The adoption is final! YAY!!!!

Today, April 22nd 2008, the adoption became final! We'll be celebrating April 22nd for years to come. It's a very happy day, but we're so happy to have it be done. God has been blessing us through this whole process, and we're so grateful for His protection and favor. It is a very emotional day for me, as you can probably see on my face in the picture. Happy tears. I wanted to thank you all for your prayers, He was listening. I also wanted to thank you for all the comments you've been leaving on the blog, they've been SO encouraging to read... so thank you.

She's found her voice!

Miriam has discovered that her voice can be used for recreational purposes! It's funny though, she rarely talks without a captive, responsive audience. And she WILL NOT talk if she spots a camera of any kind, so we had to be pretty sneaky to get this little video. It has been so fun to watch her respond to us like this, and to see her respond to hearing her own voice. We've loved it! Speaking of things we've loved... she's still been sleeping through the night 7-9 hours every night for the last two weeks. YAY for sleep!

Me and my favorite cousin, Addison.

I get all my cool clothes from grandma and grandpa.

Can you guess what this face means?

10 Weeks Old

The biggest news we have to report is that Miriam slept through the night for the first time to celebrate her 10-week birthday. The last two nights we've all had 8 uninterrupted hours of sleep! I forgot how wonderful it was! I'm so thankful to not have to get up until it's light outside again. YAY! In other news, Miriam had her fist "sympathy" cry. She's never really noticed the emotions of other kids around her, until this week. It was so sweet, you would have thought her little heart had broken.

Flexing for the camera.

She really does look very pretty in pink!

Stop taking my picture!

She holds her head up very well now... at least for 5 or 10 minutes.