It's almost final!

Today we had our last of two home visits. The purpose of the visit is mostly to ensure that we are caring for the child appropriately. Pictured here is Tammi Hawk and Joshua. Tammi was the local social worker we used to do our home study and post-placement visits. For any of you out there considering adoption we highly recommend you contact Tammi. Tammi is amazing, she takes her job seriously, but at the same time is tremendously supportive. We always knew that Tammi was in our corner and available for advice on any aspect of the adoption.

Tammi will write up a summary of our home visit and forward it to Open Adoption and Family Services. Then OAFS in conjunction with our lawyer, will petition the court finalize the adoption. We aren't sure how long that will take but we feel it should be finalized before the end of the month.

Our little...well big..boy!

My how our little boy has changed. The top photo is Joshua when he was just a couple days old. The bottom photo is Joshua at 2 months. On Monday, he had his 2 month apt. He got 2 shots (hence the band aids on his legs) and weighed in at 14.2 lbs and 23 1/2 inches tall. That means in two months he has grown 3 1/2 inches and gained 7.6 lbs. Yep he isn't missing many meals. As is evident by the rolls on his legs and arms. The apointment went great and Joshua was a trouper for the shots.

Overall Joshua continues to mature by leaps and bounds. He is only getting up once in the night and unlike Jeremy, Joshua can actually be laid down before he falls asleep this has been a new but welcome experience. We aren't sure if our parenting has improved or if it is just the difference in children. Whatever the cause we'll take it.

Josh smiles a lot now. Especially for Di (author of today's post). He loves to listen to music, watch his mobiles or his Rain Forest aquarium in his crib. He can roll over on his side, but can't seem to get the rest of the way. He loves checking out everything and everyone one. Today we have our final home visit. After that it should be just a few short weeks and Joshua will "officially" be ours. We plan to celebrate that day.