Cady Chase

Newman

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-07-15T23:02:49-07:00

We tried scaring him down from a nest once, and he just sat there, swatting at the parent birds as they swooped down at him, all the while staring us as if to say, “Get your own tasty eggs.... ...Sometimes we don’t see him for a couple of days, then he shows up, burs tucked into his fur, and wants to come inside the house, long enough only to make sure we’re all still safe and in the den. It’s as if he takes count, cuddles with us each for a few minutes individually, rubs against us, sneaks some of the dog’s water, and then pulls at the blinds on the back door to go out again.

Dear Tooth Fairy....

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-06-30T16:19:05-07:00

We had promised her the world....well actually, we promised her that she could stay up as long as she wanted last night, and that she could sleep in our bed..... ...So, we stayed up till she could barely keep her eyes open, and crawled into my lap asking to go to bed. She climbed into the middle of our bed, and tucked away her letter, along with the Tooth Fairy pouch, unsure if the Tooth Fairy would understand all she went through to get this thing out.

Our little flirt

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-06-30T16:07:44-07:00

She’s flirty. She’s fun. She always makes me laugh.

Kindergarten grad

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-06-30T15:23:27-07:00

I know that in this whole great world, she has a special role. ...For my little angel baby girl would be my greatest test. When God entrusts to you an angel, who has left her wings for you.

They can hear us

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-05-24T21:03:22-07:00

I was playing with Cady and her P@lly P@ckets yesterday afternoon. They're obviously "real" dolls, because she whispered to me about what was happening. That way, they couldn't hear the narrator.

We've witnessed a miracle!

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-05-24T20:55:13-07:00

Cady's never had a P@p T@rt. ...Yesterday she had one cold, and this morning she had two toasted. ..."This tastes like a P@p T@rt miracle!"

Beauty in wild flowers

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-04-24T23:22:33-07:00

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." --Unknown ...She takes my breath away, all the time.

Citizen of the Month

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-04-12T16:16:52-07:00

The video is to come, but for now, without further adeiu, we give you ...#1 Citizen of the Month Wanting to read the certificate to everyone who would listen.

Taking notice

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-04-10T23:04:36-07:00

It will show her that we cared enough now, about her future, to do this simple piece of side paper work that only confirms what has already been for 4 years....a family, but Getting a California Birth Certificate can make the difference in her life for almost everything important that comes up. And oddly, I'm certain the tears will flow again as we sit there with the judge, announcing that we are even more proud today, more in love with her today, more willing to give it our all today, than we were three years ago, when we made that one sentence promise at the US Consulate in China, on adoption day..... In a big building all of the adopting families from all agencies shuffled thru the US Consulate, to the room where we gave them a few pieces of paper, and then, finally, in unison, we stood up, raised our right hands and solumnly swore, "I will never abandon this child" One little sentence that took us 2 hours to ready for, and only 2 seconds to say.

Shhhh...It's a secret.

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-04-07T19:58:38-07:00

We got a notice from Cady's school yesterday that she's going to be Citizen of the Month on Friday. ...I let her know that it will be a school assembly on Friday and that I'm planning on going to it. ...And when we went to open house, her art teacher raved about her art work continually, but to be honest, I thought she was just being that way to make us feel good.

Adoption this and adoption that...

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-03-23T13:31:34-07:00

Then, Cadence got to sit in the "teacher's chair" that they use for circle time, and she got to be the one answering questions about adoption, and in particular, about her adoption experience. ...I wasn't really sure how it would go, although I assumed it would be educational about what a family dynamic really consists of, for the children in her class. ...We have her American name with the pediatrcian, we had her registered in daycare when she was younger-with her American name, we registered her for preschool and then private Kindergarten with her American name, and after almost 4 years, we found out that we would have to register her for First grade with her Chinese first and last names.

Happy Gotcha Day

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-03-20T21:56:14-07:00

We loved the idea of her before we met her, and we felt love for her after seeing her pictures. But there was a shift in our worlds the day we held her for the first time. ...

Daffodils

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-03-20T00:11:13-07:00

The daffodils I planted last year, came up again this year, and have been in full bloom. I wish they would last longer. But we can be happy with them while they're there.

Out of the blue

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-03-14T14:20:34-07:00

A year and a half ago, while vacationing, we went to our hotel room, and when we went upstairs, she said, "Now I want to go to the toy room here!" ...We did go out to dinner with the other couples while we were in China, and as a matter of fact, the child who sat on my other side, was Ann Marie. ...If we knew fluent Mandarin, she would have understood us, but she would not have been able to talk with us, she was only 16 months old.

Where to begin?

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-03-11T12:00:55-08:00

This blog is mainly for us to look back at and see what was important during this time in our lives with our family. ...She was surprised to see that her Daddy snuck in to her Kindergarten class to take pictures of her on Valentine's day, and to participate in the party. ...And quite frankly, it's because of her patience and her insistance, that she has a sister who might not even be born yet, but whom will some day be in our family, that inspires us to keep waiting.

What's love?

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-02-14T20:32:59-08:00

And your husband nibbles on the steaks, and decides to eat it anyway, even though you know it's disgusting. ... And while you sit there mumbling to yourself about how bad dinner REALLY is, and realizing that you wouldn't feed it to the family dog (even if his digestive system could handle it), your daughter joyfully eats her cucumbers and gives you a 'thumbs up'. And while she purposfully does not respond to your mumbles, she announces, "You make the BEST cucumbers, Mommy!"

Pssst

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-01-11T17:07:18-08:00

Cady has helped update her page. You can get there from the star below, or the "Cady Says" link from the site navigation bar

Don't look at me, I didn't do it

andersenscott@mac.com — 2010-01-01T09:12:21-08:00

I was able to recover most of the critical data from the computer, but not the key website. ...So the decision was made to clear that which was previously uploaded in favor of a new site. ...It will take some time to refine the new pages, but this gives me a strong foothold to start with.