Social Security Office

I went to get Skeet's social security card yesterday. Boy, things sure have changed in the last 2 yrs. They even needed Skeets shot records from china-because even though he has a birth certificate from China doesn't mean it is real?? This is a qoute from the man working behind the counter. Wow, he said "the rules are changing and it will even get worse." He said he is amazed how many adopted parents come to the SS office without documentation......which is SHOCKING with the amount of paperwork done LOL, I had to make a trip back home before I had everything needed to get Skeets card. He said "not all Adoption Agencies are created equal, that sometimes people don't even have the documents needed to get a card" This seems crazy to me.

I just want to say THANK YOU CHI for making sure I had everything I needed. Now we will continue and finish the re-adoption in Washington State. This will probably cost a pretty penny!!

more pics

My happy happy boy!!

more pictures of the Oregon coast

On a mission to build a sand castle!

Gymboree

What is up with these people? they sure know how to sucker you into buying things!! First off, I am a bargain shopper and would never pay full "Gymboree" prices so I thrive on the deals they have going on- they have a time that you are able to earn gym bucks-for every $50.00 you spend you get $25 worth of gym bucks-during this time they have something called a peel a prize-when you arrive at the store you are given a little ticket that has either a 10%,15%,20%, or a 50% ticket, not to mention a possible $1,000 shopping spree. so you get to save money and get gym bucks to be redeemed at a later date, and the excitement of peeling off that ticket is fun too, guess who got 50% off??yep, so gotta buy more, GYMBUCK,GYMBUCK,GYMBUCK..........at a later date when it is time to redeem your bucks, you are really excited to finally redeem your gymbucks-you hurry to the store to make sure you get some good buys because things GO FAST!! Of course, if you are a shopaholic you are buying one size bigger for next summer because your children couldn't possibly need another pair of shorts for this summer. (since you bought all this with your last gym bucks) not to mention Tyler probably wont fit into a 2T for years......so why does he have a whole drawer full???? So you redeem your Gymbucks and you receive a little promotional card for their back to school shopping which starts at the end of the month. EVERYTHING in the store is $10,$15,or $20.WOW, so that cute little heart jacket you wouldn't possibly pay $34.50 for will now be on sale for $20.........you drive home from the mall justifiying the fact that this will be a $14 saving and you try and remember the date of the sale-(of course, you will receive an email anyway so why bother remembering) not to mention the circle of friends promotion or the random 20% coupons you receive in the mall for being such a GREAT customer.................Did I mention they just put a Gymboree Outlet store at the Auburn super mall??? 5 minutes from my house?........I need to stop the madness but my kids sure look cute!!

Seaside

We spent the last couple days at the Oregon Coast. Aleaya has been talking for months about going to the seashore. The first picture is of Aleaya touching the sand for the first time. She was just so cute and couldn't wait to get her feet wet. At first Tyler cried but he ended up smiling and really liking it also. We had a great couple of days........

Oregon Coast

We are at the Oregon Coast for a few days, having a blast. I will post more pictures later.

Ride on toys

We finally bought Tyler a ride on toy-he loves it so he no longer has to ride on his fisher price trains and little trucks. He is so cute!!!

Tyler

We have had a wonderful few days!! Tyler has been just a little sweetheart!! We haven't spent much time out and about but we did go to the movie "kung fu panda"
Tyler sat and watched the whole movie without any tantrums...he mostly ate popcorn and played with my empty soda cup!!! He also loved the fireworks on the 4Th.

Picture's taken with my new camera!