Party of 3 / Ya somos 3: Summer Days

Adopting Elizabeth or better yet, Adopting Mommy!

I am adding to this post, not removing the original content. And I'd like to say that it has been a beautiful journey to be Elizabeth's Mom and to be part of her life. I hope Eli, that one day you can go over this blog that I've created for you and that you will cherish our lives together. I'd like to title this blog" Adopting Mommy" instead. You've taken me, accepted me and made me a better person.
Original Post from 2008 when I created this blog: Some of the pics were taken at the foster home where she has lived since she was born. We have received these photos on a monthly basis together with her medical reports.
Adiciono a este parrafo, sin quitar el contenido original escrito en el 2008 cuando inicie este blog. Ha sido una experiencia fundamental en mi vida el ser madre y especialmente, madre de Eli. Y espero que un dia no muy lejano, puedas revisar cada comentario escrito, cada detalle de este blog y te llenes de alegria recordando cada viaje, anecdota, situacion, dia, evento, vividos juntas. Deseo llamar este blog " Adoptando a Mami" porque me has acogido, aceptado y moldeado para ser la persona que hoy soy.
Parrafo original:
Esta es nuestra Eli. Algunas de las
fotos han sido tomadas en la casa de familia donde ha vivido desde que nacio y
que recibimos junto con un reporte mensual medico.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Summer Days

We've been having a busy summer. The weather has been nice, not too hot although it's been raining a lot. We haven't had many beach days but on the other hand, we haven't had to use at home the air conditioner at all. These photos were taken during the month of July.

Estas fotos fueron tomadas en el mes de Julio. El clima ha estado agradable porque no ha hecho mucho calor pero ha llovido mucho. El sol viene y va por raticos. Tratamos de sacar a Eli lo que mas se pueda ya que el invierno llegara pronto. Yo tambien he aprovechado de tomar mas sol este a-o debido a una deficiencia de vitamina D que me descubrieron a inicios de a-o. Gracias a Dios ya estoy mucho mejor.

I'm not sure what's going on here, but she sure is cute!

Beach babes, Eli and Luciana! Our friends from Ottawa came down for a week and this is their daughter Luciana with Eli. We had a lot of fun.

Stroller babes, Eli and Luciana!

Katia, Katia's Mom, Clarena, Eli, and Luciana at Harvard.

Mom and Eli

I don't know who the two guys in the background are, but the people in front are Katia and Luciana, Clarena and Eli and ... Katia's Mom.

A walk along the ocean with our friends Luciana, Katia, Katia's Mom, and Daniel ...

... and speaking of walks, these guys walked right under Clarena's office window one day!!!!

Eli just bein' Eli!

Beautiful smile!

Luckily, this usually happens about once a day and lasts up to one hour.

This is Eli with Lee, her early intervention specialist. When Eli first came, Clarena arranged to have Lee come work with Eli. So, sponsored by the State, she came every week for a year. It was Lee's last day ... Eli did so well on her first "evaluation" after starting the program that Lee was fired (the State said Eli was doing great and that Lee wasn't needed).