Alissa, the birthday girl
Vanie - horrified from the fact that the kids are beating up and braking the horsie (the pinata)
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Fun at another birthday party
Alissa, the birthday girl
Vanie - horrified from the fact that the kids are beating up and braking the horsie (the pinata)
The bottom curls are gone
Vanie is starting to look much more like a boy than a baby with the new hair style. Here is my sweetheart!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Dec. 11 - Gotcha Day
it's been a year since we got custody of Vanie. I can't believe it... and yet it feels as if we've been a family since he was born.
I honestly don't want to relive that day - i was so stressed and afraid i felt sick the entire day. After a long questioning session (me more than Jason), we were given the rights to become the parents of Yvan Alexander... we got him that night from the orphanage (after a long 4 ½ hours drive through the snowed in mountains).
We didn’t necessarily celebrate the day but we will start doing so soon. I think, Vanie will understand and appreciate it much more once he is 3 or 4 years old. Right now, it’s all about Santa…
I honestly don't want to relive that day - i was so stressed and afraid i felt sick the entire day. After a long questioning session (me more than Jason), we were given the rights to become the parents of Yvan Alexander... we got him that night from the orphanage (after a long 4 ½ hours drive through the snowed in mountains).
We didn’t necessarily celebrate the day but we will start doing so soon. I think, Vanie will understand and appreciate it much more once he is 3 or 4 years old. Right now, it’s all about Santa…
Vanie's 2nd B-Day Party - Video
We had to do the candle spiel several times b/c some of Vanie's older friends just didn't want to wait for Vanie to blow out the candles... :-)
can you tell why all the boys are glued to the cake? ... They all wanted the train which , of course, was all Vanie's!
I still have to send out the "thank you" cards to everyone that brought Vanie wonderful presents.
can you tell why all the boys are glued to the cake? ... They all wanted the train which , of course, was all Vanie's!
I still have to send out the "thank you" cards to everyone that brought Vanie wonderful presents.
Vanie's 2nd B-Day Party
Here are a few pictures of Vanie's b-day party in the 1st week of December…
The event itself was great but there was a lot of stress before we actually got to have the party. You'd think that living in So Cal (even better, OC), you would get to enjoy the constant sunny So Cal weather that goes along with the heavy real estate prices.... think again. We almost canceled the park party and moved it to out club house. I think i visited weather.com than yahoo new the week before the party. Anyway, we reserved the club house, as well, just in case but were really lucky that in didn't rain for the party (it drizzled just a few hours before that).
The kids had tons of fun (even though not all of Vanie’s friends could join) - more playing at the slides and swings than anything else.
I can’t wait for his 3rd b-day part… who know’s what he will be into then.
The event itself was great but there was a lot of stress before we actually got to have the party. You'd think that living in So Cal (even better, OC), you would get to enjoy the constant sunny So Cal weather that goes along with the heavy real estate prices.... think again. We almost canceled the park party and moved it to out club house. I think i visited weather.com than yahoo new the week before the party. Anyway, we reserved the club house, as well, just in case but were really lucky that in didn't rain for the party (it drizzled just a few hours before that).
The kids had tons of fun (even though not all of Vanie’s friends could join) - more playing at the slides and swings than anything else.
I can’t wait for his 3rd b-day part… who know’s what he will be into then.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Growing up - Take 2
It’s been 2 months since Vanie started daycare and I have to say, it’s been the best thing we could have done for him. Yes, it’s expensive (“Kinder Care” is probably one of the most expensive ones we’ve come across so far) but they are flexible (6:30AM to 6:30PM although you can only leave your child for up to 10 hours) and they truly are professionals.
Vanie has been officially moved from the infant group to the “Two’s” group where he is the youngest one – I hope the older kids are a good influence. I am most excited about the potty training classes they have. The director told me they won’t start training him until she and I decide he is ready and let me tell you, he is not ready L!
His vocabulary has exploded over the last month and his speech is improving by the day!
“fis” has slowly turned into “fish” (fish)
“Nanie” into “Vanie” (Vanie)
“I au ah” into “I lau yah” (I love you)
“Panie” into “Pider” (Spider)
“Tolly” into “Solly” (Sorry)
“Vava” into “voda” (voda = water in Bulgarian) (needless to say that it does come out as “vodka” sometimes)
Not to mention that most of his new vocabulary is now in English and not in Bulgarian. He is also repeating pretty much everything he hears from us so we have to be really careful what we say (especially, in the car being mad at other drivers…). It’s so funny to see even my grandma who is 75 trying to say English words to him via Skype (if a great grandson isn’t a motivation to learn a new language, I don’t know what is).
Vanie has finally learned to ride his bike (our friends Stilian and Jeni gave it to him when they 1st met him) – this was a challenge for quite a while, he would go backwards but would not be able to actually ride the bike forward so I am very happy that he’s finally learned how to do it.
We are in the “sorry” phase. I make him say sorry and hug to anything and everything he throws or hits. So there’s a lot of “sorry’s flying around the house and a lot of sippycup, toys, books and Zorro hugging going on. He still can’t control some of his impulse manners but he is slowly getting there.
Pooz Zorro is under strict discipline… from Vanie, not us. We noticed that when we are strict with Vanie and say no or not to do anything, he truns around and tries to do the same to Zorro.
Daycare has accomplished another wonder – Vanie now eats fruits. Not much but he would eat a few slices of banana or apple (food he would have spit out on the spot just a few months ago).
We are sloly growing, probably the same weight but getting taller almost every month (maybe ~ ½ inch last month) – he is still small compared to some other kids but I am not worried at all.
Vanie has been officially moved from the infant group to the “Two’s” group where he is the youngest one – I hope the older kids are a good influence. I am most excited about the potty training classes they have. The director told me they won’t start training him until she and I decide he is ready and let me tell you, he is not ready L!
His vocabulary has exploded over the last month and his speech is improving by the day!
“fis” has slowly turned into “fish” (fish)
“Nanie” into “Vanie” (Vanie)
“I au ah” into “I lau yah” (I love you)
“Panie” into “Pider” (Spider)
“Tolly” into “Solly” (Sorry)
“Vava” into “voda” (voda = water in Bulgarian) (needless to say that it does come out as “vodka” sometimes)
Not to mention that most of his new vocabulary is now in English and not in Bulgarian. He is also repeating pretty much everything he hears from us so we have to be really careful what we say (especially, in the car being mad at other drivers…). It’s so funny to see even my grandma who is 75 trying to say English words to him via Skype (if a great grandson isn’t a motivation to learn a new language, I don’t know what is).
Vanie has finally learned to ride his bike (our friends Stilian and Jeni gave it to him when they 1st met him) – this was a challenge for quite a while, he would go backwards but would not be able to actually ride the bike forward so I am very happy that he’s finally learned how to do it.
We are in the “sorry” phase. I make him say sorry and hug to anything and everything he throws or hits. So there’s a lot of “sorry’s flying around the house and a lot of sippycup, toys, books and Zorro hugging going on. He still can’t control some of his impulse manners but he is slowly getting there.
Pooz Zorro is under strict discipline… from Vanie, not us. We noticed that when we are strict with Vanie and say no or not to do anything, he truns around and tries to do the same to Zorro.
Daycare has accomplished another wonder – Vanie now eats fruits. Not much but he would eat a few slices of banana or apple (food he would have spit out on the spot just a few months ago).
We are sloly growing, probably the same weight but getting taller almost every month (maybe ~ ½ inch last month) – he is still small compared to some other kids but I am not worried at all.
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