More Pictures

I had to post these pictures too. Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We loved meeting all the people and kids at the trunk or treat and look forward to future events the agency has. These pictures are just some cute ones of Jaelynn and Jaelynn and Daddy.

Halloween trunk or treat

We had a great time at one of our agencies trunk or treats.

We have been so busy!

With school starting and new sports starting,things have been really crazy. Jaelynn is doing really well. She is getting so big. At her one year check up, she was in the 87th percentile for height. Wow, we never imagined one of our kids could be in the 87th percentile. She was only in the 15th on her weight, so we need to work on fattening her up.

Jaelynn's fostermom sent her a package the other day. It had a little outfit made in Korea and some rubber bands with pretty balls. She also sent a letter, which I still need to have translated. It was so sweet. I haven't sent her anything. I have a small album I've been working on so hopefully this weekend I'll get it sent.

Jaelynn is so smart ( can you tell I'm her mommy) She isn't talking a lot but she understands almost everything we say to her. She is already Mommy's little helper. She goes and gets her diapers and wet wipes. She tries so hard to put clothes on. She loves putting on my socks and Caydens shirts. It is so nice to have a baby in the house again.

Our baby girl is one!!

I can't believe it but Jaelynn is one! We haven't had the official party yet but here are a few pictures. She is a big girl walker now. She loves food as she has since she came home. Tomorrow she gets her one year shot! Ouch! We feel so lucky to have her in our family and lives.

Cayden's 4th birthday party

My Little Cayden is 4 years old. Wow how time passes. Cayden wanted a power ranger suit. I couldn't find one so a police outfit will have to do. He seemed happy when he opened it. It was a fun day with family and food.

More Pictures

Here are a few more pictures. The little red head is Ryan's baby. My nephew. He was born the day after Jaelynn. He has bright red hair with curls. What a little cutie. Some of the other pictures are at Logans soccer tournament last weekend.

Bathing beauties

Sorry it's been so long

Jaelynn is trying to walk! She has taken 5 steps all by herself. She gets a little scared and sits down, but its a matter of time before she will be off and running. We are having Caydens 4th birthday this weekend. It won't be long and then it will be Jaelynn's first birthday. WOW my babies are growing. Jaelynn is at such a fun age. She loves the water, which is a little scary with the pool. I will be watching both kids very closely this summer. I will update with pictures soon. Oh I finally got my Jogging double stroller. We used it at a soccer tournament this weekend it is the best stroller I've every had. Love it. Its a Schwinn.

Transfer of Custody!!

Today was a great day!! We had the transfer of custody today. Our county requires us to go to court two times. Today was the first one and in December we will have our 2nd one. Then Jaelynn will be an American citizen and legally adopted by our family. One more step completed!! woo hoo Here are a few pictures mine all turned out blurry. Cayden was waiting for judge Judy to come out and sit in the chair. It was so funny, here we were laughing in a court room. We looked like tourist on vacation taking pictures.

Oh how we love this little girl.

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Sorry the video quality is so bad. I took these with my digital camera. I will try our video camera to see if they come out better

Just a few pictures

We tried to put a clip in her hair. I think she might need a little more hair first.

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I've been so busy

I had to go back to work last Thursday. It's definitely been some adjustment. We started a new babysitter. The second day Cayden threw up all over the floor, right after we walked through the door. What a way to start out. He feels much better now. Jaelynn has done really well. After the second day I was afraid she was going to forget I'm her mommy. She just reached out to the babysitter and didn't act like it bothered her at all. The 3rd day she did cry a little, I wasn't happy she was crying, but a part of me was like yessss I'm her momma.
She is cutting more teeth. She has 2 on the bottom and 1 1/2 on the top. They are so stink in cute, but her little gums look so sore. She is also getting more hair, however it continues to get taller on top of her head. I'm not sure it will ever lay down. I can't wait for her to get a little more so I can whip it into a fountain on top of her head. She is such a cutie pie.
This weekend we are going to attempt a new family photo. Wish us luck. Last week we had it scheduled, but Cayden was sick and Jaelynn had puffy eyes and runny nose. She still has a runny nose, but I think it will be fine. I plan to post some video of Jaelynn really soon. I thought Oh I will keep up with the blogging, but its harder than I thought with 4 kids. For all the people waiting for their babies hang in there, the wait is so worth it.

My oldest baby girl!!! They start out crawling then they Drive!!

All you Mommy's and Mommy's to be, love your babies, while they are babies. My big girl just got her liscense. OHHH NOOO!! It's a scary time for us now. I never thought about the day she would drive until it happened. Can't we go back? It's so much easier when they are young and protected by us. She has left on her 2nd adventure alone. She isn't back yet but I'm watching the clock. We bought her a Dodge neon. It's a little 4-door car. If it was my choice alone, she would have gotten the biggest car we could find, but she felt more comfortable in a smaller car. Wow I just thought of something we have to go through this 3 more times. The next two will be boys. I think that might even be worse. They are little dare devils. My 11 year old already thinks he can drive and he tells me he will drive a fast truck. Maybe we can go back to horse and buggies. With the gas as high as it is, maybe this will be an option?

Two more steps completed!

We had our first post placement visit last night. Everything was going great. Jaelynn was laughing and playing, like usual and then it happened. Randy was sitting on the floor next to the coffee table. Jaelynn went to put her hand on his leg, slipped and hit her mouth right on the table. She screamed and her lip bumped up and it even bled. Her first bad boo boo right in front of the lady doing the post placement visit. It was so sad. She got in my lap and went to sleep. Poor baby. She is fine and things are moving along with the finalization process.

Today we took her to get her blood work done. Thank goodness it's over. I couldn't watch, it took 3 people to hold her down Daddy, the man taking the blood and the nurse. I knew she was strong and I warned the man. He said wow that little girl is strong after it was all over. She only cried for a second. She really did pretty good, probably better than I did. I always hate getting those things done, even the shots are hard for me to watch. It just feels good to get it behind us. We should get all the results soon. She has been home for 4 weeks and 1 day now. Wow I can't believe it. God does hand pick the families and babies. It's the only way to explain how perfectly she fits into our family. We love her so much and are so happy she is in our lives.

Her hair won't lay down!

Jaelynn's hair sticks straight up in the air. Which I think is too cute. Chelsea's hair was like that when she was little, and my Aunt told me mine was also that way too. In some of the pictures I wet her hair right before the picture was taken. By the time I was finished it was flying in the air.

Front Page?

Wow, I was surprised to see our picture on the front page of our news paper. The paper asked if I would like to be interviewed for Mother's day. At first I wasn't going to do it,but I decided it would be good for her life book. They put a picture of Jaelynn, Cayden and I on the front page in color. I feel like a celebrity lol. On the inside they put a family shot of all of us. I'm glad I did it.