Thursday, November 27, 2008

Can you guess what we are thankful for this year??

I don't think I have to even answer that one. We are so happy to have Devin home with us where he belongs. We are so fortunate that we got to bring him home when we did.

Devin's first Thanksgiving with us was amazing. We took Devin to Grandpa's house. After that we went to my nieces and had turkey dinner with my family. Devin did really well considering he was in a car for a good portion of the day.

Here are some photos of this very special Thanksgiving!!!






Friday, November 14, 2008

Pictures

Playing around outside. I just stole mommy's straw from her drink!!!


Eating some Cherios at SeaWorld

Daddy, Me, & Uncle Tim at SeaWorld

being silly outside!!!


Brandy started to clean me up from eating Spaghetti and I ended up playing in the sink!!

This is too much fun!



Monday, November 10, 2008

15 months old!!!!

It is hard to believe our little one is 15 months old. He turned 15 months old yesterday. He is growing so fast. He has been home for almost 6 months. Our baby is turning into a little man.

In the beginning of October we finally got Devin’s social security card. We applied for it in August and it took them 2 months to get it to us. This was the final step in Devin‘s adoption. When we came back from Guatemala we had to go through a re-adoption process. This process is basically a court process that we had to go through for the U.S. to recognize Devin’s foreign adoption. Once this process was done we applied for a Florida Birth Certificate. So, we went through the re-adoption, legally changed his name to Devin Jacob, got his Florida BC, got his U.S. Passport, and got his Social Security Card.

This is what Devin has been up to lately:

1/ In September he cut 4 teeth (his canine/cuspids) so he currently has 12 teeth. Now we just have his 1yr & 2 yr molars left. I think he is starting on his 1 year molars now. They are kind of bumped up and he has all the signs of teething.

2/ He will waive bye-bye

3/ He is starting to copy things that you do

4/ Once he was a little over 12 months we weaned him off the bottle. So, he only drinks out of a sippy cup.

5/ Devin is starting to get a little fussy about what he eats. He doesn’t really like you to feed him anymore. He will only eat food he can pick up and eat himself. We are starting to give him a fork and spoon. He is really not too sure what to do with it.

6/ He loves to be outside. We bought him a swing for his birthday and he loves to swing on it. He also loves to go outside and see the horses. He is fascinated by horses. Although, when you get close he is not sure whether to touch them or not.


Saturday, November 1, 2008

Happy Halloween...

Lastnight we met up with some of our friends and their children at my nieces house. My niece lives in our old neighborhood. Of course the day before Halloween Devin gets a cold. So, needless to say trick or treating did not go over very well. Devin was not feeling well at all. Not even half way through the neighborhood Devin and I went back to my nieces and hung out so Devin could run around because he was not being very co-operative. Devin was a little monkey for Halloween. He looked so cute.



Pumpkin that Brandy bought Devin

Brandy & Devin carved these pumpkins


I just want my mommy!!!!