We now have a “Family Sponsor Page” with Reece’s Rainbow. The link is here: http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsordavis-3 What is it? It’s a place to direct people who are curious about our adoption. It’s a place where people can donate towards our adoption… safely. If our adoption were to fall through, this money is not ours! It would move to a different special needs adoption. I think that’s AWESOME! Any money that others bless us with in this adoption will be paid forward to somebody else’s adoption when our adoption is finalized. I’m really excited about this. Not so much about having a fundraiser page, but something much simpler. It’s just that by having a page, things feel more real and less like a dream.
We are also really happy to raise awareness for Reece’s Rainbow and the fine work they do to help break down the financial barrier of adoption for many waiting children. I hope to have a cute button to link to Reece’s Rainbow soon.
I don’t know who he or she is, but we’re coming for you, little one!!!
I’m sure I’m missing some, but here is what Maggie can say. In the last column, she understands much more than written… these are the ones I thought of just now. I don’t know what to put in her baby book for a first word. Woof-woof, maybe?
Signed
Please
Thank you
“Give me†(grasping hand motion)
Pointing at objects
Milk
Cheese
Understood/Responds to/”repeats”
Mouth
Nose
Hair
Night-night
Eat
“Papapapapaâ€
“Mamamamamaâ€
Anna
No
Come here (currently response is for her to run for it!)
Maggie is 13 1/2 months and had her well-visit today.
Where Anna is reserved and careful and shy at doctor visits, Maggie played peek-a-boo and did animal sounds for the doctor. I am certain Anna will do a better job keeping herself safe than Maggie. Just the same, Maggie was adorable.
Maggie is 29″ tall, which is the 25th percentile. She was closer to the 50th percentile last visit, so I am personally expecting a growth spurt soon. I am looking forward to that, this set of clothes is pretty horribly stained and worn after two girls going through toddler-hood in them.
Maggie is 18 lbs. 3 oz. which is holding steady at a whopping 5th percentile. Thank goodness she’s gained SOME weight! It’s nice to have a lightweight to throw around though, really. And she likes to be thrown around. Most generally, the wilder the better. I hope we have many years without trips to the ER. I can hope, can’t I?
What you see if you sit down ANYWHERE in our house and Maggie notices (which she usually does):
On Halloween, we had a couple “Fairy Princesses”… we got dressed up special and went to downtown Hillsboro and got candy. Later we went to a friend’s house for games and potluck.
Ready! Anna was too shy to say “Happy Halloween” or “Trick-or-treat”, but we weren’t surprised or bothered by that. Maggie stayed in her stroller and wondered what we were doing.
After Maggie had her very first sucker taste in the car on the way to the potluck… she decided that she really likes Halloween. And yes, she sticks her tongue out when you demonstrate how to do it first.
Pink!
Soooo, cute… Peekaboo!
Video:
In a box with a book.
Playing in the crib… both girls. Anna’s not much of a climber, so she has never discovered that she could climb into the crib herself. Now she knows! New game!
Maggie found her voice all of a sudden, it seemed like a few weeks ago. Her communication really took off and we’ve really been just loving it. It’s amazing how many signs and words she’s picked up so quickly! She’s not really “talking” yet, but she knows probably five animal sounds and is attempting other words sometimes too. LOVE IT. So crazy.
About the same time this happened, Anna and Maggie learned that sleeping in the same room has benefits! It’s not just about keeping each other awake with crying. It’s also keeping each other awake with laughter! I LOVE IT.
Here they are dancing to a move and groove cassette. I love my girls!
Maggie can climb just about anything now and discovered how to scoot chairs and stools around to get onto whatever she wants. Watch out world! Here are the girls playing the piano… I turned off the camera at the end because her standing on the edge of the piano bench was scaring me too much!
We got to go to my parents for some good down time! My mom’s birthday is this month like mine, so we had skyline chili (well done, Melissa!) and brownies. Mmmm-mmm!!!! We were also introduced to Agricola, a board game that we liked so much that Brian got it for me for my birthday. Thanks hon!
Yep, they’ve got two little ones. How did you guess?
Playing Agricola (or setting it up?)
Anna being adorable and making up games. If she’s a trout, she’s a fine catch! She is reading easy three letter words more consistently now too!
Anna and Maggie LOVE it when Grandma comes to visit!!! So do I! I worked on the adoption ministry we’re working on while she was here. It was a winning situation!
After delaying three times, we finally made it to Bend! We spent time at Grandma and Kevin’s house and also got to see Lydia, Lysa and kids too! Here I am snuggling with sleeping 7-week-old Celeste.
Same-age cousins:
Olivia and Anna were adorable as the big kids, playing treasure hunt and cooking and picnic and a host of other games. Maggie is up on her tippy toes trying to be big like them. 🙂
Great-Grandma has many great-grandchildren now!
Those little ones sure made Maggie look big!
Making cookies with Grandma Joan:
In case you haven’t seen their living room. This is a view from the kitchen down to the front door.
I think it hurt Kevin a little to have “Bob the Builder” playing on his projector in the theatre, but we made up for it and watched Matrix later. 😀
Love that man!
It was really cold out, but the girls went on a walk with Brian Kevin. Brian dressed her. 😉
One of my favorite parts of their house is their formal “courtyard”. It’s beautiful even in the winter.
With a dusting of snow, Maggie and Anna discover new things! Here is Maggie showing you a pinch of snow. 😀
Anna and Brian were really cute playing Agricola together.
Anna loved encouraging and “helping” Great-Grandma Joan make things with yarn.
And I just have to leave you with this picture of one SUPER PRECIOUS little girl:
