Samuel Jack Wagner

Here he is, all the way from Russia. He is a happy 15 month old (04/01/04 DOB) It took him a little bit to warm up to us, but after bribbing him with some food he started babbling and smiling. We received our court date of 08/31. So we will be headed back a few days before then and hopefully returning home the September 7th or 8th.

Every dog has his day

Matthew and Kurt decided that Breezer had a "stench" and because of that he required a bath. I think that by the time it was over, Matthew had been bathed more than Breezer.

Matthew's new room

Since Matthew is being kicked out of his "baby" room, we made one of our bedrooms into his "big boy" room. He loves his bunk beds - mostly he loves jumping off the ladder into a pile of pillows.

1st trip to Russia

Well, things have finally calmed down after finding out the dates we are traveling to Russia on our 1st trip. We are leaving July 19th and returning July 24th. Hopefully we will get to see the new little guy more than we got to see Matthew. We only saw Matthew for 1 hour. However long it is it will be great.

Matthew's Gotcha Day - 6/26/05

Today is the day that we "got" Matthew, so we celebrate Gotcha Day. It was three years ago that we adopted him from Tver, Russia. We can't believe that three years have passed. He is such a sweetie boy. He is amazing us on a daily basis. We celebrated the day by going to lunch at Rudy's and then to Volente Beach. We had a great time. Matthew played on the pirate ship for 4 hours. Luckly we were able to get a chair in the shade. When we thought it was time to go, because he could hardly get up on the boat anymore, he said "OK Daddy, let's go home". You would have thought he would have fallen asleep in the car, but nooooo. He had to play with his new hockey game when he got home.

San Antonio Hockey Tourney - 5/25/05

We traveled down to San Antonio so Kurt could play in a hockey tournament. They won the first game, but lost the second. Matthew passed the time during the game by playing with his hockey guys. In between games we went to dinner and then spent two hours at ToysRUs. I think Matthew touched every toy - twice. He settled on a mini hockey game.

Poolside at the Bagstad's - 6/23/05

We never get enough time in at the Bagstad's pool. I think the kids would swim everyday if we let them. This day we had playgroup pool side.

Adoption #2 Update

We got our referral for our 2nd child today. We are so excited - another little boy. We will have to wait for travel dates now. Hopefully we will travel soon!!!

Playgroup Sprinkler Fun - 5/30/05

The kids had so much fun at playgroup this day. There is nothing better than running around in your underware through a sprinkler on a hot day. Too bad only the kids get to strip down.

Kurt's Birthday - 5/26/05

We celebrated Kurt's birthday at home. When he started opening his gifts, he got a swimsuit from me, his Mom, and Vicki & Jerry! Next time, I guess he will tell us what he wants. He requested for dinner homemade hamburgers and fries!!! Yum. Yum. Yum.

Hockey Practice - 5/3/05

Matthew is getting faster and faster on the ice. If you want to call it fast :) On this day he got really good. He was coming off the ice and didn't even slow down to step off the ice, he just jumped over the rail and started walking on the ground. I think the kids were doing their own version of a face-off.

Let's get ready for Hockey - 04/12/05

Matthew is all ready for his hockey lessons. He has broken the Wagner record by getting on the ice by the age of 3.

Matthew's Baptism - 04/02/05

Matthew was the perfect boy at his baptism at Triumphant Love Lutheran Church. We had prepared him by saying that the pastor was going to put sprinkles of water on his head. He worn an authenic Russian outfit. When it came to the time for the baptism, he closed his eyes and laid still. The church gave him gifts of a baptism candle, handerchief, and a lovely banner. After chuch we all came home and had BBQ and a cross cake baked by Mommy for lunch.

Tired Boy 3/29/05

It was so late in the afternoon, I decided not to let Matthew take a nap...He had a different idea. While playing PlayStation, he fell right asleep.

Easter 2005

We had a great and busy time at Easter. First we went to an Egg Hunt at the park, then we decorated eggs, then an egg hunt at home, church, the over to Grandma and Papa Wagner's.

Playing on a Spring day

We decided to hang out in the yard on this great March day. We washed the car and Matthew decided to help as well, but wanted to take his clothes off once they got wet.

Here we go

My first post, let's see how this goes. This will be a great site for our family and friends to see what is going on in our lives.