The BIG day . . . officially our son!

May 13, 2011 ~

We woke up early to get everyone to the family courthouse in Spartanburg by 8:30am! Some special friends also showed up (Mona Garcia- our sweet neighbor and friend; Tiffany and Josh Moore- friends we recently met this last year at church). Nee Nee was also there!!! We waited anxiously in the over crowded waiting room for our attorney, Ray Godwin to come in and get us. I couldn't help to wonder why most of those people were there waiting . . . perhaps over family disputes or as one guy mentioned parole, but I was pretty sure that our family seemed the happiest to be there! After anxiously waiting, and making 2 potty trips (I dont' know why my kids think it is so fun to use public restrooms, yuck!!!) our attorney came in to get us at 9am. We went into a tiny room for a minute and then headed down to the little courtroom. When we walked in, my eyes watered as it began to hit me. Noah's guardian ad litem was there and everyone was so happy. You were very vocal and happy that morning too! I think you knew that today was your BIG day. At around 9:15am, we stood as the judge came out- Judge Sinclair. Dan took the stand to answer the main questions. I took the stand after him. It was the quickest 15 minutes ever . . . before I knew it we were standing with the judge and Ray taking family pictures. We celebrated the rest of the day by spending it together- went to Nick's end of the school year program, then headed to Greenville to get some lunch and stopped by our adoption attorney's office to sign the adoption tree. Marion and several other ladies were there to greet us and take pictures. It was a very special time signing that tree on their wall as it signified it was a done deal and you are now legally our son! What a great feeling. What a celebration and one that we look forward to celebrating for years to come! We love you son!!!

April 2011

Saw you wave bye bye for the first time . . . :)

2 weeks . . .

April 28th -
You were sitting in your highchair and daddy was feeding you your dinner. He said, "In 2 weeks you will be a Yacoviello." And ever so sweetly, you looked up at him and just smiled!
What a precious moment.

Learning so many new things . . .

Friday, April 22nd-
Today while at Nick's preschool Easter party, you were in your carseat/stroller and you had your blanket up over your face with one little eye peeking out. After a few seconds, you quickly took it off and smiled really big at me. I said peek-a-boo and you did it again. It is so cute!

Monday, April 25th-
Your interventionist, Tori, was here and when we sat you up, you did so well and sat there all by yourself! You are sitting up like such a big boy now!

Thursday, April 28th-
Felt your bottom right tooth beginning to poke through. Thus explains the super snotty nose and chewing on every single thing you can!

Rough Week!!! April 3rd

You had such a rough week last week - you were sick with a bad stuffy nose and lots and lots and lots of congestion along with a fever ranging from 101-103. After having this for 3 days, I took you to see Dr. Yelton, where you scared me by testing low on your oxygen level. We were all thinking that your RSV test was going to be positive, but were surprised when it, along with the flu test both came back negative. He went ahead and checked your white blood cell count and it looked good as well. We left as puzzled as can be. Guess you had just a nasty virus! Thankfully the fever went away on Friday and by Saturday you were getting back to being yourself! STILL no teeth . . . Your weight at this visit was 18lbs 5oz.

End in sight . . .

Talked with our attorney yesterday and we got a court date ! YAYYYY!!!! We have been waiting for this news for several months now. May 13th is the date. Not too far away! :)

March 18th, 2011 . . .

I was wrapping a present for Nick's 5th birthday and you decided to army crawl your way to get the wrapping paper! I couldn't keep you away from it . . . March 30th, 2011- You are getting up on hands and knees and trying so hard to crawl that way. You are loving the fact that you can army crawl your way around to get things!!! Mobile baby = busy mama!