"When I wake up, can I play tractors?"

Before Kyan goes to sleep for the night or for a nap we often times will talk about what he is going to do when he wakes up.  This has helped him in the bedtime transition and he does not usually cry after we have that little conversation. 

Most times he Says "When I wake up, can I play tractors with Daddy?"  He LOVES tractors.  He can name most of them and spends hours pushing he car/trucks/tractors around the table and floor.  Here we have been creative and built a bridge for the tractors to drive under. 

Norman Family Pool Party!

We had the Norman side over for a pool party and were able to take some family pictures!

The whole Norman clan!

Just the grandkids

Grandkids and Grandma and Grandpa

Nikki and Joe and family

Brent and Sarah and Family

Anna and Justin

Jason, Fawnda and Kyan

Ky-Guy...Fry-Guy

We have a look-through window from our kitchen to our 3-season-porch. It was there from before we added the porch on. We left it because we liked the light that it let in. Now, I like it because while I am working in the kitchen I can see Kyan while he is playing on the porch.

Today Kyan climbed up on a chair and looked though the window. I opened the window up and he said "ummmm, can I get a small fry please?" just like he was a McDonald's drive through window!

I swear we do not eat at McD's that often! : )

Busy Busy Busy!

My family (The Velner side) was (and still is) in town for most of July! It was SUPER busy but a great time!

My brother Justin lives in the Czech Republic and I had not seen him for 2 years! He had gotten married in September and it sucked not being able to attend the wedding... but we did have a wedding reception for him here in the USA while he was in town! Kyan also got to meet his uncle Justin and auntie Ola for the first time.

My sister Karly lives out on the East coast so I only get to see her about once a year (however we do talk daily on the phone) It was great to spend time with her and her 3 kids!

While everyone was in town we were able to get some family pictures taken! My Cousin and his wife took all the pictures for us and they turned out AMAZING!

The Whole Velner fam!

Just the grandbabies

Karly, Paul and kids

Jake and Sherrie and Kids

Justin and Ola

Mom and Dad (AKA: Mima & Pepaw and Kim and Tom)

Jason, Kyan and Me (Fawnda)

This is why we have not updated in a while... we have been hanging out with family! :)

Happy 4th of July!

We hope your 4th of july weekend was great too! : )

Some Pictures for YOU!

Here are some recent pictures that I have of Ky-guy playing out side!

These ones are from the Minnesota Zoo!

We are on THE List!

Our Home Study was finalized today and we are OFFICIALLY on the waiting list!

We decided to go on the GIRL waiting list this time. We were told that the wait time for a girl referral is 12-15 months and that wait time to travel {after receiving our referral} is 11 months. (You read that right 11 months.) Total predicted wait time: 23 - 26 months. That is MUCH longer than when we adopted Kyan.

For some comparison, here are the wait times for when we adopted Kyan:
Wait time for referral: 5 months
Wait time for travel {After receiving a referral}: 11 weeks
Total wait time until Kyan came home: 8 months

We are SUPER excited to be on the waiting list and we have to trust that God is in control of the timing!

Some other good news! We were able to update our home study with the same Social Worker that we had with Kyan's adoption. This was so great because we really like our social worker and it is great to continue working with her!

Question: How do you wait for 23 - 26 months for your baby girl?

Answer: One day at a time!

Where did my baby go?

It seems as if Kyan has grown into a little boy over night  It is CRAZY how fast kids grow up!

Here are some pictures taken today of my little boy playing out side!

I Hope that you are enjoying your day as much as we are! :)

My Monkey, Some Funnies and FaveCrafts Radio

My Monkey

Kyan has started to climb. I know that I am lucky that he has waited until now to start to climb, but I was kind of hoping that he would skip climbing altogether! He can get up on chairs, tables, stairs.... pretty much anything that he wants.
Here are some funnies from Ky-guy
Ky loves to pretend to drive. He will make any flat circle into a steering wheel. He also likes to sit in the driver's seat of my car {when it is turned off, parked in the garage} and pretend to drive. Yesterday as we were getting ready to get in car to go to church Kyan said to me: "Ky-guy Drives?" I did not think we would be having that conversation until he was 16!!

In the morning when Ky wakes up he yells "Mommy! Where are you?!" and he keeps yelling it a little louder until I go and get him.

Kyan has been getting more and more interested in Bathroom functions {pooping and peeing} He is starting to let me know after he as gone #2 {and sometimes #1} and will tell me when he wants a new diaper {he will say "Biapers Mommy?"}. I will often time check his booty just to make sure he is really poopy (because some times he is wrong). So yesterday, we hosted a couple of college girls for Sunday lunch after church. Ky-guy decided to "check" Jason's booty to see if he was "poopy?" "No sweetie, Daddy is not poopy." He then moved on to one of the college girls... "poopy?" She was sitting down so he was not able to really check {Thank goodness!} But we all got a good laugh about it!

Fave Crafts Radio
Yesterday I was interviewed on FaveCrafts Radio about my Fireflies and Jellybeans blog.
If you want to listen to the interview you can go to FaveCrafts Radio and click on the "on Demand" episodes on the player on the right side of the screen. I am the first person interviewed!

Happy Easter!