Thinking pink for Addi

We have become friends with the sister-of-a-friend-of-a-friend, Kristi. She is an incredibly strong and amazing person who is adopting two children, Matt and Addison, from Guatemala. In fact, she's there right now to pick them up. All of Matt's stuff is ready to go, but there's one little thing that she's waiting on for Addi: an appointment at the U.S. Embassy. The date and time of your embassy appointment are given to you on a pink slip of paper, that's why we all call it "pink." If you look back at early '07 postings on my blog, you'll see a picture of Mary Ann wearing pink for Cati and Gus to get pink...and it worked! Last week, Cati, Gus, and I (along with Kristi and a bunch of her family and friends) all wore pink and little Matt got his pink that day! So, Cati's been wearing pink most days, still hoping for little Addison's pink.









This has been kind of a low-key week for us. Park, playing, that kind of stuff. We went to Starbucks one morning (a cute pic below of the kids sharing a chair and some apple juice). Gus is at the cutest age right now. I feel like everything that he says and does is cute. And, honestly, he learns new words and phrases every single day. A couple of days ago, he replaced the phrase "Mama go?" with "Mama,[where] are you?" He pronounces it "ahhh you?" and it is always followed by his little footsteps, running around looking for me. When we were at Starbucks, we were sitting by this poor guy that had his computer and he was trying to do actual work. Gus was looking through the window at a squirrel running around. When the squirrel ran away and Gussy couldn't see it anymore, he started yelling at the top of his little lungs "SWIRL, AHHH YOU? AHHH YOU, SWIRL? MAMA, SWIRL ALL GONE! SWIRL, AHHH YOU?" I thought it was the cutest thing I had ever heard, but I'm sure the guy with the computer didn't appreciate it much.



Oh, and last week Doc somehow cut his face and we all had to pile into the car to rush him to the vet. This week, we were back so the vet could check it out again. The kids were unbelievably well-behaved during both vet visits. Gus has been walking around all week saying "Doc-dog boo-boo" and points to his own cheek.



Cati was really upset by these pictures of gross doggie teeth last visit, but this time she was laughing about them.



Of course, Gus has to do every single thing that his Cici does, which she finds so annoying but I think it's absolutely darling.