pictures!

finalization day!

COOPER IS OFFICIALLY OURS! Finalization was today, and it went really well. The judge decided that it is in Cooper's best interest to be with our family, and so now he will be. Permanently. I'll post some pics as soon as I can get ahold of some where we are all looking at the right camera. :o) woo hoo!

We celebrated by going to Chuck E Cheese. (mom and dad took us out for a paaaaarty) and then got chinese on the way home. awesome awesome day!

6 months!

Our half birthday is coming up on Saturday. I can't believe it! He's so big! He's close to sitting up on his own, but we're not quite there yet. He loves playing in his exersaucer. I have pictures coming in the mail that I had developed on snapfish, so expect some pictures in a week or so Candice! He'll have his check up next week. I'm having to mix rice cereal in all his food because he's just soooo hungry. That kid's about to eat us out of house and home! lol Even the babysitter said, "I did not believe that he would eat that much, but he definitely did. And then he kept looking at me like he was wondering where the rest of it was!" He's definitely a champion eater! But he's not even big - he's just a normal baby size. He's got little chubby baby legs, but that's about it. He's so cute - and he's just chattering away at all of us. No recognizable words yet, but he's quite talkative. No teeth yet either - I keep looking for them, but they have yet to make an appearance.

Busy month ahead of us - and finalization coming up soon!

just an update

We have now tried all of the vegetables and fruits (and combinations of the aforementioned) that there are to try. He seems to like all of them but the green beans! My grandma said he's like a baby bird when he eats - just bobbing around with his mouth open. I thought it was funny, because that's almost exactly what he does! He also drank from a cup today. Not a sippy cup - he is not a fan of those - but a real cup! I couldn't believe it! I am quite impressed.

He has also moved up into the 6-9 month size clothes. Unfortunately most of Gabe's old clothes are winter clothes, so we have some shopping ahead of us. How said for me. lol. I love buying kids clothes! they're so darn cute.

okey dokey

We're doing alright here still. We have now tried peaches, sweet potatoes, and appleasauce baby food and seem to like all of them just fine. That kid eats so much! and he eats it so fast too! He ate a large jar of baby food in 10 minutes! and he kept kind of yelling at me and hopping around like he wanted me to shovel it in faster! He's too funny. He has also discovered his feet. He grabs them and just stares at them like he can't believe those are his. He's also awfully smiley. Which is great - we've never had a smiley baby before. His whole little face lights up.

We're going up to our original adoption agency next month to kind of share our adoption story at their orientation. It should be cool - I know I really appreciated the couple that shared their story at our orientaiton. It was very encouraging. Then finalization at the end of next month! woo!

update

Well, the little feller has made quite a good dent in the baby food aise. He eats SO much! This is what we've discovered so far:

rice cereal: loves
squash: likes alright
peas: they're ok
carrots: pretty good
grean beans: HATES

peaches are on deck! We'll see how that goes

finalization date!

We go on September 27th to finalize Cooper's adoption! yay! Too bad it's still two months away!