Fun Week comes to a close

Eddie, Kim and the kids headed for home today after a last dose of Mexican food. They did a lot this week and we joined in as much as Nadia’s sleep schedule would allow. We ate Mexican food, went to the Stockyards, the zoo, the Kimball Art museum, ate some more Mexican food and did a whole lot of catching up and laughing. They also hit NRH2O, a Ranger Game, visited with family members and more. In the midst of that we had a new patio poured and stamped and it looks awesome!! I will put the before and after photos up in a different post. It was finished at 1 pm on Thursday and we were able to use it for the party that night.

Here we are this morning enjoying the fresh air before it got blazing hot this afternoon.

Last day of Baker Visit
Last day of Baker Visit (click to see album)

Last day of visit

Nadia tried salsa for the first time today. Here she is before…

Last day of visit

and after….not her favorite as you can tell.

Last day of visit

Nadia and her buddy Julie at lunch.

Last day of visit

And we picked this COOL thing up tonight at Toys R Us for the living room. It’s an effort to tame the toy fest and I think it’s really cute and just the right height for Nadia. It has 3 pockets for books and 6 bins for toys. I am thinking of putting some packing paper in the bottom of the book holders so that all her little books will stick up too, but I am going to see what Nadia thinks of it when she wakes up in the morning.

Last day of visit

Happy Nadia Day!

Happy Nadia Day!
Happy Nadia Day! (click to see album)

Click the photo above to view all the photos of the day. Below is a photo of us waiting to go into the courtroom.

Happy Nadia Day!

Nadia was re-adopted in the state of Texas on the 1 year anniversary of her becoming a US Citizen when we arrived in America last year. She can now get a Texas Birth Certificate which is important to all Texans! We decided to make a day of it and celebrate Nadia day! The day started with a drive over to Dallas for the hearing. We waited our turn with the other families and were called in for the quick ceremony. We dressed her in a denim skirt and her new boots in honor of the swearing in.

Happy Nadia Day! Happy Nadia Day!

Once called in for our turn we were brought before the judge and our lawyer Jonathan encouraged Kim to come close with us so that she could get some photos. She cracked us up by moving all the way up next to the judge’s bench so she could get a view of us from the front. We were sworn in and then Jonathan asked me all the questions. Over and over the answer was “Yes” and near the end Nadia yelled out “YES!” We all died laughing. Jonathan said, “Whoa, she hasn’t been sworn in yet, do we need to do that?” It was so funny!

Happy Nadia Day!

Once it was over the judge gave Nadia a bear and posed for a photo with us.

Happy Nadia Day!

Happy Nadia Day!

We all went for breakfast at IHOP and then headed home for Nadia to have a nap. That night Grammie, Roger, Paula, Joy and Janis joined us for a party. Nadia ran around being her usual self and having a good time with the kids. I know that she is going to miss them so much when they go home this weekend. Here are a few photos from the evening.

Happy Nadia Day!

Happy Nadia Day!

The Stockyards!

Stockyards - 7.28.2008
Stockyards - 7.28.2008 (click to see album)

Hitting the Stockyards

Yesterday we went to the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards with the West Virginia gang. We had lunch at Riscky’s Barbecue (that’s almost a requirement if you are going to the Stockyards). Then we did some shopping while waiting for the Fort Worth Longhorn herd to walk down the street. There were 19 or 20 longhorns this time, which is the most I remember seeing at one time. The girls all got cowboy hats and Evan got a rubber band gun and tornado in a bottle. I got a swimsuit with the Texas Flag design on it. It’s so cool!!!!

Cattle Drive

Louanne, Nadia, The Cowboy and Texas Jump

Louanne, Nadia & Cowboy

Nadia

Nadia got herself a pair of cowgirl boots, which she absolutely loves. The pair we borrowed from Alyssa (thanks guys) are too small and she needed a new pair. The red ladybug rain boots from my sister Tahni have holes in the toes from her wearing them so often, so the new boots were a great buy! Here is a little video of Nadia at Fincher’s White Front Western store. The store has been there since 1902 and they really know their stuff. They have boots from infant to adult and will also fit custom hats.

This store window just made me laugh with the McCain and Obama cut-outs.

Store window

 

Bubble Bash #2

Bubble Bash 7/27/08
Bubble Bash 7/27/08 (click to see album)

Eddie, Kim, Evan, Julie, Claire and Regan arrived from West Virginia last night. We had to hit Pappasito’s ASAP for a transfusion of Mexican food for Eddie and Kim. Today we relaxed most of the day except for Kim, Julie and I doing a little shopping. (takes a lot of food to feed 9 people!) After dinner I rounded everyone up for the second Bubble Bash of the summer. We had 2 bubble machines, 2 bubble guns and 2 bubble bots.

Nadia was fascinated with the wands out of the big bottles of bubbles. We had never given those to her and she spent almost the entire time messing with those.

Nadia

“Take me to your leader!”

Julie Eddie

Louanne and Julie

Reagan Claire