Finalization day!!

I'm sorry to be such a bad blogger, but it's so hard when you have a baby who wants to be held all the time. I don't mind at all, but it's hard to get to email and blogging and all that. I'll try to be better!

We finalized Benjamin's adoption today. Did I mention how much I love Kansas law? He is legally ours. We wait about 4-6 weeks to get an application for his birth certificate, and then file for it. We'll get that and his adoption decree and then file for a SSN for him. We have our one post-placement visit next week, which only needs to be filed with the ICPC office. But it's all done, and he is our son. I can't believe it.

He had his two-week checkup when we got back and is all healthy. He had gained 7 oz from birth, and is now, at five weeks, up to about 9.5 lbs. He's a happy sweet baby and we are so blessed. He's sleeping 2-3 hours at night, and moving towards longer stretches which will make his mommy happy. My mom visited last weekend and had a wonderful time meeting her grandson. The rest of the family will meet him in late October when we have his bris.

Here's my new favorite photo. He loves having a bath!

We're home!

We are happy to have returned to Texas last Friday! We were out eating lunch, and our lawyer called and said we could go home if we could find an agency in Texas willing to do our post-placement visits. We called our Texas lawyer and got a name, they agreed, and we packed like mad people and got a flight home Friday night. Benjamin was a trooper on the plane, and is happy to be home.

Our dogs are doing great with him, they're very sweet and gentle and like to lick his toes. He goes for his first pediatrician appointment tomorrow, so I'll update with his new stats.