Ro Turns 6!!!

Believe it or not....we have already celebrated a Birthday!! On February 19th our Lil Man turned a big 6!!! He enjoyed us singing and blowing out the candles so much that we had to re-light the candles and do it all over a second time. :) :)

He received the "Special" hat and button that he is wearing, at school. It was hard to tell him the next day that he could not wear it again.....he was ready for an encore! Hee :)

This was truly a special day for all of us! So happy we did not have to miss any more birthdays!

Ro's First day of Kindergarten

Ro's first day of Kindergarten went GREAT!!!
He got a little upset when he realized we were leaving...but we hung out in the hallway and he stopped crying just as fast as he started.

His counselor did not make any plans for the day so that she could sit and devote her whole morning to Ro and make sure that he was adjusting OK.
Yesterday (over the phone) I had given her a few key words in Vietnamese that I thought might be helpful for her and Ro's teacher to know.
Upon our arrival this morning in the main office....we noticed that the whole office had typed cheat sheets to talk to Ro and help him out. The teacher even taught the whole class how to say "It's OK" to Ro if they noticed he was distressed in any way.

We received a call mid morning letting us know how well he was doing. We were also told that there were two little girls in the class that stood by Ro and Miss Tila ready and willing to help in any way ...... Too cute!

The teacher also indicated that Ro was helping her with picking up and making sure his area was clean. :) She said he is quite a little helper.

Ro loved the songs when they were singing in the classroom.....he just lit up during this part of the day ......
He really seems to love music and singing (especially in the car). :) :)

The whole school did such a wonderful job preparing for Ro to start. They were so attentive to him and all his needs.
This certainly made today so much easier for Mom and Dad... :)

Guess who is a U.S. Citizen????

Yup! You guessed it!! RO!!!!!!!

Yesterday in the mail we received Ro's Certificate of Citizenship!! Yeah!!

Ro has also been enrolled in Kindergarten and as soon as his school receives his immunization records from his pediatrician then he will start half day am classes.
Ro also got to tour his classroom and meet his teacher. He seemed very inquisitive of everything going on in the room...so that is a good sign.
We have also been trying to tell him in Vietnamese that he is starting school soon and he just points to himself (as if to ask... ME?) and when we say "Yes" then he starts to smile and nods his head YES.
Believe it or not....there is even another little boy from Vietnam that will be in his am class.I am not aware of the little boys background but the teacher just seemed to be very excited and she thinks the boys will benefit from eachother wonderfully.

Ro is doing really well. Friday was a great day...Ro said two sentences to us "I want to eat" and then later that evening said "I want to sleep". he had never said any of this before...only did sign language prior to this. So when he said this to us we were like... "What did you just say?" and then he would say it again. :) :)
Very...Very cute!

We are slowly but surely visiting all of our family and friends and coworkers and he is doing really well with meeting new people. He does not seem afraid at all...just happy and content. He tests the limits sometimes...but that is to be expected.

I hope everyone is doing well and we will continue to post more in the days to come.

Post to you later! :)

FINALLY.......AN UPDATE!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!! Or the couple people that might still be logging on here periodically to see if I finally posted any pictures or updates....Well its about time....but better late than never. :)

We are home (as I am sure that you expected) and Ro is adjusting wonderfully. Way better than we ever anticipated. He is already understanding so much. He was afraid of Jada (our pomeranian) when we first got home....but that continues to get better as the days go on as well.

Since we have been home Ro has already experienced his first snow. He LOVED it and LOVED going sledding for the first time. He would sit at the top of the hill and count.... 1....2...3..... and then Chris would push him down to the bottom where Jada and I would be waiting for him. :)

I have posted a little slideshow below of some of the pics we have taken since we have been home. I hope you enjoy....we really have.... :)
I will continue to post now that we are home and getting more and more settled.
We have had quite a few requests to keep this going so as long as everyone is interested we will keep updating.

It is so nice to know that so many people from all over the country are following this and want to know how our Lil guy is adjusting.

Our family is complete and we are happy as can be...... :)

Enjoy the pics and we will keep them coming!!

WE ARE COMING HOME!!!!

Monday we had our Exit Interview at 2:00 and we received Ro's Visa by 5:00!!!!! We are finished now and we are coming home!!! The earliest they could get us on a flight was Wednesday morning.......That means with the time difference we should be arriving home Wednesday night around 11:00 pm

We can not believe we are actually going to be coming home. We are so excited. We were so happy when we finally had the last of all Ro's paperwork in our hot little hands....such a wonderful feeling.

Thank you to everone for all your love and support along the way. We really can not express how much it has meant to us. It also made us feel much closer to home when we got to log on in the evenings and read everyones posts.

WE ARE BRINGING OUR LITTLE MAN HOME!!!! :) :)

Water Puppet Show- Hanoi