Love our little monkey butt

With all that's going on, it is so hard not to stop and think about it about a hundred times a day. We just can't loose our little man! We all love him so very much!!

I am so happy with my life right now. I have all the people around me that I love, I am a stay at home Mommy to an amazing baby boy and have a wonderful, sweet, affectionate, fun, easy going, funny, loving DH who is an incredible Daddy!

I just can't imagine things being different. I am so scared for my life to change and not be all about Joel...he is my world. He and I are what it's all about each day, we keep each other company :o)

I just keep finding myself saying Please GOD, Please keep our boy here with us, this is where he belongs.

It terrifies me to think of him being ripped away from us, the only parents he has ever known, the ones he loves and trusts, the people who know him, his likes and dislikes, etc... He is our whole world and it is the scariest thing to have to worry about this.

I just want it done with...I want to know for sure he is ours, here to stay. Goodness if that day does come it will be incredible!

Again, all we can do is pray and pray and pray some more!!

I want to see my little boy grow, get teeth, crawl, walk, run, ride a bike, swim, play ball, talk up a storm...he'll be an amazing little boy and I will feel so blessed to be able to see him through all life has to offer him.

Word that Birth Father is contesting adoption

We got a call from Joel's Birth Mother on Thursday night and she informed us that Joel's Bfather showed up at the agency and wants custody of Joel. OMG! We were heart broken and just keep praying and asking anyone who is willing to pray too. We can't loose Joel and he can't loose us as his Mommy and Daddy!
I don't want to get into details/specifics about the case, but we have a lawyer and the court date is still set for the am of 7-15, we pray Bfather doesn't show. If he does, he'll need to take a paternity test, then we'll go from there.
I'll update on the situation when we know more.
We are trying to remain positive and keep on enjoying our little man!

I really can't believe we ended up in a contested adoption...

Local imm. reaction

Joel's top right imm. site (Hep B) got a local reaction. By Thurs. am the site was red, hard, tender (made him cry to touch it, brush it, put pressure on his leg) and hot. He had a low grade temp. Josh and I brought him to the pedi to note the reaction and make suer it wasn't turning into a cellulitis. It was pretty much all cleared up by Friday.

6 month well check today (will be 6 mos. Sat)

Weight: 17.3 (45-48%)
Length: 27" (74-78%)
HC: 16.75 (23-24%)

He's doing wonderfully, sitting, rolling, actually enjoying some tummy time, holding his bottle and sippy cup, teething on bitter biscuits, eating puffs, trying to pick up puffs, shaking rattles, swapping toys hand to hand, standing holding on, squealing, laughing, babbling, doing some communication elimination, bouncing, slapping everything with his hands, sucking his toes, so inquisitive, sleeping well, eating like crazy, just so happy!

About 1.5 weeks away from 6 months

WOW! The months are flying by.
We went for our first swim in the lake Memorial Day weekend and the pool the other night (water was still really cool). I can't wait for it to warm up, both air and water so we can bring Joel swimming more. He's doing real well. Eating his cereal and stage 2 foods like a champ and some bits of bread, cheese, chicken and he loves his puffs and also gnawing on pizza crust, LOL!

He's chewing on his hands and toys with a vengeance, but still no signs of any pearly whites yet.

We weighed him at home last night, got 17 lbs, lg of 27 and HC of 16 5/8, His 6 months well baby check is set for the afternoon of the 24th.

He is loving his doorway jumper still, has sat and played in the sandbox a few times, loves standing and does it while holding on to something all by himself and he enjoys sitting and playing with toys. Been really sucking his thumb and loving his blankie at nap time too.

5 months

Phew, where has the time gone...5 months old already! Our precious little man!! We can't imagine life without him...

Court date for BF's TPR is set for the morning of 7/15/09. We are all praying for this day to come and go without a hitch! We can't wait for him to be "ours"!

He is sitting up completely by himself now, loves his doorway jumper (falls asleep jumping in it, LOL!), loves playing/splashing/kicking lying in the water in the tub, played in his baby pool a few times 2 weeks ago and is starting to eat/gum rice krispies, puffs, etc...

He is doing so well...His HC was 16 3/8 on the 27th and 16 1/2 last night (I emailed the 16 3/8 measurement to Karen, his NP as she wanted me to send his HC to her every 2 weeks). He weighed about 16 pounds on our home scale last night and we measured him at 26.5 long. So he is growing well. He's getting rather long for his 3-6 mos sleepers. As soon as the warmer weather hits and sticks around he'll be into his 6-9 mos clothing.

Can't believe it is June 1st already, looking forward to the summer...we got the pool all set yesterday, wahooo!

1st cold/cough, awww poor baby

Last Thursday (5/7) Joel woke up from his morning nap with a cough...right after Mom and I were talking about him not being sick yet, lol!
So, he still has his cough, which sounds yucky (has all along). We got him checked yesterday (hasn't had a fever at all, eating well, sleeping well, playing, smiling, acting normal) and his lungs are clear :o) RSV negative :O) so we let it run it's course unless he starts with a fever then we'll need to reevaluate things. His nose started really running (clear) yest. and today (he hates his nose wiped).

We measured his head while there yest. 16.25 so guess it's grown 1/4 of an inch in 2 weeks...that's great! His weight was still the same 14.13 don't know how he hasn't gained he eats a ton and feels heavier, but...

His recent fave is his doorway jumper he's a crazy jumpin baby in that thing...so cute!

We were given a Childlife swing set for him this weekend, wahooo! It has the climber, monkey bars, slide, glider, swing, trapeze bar thing and Josh will build a look out/ club house on top of it in the future :o)