Video of the week...

Here it is...the video for the last week of May :0) I had a few technical difficulties so it is in part 1 and part 2...ENJOY!

the first video is of her learning to blow her duck whistle...I obviously thought it was hilarious, then just some random Sakari craziness, showing off a little sign language, a day at the office and hanging out with aunt Dacia...

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The second video is her eating...it is funny!!

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Happy 14th month Birthday Sakari!!

Today our sweet baby is 14 months old...I can hardly believe it...we feel like she is growing up SO fast...but we are enjoying every minute of it and documenting it as much as we possibly can! Here are a few random pics of this sweet girl!!

Her new cute elephant pj's...

"working" at the office...helping daddy get ready for the big trip to Peru!

Aunt Dacia put this on her head...SO CUTE!

The everchanging Sakari!

I thought it would be fun to see how much Sakari has changed since she came into our family! So here is a picture a month...January to May. I think it is AMAZING how much she has changed!

January...when we first met her!

February...

March...

April...

May!

New Video...a week in the life of Sakari :0)

so I've decided to archive my daughter's life in weekly video posts...we will see if we can keep up with it...ENJOY

video includes:
Seeing the Watoto African children's choir at our church last Sunday night...Sakari LOVED it.
And she has been walking with her push toys...going to start walking SO SOON!!
Playing with her Grammy and her cousin Ema...
And then just being sweet Sakari!!

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New Video

Enjoy our new video...and if you are a "gilmore girls" fan listen closely and you will hear the very first episode playing in the background...basically the sound track of our lives :0)

Sakari is getting so big and she is so funny...we laugh at her all the time...you will see why...

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a few more pics...

you can read our last post for details on our GREAT photo shoot!

Pics from Dejah Quinn!

Here is a sample of some of our pics from our photo session with Dejah Quinn (www.dejahquinn.com) we found her on the celebrating adoption website and traveled to Shawnee, OK for her to take our pics...she did an AMAZING job and we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pics she took of our sweet baby...if you live in the area or if you're in the mood for a road trip...you must go see her for a photo session...and tell her we sent you!!

Fun at the ZOO!!!

Well...we are making it a few days without daddy...he is in Panama! And let me say...we miss him so much!!! He is such a huge help to me and so good with Sakari...she has been looking for him. But thankfully, we have GREAT technology that allows us to video chat with him...so she just yelled at his face on the computer screen and blew him kisses. Caleb and I were talking about how crazy amazing the technology is...who would have ever thought we could see his face and talk to him while he is in another country!!! So to occupy some of our time, we went to the zoo with my sister and her youngest daughter...it was ALOT of fun :0) and what a BEAUTIFUL day!! Here are some pics from our day: checking out the giant trantula "Rosie", riding the carousel, isn't the pic of the back of the girls heads so cute...they were very interested in the whitetail doves that were running around, feeding a leaf to the goat, and petting/brushing a goat with her Aunt Dacia and cousin Ember!

Successful Re-Adoption!

Our court hearing went off seamlessly, the judge waived the typically required 6 month waiting time frame for us in OK and signed the petition to legally change her name from Misrak Caleb David to Sakari Ava Misrak David. Soon she will receive an Oklahoma birth certificate and we'll be on the way to getting her a US passport! Woohoo! The whole experience was great, our attorney was very good and the judge said that she saw Sakari as she walked in from lunch and that Sakari caught her eye...even before we entered her courtroom. She was very warm and friendly and excited for us...she even had her bailiff takes pics for us - we've posted them on here, notice the pic of us and the judge...and who is holding the gavel!!! The longest part was waiting to be called but once we got in there, it took about 10 minutes...it was a great experience!!! A quick tip on attorney fees...we have Pre-Paid Legal service for just about $25 a month and it cut our attorney fees in half! Well worth it...it might be something to look into if you're an adoptive family...enjoy the pics of the re-adoption and us playing in our front yard this evening!