Departure Report!

We received a departure report today on Daniel. The report is the first time we have ever gotten information about his personality and we can't wait to get there and meet him! He sounds absolutely perfect!

Here is some of what the report says:

Feeding Schedule:
Food the baby eats: formula cereal What the baby drinks: formula milk
Morning bottles: 6am
Morning snack: 10am
Lunch time: 12pm (noon)
Snack time: 3pm
Dinner time: 5:30pm
Evening bottle: 8pm

Schedule: 6:00 am wake up
10:30am nap
3:00pm nap
8:00pm goes to bed

Clothing Sizes: 3 to 6 months

Observations/Concerns/Comm

ents: When placed on back, does he/she wave arms and kick legs? Yes
Can he/she roll over? Almost ! He tries very hard to.
When placed on stomach, can he/she use forearms as props to lift head and/or chest? Yes Can he/she sit with support? Yes
Can he/she sit-up unaided? Not really
Does he/she keep balance while bending forward to grasp a toy? Yes
Can he/she crawl? Not really
Can he/she grasp furniture to pull self up to standing position? No
Can he/she stand with support of adult? No
Can he/she walk? No
Is he/she babbling or beginning to speak? Not yet !
Does he/she bring objects to his/her mouth? Yes
When feeding, does he/she use hands to grasp cup or bottle? Yes
Can he/she grasp toys? Yes
Does he/she have an interest in particular types of toys? Yes suspension toys, he seems hypnotized by them.
Can he/she shake a rattle? yes
Can he/she pass an object from hand to hand? yes
Does he/she respond to his/her name? yes
Does he/she turn towards noises? yes
Can he/she track an object with his/her eyes? yes
Does he/she play peek-a-boo? Not really.

Observations:
Daniel is a beautiful baby. He is very smiley and playful. He is also very quiet and curious. When he arrives in a new place, he likes to explore each part of it, with the most curious eyes ever. Daniel seems to really appreciate the suspension toys and keeps looking at them, which is very cute to see. He often smiles with these kind of toys. He is an adorable baby, calm, whatever the environment.

Boys' Room

We finished the boys' bedroom and it turned out so cute! Here are some of the pictures. We bought the prints at the bottom when we were in Ethiopia at Christmas. Jackson is very excited about the jungle room and loves that he can peek over from his top bunk into the crib!

Baby Shower

These are some photos from the baby shower that we had at school yesterday. Our first grade team put a lot of work into it and everything was beautiful. The cake even had a picture of Oscar on it! They had Ethiopian music playing in the background and showed photos of our trip to Ethiopia in December on the screen as people were coming in. We really do have a wonderful group of friends!