Mother's Little Helper

Easter 2014 We went to Gramma and Pa-Pa's and had fun on the farm.  1st year dying eggs!  loved saying "ba aaah" a...

Drake's 3rd birthday (part 1: videos) Been really busy; will update with pictures in next post.

We went to the eye doctor this week. He needs to wear an eye patch and glasses for about 6 months to see if his crossed eye improves.  Dr...

!!!! AWESOME !!!!! This is the longest I've seen him play interactively with a toy. He was watching Elmo on Netflix and I ran and g...

We got through the testing at Early Childhood. He was accepted and he starts when the school year does on August 13!! They have buses now a...

We had a therapy session this week with the physical therapist. We got some really helpful information and got Drake outside walking. He wa...

Success !!! 

Alex drew a picture of Drake's brace. Fun! by Alexander Kurzawa 03.19.2014

Drake's first time eating Girl Scout Cookies!

Another busy week for us. We picked up his braces on Wednesday and we've started to work with him standing and walking. We need to get ...

He loves the Xbox controller, he will sit and watch the tv screen and press buttons just like he's actually playing a game even though ...

The word he spoke the most since we picked him up was "ne" (meaning no). So we've been home a month now and he says various t...

YUM, ravioli !  Behla and Drake with Valentines :-)

Drake and Mindy

Update from us!! His appointment with the Orthopedic doctor went well. The problem with his feet is only low muscle tone. His feet roll inw...

Drake had fun last week meeting some of his grandparents!!  Drake & Grandma Becky Drake and Grandma Gerry Drake and G...

I went to church today and was good enough to get a cheese puff snack when I got home. :-)

He finally stood on his own for us. I know they were working on this at the orphanage and he finally did it tonight.

I'm running a little behind on blog updates! oops, guess I've been too busy with baby! Here is his first snow from last week. ...

Sissy was teaching Drake twinkle twinkle little star!

Update !  We went to the doctor yesterday. He did very well and even wanted her to hold him. I was really grateful for that!! He weighed ...

Mom gave me a haircut, finally! Sis took my pic from her phone and the flash made me squint! 

We made it home!!  The girls have been watching Drake while James and I sleep....  back to bed!

Mom & Dad made me take a bath!

We had our U.S Embassy appointment to get his Visa. We got approved and our translator will pick it up tomorrow. That experience was intere...

Two more days until we can go home! We are so homesick!! We have our U.S. Embassy appointment today. It's the final step and then we ca...

We don't have any appointments today or tomorrow. So we are happy to stay in the apartment and not have to take Drake out in the cold. ...

Success! We went out for the medical appointment today. Drake did very well. He liked the car ride there and didn't fuss at all. He d...

We had a good day. James walked a couple blocks north to Billa in the morning and got us some more groceries. It's too cold (about 20 d...