Waiting...waiting...waiting...

I'm starting to feel the pressure to get our dossier in the mail to China. Everything that is notarized is only good for six months. Our notarized documents are now almost two months old. We have just a certain window of time now. God is sovereign. Remarkably, I haven't been overly nervous about any part of the process until just now. We are waiting for our USCIS approval (approval from US immigration to adopt). They will send us an appointment via mail for fingerprinting. Then we wait again. The process currently takes four to six weeks. We're one week into the wait.

In the meantime here's an update on Jman.

He's kind of toddler jogging. He's climbing. He has a new love: the tractor. Monday when he saw Nathan pull into the driveway after work he jogged down the sidewalk, threw his hands in the air for Nathan to pick him up (also new), and said "ca caw" (tractor)! Ca caw cacaw cacaw!" Of course Nathan took him to sit on the tractor.

He is communicative, but Nathan and I are pretty much the only ones who understand his language. He points, which helps:

Mama
Dadeee
mmm mmm mmm (shaking his head--yummy...I like it.)
ugh ugh ugh (waving his hands in front of his face--yucky...I don't like it.)
baa baa (Abby)
bye bye
bu bu (paci...he calls it this because we taught him to say bye bye to his paci in the morning when he wakes up)
kzeez (cheese)
kzeez (keys)
kzoos (shoes)
bu bu (is also belly button)
ba (ball)
ca ca (cracker)
ca caw (tractor)
co (Car)
ca (cat)
ca (is also the Little People captain to his boat)
ahhh (I'm thirsty)
voom voom (any motorized vehicle)
bock bock (chicken...and sometimes any bird)
cack cack (duck)
Papa

His favorite songs:
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (he'll throw his hands over his head then clap.
Baby Bumble Bee (this one is new since Nonna and Plow Daddy kept him last week).
Patty Cake (he just claps then throws his hands up.
He dances to any song. The louder the music the better. ;)