Two Months and Counting!

Graham turned two months old last Monday on Jason's birthday. He weighed 8 lbs 5 oz at his check up. He's truly doing great. Josh and Lillie did manage to pass along a cold to him, but he is pretty much over it and doing fine now. Sweet Josh had to have oral surgery two Wednesdays ago. They ended up putting caps or fillings on all of his teeth except his 2 yr molars- YIKES! Poor guy. Jason says Josh inherited bad teeth from him. Lillie girl is still pumped about her weekly gymnastics class. She gladly shows off her oh-so-impressive arm circles and stretches to anyone who will give her an audience. We all 5 had a great time at TCU's homecoming this past Saturday. It was supposed to rain the whole time but ended up being pretty pleasant weather for most of the time. We're looking forward to Halloween weekend. We still need to nail down plans for the actual night of Halloween- but the festivities will kick off for Josh on Thursday with a party at school. We worked on Josh's gecko costume today. It is 90% ready. We just lack suction cups for his gloves! Then Friday we are hoping to get to trick or treat at the same retirement center we've been going to since Josh was an infant. Saturday is a costume party and a pumpkin carving party. Hopefully some cute Gecko, Lady Bug, and Bumblebee pics coming soon!

My Baby Boy is 6 Weeks Old!

Sweet Graham turned six weeks on Wednesday. Last week Lillie had a 24 hour stomach bug and a sweet friend watched Graham for most of the afternoon and evening to keep him away from the sick germs. It was SO weird being home without Graham. I can't believe that just six weeks ago it would have been a normal day to just be home with Josh and Lillie. It is already hard to imagine life without Graham. And Josh and Lillie were so upset that I let him go stay at a friend's house for the day. Josh tried to convince me that he would be way too sad without us. Lillie tried to convince me that she was all better and that we should go pick him up. I love how much they love him. We had our first post-adoption visit with our Hope Cottage caseworker this week. I wondered if it sounded at all insincere when we told her how well we were all adjusting to adding Graham to the family, but the truth is we are all doing exceptionally well with the transition. Even the sleep deprivation is going incredibly well. Graham is starting to average a 5 hour stretch at night. Last night he slept from 10:30pm to 3:30am. Then back down at 4am and stayed asleep until 9am! He still is probably at least a few ounces shy of what Josh weighed at birth (8 lb 10 oz), but Josh didn't sleep through the night consistently until closer to 9 months! Graham has slept through the night twice in the last week! I had heard there were babies that could sleep so well at such a young age, I just never imagined I would have one! It's pretty great!!

Along with the 6 week milestone also came a handful of smiles and giggles. We've yet to capture one on camera- so hopefully that post will be coming soon!