We have authenticated our adoption in the court, and got a U.S. birth certificate for Dawit. Woo-hoo…the legal part is done! Now I can apply for a social security number for him, and also a U.S. passport.
It has been exactly one year since we decided to pursue Dawit in Ethiopia. On Thanksgiving 2005, we made [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Officially Official
Posted in Adoption on November 24, 2006 | 7 Comments »
More about food…
Posted in Adoption on November 18, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Food is an issue at our house in that we don’t have a typical diet. My daughter and I both have Celiac Disease, and we follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. This means no grains, sugar, or lactose.
I cook a lot. We eat a healthy variety of foods, and every meal includes at [...]
Report Card
Posted in Adoption on November 17, 2006 | 4 Comments »
We had our first “conference” with Dawit’s preschool teacher today. He even got a written report evaluating his progress in many areas: physical development, social and emotional development, language, and math. He’s doing great! It was helpful to hear an objective opinion about his progress. She doesn’t see any food issues at school, he happily [...]
Food
Posted in Adoption on November 12, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Well, given the circumstances he came from, I would think that Dawit would eat most anything and a lot of it.
Being wise parent with six entire years of experience now, I can say that almost nothing about parenting is close to what I would think.
This adorable kid is very difficult to feed. He’s picky, odd, [...]
Treats
Posted in Adoption on November 1, 2006 | 6 Comments »
No villains were safe in our neighborhood last night!
It didn’t take long for Dawit to figure out the concept of Halloween. It involves his favorite things: Superheroes and candy. Here are our little Superheroes, Spiderman and Unicorn Girl. (And for those of you who know Granny, she made Unicorn Girl’s costume to [...]
