Thanks for joining in on our journey towards creating our forever family...

This is the place you can come to witness the adventures we experience as we adopt our child from the beautiful country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We hope you will come back often to learn about where we're at in the process, the culture of our child, our hopes and dreams, and to leave comments of encouragement.

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HOW OLD IS OUR PRECIOUS ASHA NOW???

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Monday, February 8, 2010

ASHA'S PIWOAH...

Who would have thought that an 18 month old would be so in love with something as simple as a pillow?

The love of this pillow began months ago when Nana first introduced Asha to a pillow that was once hers when she was a little girl.  The pillow always stayed at Nanny's house and Asha would use it when she would sleepover; that all changed this past weekend.

 

On Saturday this pillow had to go everywhere with Asha... during nap time of course, to eat at the kitchen table, when getting a diaper change and when going to play outside.  Asha even pulled the pillow along behind her down Nana and Papa's driveway, through the snow and all!  Needless to say, Nana knew that Asha couldn't part with this special pillow so she sent it home with us.  The only stipulation: the pillow returns when Asha visits for a sleepover.

 
 

And although Asha really loves this new found friend of hers, she is still willing to share it with you if you ask her very nicely.  And, if you are lucky enough she'll get you to put your head down on her piwoah and will say, "Nana, sleep... Daddy, sleep... Mama, sleep."

Thanks Nana!  Mwah!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

PAPA IS FUN...



We went out to see Papa yesterday. Daddy and Nana were both working, but I thought it would be a nice change of scenery for Asha, and would be a perfect chance for Papa to spend some time with his granddaughter.

Ever since we've been home, Asha hasn't left Papa's side and she has formed a very special bond with him. At first we referred to my dad as Grandpa but that quickly changed when Asha's speech improved and she decided on her own that he would no longer be Grandpa or Gramps, but Papa.

If you ask Asha to say, "I... love..." she almost always finishes off by saying "Papa". And if you tell her that we're going to go and see Papa, she will say, "Weeeeeee... Papa... Fun". Can't seem to figure out 100% why she is in love with Papa so much but I am sure it has something to do with the fact that he is goofy and does silly things to make her laugh, whether it's making a tent or a silly sound or face. Sometimes he acts like more of a kid than Asha does; maybe she senses the child in him.

Often Papa will come up with something that many people would think would be the dumbest game or idea, but that Asha absolutely loves. For example, I was busy doing something yesterday and asked Papa to give Asha a snack. Not too difficult you think. But, when I came back into the kitchen to see how they were doing, this is how I found them:



My Dad said to me in a matter of fact tone, "We wanted our snack under the table", like it was an every day occurrence. Their huge German Shepard Chase wanted to be a part of the game as well and tried to get under the kitchen table to join in on the fun. It was so cute to see! And as Miss Asha would say, "Papa... Fun".