Our legal papers have been filed at our county juvenile court. Yahoo!
Now we are just waiting to get a letter from our para legal. CHSFS para legal submits our social workers report to the court. When we get the letter we can call and schedule our court date. Crossing fingers we hear next week.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Fun weekend!
Were did the weekend go? Time is just flying by.
We had a great end to our rocky week.
Garrett was sick most of last week. :( He spiked a fever in the middle of the night on Monday. He never wakes up in the middle of the night. So, when he does you know there is something wrong. He had a 103 temp and was not happy. We gave him some Motrin and we got him back to sleep. Tues I took him to the doctor to check things out since he was just getting over another cold. We knew having a fever at the end of a cold was not normal. I thought it might be an ear infection. Nope, Garrett just got yet another cold on top of the cold he was getting over. I felt so bad for him. He ran his fever for 2 day. Then for day care he has to be fever free for 24 hours before he can return. I'm not sure how families make it work when they only have 5 sick days a year. I realize now how that is crazy! Mike and I were home 3 days. Mike and I are lucky we were able to take turns working from home. Mike worked from home in the mornings and I worked from home in the afternoon.
Friday Garrett went back to day care. We found out it had been really quiet around there. All the kids were sick. It might have been a blessing in disguise tho. I guess in the other room there was an out break of Roseola. It has a incubation of 9 to 10 days. We're crossing our fingers Garrett has been spared. Teachers go back and forth between Garrett's room and the Infant room. Uggh. Rosela does not sound fun. Very High temps and then once the temp break they get a rash. Lets hope this week will be uneventful.
Friday for lunch Mike and I had our first date since arriving home with Garrett. Hoban opened back up so we met for lunch. It was really weird feeling. We kept saying G should be here. Lunch was very yummy. I had been craving Korean for weeks. Hoban just opened after being closed for over a month.
Saturday Garrett got to see some of his Korean friends and he met some new ones too.
We have Korean toddler gathering about once a month. This time it was at the water pad in Saint Louis Park. It was so much fun catching up with everyone. It's also good to know that Garrett is progressing much like the other children that came home around the some time as he did. It's a great support group. Garrett was the only boy there this time. He had lots of fun with the girls.
Sunday we walked around Harriet and did lots of house stuff. Mike is tearing up the carpet downstairs. We are getting new stuff. Yay! Smelly cat pee carpet is leaving. It was kinda of an impulse thing we did. We should have done it 5 years ago when we bought the house. Silly us. Our house is basically a disaster area. All the stuff from down stairs is upstairs. Minus the couches, they are in the laundry room.
I hope we can get the floor bleached and sealed quickly to seal out the cat pee smell. I can't wait for the new carpet to be laid.
I hope to post some more pictures soon. Since the downstairs computer is not up and running it will be a while.
Check back to the latest
We had a great end to our rocky week.
Garrett was sick most of last week. :( He spiked a fever in the middle of the night on Monday. He never wakes up in the middle of the night. So, when he does you know there is something wrong. He had a 103 temp and was not happy. We gave him some Motrin and we got him back to sleep. Tues I took him to the doctor to check things out since he was just getting over another cold. We knew having a fever at the end of a cold was not normal. I thought it might be an ear infection. Nope, Garrett just got yet another cold on top of the cold he was getting over. I felt so bad for him. He ran his fever for 2 day. Then for day care he has to be fever free for 24 hours before he can return. I'm not sure how families make it work when they only have 5 sick days a year. I realize now how that is crazy! Mike and I were home 3 days. Mike and I are lucky we were able to take turns working from home. Mike worked from home in the mornings and I worked from home in the afternoon.
Friday Garrett went back to day care. We found out it had been really quiet around there. All the kids were sick. It might have been a blessing in disguise tho. I guess in the other room there was an out break of Roseola. It has a incubation of 9 to 10 days. We're crossing our fingers Garrett has been spared. Teachers go back and forth between Garrett's room and the Infant room. Uggh. Rosela does not sound fun. Very High temps and then once the temp break they get a rash. Lets hope this week will be uneventful.
Friday for lunch Mike and I had our first date since arriving home with Garrett. Hoban opened back up so we met for lunch. It was really weird feeling. We kept saying G should be here. Lunch was very yummy. I had been craving Korean for weeks. Hoban just opened after being closed for over a month.
Saturday Garrett got to see some of his Korean friends and he met some new ones too.
We have Korean toddler gathering about once a month. This time it was at the water pad in Saint Louis Park. It was so much fun catching up with everyone. It's also good to know that Garrett is progressing much like the other children that came home around the some time as he did. It's a great support group. Garrett was the only boy there this time. He had lots of fun with the girls.
Sunday we walked around Harriet and did lots of house stuff. Mike is tearing up the carpet downstairs. We are getting new stuff. Yay! Smelly cat pee carpet is leaving. It was kinda of an impulse thing we did. We should have done it 5 years ago when we bought the house. Silly us. Our house is basically a disaster area. All the stuff from down stairs is upstairs. Minus the couches, they are in the laundry room.
I hope we can get the floor bleached and sealed quickly to seal out the cat pee smell. I can't wait for the new carpet to be laid.
I hope to post some more pictures soon. Since the downstairs computer is not up and running it will be a while.
Check back to the latest
Saturday, July 19, 2008
A few more fun pictures
Here are a just a few more.
Mommy and Daddy got me this cool push car for my birthday. I love it!
I didn't capture this very well. This is Garrett taking his first steps. Just 3 days after his first birthday.
Garrett is walking every where now. He loves to get into the dog dishes.
Mommy and Daddy got me this cool push car for my birthday. I love it!
I didn't capture this very well. This is Garrett taking his first steps. Just 3 days after his first birthday.
Garrett is walking every where now. He loves to get into the dog dishes.
Pictures of Garrett
It been a while since I have shared some Pictures.
Garrett is getting so big. In 3 1/2 months he has gotten so big.
Garrett's first birthday
Garrett riding in his new wagon.
Enjoying his cake. Yummy!
Garrett is getting so big. In 3 1/2 months he has gotten so big.
Garrett's first birthday
Garrett riding in his new wagon.
Enjoying his cake. Yummy!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Paperwork Done
Yahoo it the end of the week!
We got our paperwork for Garrett's finalization done and turned in on Wed. Now we sit and wait again. Seems like every month since we have been home we have had paperwork to do. Next month we will have to do our 5 month and final post placement report for Korea. I can hardly believe Garrett is 13 months old already and has been home for almost 4 months already. Time is flying by.
Tonight Garrett toddled in the bathroom for tub time. Just 3 1/2 months ago he could hardly hold himself up in a sitting position. He would army crawl to tub time. He quickly learned to pull himself up. Next he was on to crawling. Now he almost hates crawling any where. He just keeps trying and trying to get on his feet when he falls and there is nothing to help him get back on his feet. He is getting so good at standing up with out help.
This has been a good week. Garrett has been happy happy. That makes life so much easier. Happy baby equals happy parents.
Looking forward to the weekend. Mike got a new car. Nothing to fancy it's a small car and pretty good on gas. Mike got a Mazda 3 it's a reddish color more maroon. It was time to retire the truck. It was not safe having Garrett in the front seat in his car seat. I think I will have to take it every now and then. I miss my little red cars.
We got our paperwork for Garrett's finalization done and turned in on Wed. Now we sit and wait again. Seems like every month since we have been home we have had paperwork to do. Next month we will have to do our 5 month and final post placement report for Korea. I can hardly believe Garrett is 13 months old already and has been home for almost 4 months already. Time is flying by.
Tonight Garrett toddled in the bathroom for tub time. Just 3 1/2 months ago he could hardly hold himself up in a sitting position. He would army crawl to tub time. He quickly learned to pull himself up. Next he was on to crawling. Now he almost hates crawling any where. He just keeps trying and trying to get on his feet when he falls and there is nothing to help him get back on his feet. He is getting so good at standing up with out help.
This has been a good week. Garrett has been happy happy. That makes life so much easier. Happy baby equals happy parents.
Looking forward to the weekend. Mike got a new car. Nothing to fancy it's a small car and pretty good on gas. Mike got a Mazda 3 it's a reddish color more maroon. It was time to retire the truck. It was not safe having Garrett in the front seat in his car seat. I think I will have to take it every now and then. I miss my little red cars.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Oh the paper work!
We got our finalization paperwork all filled out. The last step before we turn it back in is get two pieces of paper work notarized. Mike and I are going to get that done tomorrow and get it turned back in to CHSFS tomorrow.
We hope that we will have a court date soon. We are so excited!
Once we get finalized we have a whole lot more paperwork to do. This is just the beginning of all our paper work.
Next up after we finalize
Get Passport.
Get soc number
Get certificate of citizenship- That take almost 1 year.
Oh yeah this week is starting out better then last week. Garrett woke up a happy baby for the last two days. Yahoo!
I have so many fun Pic of Garrett. I'll get them posted as soon as learn how to use my new camera.
We hope that we will have a court date soon. We are so excited!
Once we get finalized we have a whole lot more paperwork to do. This is just the beginning of all our paper work.
Next up after we finalize
Get Passport.
Get soc number
Get certificate of citizenship- That take almost 1 year.
Oh yeah this week is starting out better then last week. Garrett woke up a happy baby for the last two days. Yahoo!
I have so many fun Pic of Garrett. I'll get them posted as soon as learn how to use my new camera.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Rough Week
I'm so glad it Friday. Yahoo! It has been a rough week in the Scott house this week.
It all started at my dads on Sunday. We went to my dads for dinner on Sunday. Garrett was playing near the T.V. stand and he lost his balance and hit his cheek on the stand. It turned black and blue right away.
Mike does the drop offs at daycare so of course they noticed and asked what happened. He explained what happened and went to work. When I went to pick him up at the end of the day they caught me at the door and asked if I got their message. I said no. Why?
Well it turns out Garrett had fallen outside and got a scrap under his eye on the sensory table. He now matches. Bruise on one cheek and a nice scrap on the other. Garrett is walking more and more and losses his balance easily. We call him Frankenstein. He's getting more confident and the arms are starting to come down a bit.
The Drama continues. On Tuesday I get a call at 11:00 from daycare. Garrett was getting off a toy and his foot got caught and he hit his nose on a handle bar and a book case. It was bleeding alot. They would get it to stop and then it would start again. He nose is runny from his cold and so it would not clot. I left work and took him to the doctors to make sure his nose wasn't broken and to get the bleeding to stop. By the time we got there it pretty much had cloted. Doc checked him out to make sure everything was OK. It was fine. He was the second child he had seen in a half hour with the same problem. I hope Garrett gets his balance down soon. Uggh!
OK more drama. On Wed Mike was trying to get Garrett out the door and to daycare. Garrett woke up for some odd reason and was cranky at 4:30 in the morning. He never wakes up that early. I check his temp he was fine. He was inconsolable. I leave for work and mike calls about 8:45 and says "Daycare isn't going to happen today". Garrett was so cranky and not happy. Mike stayed home with him. He put Garrett down about 9:00 and he slept for 3 hours had lunch and played a bit and then slept another 2 hours. I guess all the things that happened to him had finally caught up with him. He wanted to stay home with daddy and sleep. He has not been sleeping well at daycare.
Thur he woke up and was a completely different baby. He was happy happy which made us very happy. I guess that was his way of saying he's calling the shots. Hee hee.
The week has since started to turn around a bit. Thur when I got home I checked the mail. I had a nice suprise waiting for me. I had a little bit of happy cry. We got our final finalization packet. I had to order a couple of legal document from the county today and get all paperwork filled out. I hope to have it all returned by then end of the week. We are so excited and blessed to have Garrett in our family. We look forward to our Forever day.
It all started at my dads on Sunday. We went to my dads for dinner on Sunday. Garrett was playing near the T.V. stand and he lost his balance and hit his cheek on the stand. It turned black and blue right away.
Mike does the drop offs at daycare so of course they noticed and asked what happened. He explained what happened and went to work. When I went to pick him up at the end of the day they caught me at the door and asked if I got their message. I said no. Why?
Well it turns out Garrett had fallen outside and got a scrap under his eye on the sensory table. He now matches. Bruise on one cheek and a nice scrap on the other. Garrett is walking more and more and losses his balance easily. We call him Frankenstein. He's getting more confident and the arms are starting to come down a bit.
The Drama continues. On Tuesday I get a call at 11:00 from daycare. Garrett was getting off a toy and his foot got caught and he hit his nose on a handle bar and a book case. It was bleeding alot. They would get it to stop and then it would start again. He nose is runny from his cold and so it would not clot. I left work and took him to the doctors to make sure his nose wasn't broken and to get the bleeding to stop. By the time we got there it pretty much had cloted. Doc checked him out to make sure everything was OK. It was fine. He was the second child he had seen in a half hour with the same problem. I hope Garrett gets his balance down soon. Uggh!
OK more drama. On Wed Mike was trying to get Garrett out the door and to daycare. Garrett woke up for some odd reason and was cranky at 4:30 in the morning. He never wakes up that early. I check his temp he was fine. He was inconsolable. I leave for work and mike calls about 8:45 and says "Daycare isn't going to happen today". Garrett was so cranky and not happy. Mike stayed home with him. He put Garrett down about 9:00 and he slept for 3 hours had lunch and played a bit and then slept another 2 hours. I guess all the things that happened to him had finally caught up with him. He wanted to stay home with daddy and sleep. He has not been sleeping well at daycare.
Thur he woke up and was a completely different baby. He was happy happy which made us very happy. I guess that was his way of saying he's calling the shots. Hee hee.
The week has since started to turn around a bit. Thur when I got home I checked the mail. I had a nice suprise waiting for me. I had a little bit of happy cry. We got our final finalization packet. I had to order a couple of legal document from the county today and get all paperwork filled out. I hope to have it all returned by then end of the week. We are so excited and blessed to have Garrett in our family. We look forward to our Forever day.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
4th of July already!
Wow I can't believe it already 4th of July weekend. We have been home with Garrett just over 3 months already. It feels like he has been with us forever. Everyday is an adventure.
We have been very busy the last few weeks. Let me catch you up on what the Scott family has been up to.
June 13th was Garrett first birthday. He had lots of fun. He got lots of fun gifts and really enjoyed is cake. We did a traditional Korean Tol table and Garrett picked Jujubes,Pencil and a spatula. He is going to have many decedents,be a Scholar and do something with cooking.
Garrett has been in daycare full time for the last two weeks. He is doing really well and learning new things everyday. The first full week was the hardest. He screamed everyday at the drop offs but now he has the routine down and knows were coming back. He really likes being around other children. We are 100% convinced Garrett needs a sibling. We can't wait to finalize Garrett adoption here in the U.S Courts so we can start the process again so Garrett can have a sibling.
We are patiently wait for our last set up finalization paperwork to arrive in the mail. We then need to order the proper forms from the county and get them filled out and submitted. We sure seem to do a lot of hurry up and waiting.
We had a wonderful 4th. We took Garrett to a swimming pond in minnetonka. We had a BBQ and took Garrett swimming. It was his first time. He had lots of fun. Check it out.
Splish Splash!
I think he likes it!
That's all for now. Check back to see the latest.
We have been very busy the last few weeks. Let me catch you up on what the Scott family has been up to.
June 13th was Garrett first birthday. He had lots of fun. He got lots of fun gifts and really enjoyed is cake. We did a traditional Korean Tol table and Garrett picked Jujubes,Pencil and a spatula. He is going to have many decedents,be a Scholar and do something with cooking.
Garrett has been in daycare full time for the last two weeks. He is doing really well and learning new things everyday. The first full week was the hardest. He screamed everyday at the drop offs but now he has the routine down and knows were coming back. He really likes being around other children. We are 100% convinced Garrett needs a sibling. We can't wait to finalize Garrett adoption here in the U.S Courts so we can start the process again so Garrett can have a sibling.
We are patiently wait for our last set up finalization paperwork to arrive in the mail. We then need to order the proper forms from the county and get them filled out and submitted. We sure seem to do a lot of hurry up and waiting.
We had a wonderful 4th. We took Garrett to a swimming pond in minnetonka. We had a BBQ and took Garrett swimming. It was his first time. He had lots of fun. Check it out.
Splish Splash!
I think he likes it!
That's all for now. Check back to see the latest.
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