Baby Steen's First Gift

We spent Thanksgiving at our friends Mike and Wanda's house. We always have a good time when we are with them and this event was no different. It was really cold outside, I think 47 was the high, so the guys went outside to deep fry the turkey while the ladies stayed inside the kitchen getting everything ready.



Mike and Wanda got a new lab puppy a few weeks ago so our dog Bella had some canine companionship. Mike and Wanda have two great kids that adore Bella and smother her with affection whenever we go over. The dogs were wore out at the end of the day and this is what we saw:




Baby Steen got their first present yesterday and it was AWESOME! Mike and Wanda bought our child a Little Tykes Airplane. What do you expect one pilot's wife to buy another pilot's wife for their child's gift??? It's a riding toy that is remote controlled by mom or dad when they are younger and can be steered and powered by the child when they get old enough. It has all these lights on it and makes airplane noises. We are so excited for "junior" to ride on it.


We received news from Immigration Services today. They sent us a receipt for our I600A along with a reference packet about submitting our home study. The letter stated that as soon as we send in our home study they will send us an appointment to get finger printed. We were happy to see a notice from them so we know they received our I600A and it didn't get lost in the mail anywhere. We should have our home study by the end of this coming week and we'll get it sent off to San Antonio.