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One more of Tessa

The BIG DAY!! Friday, December 21

Friday is the big day!! Lisa and I will be in court on Friday morning with Koen for the finalization hearing. Assuming all goes well, which is what we expect, Koen will be legally ours!! The past 7 months have been an absolute dream come true. Koen couldn't be a better baby - we are so lucky.

Please email us if you would like to join us at the hearing. Family and friends are all welcome. :-)

Major Meltdown

Little Miss Tessa had a ROUGH night last night. She screamed at the top of her lungs for a very long time! I think the garlic and sausage on the pizza Lisa ate must have gotten to her. That was the first night that Tessa couldn't settle herself down. We thought we might end up at the hospital, but luckily we gave her a little Mylecon and she finally settled down. Today Lisa had chicken soup for lunch. Hopefully that will alleviate some of Tessa's intestinal distress. Poor little thing.

Koen was such a trooper through it all. Eventhough Tessa's crying woke him, he was able to mellow out and go back to sleep amidst the screaming. Thank God!!

I have to remember... "Sleep is overrated".

Tessa with Nana

Back on Track!

Wow - what a week. A new baby in the house AND Koen!! It has been absolutely wonderful, but absolutely crazy! Like Lisa and I have said before, we wouldn't have planned it this way, but we feel so blessed to have these little munchkins in our lives.

Little Miss Tessa is a champion sucker just like Koen was at birth. Fortunately she has latched on to Lisa without much of a problem. The first few days were touch and go, but now she is doing great. It's strange not to have to mix formula and wash bottles in the dishwasher almost every day. The $ savings will be great - especially being on only one salary.

The kids had their Dr's appointments today - Tessa her one week appt. and Koen his 6 month appt a little late. He is 23.5 pounds and 28.5 inches! Turns out Tessa's length measurement at the hospital was a little off. She is 20.5 inches instead of 21.5 inches. We thought that sounded kind of long for such a peanut. Believe it or not, 20.5 was Koen's length at birth too. So many similarities!!

It feels strange to say "the kids". Who's kids? Our kids? I still can't believe it all came together. I guess eventually it will feel real.

You probably won't believe this, but Koen has been standing on his own for a few seconds here and there. He got an Elmo table from a friend and it requires that he stand next to it to play with it, and he is really getting there. I wonder if he will skip crawling and just go right to walking....

I need to figure out how to post photos!