Olivia's Birthday!

Our Olivia turns 1 tomorrow, but since it's tomorrow in Seoul - our Olivia is now 1!!! We're hoping to get new pictures in a few weeks.

We are going out with family and friends on Friday to celebrate - will definitely take pictures.

I have several hundred pictures from the baby showers that my wonderful friends had for me - I'll hopefully posting some of those this weekend - along with information about all the fun!

I600 Fixed, Measurements, and Armoire Update

First - I600 is fixed! My new friend at USCIS has corrected our form and is sending me an updated copy - yay!!!

Then I called AAC to let them know and casually (not really) asked about updated measurements for our chunky little girl. At her 9 month check up, she was as follows:

Weight - 9.4 kg (20.7 lbs)
Height - 72.6 cm (28.6 inches)
Teeth - 3 top / 2 bottom

So I need to send those 12 month old clothes quick - I'm sure she's grown in the last month too...

And, I've just about gotten the armoire done! It's painted and coated with 2 coats of poly - I've painted my own drawer/door knobs - the ones I found online were $7-10 each, so I bought wooden ones for $0.94 each and dipped in the wall paint and poly - will put them on tonight. Now hinges for the doors and curtains for the door openings and I'm set. Well, Olivia is set. I'll work on picture tonight.

10 Months Old and New Pictures!

Today Olivia is 10 months old - and boy has she grown!!! Yesterday we received a surprise email with a handful of new pictures - we weren't expecting anything until next week - and we'll still get more - but what a great preview! Hopefully we'll get updated weight/height info too.

**Please note - Olivia is wearing the dress we sent a few weeks ago - and it's a 12 month old size...I better send the rest of the 12 month stuff quick...
Look at all the hair - I'm going to have to hit briar.claire for more barrettes!

Dave's favorite -she's just too cute!

And she's cruising - or walking - I hope cruising - not sure I'm ready for walking yet...

I-600 Approval - sort of?

Today we received our I-600 approval in the mail - yay!

Then I noticed my name is spelled wrong - boooooo! Tomorrow I will call to see how to get that corrected...no other news.

I have almost finished the baby armoire I found on Craigs List - pics to be posted soon!

Care Packages 2 & 3 and Baby Registry

I've put together care packages 2 & 3 to send to our precious Olivia. Below are pictures of her goodies. I'm also including some gifts for foster mom in these. In package 2, I've included a little digital camera (8megapixel Polaroid, reasonably priced - thank you Target!) with 2 memory cards and lots of extra AAA batteries. I've also written a letter to her that a friend's husband is going to translate for me (thanks Ari!). In package 3 is a slate trivet that was made in Boulder (I think) - found this at the Colorado store at the Castle Rock Outlets.

Pkg 2 - 2 socks, tank top, shorts, capri pants, 3 tops, 1 pj, and a toy.
Pkg 3 - 2 socks, 2 dresses with bloomers, tank top, capri pants, 1 pj, and a toy.

And today I finally started a baby registry at Pottery Barn Kids. My friends have been complaining that I'm buying too much stuff and there won't be anything left for them - I have the sweetest friends :) So today while at PBK, I resisted the urge to buy all the stuff I liked and instead created the registry. But I still bought some stuff on sale...what can I say...it was too cute!

USCIS Fingerprinting

We got our fingerprint letter for USCIS - we go on July 2 at 8am. That's all the news now. Working on a care package or 2 to send to Korea with our agency - they go on July 2 for three weeks. So hopefully by end of month we have new pictures and a video!!!

Update

The USCIS cashed our check yesterday! Hopefully we will receive our next fingerprinting letter by next week sometime. No other news on Olivia yet.

Dave is gone to Seattle to do some mountain climbing with his friends Joe and Susie. He'll be back next week, and then I'm off to the Bead & Button Show.