Welcoming my Nephew

So this is off subject from the adoption blog but I am very excited and happy to introduce my Nephew Cooper Douglass who was born at 7:48 pm on November 17th, he weighs 7 lb 7 oz and is 19 3/4" long!

Cooper's First Picture:

 First picture of Cooper with his Daddy (My Brother):

A Year With Ashden...

Hello All,

So I wanted to do this around his birthday on October 21st but didn't get a chance...I'm going to share a year of Ashden with you because he grew up so much!  I am missing a few months, August & September, and I'm putting these for the order I got them in so they might have been taken in a different month...

The day he was born 10-21-2009:

Thanksgiving 2009:

Christmas 2009:

January 2010:

February 2010:

March 2010:

April 2010:

May 2010 (Mothers Day):

June 2010 (First Visit):

July 2010:

(Missing August & September)

October 2010 ONE YEAR!!:

And just for fun...his 2010 Halloween Costume!  He's standing on his own!

I hope you all enjoyed!

~Deanna~

Update from Visit...Sorry it's been so long!

Hello All,

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you on how the June visit went, especially with our next visit coming up at the beginning of December.  The visit went very well and we all had a great time getting to see each other again!  I was very nervous but my nervousness went away as soon as I saw them again.  I wish I would have played with him more but there is always next time.  We hung out at a park for about an hour just talking and getting to see Ashden laugh and play for awhile.  Then it started getting hot so we headed to Red Robin, one of my favorite resturants, and had a great meal!  Then it was time to say goodbye which was hard but not as bad as I thought because I know that he is with such a great family who loves him very much.  Below are some pictures...

Ashden and I

Then last month on October 21st he turned a year!  I still can't believe it!  I'm just in shock.  The time has flown by so fast and he is already walking now.  B & T told me that he is talking about 10 steps all on his own and every day he is working up to taking more and more.  Before you know it he'll be running around like crazy!

We have our next visit on December 4th and I'm a little nervous for it but not too bad since we had our visit in June.  So we'll see how that goes and since the semester is almost over that means I'll be able to update you all a LOT sooner on that visit with better detail than this post.  (Don't feel too bad, I still haven't uploaded or posted my pictures from my New Mexico vacation in August...oops!)

Well I hope you are all doing well and I will upload a picture of Ashden that his Mom, T, sent me on his birthday tomorrow...for some reason this photo uploader thing won't let me add another photo!  I don't know what's going on.  :-(

Take care and Good Night!

~Deanna~