SNOW has come to Northeast Ohio!

Well we have had snow for the past three days. I have taken Stephen out several time to walk in it and put his hands in it. Today we got to have fun with dad see the photo to the right.

Last weekend we went and got professional photos done for Christmas. Stephen did really good except for the last set of photos which was our family photos. But we were able to get some really nice photos. I went a little crazy with the photos. Drew I think almost had a heart attack when he went to pay for them.

This week is Thanksgiving and grandma and grandpa are coming to visit for a while. We are celebrating Thanksgiving with my family on Saturday. We are looking forward to see what Stephen thinks of everyone together and all the food he can eat (which is a lot).

Snow!

We had snow today. The first day Stephen has gotten to see and feel snow. He had a lot of fun. All we did was touch it and walk around out side looking at it. I could not take a picture but next time which I know there will be a lot of.

Just a few photos!

Here are a few more photos I thought you might like to see!

Here Stephen is sliding down a slide at an apple farm!

This is what he worn for Trick or Treat!


We are wearing our sweatpants on our head now!

Playing the Guitar Hero with Daddy!

The long forgotten updates! Sorry!

I know I am not very good at keeping everyone updated on how Stephen is adjusting to his new home, but I will try to catch everyone up and keep you caught up.

A lot has changed as you can see in the picture. Stephen has adjusted very well to his new surroundings. We have started to go more places with him and he just loves to explore where ever we go. He is walking all over the place and falling once in a while, especially when Angel knocks him down so we have had a couple of burses and cuts. He is a boy, so he just cries for a minute then it is fine. It is funny, he loves to walk and climb under my kitchen table now. Just so you know it is a bar height table so he still fits for a little while longer, but not much.

Stephen loves to just sit and look at books also. If you don’t hear him for a little while and you look in his play room you will find him sitting at his books and just looking at every page and every detail. Once in a while he will bring you a book just for you to read to him. He really doesn’t let you read he just wants the pictures still for right now. He is getting better and will let you read a little bit. He is starting to color but not too much yet.

He’s feeding him self about 90% of the time now which makes me happy. He is still having a hard time with rolling the spoon over and dumping it on him self. The boy does love to eat. We are mostly eating regular food not baby food and we have started to wean him off the baby formula. The doctor wanted him off formula by 18 months which he will be in 2 days.

I can’t believe he will be 18 months old. It is hard to believe we came home when he was 14 and a half months old and now he is 18months old. He is getting so big. He is weighing in about 25 pounds now and is 30 inches. He has put on almost 10 pounds in a little over 3 months. Stephen has had all of his check ups and everything has turned out great. We go later this week for his 18 month check up.

Stephen is having fun meeting all the kids in the family and just loves being spoiled by his grandma and grandpa. They have been up here I think at least every month since he came home. This is the longest they have been away and they are going crazy. The last time they were up here was at the being of Oct and they have a week and a half to two weeks before they see him again. We are all looking forward to our first family Thanksgiving and Christmas with him this year. I think for the next couple Christmas we are going to celebrate in Alabama with his grandparents. Then we will start staying home for he holidays. We are having family photos done this weekend. I am looking forward to having nice photos of all of us. We have taken a few just on our own but we’re not really happy with them.

Well I will try better this time to keep you all updated.