COME FULL CIRCLE
This is a digital scrapbook of our journey to complete our family in Vietnam.
Here is a slideshow of this morning's "readoption" ceremony at the courthouse. We ended up waiting for 40 min. to get into the courtroom. We don't know if the previous family in the courtroom were finalizing a settlement or if we were waiting for the judges. Other than the wait, the actual ceremony went off without a hitch. There was one other family waiting like us for the readoption ceremony. The lawyer was there to tell us what to expect and to take all the signed documents from the judge once the ceremony was over. We should be receiving a new birth certificate for Ava in about twelve weeks. The birth certificate will have Ava's new name on it. I was really happy that my parents, brother and best friend was able to join us today and help us celebrate anothe special day in my children's lives. Not to mention that Sebastian was able to share this moment with his sister today ;-)
So with no further a dieu (?) here is AVA LIEU HICKS!!
p.s. if the slideshow appears small on your screen, you can click over the pictures below and it will send you to the website where the slideshow is on and the pics will be normal size.
Ava did great for her first Thanksgiving. She absolutely loved everything at the dinner table. There wasn't anything she didn't like and she got upset if everyone was eating and she wasn't. Everyone got such a kick out of her ;-)
Sebastian and Mommy had a special lunch date at the school's cafeteria. Sebastian was so excited that his Mommy was joining him for lunch. I think he told the entire class that day ;-) It's so sweet that he still gets excited about having a lunch with his Mom....I know it won't last forever :-P
Sebastian had a choice to either bring a packed lunch or buy from the cafeteria and he wanted Daddy to pack. He wanted it to be extra special with a packed lunch.
Mommy even got her own lunch bag ;-)
Yes, the white stuff you see on the ground is snow! We were excited about it because we were off the entire Thanksgiving week and could enjoy the wet stuff fron the comforts of our own home.
Sebastian getting ready for the school bus. Unfortunately there wasn't enough snow to keep him home from school.
The snow was too wet for Ava to come out and enjoy. Somehow, I don't think she missed anything.
Ava's first footprint....on a frozen glass door of course. Just practicing for the real thing.
Oh I know there will be "paybacks" for posting these pics but I couldn't resist! It's amazing what you can do with an empty paper towel roll.
Coats never seem to make it on the coat hooks in the hallway in our house. So we improvised and made a "makeshift" coat rack at someone's expense ;-)
I think she is trying to get away in this picture. Do you blame her?
Ava's expressions have been changing dramatically lately. She is learning quickly what expressions get her the most reactions from family members and practices them quite frequently. Yep, she is quite the little "ham" ;-)
