By Chris Waters, on April 30th, 2012
Spring is in full swing in Colorado, and we figured it was high time for both some bike rides and kite flying. Some friends of Lara’s had a used bike trailer that was perfect for Alex, and we splurged at the REI spring member’s sale for a “WeeHoo” for Evan. The WeeHoo is also a [...] . . . → Read More: Let’s Go Fly a Kite
By Chris Waters, on April 8th, 2012
Evan had a pretty exciting day yesterday. He turned 4 years old, went to a friend’s birthday party at Pump It Up, came home to open his own presents, had an Easter egg hunt in the afternoon, and went out to dinner with a bunch from the neighborhood before coming home for birthday cake. Throw [...] . . . → Read More: Birthday and Bunnies
By Chris Waters, on March 31st, 2012
We’ve had two more significant events in the last week. First, Grandpa Ashley and Grandma Barb came for a weekend visit. We had a pretty busy weekend, with trips to the Colorado train museum and the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. The weather was fantastic for mid March – 70 degrees and blue [...] . . . → Read More: Grandparents and Six Months
By Chris Waters, on March 17th, 2012
What a week it has been. It started off with Alex’s birthday on Saturday. Thursday marked one year since we met Evan, and then Friday made it six months since we took the boys out of the Karachev Children’s home. It’s hard to keep track of all of this stuff! The one year mark isn’t quite [...] . . . → Read More: Milestones
By Chris Waters, on March 10th, 2012
Today was Alex’s third birthday, and the first children’s birthday since we have come home. We started this morning fairly early, pretty typical for a Saturday. Evan woke first at 5:30. Luckily, he went back to sleep for about 45 minutes, giving us some precious shut eye. Both boys were up by 6:30, and immediately [...] . . . → Read More: Alex Turns Three
By Chris Waters, on February 17th, 2012
It’s been a while since our last family-related post. With everything else going on, we forgot to mention that we had our final court hearing last Wednesday (the 8th). It was really a formality, but a requirement in order to get birth certificates issued for the boys from the United States. That just makes some [...] . . . → Read More: Adoption Finalized
By Chris Waters, on February 9th, 2012 We met with an oncologist this afternoon to get a handle on Bacchus’ prognosis. She painted a much bleaker picture than the surgeon. He indeed has lymphoma, but based on the fact that it was in an internal organ, she believes that it is probably the more difficult “T-cell” strain. The “B-cell” variety is generally [...] . . . → Read More: Lymphoma
By Lara Waters, on February 6th, 2012 We received word today from Dr. Stubbs that the biopsy of the tumor does indicate lymphoma. For the possible cancer types, this is the best we could have hoped for for treatment. The company that does the biopsy wants to do further special staining which will hopefully help us understand what chemo treatments, and how [...] . . . → Read More: Update on Bacchus
By Chris Waters, on February 4th, 2012
Many of you have heard about the snow storm that hit Denver this weekend. It turns out to be the biggest February snowfall to ever hit Colorado, breaking the previous record set 100 years ago. The forecast starting on Thursday was for 8-10″. Thursday night that was revised to 10-15″. Even Friday morning, as the [...] . . . → Read More: Snowy Saturday
By Chris Waters, on February 1st, 2012 I just thought we’d give everyone a quick update that Bacchus came home this afternoon. He’s doing great – maybe too great. He’s probably too energetic and enthusiastic for his own good right now. It is terrific to see him acting this lively. We just hope we can keep him calm enough not to disturb [...] . . . → Read More: He’s Home
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