Eau de Picard and Dior & Practicing Parent Skills

So what have we been doing in the long pause since our last post? Well, paperwork. And fingerprints. And then fingerprints again. Oh, on Thursday we have to get fingerprints. That's right. When it's all said and done we'll have been fingerprinted 3-4 times. Besides the ink that is permanently fixed on the grooves of our fingertips, things are coming along well. We should be finished with the paperwork gathering in the next week or two and then it's notarizing and certifying.

I thought a fun way for everyone to participate in the adoption is to help us decide what type of pictures we should include in our dossier. We need two pictures of me and Picard by ourselves and then eight family life pictures. We both have to be in every picture. We want the pictures to be a good representation of who we are because the pictures are relied on heavily when choosing what child we should be matched with. So how do we capture the "eau de family picard and dior?" Just leave us a comment on the comments page with your idea of how to capture our essence on film. OH, by the way, don't be surprised if we ask to borrow your kids for a picture or two if you live near us. WAIT - if you have kids that we might want to borrow (you know who you are) please don't read any further. It might change your mind.

Mommy's Practice

Trying out my "Mamarazzi" (a new word I just learned...don't you love it?) role by taking a million pictures of the kids

Here are my girls snuggling together for a nap

It's so cute my heart hurts


Daddy's Practice
Trying out the "getting a little dirty one clean" role

Daddy's first guess at how a dirty little one gets clean. We had to talk to him about this one.

There we go! Daddy figures out the right way to wash the wee one.


Daddy gets the "I'll stay clean next time, I promise!" face

See, we can handle this parenting thing! No prob!
Don't forget to leave us picture ideas!