The moment we've all been waiting for...

Drum roll please....

The date has been set for the adoption finalization!!! We are so excited. It's going to be on October 6 at 8:30!! We are so excited.

Not only is this going to be Landon's "A Day" but it's also Blaine's 27th Birthday. What better gift could Blaine possibly get than to pass his name on to his son! We are thrilled beyond measure.

We feel so blessed to be the ones that God chose to be Landon's parents.

Also, be on the lookout for a TON of pictures to come after 10-06-10. I can't wait to show you all our adorable son!

On the road again...

Tomorrow, we will make the drive up to Lake County once again. It's funny because today, over my lunch break, I was thinking about the last court date. I remember the case worker saying that we wouldn't have to worry about the September court date because everything would be finalized by then. Yea...that's not the case. The longer it takes, the more and more frustrated we become. Not only because we want to get things finalized and move on with our lives...but because we were told when we brought Landon home that it would be a short process and we should be finalized by the beginning of summer. It's just frustrating...

So very frustrating.

And I know there's nothing we can do about it, but it still bothers me. I don't like not having control. I wouldn't change this whole experience for the world, though. Landon is worth every headache, heartache, and frustration. He can always put a smile on our face. He always puts me in a good mood. My day always seems to get better when I want into daycare and he sees me. His face lights up, as does mine. I can't remember life before him. And I can't imagine life without him. He's amazing.

I feel truly blessed that God chose us to be his parents. I also pray regularly for his bio-mom for the very unselfish decision that she had to make almost 8 months ago. I pray that she knows he's being taken care of...and by her making that decision to leave...she made our dreams come true. There aren't words to express the gift she has given me.

I love that little boy with all my heart.

Oh, and by the way, a huge thank you to my boys for breaking into my blogger account. You put a huge smile on this girls face. Love you both so very much. I feel so blessed to be loved so much by Blaine and Landon.

Blog Break-in

So just wanted to make a comment on here now that i found out about this thing called a blog that Hilary writes about me and Landon on. It took a while to find the password and user name but i did it. So just wanted to say Landon and i love you mommy and you will have company in court on Wednesday. Oh yea people out there Landon's first tooth came through today on labor day.
love you mommy
Blaine and Landon

This is going to be a completely random post...so here it goes...

* Landon is into everything.
* He is also eating everything in site.
* We LOVE the new sitter. She's amazing
* The adoption still isn't finalized.
* Landon and I are going to court on Sept 8. Without Daddy. :(
* Work is hectic right now. . .
* The big WPVFD Fish Fry is Saturday. ugh...
* I'm so ready for the long weekend...
* We (I mean Blaine) are installing an outdoor wood boiler. :) Super excited to get the wood stove mess out of the house. And it will be much safer for Landon.
* Pray for my Aunt Karen. She is still having issues with her pancreas. I'm sure she'd appreciate all your prayers. :o)

Have a good rest of the week and a safe Labor Day wknd. :o)

A Quick Update..

We went on our first family vacation with Landon. My parents rented a cabin in the Smokey Mountains. All of us got to go to Gatlinburg for a few days. It was just what we needed :o) Landon enjoyed getting to spend time with Grampy, Grammy, Aunt Meg, and Uncle Matt. Blaine and I were talking about how our vacations are sooooo different now than just a year ago. But change is good. Better yet, change is GREAT!!

The adoption still isn't finalized. ugh...don't even get me started. It makes me an emotional basket-case.

I'm waiting for Landon to go down for his nap so I can go shower. I'm going shopping with Mom and Meg today. Grampy gets to spend some QT with LJ.

We are headed to Ohio tomorrow afternoon to see Grandma. We had originally planned to stop by Columbus on our way and have dinner with our friend Chris. Unfortunately, because of the adoption taking so long..we have to go get fingerprinted again. And the only available time to do it is tomorrow. So we have to do it. Soooooo sorry Chris. We'll come see you and Whit VERY SOON...hopefully.

Landon is on the move. He's doing "the worm" as Courtney named it! I've had to get after him a couple times for trying to push buttons on the vcr/dvd/cable box/wii and for trying to pull dvds off the rack. But other than that, he's doing pretty well staying out of everything. We'll see how long that lasts...probably not long. We can't believe how big he's getting. It's crazy.
We just got his 6 months pictures taken. We had ordered him a WPVFD shirt and wanted it for his pictures. I'm so glad we waited on it because the pictures turned out great. I'm so glad we have those pics with Blaine's fire helmet/jacket. Such neat memories. :o)

Better go check on Landon.

New Convertible Car Seat!

So this is the seat we decided on. It's the Evenflo Triumph Advance LX. It's rated #1 car seat by a leading consumer magazine. We are going to hopefully install it sometime this weekend!

Newlyweds, New Pool, and New Car Seat.

It's been a very busy week for us.

I want to start by saying CONGRATULATIONS to Meg and Matt! The wedding was beautiful. I was really excited to get a couple calls from them while they are on their honeymoon in CABO!
After spending several days together, I was really starting to miss my sister. It's funny how much I want to just pick up the phone and call her, but really can't. :( They will be home on Sunday! I can't wait to see them :o) Love you both so much. Welcome to the family Matt!

We put up Landon's pool (with the help of my Dad!) that Uncle Scott, Aunt Tianne, and Makenna got him. He LOVES it! :o) He is sitting up all by himself and splashing and giggling. It's adorable. There's not much that he does that isn't adorable to me. :o)

I can just sit and stare at him for days. I can't believe how much he's changing everyday.

During bath time last night, Blaine and I were talking about the first bath we gave him at home. Looking down at him you can see how much he's grown. We even took out the newborn "ledge" that is in his little tub.

With Landon getting bigger everyday, he's also getting to be quite the little chunk. At least I think so! It's becoming nearly impossible for me to carry him in his infant seat. We are searching for a convertible seat now for my car. Until we finally decide on one, I'm leaving his infant seat in the car and I'm just going to have to carry him out and put him in it :o)

I'm loving staying at home with Landon this summer. He's getting so close to crawling. He's rocking and even scooting a little. I thought maybe he needed a demonstration of what it actually looked like to crawl...so that's what I did. I'm really glad nobody else was here when I did it! Landon thought it was quite the site. He couldn't stop laughing. Love him to pieces.

We are really looking forward to the family trip to Gatlinburg in a few weeks. But before that, we have a party at Gma and Gpa's for the 4th! And, hopefully we will get to finalized the adoption before we leave for TN. We'll see.