25 Books, 3 Pair of Shoes...

A few outfits, handmade blanket, cake, punch and more!

My office hosted a shower for Noah this afternoon.

Party prep by Stacy

Nothing like a party with a conference phone

Is he having fun?
A gift specially wrapped (that's the word anyway) by cousin Tex

Kim & Noah

The kitty

I feel very fortunate to work with such a generous group of people. Noah will have the love of books thanks to them.

Bath time

This is a picture little guy will probably hate later in life...I have more revealing shots I'm not posting though.

Today

Noah at 38 days old

I don't know about the rest of you, when I shower - I shower. My darling husband likes to stack stuff! Admittedly it makes me laugh but doesn't he have better things to do?

T-Day Pictures

It wasn't until the day was coming to an end that I realized I hadn't photo documented Noah's first Thanksgiving.

What's Thanksgiving without football?

Happy Thanksgiving

A simple browse through the past year of posts will tell you what we're thankful for.

No pictures today...yet. The morning has been leisurely, focusing on the Black Friday ads.

Best wishes to all.

A Welcome Fluke

I say fluke because I don't want to count on it.

Infant eat, wake, sleep cycles are measured by the beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next. This is not something I made-up - apparently there are "experts" who say so.

Anyway, Noah had gotten himself on the 3 hour cycle I mentioned in a previous post. In the past 48 hours he's had a few longer cycles and has seemed to have self adjusted his cycles. He ate at 8:45 PM last night, slept and didn't wake until 1:45 AM!!! Woohooo!!! Then he slept until 5:45 AM and again until 8:45 AM!!! I don't even need coffee today!!

Nap Time

Busy few days

We were lucky enough to get a visit from Noah's Birth Mother and Birth Grandparents this weekend. It was a lovely visit. We feel so lucky to have been matched with this family, we can't imagine going through this process with anyone else.

Noah and his Tummy Mummy

Sadly this is our first family picture. It was relatively early in the morning (considering my nights) and I don't think I was fulling awake. Hopefully there will be more to come that are much much better. For now I will take what I can get.

Today we had our first post-placement visit with Betsy the social worker in town. She was here about an hour and a half, we had lunch and visited. She asked all sorts of questions about parenting and bonding and how things have changed or not. We don't have any issues with the aforementioned so all is as it should be. We'll have our final visit in the spring.