Saturday, September 12, 2009

Becoming an American... in LA!

As you know, Kaio already has an American passport (due to being born to an American - Jason) However we finally have been able to get my American citizenship! To get this accomplished, we had to go to Los Angeles for an interview and oath ceremony. Initially I was a bit nervous about traveling with Kaio on a 11 hr flight to LA and being 6 months pregnant. I was also a bit apprehensive how the 8hr time zone difference would affect Kaio since we were only going for a week. However, Kaio was great on both flights and we had a great time in LA. We went to the beach, to Disneyland, saw grandma, caught up with some friends, played in the pool and really had a great family holiday! And we were able to get my citizenship in a week (it normally takes a couple of months)
Grandma flew out from Colorado and initially Kaio was a bit shy, but after a couple of gifts and play time he was very happy to be with 'tata' (=grandma).
The week after we got back I had a week long meeting and Jason had to deal with re-adjusting Kaio to the UK and his normal routine. It was hard due to the jet lag, me not being here and Kaio had gotten used to sleeping in the same room as us. However after a week we seem to have gotten back into a nice routine.
Kaio has started saying 2 - 3 word sentences. Like - "Hello, mommy/daddy/sun/lua (moon)!" (with a British accent = ADORABLE!), "open door", "Kaio comida" (Kaio's food), "Daddy stop it now!", etc. He continues doing really well with both languages.
Kaio really enjoys getting down from his pram and running around. He knows that it is either in his pram or walking (he had a phase he wanted to be held by us!). And although he is running around he is very good in staying close to us and does not just run off without keeping an eye on where we are.
We got a new camera and I have been unable to download the pictures, but hopefully Jason will do this for us!

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