The Zoo

The much awaited Zoo pictures have arrived. What great friends when they are behind a 2-inch thick piece of glass. At a visit to the local pet store this week Owen's favorite animal was the snake. "These are the store's snakes, sweetie. They are just for looking."

Pumpkin patch adventures

True to tradition, we went to a pumpkin patch to pick out our halloween pumpkins. We picked one closer to home this year...should have stayed with the tried and true. Their tractor was broken and they kept saying they were fixing it...and only 10 more minutes. Finally after an hour we left with some quickly chosen pumpkins laying on the ground by the checkout stand. Owen, however, got to play in a wheat sand box and see kittens. I definitely see a kitty in his future.

Zipper...

Yesterday while I was making lunch I constructed a little fort for Owen to play in. He didn't really get that he couldn't push on the walls so it ended up falling over several times. While I was in the kitchen I heard him say "Zipper" in a hushed little voice. Didn't think much of it. Yes, there are zippers on the couch cushions. A couple minutes later I said "Owen, lunch time." He said, "Owen playing with this stuff." I walked over and...

OK...so not such a good blogger

Well...I haven't even sent this blog website out to anyone yet to view. So today is my day. I am going to add some pictures and write a little tidbit about our weekend.

We went to Bellevue to visit Uncle Greg and Auntie Kim for Owen's 2nd birthday. October 26! Saturday was spent at the Woodland Park Zoo. Owen's favorite animals were the hippo and the python. But...I think the highlight was the excavator working on building the new penguin home. Maybe next time we'll save some $$ and head to a local construction site. Coincidently, Owen's best bud here in Richland, Emmett, was also at the zoo...so they got to hook up for about 10 minutes. The weather was cold, but sunny and calm. Great day for the zoo. Pictures are really cute...but on Grandpa's camera. So once I get him to send them to me I will upload.

Owen and I have come down with super irritating colds this week. We have just been bumming around the house.

Adoption update: our paperwork is finally complete, all clearances have been received, and it is being sent to U.S. Immigration for processing. This should take until at least Christmas. Once approval is received, the Burkina Faso government can start processing our dossier. Traveling maybe in March-April timeframe??? In the mean time, you can enjoy these cute pictures from an orphanage my adoption agency works with in Burkina.

More later...someday soon.