Our Little One

I didn’t give you the gift of life, but in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real, as if it had been so.
For us to have each other is like a dream come true!
No, I didn’t give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you.
Unknown


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Monday, June 18, 2007

8 Months

What a big boy! Keaton has perfected the army crawl so he can get anywhere now. He is really close to taking off crawling also. He now has one top tooth and the other one is really close. Keaton has discovered that he doesn't always have to smile and has developed this little closed mouth grin! He doesn't realize that it is cute too!

This calls for a serious face.



Keaton's new little shy look!

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Bedtime Routine

The illusive water.
Keaton loves trying to catch the water while it is filling up his bathtub!


Since Keaton always wants to do what Mommy and Daddy are doing we tried out the electric toothbrush on those teeth of his. He LOVES it!



Monday, June 11, 2007

All Boy

Keaton loves helping Daddy mow the lawn. He leans way around the side to see where he is going. The only problem is the vibration tends to make him a little sleepy... which makes for a little uncomfortable position. He doesn't seem to mind though!



Keaton's friend Brittyn came over to play. Keaton loved having someone big enough to crawl all over and wrestle with. He weighs enough to hold his own with Brittyn; much to Brittyn's surprise!

Brittyn was just going in for a hug but Keaton had other ideas, it must come from all that rough-housing with Daddy.


How cute... we finally got them to stop playing long enough for the photo we were trying for in the first place!

Thursday, June 7, 2007

It's Official!

It isn't like Keaton didn't feel like our son before now, but as of today, he is our son by all official means. We had the adoption finalization hearing this morning which was very special. It is such a relief to have everything complete! We have such a wonderful son.


Us with the judge after the hearing.

All of Keaton's family that could make it.

Keaton is very well loved by so many. He is a very lucky little boy and we are all so lucky to have him be such a big part of our lives.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Home Sweet Home

Well we made it home only to freeze! We went from 105 degree weather that was VERY humid to 55 degrees and windy over the course of a couple of days! Quite the shock to our systems. Keaton did wonderful on the plane trips home but we sure are all relieved to be off of the plane and into our own beds! We had a wonderful vacation... give us a few days to get settled in and we will probably wish we were back on the beach!
All these toys and his favorite is Mommy's little tripod!

One last look at all those curls and our view. Halfway through the first flight home his curls turned into waves again. It looks really straight compared to this photo!

Spending our last few hours before the flight on the beach. We had to soak up as much sun as we could before heading home.

Trying on Daddy's hat for size. Keaton didn't last very long in the sand, he knew the water was where all the fun was! Needless to say we spent the last little bit of time playing in the surf.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Family Photos

We were able to take family photos down here and they turned out WONDERFUL!
The Whole Gang
Our big boy!





Nothing but blue sky

Here are a few more snapshots from the last couple of days.

We must say we will miss this view!