Kingston & PaPa Flying a Kite

Over Memorial Day weekend, Mom, Dad, Kingston, and I all headed to Neosho.  We had a blast visiting with family and eating good food!  I didn't pull out my camera at all- except to get a few shots of Dad and Kingston flying a kite.  Well, Dad flew the kite while Kingston held the string- and got tangled in it over and over.  It was a fun aftenoon.

Kingston Painting and the Zoo

We had Kingston on Tuesday night.  I picked him up from Chris Tuesday afternoon.  We had a blast playing and jabbering together.  Since I have very little toys here for him to play with, I pulled out the big guns and we played with paint!  He loved it.  I think we might have a little Picasso on our hands.  Luke, or "gook" as Kingston calls him played and played with him before bath and bedtime.

On Wednesday, we went to the Zoo with Alicen, Ryan, and Aiden.  Kingston loved seeing the animals.  It was a workout pushing that stroller around the zoo.  It was also preschool day at the zoo- a little crazy for sure.  Every time we would see a new animal, as we were leaving the exhibit Kingston would say "bye" to each animal.  We ended the day with Chick Fila and a nap.  That poor little boy took a 2 1/2 hour nap!!  He was plum worn out.

It was a great time.  We love spending time with Kingston.  His words just crack me up. He's crazy about Madison, he loves "Dutch" which is George, and is even crazier about this uncle "gook"- which was actually that first thing Lily called Luke.  Kinda neat!

Our First In Home Consultation

Luke and I visited with our Adoption Specialist Kimberlee last night.  She was so very nice.  It was a little awkward though to have someone snoop through your home.  However, she did it very tastefully- and even loved my "junk" decor!  Her favorite thing was Grandma Graham's tea towels I have hanging in the living room- I'm sure that would have made Grandma Graham's day!

We talked and looked through all of our completed paperwork.  I asked her several specific questions about adoption in particular- giving what all we've been through with Mom's adoption.  When we told her we wanted siblings- she grinned and wrote it in all caps on the sheet.  We do have a few things to change in the house...but only 3 items.  She said that was the littlest list she had ever made for a couple to fix.

We had more homework to finish too.  Paperwork that was not given to us at our training.  It asked the generic questions about growing up and our parents.  Then, it got to some personal stuff for me and Luke.  I don't think the two of us have laughed that hard in a long time.  Throughout this whole process, the two of us have grown closer.  Not because we've learned a lot about one another, but because we laughed and talked about some of the most stupid questions we've ever been asked!

So, now we wait to see who does our home study from here on out.  DHS says the CALL does it, and the CALL says DHS does it.  We shall see!