Choo-choo

Anna is on officially on the potty train! Last week Anna decided she wanted to start using the potty ... we had not been pushing it, so we were surprised when she asked to go all on her own last weekend. She knows when she goes, she gets a "special MM (M&M)" (as she says it), so that has been very motivating! Here is a conversation we have now had several times as she is sitting there:

Anna: "Works!"
Me: "What works?"
Anna: "Anna's baum-tum" (bottom)

I cracked up the first time she said it ... I'm sure someday she'll just be thrilled I posted this! She also will say "Anna more pee-pee, Anna more special MM" - didn't take long for her to figure that out!

Hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

I800a

We mailed our I800a yesterday! In a few weeks we will get a letter letting us know we can head to St. Louis to get our fingerprints done. I'm guessing we will get to do that the 2nd or 3rd week of June. Right now I800a approvals are averaging about 50 days which is better that it was a few weeks ago. The sooner our approval comes, the sooner we'll be DTC (dossier to China)!

"Just Anna"

That is what Anna says if we call her anything besides Anna. If we call her Anna Banana or Cutie Pie or Silly Billy or anything other than Anna, she just laughs and says "no, Just Anna", then we say "oh, okay Just Anna" and she flashes us the biggest grin. It's pretty cute.

In adoption news, our home study is now completed and has been approved by our agency. We're just waiting for our social worker to get us the final notarized copy and then we can send our I800a along with our home study to USCIS - my goal is do be able to send it Monday!

Here are some recent pictures of "Just Anna" ...