March /April 2007

March Madness!!! Well March was the month for a few firsts, not Maiahs favorites at all!! We had our first visit to the Dentist which went really well, she had not one cavity. She liked the part where she got to pick toys out of the basket at the end:) Much thanks to the Children's Place for brushing her pretty white teeth!! We had to have blood drawn before her physical, she is tough as Derek had to hold her arms down and her little veins were not that great. We also had our first visit/physical at our new pediatricians office. Lets just say she needed 3 shots so it was not a great day. Don't you just hate that look of "Why are you letting them hurt me like this"? We did go out to lunch with Dr. Mike (her new pediatrician and our long time family friend) after her visit and she was offering him bites of her pizza so I think she got over it. We also had our first post placement visit which went very well. Maiah was her normal, silly self and our social worker was walking out the door with tears in her eyes. Yeah Maiah!! We also had our first haircut in America!! We had to cut off 2 inches all around in order to make it all healthy, no more pigtails for a couple of weeks but Ms Nancy gave her a little style. We also finally got to meet Aunty Jo and Joshua in March!! Yeah, Maiah is still asking "Where is Joshua?"

As for April, we decided to take our first road trip and go up to Massachusetts and introduce Maiah to all of Dereks family, my extended family and all of our friends. Yes , we were crazy, 12 hours in a truck with a 13, 10 and 3 year old and 1 DVD screen stopped working on the trip up:( Overall, the trip was great, very cold New England Easter. Maiah slept with Kaytlin and slept well. My girls like to get up in time for lunch......Maiah heard her Memere sing in church for the first time and she loved meeting her Grampy, Great Memere Lavoie, Aunty Mamie, Aunty Amy, Uncle Bobby,Olivia and Lauren and many other aunts and cousins. It was as though she has just always been part of the family.

As for growth, she has grown 2.5 inches, gained 6.5 lbs, and is now wearing a 7.5 shoe. She is very verbal and her English is amazing. She will tell you that she is Maiah Petrin, she is 3 but going to be 4. She will also say go Red Sox and Boo Yankees!! Dad thought we should teach her the important things first:) She now sings Jesus loves me very well, Happy Birthday and Rock a by Baby along with Twinkle Twinkle. She loves when the wind blows because Daddy makes it like a hurricane. She is not using much Mongolian these days, only the few words that we learned and continue to use with her. That part is little sad for me, I wish we had learned more but it is not an easy language to learn. We are attaching more photos so you can see her precious smiles and laughs.

We love you all and Happy Spring!!
Petrins