14 Days down; How many to go?

We have now completed the 14 days of baby house visits required by law, and will submit paperwork to the court tomorrow to formally apply for the adoption. Woo Hoo!!! This morning we took a short trip to the “Fee Office.” This is where one goes to get a form which then allows you to pay other fees…to the court etc. Not sure why receipts alone aren’t sufficient, but I guess this is a tracking process.

And we’ve also hit the famous wall. Similar to the Boston Marathon, we’re in the midst of things, with the finish line not yet in sight, and the terrain all looking the same (maybe at Newton?). Now neither of us are runners, but we can clearly feel the approaching pain of Heartbreak Hill – except that’s about ¾ the way through things, and we aren’t at that point yet. This is the point where the novelty has worn off, the exotic nature of things isn’t cutting it and you just want your own home. We just found what we thought was an English Language channel, only to realized it’s that the dubbing is delayed by about 10 seconds. Ugh.

OK – I’m getting out the cheese to go with that whine. On to the reason you (and we) came here.

More playing, more drooling, a little piano playing…a standard day in the Dolphin house. Nicholas got lost in a sea of primary colored balls in the pit…a little “Where’s Waldo?”

Then he decided to use one of the little rolling seats to pull himself upright – much pride at that (see above), before making a break for it…see the action shot! As has become customary, the visit ended with a mini-melt down followed by the pacifier and some quiet time.

Here is Nicholas completely ignoring Mommy and the kittie’s whiskers in favor of Daddy and the camera – a true 21^st century boy.

As for the piano – Jim said it was horribly out of tune, and it certainly hurt my ears, but all the kiddies seemed to enjoy it. If I can get things working, I’ll put up the video a bit later.