At Last...

At Last...

At Last... I have a chance to update.

At Last... I didn't pass out at some ridiculously early hour.

It's been a rather busy 3+ weeks around here. Several social events, 2 colds, 1.. 24 hour flu, a case of food poisoning. NO not my cooking. And that's just me :o(.

Tamara had a cold one week and a 24 hr flu like bug. She's doing fine.

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Let me back track a bit and see if we can get this blog up to speed.

First of all..

Happy Birthday Big Brother... yes Zoran is has hit the big "50"

Below are a few pictures from his surprise party.

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Tamara & Cousin Katie listen to Cousins Nicky & Alan jam on their guitars.

Zoran's Birthday cake. Pool themed to go with his new billiard room.

OK.. check it out he's wearing the same outfit as the little guy on his cake. Olga did you lay his clothes out the night before? lol

What did you say? Oh.. they say the hearing is the first to go.

Bruce and Cousin Nicky take Tamara out to play.

Yup... she's excited.

" Catch me Daddy"

Tamara & Mommy

Tamara loves Babies. Cousin Anna shows off her new Grandson Kolton to her.

A fun party... very nicely done. It was great seeing all the family and some of my brothers friends whom we haven't seen in years.

Congratulations Christina on your engagement. He's a keeper ;o)

It was also very nice to see Cousins Anthony and his new bride Lyia. Lyia is actually from Tbilisi. She and Tamara seemed to have connected?

Thanks for the gifts guys & gals... Tamara loved them.

Below she opens one the next morning. She's a little frustrated at the packaging but she loves her new doll. Thank You!

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Time for a Tea Party with her babies. Tamara plays in her room.

Putting Panda in his high chair...

"Sit Mommy"

Panda looks like he's had one too many. He's her favorite sleeping buddy. Or what we refer to as a "lovey" in the adoption world.

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The last few weeks have been hectic and somewhat stressful. Not only were we under the weather. It started with Tamara being sick the day after Zoran's party and so we had to cancel going to her playmate/ classmate / neighbor's 3rd Birthday Party the next day.

Happy 3rd Birthday Zach!

Then there was my first run in with Tamara's pre-school teachers. They were "concerned" that she had a "hop" when she ran. That she didn't know the Hookie Pokie, didn't know how to cut with scissors yet and that she refused to repeat words after them? OK ... those of you who know me well know how much self control this conversation took.

1st off Tamara just learned how to run within the last few months at home. When we got her.. her muscle tone was so weak she would rest after several laps around the living room in Tbilisi. They said she ran like a 2 year old. Well... Hello she wears a 2T. Grrrr...

Oh and the Hookie Pokie that's my fault... until I watched her class tying to do the Hookie Pokie the 1st day of class it never occurred to me to teach it to her. After all the Hookie Pokie is something I have been doing for the last 20+ years at my cousins weddings after 2-3 drinks and the Chicken Dance. And as far as I saw no one in her class knew how to do the Hookie Pokie.

Scissors... could you cut with scissors at age 3? I don't think I was allowed. Bad Mommy... sending her to pre-school unprepared. Never occurred to these women that in Tbilisi most households probably only own one good pair of scissors and I'm sure they don't allow 3 year olds to practice.

Oh yes they also said that the children start forming clicks by Thanks Giving? 3 year old clicks? They said they were concerned that Tamara may not have friends if she doesn't start speaking and running without a hop? I could go on.... with details of what happen next. I'll make it short and sweet. That afternoon when I picked Tamara up she with Mommy present spoke. The following week during a parent coffee clutch one of the mom's informed me her daughter "loves" Tamara and named her doll Tamara. My little girl has since become somewhat of a social butterfly forming her own "click". As for the teachers.. well according to the School Director who I'm friends with the teachers didn't sleep very well that night and have since been very sweet and attentive to my daughter's needs. ;o)

The next day.. when I told my Mom about what happen she told me not to leave a trail of teachers bodies behind my daughter. She said I had many years to go dealing with such nonsense. Yes Mother is right.. there will be many years ahead and many teachers to deal with. But I have no intention of letting someone judge my daughter at age 3 after only 4 months in country and 6 - 2-1/2 hour classes. They are not qualified to even have an opinion at this point. I think I made my point clear to them. If they forget for some reason I will be more then happy to remind them of their qualifications.

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We've also been busy running to different medical appointments. She had her cat scan and her brain is 75% developed which the specialist tells us is perfect for her age. We also had her hearing tested and it's fine. yay. Next is an eye exam. Pretty sure she's ok. Lord knows she can see more then I can. We were also told that her soft spot isn't as fragile as we had thought which is great. Now Mommy can breath a little better ;o).

We will continue to monitor her skull over the years to come .. just to make sure she'll doing well.

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OK.. Time for Mommy to get some sleep... Pre-school tomorrow. Tamara absolutely loves school. Thank God. She always gets so excited when I tell her "Tomorrow Pre-school" no hesitation going to bed or getting ready for pre-school.

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Tamara's freshly manicured hands. We've started working on bedtime prayers. Cute no?

At Last ... I can get some sleep. ;o)

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