"Gotcha Day"

As promised here is a picture of us at the adoption finalization the beginning of this month. The judge was great! He was really a wonderful man and made all our nerves disappear the second he walked into the room. He told us to sit back and relax! Really? I could hardly believe it! Not anything like I expected. It was very welcomed, however, after having to get up really early to drive to court with a 6 month old who then refused to nap in the car. As usual though she stole the judges heart and was as sweet as ever! After court we went out to eat with our support system for the day :) It was a wonderful, simple celebration. We plan to make it a tradition every year on August 1st to do something as a family. As Alexa gets older we will let her choose what we do that day whether it be going to a special restaurant, getting ice cream, or hanging out at the zoo. We also bought her a charm bracelet that will obviously not fit her until she is much older but every August we hope to let her pick out a new charm to add to it. Her first charm is just a simple heart with her name and the finalization date. We will choose a charm for the first few years and then let it up to her from there. Looking forward to celebrating her "gotcha day" for years to come!

Busy Busy Busy

I am going to apologize now for my lack of posts recently and in the next month. I have officially started my new job, we are in the process of deciding whether or not we need to move, and I can't forget about our wonderful, 7-month old daughter who is days away from crawling! Therefore, my house is a mess and I spend most of my time continuing to baby proof our home. On top of all of that craziness we have all had a fabulous summer cold (this means absolutely no sleep in our house), endured two trips to the vet and possibly have to put down our 2-year old beautiful cat. Hence this may be why I am on the verge of losing my mind. Life has been good but busy and crazy. So crazy that I forgot to let all of you know that we did indeed finalize the adoption!!!! YAY!!! We had an awesome judge. We were his last case before retiring after 40 years. He was beyond excited and court was a very laid-back experience! I hope to have more time some evening to document about that experience and share pictures but life is calling so until next time....