DAY FOUR: TGIF

Today, I made another trip to the adoption agency to drop off more paperwork - the travel forms and a no change statement (that nothing substantial has changed since our last homestudy update).

As if it's not tough enough to find parking on Beacon Street in Brookline, the whole row of parking spots where we parked just four days ago simply didn't exist today. There was construction and they completely ripped up the street and the parking spaces in that block. I just wanted to get the paperwork there today, as the whole street is closed on Monday for the Boston Marathon! Traffic was already very heavy there, as many runners have already arrived.
We received a copy of Sophie's Growth Report. It says that at two months, she liked to smile at other people. At three months, she would get excited when she heard her caretakers' voices! By four months, they reported that her limbs were very strong, and she could recognize a bottle. When she saw the caretakers holding a bottle, she would quietly wait for them.

I like this paragraph: "She has an extroverted personality and likes others to interact with her. She occasionally is very willful and sometimes is also very impatient. She likes to play outdoors." It also reports that she sleeps well... YEAH! The report is from mid-January, so I hope that the good sleeping trend continues!

I'm hoping to start working in the nursery this weekend. The room is all painted, it's just that everything (mostly the clothes and toys) needs to get in its proper place. You might remember the post way back in January where I spent a whole weekend sorting and repacking EJ's outgrown clothes in the attic? Well, all the boxes that hold clothes for 6-12 months are stacked up in Sophie's room now, so I need to get organized a bit in there.

Finally, today is the start of TV Turnoff Week for EJ. It's a program that the kids can choose to participate in by signing a pledge that they won't watch TV for the next week. They have to list other things they plan to do for the week, and then complete a log of activities for the week. Next Friday, I sign the log attesting that she didn't watch TV and all the participating kids are entered into a raffle for prizes. Of course, last year she had no problem with this, as she rarely watches TV anyway! So, now I have to wait until 9 PM to watch the Red Sox after she goes to bed. Shhh...don't tell her - she has a big sign hanging on the TV: