The past week or so we have been hit with 3 items of bad news from people we love. The first news came in that our friend Matt's Dad, Sam Kelley (also known as Will's grandfather), was diagnosed with the same cancer that Andrew's dad had. So our thoughts have been with all of the Kelleys. Sam is a wonderful man and if anyone has the "fighting spirit" to rid themselves of that awful disease it will be him.
This past Friday night right after we had gone to bed we got a phone call that our dear friend Ben's Dad , Dick Greenlaw, (also known as Brent's grandfather) had passed away from a sudden, massive heart attack. Ben and I both grew up in Lincoln and Dick "Mr. Greenlaw" was my high school principal and was so much more than that. He played a hand in raising about every kid in Lincoln in the 19 years he was the principal there. Our love goes out to the entire family.
On Monday morning we were awoken to more bad news. Andrew's Uncle Dick, (also known as Jacob, Whitney, Conary, Austin, Anna, etc..grandfather) had passed away from a sudden massive heart attack as well. We were and still are in disbelief. Uncle Dick was larger than life and we both adored him. We are so happy that Leah got to meet her Great Uncle Dick at the end of the summer. He was smitten by her for sure. We will miss him SO much. Leah did her part to cheer up the Moores and went over for a visit Monday afternoon while I went to Probate Court to do more paperwork towards finalizing her adoption.
With all of that said, I guess that is why we have no new weekly photo updates. Our minds have been too preoccupied. Leah is doing great. She had a flu shot last week and we found out she gained almost a pound in the past month so we are thrilled by that. She is talking up a storm, each day when we drive by the cows she says "Hi Cows, Moo". She also asks, "what's that" constantly and LOVES to make Bella mind, "down bella". She now knows what a cat says, what a bee says, what a dog says, a duck and oh in the spirit of Halloween a ghost.
Today she had a playdate with Feleke from Ethiopia. We met Feleke's parents in waiting parents adoption support group so that was a neat full circle moment. He is one of the most charming and adorable 3 year olds I have ever met. As I got out of my car he said "you drive a Volvo"? Apparently he knows the makes and models of all cars. Another adorable comment he said was "Mom is Leah from Africa, because her face looks English"!
This weekend Leah has been invited to a Halloween Party and a Diwali party so stay tuned for pictures! We are so excited about the Diwali celebration.
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I am so sorry Linds :( I hope you're doing okay, and Leah sounds like she's learning a lot of English!!! I've been keeping up with the blog and have probably read every word of it at least twice!!!!! I really hope that Leah can come into school someday, because that would be a LOT of fun for me!!!!!!! I send my love, and tell Leah I said hi!!!
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