Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Well, it is hard to believe that Thanksgiving 2009 is already behind us. We had a nice day overall, visiting with Todd's family in the evening after a quiet early day home together. Sebastian was the hit of the party especially with the other kids. Everyone wanted to hold and play with him. I had to watch closely like a nervous parent, but they all did fine with him. He didn't mind the attention at all!

Another Embarassing Bathtub Picture

 


Our "little" guy certainly isn't so little any more. At his pediatrician visit last week he weighted 20 lbs and was just shy of 30" in length. Recently he has discovered how to clap when he is happy or excited, which is so cute, and he is crawling and climbing all over everything, which while cute, also makes being with him a lot more demanding.

We finally had to give up his "newborn" bath tub. Even though it had a side for bigger babies, we never did use it. To do so we would have risked hitting his head on the kitchen cabinet near the sink. He also has gotten so "kicky" in the tub lately that the kitchen floor looked like we had a flood after each bath. This is really much better, even if the bending over the side of the tub kills our backs.

The countdown to the holidays has begun. It sure will be great to celebrate our first Thanksgiving and Christmas together as a family.

ADOPTION FINALIZED

We got a call late last evening from the wacko attorney, the adoption decree has been finalized and is on its way. Vital statistics has been notified and our official birth certificate should be forthcoming. We couldn't be happier to have this finally over with.

Someone asked how we'd celebrate. I said "Oatmeal cereal, butternut squash and maybe some pureed mango for dessert."

Long Time No Blog

 

It has been a few days since our last post; it feels like a lot longer than it actually has been. This past week was extremely busy for me at work, including a long drive to the Cincinnati area and back that cut into the free time. As you can see in the picture, Sebastian is continuing to develop very quickly, he is now sitting up for longer periods of time on his own, and has just about figured out how to go from being on his belly to sitting up. It is only a matter of a few days before he gets the hang of it.

He has two new "tricks" that he is doing recently. Todd taught him how to turn the ceiling fan light on and off in his room by pulling on the chain. It has gotten to the point that if you enter or leave the room and don't turn the lights on/off he gets a little upset. I guess he will be a conservationist if nothing else. He has also learned how to clap when we clap along with him. He gets so excited and loves to do it. I love that he can see me do things and mimic them now.

He has a pediatrician appointment on Friday for vaccines and another general check up. We'll have to go back 2 more times in the coming weeks for his flu and H1N1 follow ups. That's a lot of shots for the little guy in a 2 month period! Too bad we couldn't have timed them a little better, but better this way than not at all.

We're excited about our first holiday season as a family. This year Thanksgiving will be spent here in Ohio, and Christmas in NJ with my family. My middle brother and his girlfriend will be home as well, and we are looking forward to them finally meeting Sebastian.

One last thing- we have been playing with a new nickname for Sebastian; we call him Sea Bass. Cute, right? We'll see if it sticks...

Handing out Candy

Sebastian donned his costume once again and helped us hand out candy. All of the neighborhood kids thought he looked real cute. He used a bag of Skittles as a toy, and giggled the whole time. Next year he can visit the neighbors and bring home some candy for Daddy!

Halloween Party

Boy oh boy did we ever have a fun day! We went to Sebastian's first Haloween costume parade and party with friends of ours. Their neighborhood does a big parade down the streets and then the kids trick-or-treat. We skipped the candy collection since Todd and I would eat it all ourselves, but we did love being with all of the other kids and seeing their costumes. Sebastian's astronaut costume was a hit, though he fell asleep during the parade. Next year he will be able to walk in it, but I am sure we will bring the stroller just in case.

Finalizied?

Officially our adoption is supposed to be final on 10/24. We were hoping to hear from our attorney today, but so far no word. Maybe since the 24th is a Saturday we won't get this done until Monday.

This weekend should be rather quiet. We opted to run our standard errands during the week since we knew it was going to be rainy and colder this weekend. We met our friends Steve and Sherri for lunch today. It was great to catch up with them. Sherri offered to babysit sometime, we may take her up on the offer!

We are looking forward to spending the day with the Alcorn family on Sunday for their Halloween party at Stephanie's mother's house. Sounds like a good time will be had by all... I am sure we will have pictures to post afterwards.