Snow

Holy cow!I just went to grocery store and there were snowflakes falling. This is crazy!


I'm hoping this week will be a uneventful week. This past week Garrett was having a rough week. He has been so good about sleeping though the night. But this past week was like the first weeks he came home. He was up every few hours screaming and crying. We tried everything. We would finally get him to sleep after about 30 to 40 minutes for a few hours and then the cycle would start again. He had no fever which is usually why he wakes up in the middle of the night. He did have an ear infection a while back and just finished his medicine for that earlier in the week. We thought it was either his ear infection didn't clear up or it was his teeth. We were putting orajel in his mouth before he went to bed and giving him Tylenol. Saturday morning after a whole night of no sleep. Mike took him to the doctors. Other then a cold doc said he looked and sounded good. He has a lot of teeth coming in and that is probably the problem. No ear infection. We were happy that was not the problem. Now we are alternating Tylenol and Motrin. We actually got sleep last night. Yay! Poor Garrett is getting a ton of teeth all at once. How painful.

Let see other news.

We are still moving along on our reapplication. We just got fingerprinted this week for the 10th zillion time for Adam Walsh and turned in our residential history. Mike should be getting a couple more forms to fill out since he lived in Iowa.
Our agency sent off our finger prints on Friday. It takes 4 -6 weeks to get all clearances. Once we get our last reference letter in and all the clearances are back we will see our social worker again. We hope to be waiting by the beginning of the year or sooner.

Fall Fun

We've had lot of fun that last couple of days now that Garrett is back to himself. He had an ear infection and Roseola(didn't know he had it until the fever broke and the rash appeared.)


Garrett has enjoyed all the leaves on the ground and trying to help daddy pick them up.
He also had fun today at Emma Krumbees. He picked out his pumpkin,apples, rode trikes,rode in the train with mommy,danced to music,and had some of mommy and daddy's apple pie a la mode. He had a busy day. He feel asleep as soon as he got in the car seat.

It was a fun day.

Here some pictures from the week.




Garrett having fun with the leaves.


Daddy helping Garrett with the trike.


Riding the train with mommy.



Garrett picking out his pumpkin.

Happenings

It has been a while since I have updated. Where do the days go?

Where do I start? Garrett made another transition last week at daycare. He moved to the toddler room. He loves it. He has so much fun with the bigger kids. He was defiantly ready. Mom and Dad were not so ready but Garrett was. He had a great first week. But with a new room comes new germs. :-( Garrett was sick by Sunday night. Mike stayed home on Monday and I stayed home on Tuesday. Garrett was feeling much better by Tuesday night. Today he was back to himself.

Today Garrett had his 6 month post adoption check up at the U of M. He was such a trooper. He is doing really well and for the most part is all caught up. He had to get some more labs done and the nurse was great. She had him so engaged with bubbles he never knew he got stuck with a needle. I love the U they are so great at answering adoption related questions. Garrett regular doctor often does not have an answer. He does do a good job tho. We just had some very specific concerns and the U really helped us.

Today for some reason I just could not get Garrett birth mom out of my head. I think of her everyday but today was different. I watch our little boy play,explore,cry,laugh. He is meeting so many new milestones. I wish I could share them with her. I so hope she will check his file in Korea and maybe even ask for some contact. We are truly blessed...


Other fun news. We finally finished our reapplication paperwork. I took us a month to write the self studies, gather all the doctors letters, insurance letters and get new physicals(They will probably expire before we get a referral.) Mike will be dropping it off tomorrow. Let the rollercoster begin. I think this time will be a little easier since we have Garrett to keep us busy and on our toes. We are very excited to start the process again.