2 Year old with a clean streak??
So Bela and Daddy managed to get some sleep last night. So much in fact that at 9am we had to wake little Bela up otherwise she could have slept for much longer. She also slept for 3 hours for her nap...
View ArticleMommy's First Head Butt!
So right after my last post, it was dinner time for Bela. She got very fussy and head-butted me by accident in a fit of rage. I lost it (started crying) as it hurt so bad and I think I was just very...
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OMG...The First Doctor Visit!!!
Ok is it me or are Ryan and I totally underestimating every first with Bela!?! So today was Bela's first doctor visit. She had a fit in the car seat although we were expecting that because our first...
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Little Miss Independent
So it's been 4 days since my last blog and LOTS has happened. For one, Bela went to her first outing to the park. The walk there was great but then she started to melt down when our nieces and nephews...
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Back to Nap Time
Today was another great day for a first! It was Bela's first bath without crying! Daddy managed to teach her how to have fun in the water. Since we picked Bela up, she has been screaming and whaling...
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Bela Loves Her Barbies and Her First Superbowl!!
So who would have known that our daughter loves to eat chicken wings and ranch, while watching football. Bela and mommy were rooting for the Saints!! While Bela is certainly a girly girl - playing with...
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"I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt"
So little Bela's personality has certainly come out even more the last few days. Turns out not only is Bela a girly girl (loving her Barbie’s and dolls) she loves to look at herself in the mirror!! One...
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Wheeeeeee!!!
From my last post, Bela has become so much more comfortable around our family and friends - it's like a whole different bundle of fun! First our friends (Ryan's highschool friends and their family)...
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"Mommy, I Luw uuu..."
Susan Keller PhotographyThe photographs in this blog were taken by our neighbor Susan Keller, who has provided her professional talents and skills to photograph Bela for her first year home. Exactly...
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No Fear!
I took Bela to my sister's baby shower and she did very very well considering all the attention people were paying to her. The next day, we took her to a birthday party at a place called Bounce U - she...
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"Mommie...Owwie??"
This was a busy week! Blood tests, evalatuions, social worker vists and it's only Thursday! We have another Dr's appointment tomorrow to round out the week of experts. We had to subject Bela to more...
View ArticleGuilty Feelings
So after my last post, I went downstairs to spend time with Bela and to feed her dinner. As Ryan was putting her to sleep, I started to think about just how guilty I felt having to discipline Bela...
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"Down Kitty!"
Hello Family and Friends! I realize this blog post is well overdue, but I have lots of great updates since our last post. For starters, Bela and I got to attend our first Indian event where we both...
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Christmas in March, Dentists &"Mommy Bubbles Up!"
Today marks the 2nd month anniversary of the day we picked up Bela from the BSSK orphanage in India. It's hard to believe she has only been with us for 2 months. She fits in so well and she is such a...
View ArticleInspired!
So I haven't blogged in almost a month and after a 10 minute conversation with a journalist, author and literally expert in our Guajarati culture, I was inspired to write this blog. I think I have had...
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Now...Seperation
So now that Bela has fully attached with me and Ryan, we are working on separation! Seems odd but a test of her attachment is being able to stay with other people without mistaking them as her...
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PERSISTENCE = P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-!
So the theme for the last few weeks has really been about PROGRESS! We had our third monthly social worker visit this week. I forgot about the visit so I was kind of scrambling as I got Bela dressed...
View ArticleAs Fate Would Have It....
Last week Holt International, the agency that we used, sponsored a picnic for all of the adoptive families of Holt. It was a great turn out, and as expected there were lots of children with their...
View ArticleSleep Training
It has been just a little over 4 months since Bela entered our lives and up until this week getting Bela to sleep at night was a rather difficult procedure. We had to be careful to balance the need...
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Bye Bye Mommy and GO LAKERS.....!
So now I know why they say being a parent, especially a mom, is so hard! It's not about the physical labor or the daily duties that need to be accomplished. As a corporate executive and career woman, I...
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