Michael's Adoption and Sealing

Michael Edward Bielefeldt was officially adopted by Karl and Charla Bielefeldt on Wednesday, September 17th. He will be sealed to them in the Birmingham Alabama Temple at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 11th. Guests need to wear Sunday clothes and white socks. We have arranged for babysitting from some friends for our out of town guests.

Here's a picture of the first time we saw Michael drink from a straw. We couldn't get him to stop tipping the cup up.



This is Michael just after we left the courtroom of the probate judge that signed his adoption order. By the way, the wheelchair ramp is impossible to find there.



This is Michael tickling his biological brother Zachary on the day we brought Zachary home. Michael is a terrible tickler; he just sort of pokes you in the stomach, but he has fun doing it. Legally, Michael is not considered part of Zachary's family anymore, so we probably will only be able to keep Zachary a few more months as there is a legal family member who is interested in adopting Zachary and family members get precedence over foster parents.

Karl's Birthday Kite

Karl got a kite for his birthday, and today was the first day he had off that was windy enough and was not during a thunderstorm. He had a blast and got it up very quickly, and got all the string out, only crashing twice when the wind suddenly died.

Jojo and Michael hated the park for some strange reason. Michael is scared of walking on grass, and Jojo was sulky and tantrumy. Luckily, the wind was loud enough that it didn't spoil our fun. Heather ran out the battery on her wheelchair going all over the place and loved it. Zachary ate and then conked out in his car seat.