Thursday, November 4, 2010

i stumbled across some footage from this summer
that i just couldn't pass on sharing...

this is mostly for norbyah,
(one of my dearest friends who was with us
too briefly in july from hong kong...
along with her husband and their three beautiful children,
the youngest of which is my god-daughter, cally.)

i wasn't blogging at all during this time,
but thankfully i have tons of photos
and almost hours of video to look back on.

our time together is too few and far in between, friend.
i miss you.
and yours.


(please note: we will definitely be investing in a pair of
asian fit swimming goggles for rubin!)


7 comments:

Norbyah said...

oh my goodness. i can't tell you how much i LOVE this. as soon as i started to play it, the two bigs, who were still awake, flocked around to see it. we'll have to skype soon. got to tell you, cally sings a little song (the little mermaid..ahhhh part), but she goes 'aaahhhhh...me!' oh, and that joey. classic.

Norbyah said...

and, it's so weird to see cally NOT speaking at all. i'll have to get some video for you so you can hear her. she doesn't stop. is that any surprise? she's like ella.

Elizabeth Frick said...

Oh Rubin... you are too cute. I sure hope I get to meet you in April!

Colleen said...

look at all of those beautiful little ones! makes me miss summer already.
And how cute is Rubin in those goggles?!!! He and Noah have the same floatie. :)

Anonymous said...

Poor little Rubie!!! Let me know if you need me to pick up a pair of goggles here for him...I have the same trouble as well. And Cally is adorable with her sunscreen and terrified little face!

Kara said...

How cute. Great memories!

Krista said...

What a fun swimming day! Rubin is adorable in his goggles! I don't think I could coax Alex into a pair if I tried...

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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