My Adoption Journey: Gabriella's First School Injury

Friday, October 10, 2008

Gabriella's First School Injury

Gabriella received her first school injury yesterday. Isaiah, the same little boy that pulled her bow out on the first day that I left her at day care and made her cry, scratched Gabriella's face on the right side of her nose. Miss Lisa immediately picked her up and Gabriella was apparently not very upset by what had happened. I think Ken and I are more upset than she was! Ken and I decided that we are going to have to start to teach Gabriella some self defense moves!

Gabriella's main interactions in Guatemala were with babies, so interacting with kids her age is fairly new. It was funny to see Gabriella's surprise when I was visiting her at day care one day and she was sitting on my lap on the floor and Chloe came toward us to crawl on my lap and tried pushing Gabriella out of the way. Gabriella didn't know what to do and had a taken-aback look on her face.

The note yesterday from Miss Lisa on Gabriella's daily day care report said that Gabriella had a good day and the other children are interacting well with her. That certainly was a better note than the one I received last week that said, "I bit Miss Lisa today!"

I put two pigtails in Gabriella's hair this morning with little ladybug barrettes. She looked so cute. Notice the scratch on her nose in these photos...!

1 comment:

ChuckOctober 10, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Well, at least there's someone else to blame! Charlie runs at full blast and smacks right into things or takes a tumble very often. He ends up with so many bumps, scratches, and bruises that it looks like he went 9 rounds with baby Rocky.
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Adoption Timeline

06/09/07 - Contacted Angel Adoptions (Homestudy Agency) to Pursue an International Adoption Homestudy
06/12/07 - Consultation with Social Worker from Angel Adoptions
06/14/07 - Application to Adoptions International (Adoption Agency) Sent
06/26/07 - Completed Massachusetts Approaches Partnership in Parenting Program (MAPP)
07/08/07 - Homestudy & Social Worker Visits Complete (Meetings with the Social Worker were Held on 6/23/07, 6/30/07, and 7/8/07)
07/26/07 - Application to USCIS for I-600A and Fingerprints Submitted
07/31/07 - Homestudy Report Received
07/31/07 - Homestudy Submitted to USCIS for I-600A Application
07/31/07 - Dossier Apostilled/Certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth
08/01/07 - Dossier Authenticated/Legalized by the Consulate of Guatemala
08/23/07 - Referral Received
08/27/07 - Referral Accepted, and Power of Attorney and DNA Authorization Completed
08/28/07 - Referral Acceptance, Power of Attorney, and DNA Authorization Received at Adoptions International and on-route to Guatemala
10/16/07 - I-600A Approved and Forwarded to National Visa Center
12/17/07 through 12/21/07- 1st Visit Trip with Grammy to meet baby Gabriella
01/10/08 - DNA Authorization
Enter Family Court
01/25/08 - DNA Taken from Gabriella and Gabriella's Birth Mother and Social Worker Interview is Conducted
02/09/08 - DNA Match
02/11/08 through 02/15/08- 2nd Visit Trip with Grammy and Grampy
03/14/08 at 11:53 AM - Pre-Approval from the US Embassy (Day 48)
03/26/08 - Exit Family Court
03/27/08 - Enter PGN
04/13/08 through 04/19/08- 3rd Visit Trip with Grammy and Tia Candace
05/08/08 through 05/15/08- 4th Visit Trip
06/09/08 - PGN Birth Mother Interview Complete
06/18/08 - Exit PGN
06/26/08 through 07/03/08 - 5th Visit Trip with Grammy
07/03/08 - Final Decree
07/28/08 - Birth Certificate
08/05/08 - Passport
08/07/08 - 2nd DNA Test
08/30/08 through 09/05/08 - Pick-Up Trip with Grammy!
09/02/08 - US Embassy Appointment
09/05/08 - Gabriella is home forever!