. director approves application, establishes our file, and requests our homestudy documents from J.D.
  • December 5, 2008- submitted Foster Licensing application.
  • November 25, 2008- A.I.A.A. accepted official application.
  • November 15, 2008- submitted formal application to A.I.A.A.
  • November 13, 2008- final homestudy meeting.
  • November 12, 2008- autobiographies completed.
  • October 30, 2008- second homestudy meeting.
  • October 22, 2008- received formal application from A.I.A.A.
  • October 14, 2008- first homestudy meeting.
  • October 1, 2008- submitted pre-application to Americans for International Adoption and Aid
  • September 25, 2008- submitted application packet to Adoption Advocates, Inc.
  • September 18, 2008- first meeting with social worker (J.D.)
  • August 2008- decided to adopt

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