Okay so I neglected to get her 4 month old pictures on here so here they are!
What a big girl she is! :) She's weighing in at 15.6 lbs and is 26 inches long! She's very healthy and can I say...I so enjoy being able to write that she IS 4 months old instead of "she would have been..."! Ahhh...it's so refreshing! :) She can't sit up on her own yet and she has yet to really roll over...she has rolled over when she's been on her side but no rolling from the back or tummy positions yet. She is constantly trying to lift her head up so that she can be sitting straight up and she is talking more and more all the time. She usually sleeps from 9 to 7...which is wonderful! Now the nights that she doesn't (which are few) are torture! :) Let's see...what else...she is almost always happy and when she wakes up from a nap or from bedtime she is usually talking and not crying...she talks all the time...did I mention that already :) She takes after me in that way! ha! And...as I eluded to this in my title...on Friday, June 4th, we went to court and before a judge and we testified that we will love and take care of her forever and the judge signed the papers and so now Natalee is officially ours...FOREVER!!!! So...we let the celebration begin by going on our first "official" family vacation...which is why I wasn't on here to announce her court stuff earlier! :) We headed out to the Black Hills on Friday after our court date and spent a few days out there. It was so much fun...I love it out there and so does Jon...if you've never been you have to go! Well I have a lot of pictures for you so I won't continue to bore you with any more of an update :) Thanks again for all the prayers for Natalee and our family...it's so nice to finally have it all done!
Natalee on her big day at court
Us with the Judge...it's signed...it's done!
Our Court audience...thanks for coming!
Our adoption attorney
All of us outside the courthouse (except my mom...she was taking the picture)...don't we all look so happy!
Granny Annie and Natee
Here's the start of our trip pictures...Crazy Horse...the thing still isn't done...I don't know if it ever will be...but can you see all the people standing on it...I guess once a year they open it up for people to climb up there...we decided not too...I think Jon would have but climbing didn't sound like much fun to me...especially with a 4 month old.
Feeding the wild donkeys...I wonder how much crap these things eat...they got licorice and pretzels from our car! :)
The buffalo (or Tatanka!)
Calf...so cute!
Here was a huge Tatanka out in Custer State Park...he wasn't even close to where we saw the other buffalos so I don't know where he came from...but he went right by our car and I thought he was going to ram us at one point! He was pretty cool looking but I wouldn't have messed with him!
Natee and her daddy at Mt. Rushmore
The next face of the mountain :)
If you've never been to the lighting ceremony at Mt. Rushmore we'd highly recommend it! It was soooo cool and very patriotic!
Natee taking a splash! She loves the water...unfortunately this pool water was pretty cool so she didn't last too long!
She's worn out...ready to go home...this was our last night and she was just sitting by me and all of a sudden she got very still and I looked down and she was out :)
What a big girl she is! :) She's weighing in at 15.6 lbs and is 26 inches long! She's very healthy and can I say...I so enjoy being able to write that she IS 4 months old instead of "she would have been..."! Ahhh...it's so refreshing! :) She can't sit up on her own yet and she has yet to really roll over...she has rolled over when she's been on her side but no rolling from the back or tummy positions yet. She is constantly trying to lift her head up so that she can be sitting straight up and she is talking more and more all the time. She usually sleeps from 9 to 7...which is wonderful! Now the nights that she doesn't (which are few) are torture! :) Let's see...what else...she is almost always happy and when she wakes up from a nap or from bedtime she is usually talking and not crying...she talks all the time...did I mention that already :) She takes after me in that way! ha! And...as I eluded to this in my title...on Friday, June 4th, we went to court and before a judge and we testified that we will love and take care of her forever and the judge signed the papers and so now Natalee is officially ours...FOREVER!!!! So...we let the celebration begin by going on our first "official" family vacation...which is why I wasn't on here to announce her court stuff earlier! :) We headed out to the Black Hills on Friday after our court date and spent a few days out there. It was so much fun...I love it out there and so does Jon...if you've never been you have to go! Well I have a lot of pictures for you so I won't continue to bore you with any more of an update :) Thanks again for all the prayers for Natalee and our family...it's so nice to finally have it all done!
Natalee on her big day at court
Us with the Judge...it's signed...it's done!
Our Court audience...thanks for coming!
All of us outside the courthouse (except my mom...she was taking the picture)...don't we all look so happy!
Granny Annie and Natee
Here's the start of our trip pictures...Crazy Horse...the thing still isn't done...I don't know if it ever will be...but can you see all the people standing on it...I guess once a year they open it up for people to climb up there...we decided not too...I think Jon would have but climbing didn't sound like much fun to me...especially with a 4 month old.
Feeding the wild donkeys...I wonder how much crap these things eat...they got licorice and pretzels from our car! :)
The buffalo (or Tatanka!)
Calf...so cute!
Here was a huge Tatanka out in Custer State Park...he wasn't even close to where we saw the other buffalos so I don't know where he came from...but he went right by our car and I thought he was going to ram us at one point! He was pretty cool looking but I wouldn't have messed with him!
Natee and her daddy at Mt. Rushmore
The next face of the mountain :)
Natee taking a splash! She loves the water...unfortunately this pool water was pretty cool so she didn't last too long!
She's worn out...ready to go home...this was our last night and she was just sitting by me and all of a sudden she got very still and I looked down and she was out :)
10 comments:
Ali your mom gave me your blog link - I am SO happy for you & your family. Natalee is just gorgeous - what a beautiful baby. Congratulations on having the adoption finalized - that must be such a relief. Our daughter Ivy is just a little older than Natalee at 8 months now. Motherhood is wonderful!
Sarah (Hayes) Radabaugh
Congratulations! That must be such a relief.
I love the look for your blog!
Congrats! I am so happy for you. I love all the pictures. Joy is evident in all your faces. God Bless.
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!! God is so good!! Looks like your trip was tons of fun; I love being out there, it's so beautiful. And, no, I don't think they will ever finish Crazy Horse, considering it looks just like it did when I first saw it 15 years ago!! haha So glad you guys had a great family trip!
Congratulations! She's beautiful!
Looks like you had an AWESOME time. Congrats on the finalized adoption. My God bless you and your family for many years of happiness.
The last picture of Natee sleeping sums up your so trip well...totally exhilerating and exhausting!
Love you!
Mom
Congratulations!! We are so happy for you all. We are still amazed at how Natalee looks like she is your biological daughter. God is so awesome!!
Congratulations! And, I about died laughing when I saw those Tatanka references! :)
YEAH!!!!! I am so excited for all of you! You all looked so happy in all the pictures.
She looks like she is getting close to sitting in the pictures, such a big girl! I think when they learn to sit before they can crawl is such a fun stage.
Congratulation again!
Cayla
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