Milestones

Jaxon turned 6 months this past Sunday! Here are pics from that day. Rheagan had her 4yr shots which are horrible, and Jaxon his 6month. They have been miserable, but seem to be better now. Jaxon has been drooling like crazy and running a low grade temp. I think he is most likely teething. He started rice cereals this past week, and the pedi says he can now start other foods and to go ahead and give him prunes, squash, sweet potatoes, and apples. She also said not to worry about allergies. I am still going to introduce them every 2-3 days. He had apples last night and did not seem to care much for them. He got mad everytime I put the spoon in his mouth :)

Rheagan is doing much better. She is more comfortable in the water at swimming lessons YA!! She still has a long way to go before she is swimming, but she will get there.

So Very Blessed!!

Happy Birthday Rheagan!!!!!

Man time flies!! Rheagan is now 4!! She will celebrate her birthday on Saturday with family and a couple of friends. Today was filled with her favorite things, gymnastics, mcdonald's, pizza. I know so healthy ;) In her gymnastics class I learned that another little girl is from Russia and so are her parents. I look at this as a great opportunity for Rheagan to learn about the culture. We are planning to set up playdates and such. Rheagan seems so excited. She played with her baby brother quite a bit today, it is so cute to hear them interact!

I spent a lot of the day thinking of her birthmother, and so thankful that she chose adoption over the alternatives. I keep thinking how much she loved Rheagan wanting to choose what she thought was best for her. I am forever grateful. I also know that she is thinking of Rheagan today, wondering if she is okay. I would love to be able to write her and tell her what an awesome and loving little girl she is becoming. I would tell her she likes pizza with black olives, fritos, racing, gymnastics (and she is pretty darn good at it), and tons more. I would also tell her how much I love her and always will and we are raising her the best we know how.

We looked at photos a lot today too. It is amazing to see her grow into such a little lady.

My prayer is that one day she will really get how much Matt and I love her. How much we want her to be happy, and although she did not grow inside me she is very much apart of my soul. We have been so blessed to have such an awesome opportunity to parent her. She is so much more than we could have imagined.





What an awesome God we have!!