Thankful

We just got back from a few days in Baltimore celebrating Thanksgiving with the Auer family. Raegan enjoyed her first Thanksgiving and especially enjoyed getting to visit with all of her Auer cousins. Raegan even learned a new "trick" while we were gone. She can now do "so big" and then she claps afterwards. We had a delicious dinner at Uncle Dave's house. And after eating dinner on Thanksgiving everyone played American Idol on Playstation. Raegan enjoyed dancing while everyone sang. She loves dancing and everyone enjoyed watching her moves! We had a great time visiting with everyone. We have so much to be thankful for. We are especially thankful this year for the blessing of having Raegan with us!

9 Months!

This past sunday Raegan turned 9 months old! Hard to believe! Soon we will be celebrating her 1st birthday! My baby is growing so fast. Time does fly when you are having fun and we are definitely having fun. Raegan is such a joy in our lives. Her smile alone warms my heart. It is so much fun to watch her grow and change. She is now a full fleged crawler. She is also pulling herself on furniture and in her crib. Now when she doesn't want to sleep she stands up in her crib and shakes the rails. It didn't take her long to figure that trick out. The other day she even stood up without holding on. She loves to crawl around and go after power cords. So needless to say I am being kept busy chasing her and keeping her from going after things she shouldn't have. But it's all a lot of fun. She is also enjoying playing with Kona now that she can scoot around. She likes to put Kona's toys in front of her and have Kona play with her. Kona is doing a really good job of being gentle and Raegan laughs hysterically when Kona plays with her. They are becoming best buds! She now says dadadad and mamama. But the mamama is usually when she is whining and needs something. Someone told me that's how they came up with name for moms. But I love taking care of her and I think God gives mom's an extra dose of patience. We went to the doctors yesterday and she is 22.5 pounds ( 95th %), 28 inches ( 80th %). So she is still a big girl but starting to slow down the pace slightly. She got 3 shots and then had to have her finger pricked for hemoglobin test. She was not a happy girl by the time we left, but the doctor says she continues to be doing great. And the doctor commented on how perceptive she is for her age. We always knew she was a smarty pants so this didn't surprise us.

So we are doing good. We are expecting her adoption to be final soon so we are excited about that! And we have an appointment coming up in December for a consultation with an embryo adoption agency to inquire about starting our next adoption. We'll keep everyone posted on that front!

I have attached some pictures. A couple from halloween when Raegan dressed up again like a chicken and we went to a Trunk or Treat event at our friends church. The other pictures are just some recent pictures of our big girl!