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!

"baby brother"

I know I have been posting several times a week for the past few weeks, but I have been keeping this blog as more of a journal now so that some day we can look back and Noah can look back and see how much he is loved and the process we went through to adopt him. We feel like it is extremely important as he gets older to be able to tell him as much as possible about his birth, childhood, biological parents etc.

Anyways, I had to write this in here, because it is just a reminder of how much you are loved and it just made me smile when I saw it :).
I went to my Tuesday morning MOPS meeting as usual and after it was over, I walked in your room to pick you up and I had Nick and Camille with me as well. They ran into the little swing door and one of the ladies was holding you on her lap. They immediately went over to you and began hugging on you and talking to you in their little baby talk as if they hadn't seen you in several days.
It definitely made me smile and so thankful for you in our lives! We love you!

A court date soon???

So, we feel like we are so close to having everything finalized, but yet so far away!
We spoke with our attorney's office yesterday and now that the birthfather add has run and the 30 day wait is over, we can now apply for a final court date. We also have to have your Guardian Ad Litem over for a short interview on your behalf. I am thrilled that we are F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. at this step and we are keeping our fingers crossed to hopefully get a court date in April.

You have definitely just fit right into our family since the beginning, but to have all the legal work and to officially have your last name YACOVIELLO will be a great thing!!!!

Rolling Over . . .

So, you have had the rolling over from your tummy to your back down pat for a while now! In fact, you are such a pro at it that you even do it during the night and decide to wake us up about it!!!
Our next goal was for you to roll from your back to your tummy, so we began to work on that! Saturday (March 5th) you decided, while mommy was out of the room, that you would roll over for the first time from your back to your tummy! Daddy clapped and I ran into the room and you did several more times! Yay!!!!
You are growing so fast!

Beginning Early Intervention . . .

Two weeks ago you met your Early Interventionist (EI), Tori Miller. This week, 2/28, you had your first visit where she assisted you in working on sitting up, rolling over and using your legs and feet more.
You babbled, squeeled and said "dadada" a lot and you seemed to really like her. At first you weren't so sure but it didn't take long for you to warm right up to her.

You are so close to rolling over (from back to tummy). I bet it will only be a week or so before you brave it and cross that leg over and roll over all by yourself!

We are working on getting you a Physical Therapist (PT) as well to help with some leg stiffness and loosen up those muscles as well as enforce the use of your feet. Selfishly I would not have taken this route or wished for this, but it has been so neat to see God's hand in all of it. ALL. Of. It!

We love you sweet Noah and am so blessed to have you as a part of our family!

Happy 6 months old big man!!!

6 months! You are growing so fast! Seems like I just cleaned out your dresser drawers, taking out all the 3 month clothes to replace them with 6 month things and now your 6 month clothes are quickly becoming short and snug on you. You are enjoying your solid foods, especially when I cook you steamed sweet potatoes. Carrots are definitely your least favorite and one day you even clasped your lips together so I couldn't feed you anymore! You newest food is squash- you like it okay.
You are babbling, cooing and are blessed with some strong vocal chords :)! It's cute when you make a noise and have someone else copy you- you are fascinated with that! I also love it when you say "dadadadada"!

You are putting anything and everything into your mouth that you can get your little hands on! Busy, busy! You love to be held by mommy and daddy and last Wednesday when I dropped you off in the church nursery you looked back and wimpered for the first time!

We enjoyed a quick trip to NeeNee and Papa's house over the weekend. You know how NeeNee loves to get her Noah love! She also let you try some banana - Mmmmm! You loved that too! NeeNee is going to have you spoiled rotten!

Today you got to meet your Early Interventionist, Tori. She is nice. You will be seeing her weekly for developmental intervention and we are working on getting approved to see a therapist to make sure your leg muscles are developing properly. I am so glad we are receiving this help for you! Tori's first goals for you are for you to use more of your leg muscles for a longer period of time; for you to roll over from your back to stomach; and for you to start sitting up.

One last thing, I thought was too cute and had to journal on here . . . Millie looked at you today and then looked at me and said, "I can't hold Noah anymore, he too big for me." She is right, you are getting so long and you are such a strong little fella. Growing up so fast!

We love you!!! Happy 6 months Noah!