June 2006 Update
Well, June will be over before we know it! We are packing things
up that are not going to Tallahassee with us and using the shed
in the yard to store things for the year. We’ve contracted the
movers and found a place to live.
We were going to drive to Tallahassee next week but decided that
would be too many hours for Zoe in the car. So we’ve applied to
live in a brand new apartment complex. The application was over
14 pages long if you can believe that. But the complex seems
perfect for us and since it’s new, we are comfortable renting
site unseen. It’s a gated community, has a zero depth entry
pool, a playground, a bike trail, and it is right next to a
state park. In addition, there are sidewalks outside the complex
so Zoe and I can continue to take our daily walks next year.
It’s called The Lakes at San Marcos, and I’m thrilled we’ve
chosen to live there. Now just say a prayer our application is
accepted. I don’t see why it wouldn’t be, but I’ll feel better
once we’ve heard back from them.
On Monday we head out of town for our vacation. We’ll go to
Kansas City for a few days but won’t see my parents. They are
actually out in California caring for Zoe’s cousins. My brother
and his wife are presently in Ethiopia adopting their daughter …
very exciting time for our family! While in KC we will have
dinner with some fellow adoptive families that I have befriended
online and Zoe will get to visit with Grammy Sally. Next we will
head to St. Louis where we will visit with old friends and Rob
will do some work with his SLU colleagues. I’ll also have my
sixth … yes, I said sixth anniversary oncology appointment!
That’s an amazing accomplishment and I’m thrilled to move that
much farther away from my cancer experience. The day of my
appointment, Zoe will stay with Miss Joyce, the wonderful woman
that took such good care of her last year when I was still
teaching. On the final leg of our trip we will go to Chicago.
Originally we were going to go from St. Louis to Tallahassee and
then to Chicago. But all that had to be done in five days total
and it seemed like an insane proposal when we checked out
MapQuest. So, we are going straight to Chicago instead. Pshew!
In Chicago we plan to see Zoe’s godfather, Wally, Rob’s family,
and Susan’s sister and her husband. All in all, it should be a
fun vacation!
About Zoe, she is talking more and more. Her signing is waning
as she replaces it with spoken words. She LOVES the “be-poo” as
she refers to it (big pool) and plays daily with her friend
“Eeyn” (Aidan). She was so excited to see “Pa-eena” (Christina)
last week. She can now say her name “Oe Een AiYi Op” and knows
she was born in “Angdon, Ina”. And as always, she talks daily to
her “Ommy” (Grandmommy) on the telephone. Her voice is so sweet
and she’s really proud of all her talking!
Not much to share on the adoption front this month except that
the wait continues to get longer. Rather than stress about it,
we are continuing to talk to Zoe about her mei mei and pray for
Lexi and her birth family. Zoe knows Lexi is a baby whom she
calls “Lala” and that she is in “Ina” right now. She’s going to
be a really terrific big sister! |
Our cutie-patootie!
Zoe in her "nine-ee" (nightie).
Reading a good book with Daddy Rob.
Our cool kiddo swingin' at the "pok" (park).
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