Celebrations

Today was a very special day! Today is Justin's first birthday and I cannot even tell you how blessed we are to be celebrating it with him. When we received his referral back in September one of my prayers was that he would not celebrate even one birthday without his forever family and God graciously answered that prayer. Since we have been home less than a month we decided to do just a little party at home with our immediate family and then next month we will have a bigger party with friends and extended family.

My second attempt at a 4 kid photo!

In addition to being Justin's first birthday, February today was also the one month anniversary of his gotcha day, so here are some photos to celebrate!

Brothers!

Justin has the best big sisters in the world!

Sometimes you just gotta make a fish face!

I can't believe it has been a month since this precious boy was first placed in our arms!

Overall Justin is doing great, but he still struggles with sleep. He has attached very well to Jason and I, and is starting to really love his big sissy, Jordan. We are now able to lay him down once he falls asleep, but he still wakes up multiple times a night and needs to be rocked back to sleep which can sometimes take an hour or more. He is also a very light sleeper and will sometimes still wake up when we go to lay him down which means starting the entire process over.

Since being home we have had Justin's initial appointment with the pediatrician and a visit to the International Adoption Clinic at Children's Hospital. Both appointments went well and we are happy to report that Justin is only slightly behind developmentally, but all of the doctors are confident that he will catch up quickly. Up next are a bunch of tests and specialist appointments for which we are praying for more good news!