Top 10

Well we caved and checked again with our adoption agency yesterday about where we were on the "list" for our baby girl. They have a new policy where they will not tell you a specific number but a general range. We were excited to learn that in just three weeks we moved from number 15 to into the top 10. We don't know specifically where in the top 10 we are but if we had to guess based upon other referrals coming in and what other families have been told we would say we are around number 7. We are starting to get really excited and nervous too about getting the big call with our girl's information and seeing her face for the first time.

Thunder Cup

Jacob and Cameron

Going in for a goal

Dribbling

Cameron attended the MN Thunder Soccer Camp this past week. He attended half days in the Rugrat group. The Thunder is Minnesota's professional soccer team. He had a really wonderful group of coaches who are members of the Thunder and really know their stuff and work great with the kids. Each player recieved their own soccer ball, two pairs of socks, shorts, two t-shirts (blue and white) and a backpack. They had to wear their uniforms each day and really learned how to be good members of a team. In addition to learning the game of soccer, they had fun events throughout the week like jersey day, water fun day, wacky dress up day, a juggling contest, and a ball decorating contest. Cameron worked hard on the ball decorating contest and covered his soccer ball with flags of some of the countries in the international soccer league.

On Friday, Cameron competed in the Thunder Cup. His team (Team Korea) came in second for his division. He played hard and scored two goals (one in the semi-finals and one in the finals). Here is a video of one of Cameron's goals.

Cameron quickly became friends with a boy named Jacob. Jacob's family is also in the process of adopting a little girl from Korea. Mommy and daddy met his parents at the Korea Night program last month but the parents didn't introduce the kids they just bonded on their own. Everyday they were so excited to see each other and play soccer together. Jacob was on Cameron's team and therefore they were named Team Korea.

Cameron is already looking forward to next year's camp and maybe playing soccer this fall too.

Wedding Fun!

Hi everyone - We are back to posting again. My how time flies in the summer. So here's what you missed the past few weeks...

Daddy turned 34 on June 3rd. He came home early that day and we all played tennis at the park. We then had a great meal which mommy cooked followed by cake. Yummy. We bought him a new pair of headphones for his mp3 player.

We have had a few playdates with preschool buddies and neighborhood pals. We love playdates.

Cam really started to learn to read these past few weeks. He is enjoying it so much!

The first weekend of June mommy went away with her girlfriends to Tofte. It was a long drive but worth it. They left on Friday afternoon and returned Sunday afternoon. Daddy stayed with us for the weekend. Mommy enjoyed catching up with Kristi, Wendy, Kathy and Tricia. They stayed at Kathy's parent's cabin. She told us they slept in, took a nap, ate well, had a bonfire, played card games, and walked along the lake. Some of them ran into Genevieve from TLC at the local pizza place. Small world! While mommy was gone we played with daddy, went to the library and just had some special boys' time.

On June 11th we attended the Taste of Vadnais. We enjoyed some yummy food, listened to music and playing on the inflatables. It was a beautiful evening out with our neighbors.

On June 13th, mommy's cousin Liz got married to Jon. We attended the wedding with mommy and daddy. We loved the reception. They had a kid's table with activities to keep us busy, kid meals, and we even got to drink kiddie cocktails. We loved them. At the end of the night we danced with mommy, daddy, and grandma. It was so fun. The photos are of us being goofy at the reception. After the reception we stayed over night at grandma Judy and grandpa Al's house.

Next post: Cameron's soccer camp!