Hooray, Our Final Visit!!

Yesterday was the final visit with our Social Worker. Once we receive the report from the homestudy agency, we can then finalize Grayson's adoption and we will officially be his parents in the eyes of the law. We can't believe it's almost here!!

Grayson with Candace, Our Social Worker

Dada's Day

So after a month of trying to get Grayson to say Mama (since he had been making the ma sound for a while) on Friday the 16th he decided to say Dada. It was so clear, I actually yelled for Dominic to come into the room to hear him. I would say the word and Grayson would repeat it. However, he hasn't said it since, so I'm not going to count it as his first word quite yet. But that's the reason for the title of this post rather than the standard "Father's Day," which as everyone knows was this past Sunday.

Our Father's Day weekend was a busy one, as our weekends usually are. On Saturday, Britnee watched Grayson while I took Dominic's truck to get the windows tinted. This was the biggest part of his Father's Day gift and he didn't know I was having it done. That afternoon Grayson and I went to visit my parents. While we were there, he got pretty close to actually crawling, so I think he's almost there. After that trip, Grayson and I headed over to church for dinner. Grayson sat in his booster seat at the table for the first time. It looks like we'll be retiring the Bumbo seat soon.

On actual Father's Day Dominic was off work, so we were able to spend the day together as a family. When Dominic got home from the Fire Department that morning, he didn't notice the tinted windows at first, but once I pointed them out to him, he was happy with the gift. After church, we headed to a friend's house for lunch. I got to see a bunch of my college friends. It had been way too long since we all had gotten together and it was so great to see everyone. I wish we could do it more often. They also hadn't seen Grayson since January and they couldn't believe how much he had grown.

As you can imagine, Grayson was pretty pooped by the end of the weekend but as usual he was a perfect little guy the entire time. We couldn't have asked for more.

Everything Looks Good

Today Grayson had his appointment with the Orthopedic and everything looks good with his leg. The doctor checked both legs for problems and didn't see any. Both are rotating correctly and he didn't notice any abnormalities. He also conducted an x-ray just to make sure there weren't any problems with Grayson's hips and everything looks good! It's such a relief to know. We will follow-up with the doctor in a few months just to be sure, but we don't think there is anything to worry about.

Also, Grayson is sitting on his own very, very well. I now only use the Bumbo seat when it's time for him to eat. He now sits happily on the floor and plays with his toys on his own. One of his favorite toys, thanks to Aunt Emy and Uncle Rob, is his star piano. He loves to sit and hit the keys to hear the music. We've noticed that music is definitely one of his favorite things, so it's easy to see why he adores the piano so much (now if I could just program it to play the Black Eyed Peas or Shakira, but then we would never be able to pull him away from it).

Big Boy!!

Piano Man