Kasey's Birth Mother, Mallory, reached out to us and wanted to know if we were interested in Skyping with her. Hmm... How Excited Were We?.... ECSTATIC! Kasey loves to Skype, but his mood is always hit or miss as to if he wants to skype when we have someone ready on the other side of the computer. We have now done TWO wonderfully, eventful skypes and wanted to share them with you. No pictures, but we felt these were important moments to include in Kasey's 'baby book'.
Our first Skype was back on November 11th and it warmed our souls. After our big family weekend of friends, swimming and football... we sat down to the computer with Kasey; took a deep breath and hoped Kasey would be in the mood to chat. Mallory answered our call and Kasey just looked at her intrigued. We have pictures of her, but they were all from before Kasey was born or from the hospital. It took a bit of warming up, but while Kasey got comfortable; the adults chatted to catch up a bit on each of our lives. We let her know all about how Kasey is doing in school, how much he loves his little brother and of course he wanted to talk about his big weekend of swimming with his friends.
We loved hearing about how she is settling down in Portland, how she still finds a way to enjoy some horseback riding and enjoyed seeing some of her art that was hung up on the wall.
Eventually, Kasey started playing with some plastic spiders and wanted to show them off. After he showed his spiders to her, Kasey's Birth Mother than reached into her backpack and pulled out a plastic, purple lobster that she had found on the street. Kasey was enamored and giggled so loud. After that, the ice was broken and we ended up chatting for almost an hour and a half! Kasey told some stories, but mostly just giggled and showed off for her. It was so neat to watch them interact with each other!
The next day, Amy picked up the boys from Daycare. She asked what they did in school that day. Kasey responded with "I told Ms Cyndi about Skype." After Amy asked what he told his teacher about her... he responded with an excited "She has a Lobster!"
We also just skyped with her this past Saturday and again... Amazing! I am constantly amazed by how quickly Kasey connects with her. There is something to be said for a maternal connection. Kasey is always hit or miss on Skype, but with Mallory ~ we are 100% successful so far! We talked to Kasey throughout the past week about Skyping Mallory and how he was extra special cause he got to stay up later than his brother (Bonus!).
Just like last time, we sat down to the computer, took a deep breath and hoped for the best. We were very pleased to see an incredibly excited Kasey! He saw Mallory and squealed! Many stories followed the next hour about his new scooter, how he likes swim class at school (Mon-Thurs each week), how he enjoys the boat and how it was his Gma's birthday. Kasey then wanted to show off his Lighting McQueen and his Engine Turtle (aka: Ninja Turtle). Mallory didn't miss a beat - she pulled out the coolest stuffed dinosaur ever; which Kasey is Totally into lately. He even knew it was a T-Rex with those tiny arms! Mallory also showed us a canvas she was working on for Kasey. We have started to do a 'Art Exchange Program' between Kasey and Mallory. Well; the first three artworks were lost in the mail, but now that we have that issue straightened out... we will be sending her something in the next week! My Absolute Favorite part was when Kasey decided to make funny faces at Mallory. I Soo Wish I had a camera, but will try to explain. Just picture Kasey pulling his lips towards his ears and sticking out his tongue... Now picture an overly cooperating Mallory mimicking similar moves. I was in stitches and Kasey didn't want to stop!
Kasey was all smiles ~ until it was time for us to say Goodbye. Kasey isn't really good at Goodbyes so he got all kinds of pouty. Hopefully, we can Skype with her again real soon!
