Changing...

Katrina is now 4 weeks old and changing so fast! Her little face has filled out and she is so much more alert. She is able to hold her head up much more than before and has definitely figured out that she can suck on her hand, even though the thumb has not come out yet. We love her so much. I enjoy being home with her, and this week Paul has been on school vacation, so I get the best of all my worlds! I just cannot get over how beautiful our daughter is and how amazingly lucky we are to have her in our arms on a daily basis! This is one of my favorite recent pictures of her--the new and the old hands of my daughter and my grandmother...

Four Generations

Grammy had not seen Katrina yet, so Paul, myself, Katrina and my mom went for a day trip up to Vermont. We had such a fun day! We went to downtown Brandon and had lunch and then walked through some shops. Grammy bought a doll named Emily for Katrina and I got spoiled by mom and Paul with some new jewelry for me! It was some serious driving for Paul that day, but it was well worth it to see Grammy be excited to meet her great-granddaughter!

First Bath

So...this process scared me a bit, but luckily Katrina was not that scared and did extremely well with an inexperienced bather for a mommy! (This is actually not the first bath--second maybe, but close enough.)


Isn't she cute? This is right before she decided she didn't like it and started screaming; I have those pictures too, but she isn't as cute there :)

We got permission to come home!!

Isn't she adorable?!?!
Katrina had her 1st pediatrician's appointment today and it went splendidly. She is already back up to her birth weight.
The doctor said that she looks great and gave us a letter saying she can fly home. As we were leaving the office, we were complaining that we had not heard from the attorney about our being able to leave and poof...the phone rang and we have our ICPC approval!

So...WE ARE ON OUR WAY HOME TONIGHT!!!! We booked a red eye flight and will be in Boston at 8:18am tomorrow! We cannot wait to see everyone and be back in a house instead of a hotel.

This was a very trying and harsh process at times, but it was also miraculous. We cannot believe how many people care about our family and all the love and prayers have clearly worked, because we are coming home with a princess. Love you all!

Katrina is doing so well! She has a doctor's appointment tomorrow to have her 2nd newborn screening and to get a letter of permission to fly home. Paul and I are still waiting for a phonecall from our attorney to give us permission to go home, and we can't wait! We have decided that Phoenix is not our favorite place on earth!

Paul has been keeping busy by taking all these photos and videos, but...he changed his first diaper this morning while he was on shift and I was sleeping! A little bit about that; Katrina was very nice to us the first night and slept a very long time between feedings and changings, but last night she decided to show us what parenthood is really all about and we probably slept only 4 hours each. She seems to have decided that life is interesting and she does not want to miss a thing, so this morning she was fighting off sleep like crazy. That being said, it is 9:15pm and she is sleeping soundly, so what do you think tonight will look like? I have my doubts...

We love you and miss you all!