What a beautiful day!! I have a love/hate relationship with days like these. I love them but I hate them because I know it will be followed by a blizzard or freezing rain or some other weather catastrophe. Regardless, the Wilson's enjoyed the day as much as possible before going to work.
Collin was especially crazy today. I don't know if it was the nice weather but he was in a great mood and very chatty. He talks and talks but we have no clue what he is saying. He does say "yeah" a lot. We can make out the occasional mama and dada. There have been a few nana's and pops. I guess he knows what he is saying though because he looks right at you and tells you how it is!!
So we had our first taste of Spring and it was great. I didn't want to go to work today. We can't wait for it to warm up so we can go to the park and on bike rides. There is so much more to do when the weather is nice. Collin is getting so much more interactive and attentive. He actually seems like he is enjoying himself so the zoo will be much more fun this year. We can actually play outside instead of at the mall and in the house.
We finalized our plans for family vacation! We are going to Beaches an all inclusive Sandals resort in Jamaica. Everyone is very excited. My parents are taking Brylie and Kahlen. Alexis and Peyton will be coming with us and of course Baby Collin! The kids should have a great time. The resort is family oriented and very kid friendly. They have a water park and tons of kids club programs for the little ones. The big kids have an XBox game theater and teen disco-not to mention the beach and pools (with swim up bars for the really big kids). It should be a fabulous trip.
All the kids are getting their passports. I am keeping my fingers crossed that Collin will have all of his paperwork back in time. I thought we would have plenty of time but after reading some posts on an adoption site it looks like the US government is taking their sweet time (and lots of our money) processing Certificates of Citizenship(CoC). Collin already has his but it is in his other name "Rodrigo Alejandro Wilson" so we have to have it changed once his name change is complete. Speaking of which, Collin's final adoption hearing is on March 13th. That is when he will have his official name change. We didn't have to readopt him here but they call it "recognizing" a foreign adoption so that he can get a US Birth Certificate. It will make things easier for him in the long run having a US Birth Certificate. Then we will have to wait 6-8 weeks until he is in the system to get a copy of that and then go to the Social Security Office to get his SSN changed to Collin rather than Rodrigo. It is all very complicated AND expensive! Just when we thought we had all of the adoption expenses paid for they hit us for something else. All I know is I booked Collin Jeffrey Wilson on his vacation so it better all be official by August 11th!!! Keep your fingers crossed!
Here are a couple pictures of the resort. Maybe I will make one a screen saver to keep the positive weather thoughts flowing!!
