He's home!

Dr. Daddy came home Tuesday night- hurrah! Eirena was VERY excited to see him.
Also exciting is that Dr. Daddy had a layover in Seattle and used his time wisely.
You see, less than 4 miles from the airport is a Trader Joe's. Oh yeah! Dr. Daddy brought home yummies from TJ's: peppermint bark, candy cane Joe Joe's, CHOCOLATE, chili mango and other such treats. So we're all set for treats and chocolate for a while.

The day after Dr. Daddy got home we had our first meeting with our social worker for our homestudy. It was pretty much a 50 minute interview (per person) that went over our life history. (And then we moved...) The next step is the home visit which is scheduled for Dec. 6th. It is kind of exciting to actually feel like we're progressing on the adoption.

More cheap entertainment!

1. Get a newspaper ad flyer in the mail.2. Give it to small child to read, especially the pictures of cars and helicopters.

3. Small child will then hide under the newspaper.


4. You "find" the "hidden" child.


5. You are then rewarded with grins and giggles.

6. Repeat.

And this is the fun we had before the dog or cats got the paper- they just take it to a whole new level!

Sniffles and hacks

Eirena and I both came down with a cold. She has the chest congestion, I have the nose/sinus stuff.
Clearly the only reasonable thing to do is have her go to sleep (even though she is chipper) and for me to curl up with a cup of tea and some dark chocolate. That's right, forget the chicken soup, go straight for the chocolate. It has antioxidants, you know!