Big Day

So, we got a letter from our attorney today and we sat together and ripped the envelope open. It's official~ Xander is now adopted into the Cook family!! We are so excited for all the legal/social worker stuff to be done. We are so excited that we have such a sweet, beautiful, wonderful son. He is everything to us and we have been so very blessed with his sweet little spirit.

So, as of Dec 29, 2011, Xander Scott Cook is legally ours.

Week 26

Wow! What a start to a new year. Xander got a tooth so he was sick. Then he got more sick. Then he stayed up for 24 hours straight- that was New Years Eve~ that is NO SLEEP!! My poor little boy finally slept a little on Sunday (the 1st) and then he crashed Sunday night. Monday we woke to a high pitched squeaking~ like the kind you hear when someone steps on one of those soft squeaky toys. We looked at each other and then realized that the strange sound was coming from Xander's room. He had lost his voice. Poor little man.

He has my heart and is the best part of our lives. He loved being with his cousins and especially loved being loved and held and have all those little hands love him and play with him. He's just so very loved and so very much the greatest part of our family!

Birth of James Nolan Cook

New nephew born at 6:46 pm at 9lbs 7.3 oz 21.5" long. Lots of hair on his head and on his back. Jemile went through childbirth without drugs. Both mom and baby are healthy and good. James is the first baby born of the year in that hospital...