Hi all,
I had hoped to update this blog a bit more frequently but.........
We have had a very busy month and there is lot of new things to let you all know.
I have a feeling the Steelers will repeat as world champions... Woohoo!!! Very glad football is back. On that note Fall baseball will be starting up in the East Lake Little League. Kyle is very excited as he is moving up to coach pitch & I am glad that I will once again be able to throw some "lefty" BP to help the team prepare. I will not be managing the team this fall as I am unsure of my weeknight work schedule, but will help coach & plan to return to manage in the spring.
The boys have been back in school since the beginning of August so we are getting settled into the regular routine. Kyle is in 1st grade & has been doing real well.
He seems to have quite the following, we are also signing up for the soccer season & Grandad is excited to see that. Grandad (& Grandma) love their soccer & After some brief work in the yard last fall with Grandad, Kyle's 1st soccer season turned around & now he loves it. Sean is in the 5 day a week pre-K 4 program & he is doing great... He wishes he had school on Saturday & Sunday (Much like his mom & dad used to???). He really enjoys getting to see all his buddies. Ryan is in 3 days a week & all we can say is God bless his teachers. He is a handful, we will leave it at that.
Katy continues to uncover new baby girl names, for our little girl in China. I think it is safe to say that there is typically 5 or 6 names a week that we have to "discuss". As all of you know she likes to stay busy, she is having fun helping out in the boys schools & working out at the YMCA. Sean & Ryan also join her there at the Kids Gym or in the Rookie sports programs they offer.
As far as our little girl... Unfortunately there is really nothing new to report.
We continue to track the "anticipated" wait to match, but it still seems like we are very far away. Our best guess at this point is that we will be traveling to finalize everything about 12-14mths from now (Fall 2007). Here is a link to our adoption agency if you want to take a look see: http://www.chinesechildren.org/
Still we are very excited & working on getting everything in order... time always goes a lot faster than you expect.
We all hope you are doing well... The Cunningham Clan
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Summer 2006
Realizing that it has been over 3 years since we have been up north with the boys, I thought this would be a nice way to stay in touch with everyone. I am just starting to figure this whole blogger thing out, but I hope that I will update everyone at least monthly going forward.
All is going well down here and we are enjoying the slow pace of our fifth Florida Summer. It is hard to believe that we have been down here so long, but we no longer feel like we are on vacation. Katy, the boys & I really enjoy living down here & all the outdoor play that comes with it. We have a lot going on but I will try keep this condensed. We have settled into our new house & our main focus is keeping busy as we wait for our adoption paperwork to be processed in China. We have done everything we need to do at this point until we hear from the Chinese government, are given word of our approval & referred a baby girl. We are expecting for this to happen in the summer or fall of next year :( - And we thought 9 mths was a long wait.
In the meantime we have already enjoyed our big summer trip. Katy's sister Mary was married on May 28th up in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Her husband Ron & her rented out a campsite just a little north of Asheville. We spent a lot of time with the entire Ryan family, and enjoyed our river front cabin, some horseback riding, some lake swimming, and of course Mary & Ron's wedding. We stopped in a bunch of southeastern cities on the way up & down making it a long rode trip. All I can say about long road trips & kids is Thank God for DVD players !!! On the way up we stopped in Atlanta & visited the Georgia Aquarium & met up with my little brother Jose & his family. It has been a few years since we have seen each other & it was really nice to catch up. He is all grown up now & doing great... I am very proud of what he has done with himself.
The boys are doing great, Kyle is now 6, Sean 41/2, & Ryan 3... We are outside every day & they are really getting big quick. Kyle will be starting 1st grade in a few weeks, Sean will be in pre-k 5 days a week, & Ryan will be in pre-k 3 days a week. With all her free time??? Katy is going to volunteer at the pre school. We really feel lucky to have found this preschool & like all the teachers and families a lot. She feels it would be nice to be around the little guys. We are prob not going to make it up north this summer, but continue to think about all of you. We hope everyone is doing well & we hope we can figure out a trip up north soon.
All is going well down here and we are enjoying the slow pace of our fifth Florida Summer. It is hard to believe that we have been down here so long, but we no longer feel like we are on vacation. Katy, the boys & I really enjoy living down here & all the outdoor play that comes with it. We have a lot going on but I will try keep this condensed. We have settled into our new house & our main focus is keeping busy as we wait for our adoption paperwork to be processed in China. We have done everything we need to do at this point until we hear from the Chinese government, are given word of our approval & referred a baby girl. We are expecting for this to happen in the summer or fall of next year :( - And we thought 9 mths was a long wait.
In the meantime we have already enjoyed our big summer trip. Katy's sister Mary was married on May 28th up in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Her husband Ron & her rented out a campsite just a little north of Asheville. We spent a lot of time with the entire Ryan family, and enjoyed our river front cabin, some horseback riding, some lake swimming, and of course Mary & Ron's wedding. We stopped in a bunch of southeastern cities on the way up & down making it a long rode trip. All I can say about long road trips & kids is Thank God for DVD players !!! On the way up we stopped in Atlanta & visited the Georgia Aquarium & met up with my little brother Jose & his family. It has been a few years since we have seen each other & it was really nice to catch up. He is all grown up now & doing great... I am very proud of what he has done with himself.
The boys are doing great, Kyle is now 6, Sean 41/2, & Ryan 3... We are outside every day & they are really getting big quick. Kyle will be starting 1st grade in a few weeks, Sean will be in pre-k 5 days a week, & Ryan will be in pre-k 3 days a week. With all her free time??? Katy is going to volunteer at the pre school. We really feel lucky to have found this preschool & like all the teachers and families a lot. She feels it would be nice to be around the little guys. We are prob not going to make it up north this summer, but continue to think about all of you. We hope everyone is doing well & we hope we can figure out a trip up north soon.
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