Gabriella

Gabriella is doing so well here! We got home almost 3 weeks ago and she settled quickly into a pretty good routine. She loves being outside, loves laughing at her sisters, loves being sung to by her daddy, and loves playtime with the whole family.

Gabriella at about 3 months

Just after we got home, Gabby had her first play time in the Exersaucer. She enjoys it as long as she has someone around to pay attention to because the toys don't really hold her attention yet.

Whoops! I forgot to turn it around. But I wanted to point out, if you can see it, that some of her hair is curling on top!!! I was a little bit silly when I saw that! She already has the same hair color as Emmaline and Lottie, and even has the same color eyes. Matt and I were teasing that in 10 years, when we have a few more kids, we'll have one random kid who happens to get Matt's hair and more of his looks and when we line the kids up and tell people to guess which one is adopted, that poor kid with dark hair is going to get picked out of the bunch more than Gabriella ever would!

(Never mind my hair...) This is at the Squadron barbecue. Gabriella really enjoyed the sun! Lottie (in the purple shirt) is sporting her first all-hair-in pony tale!

As for the adoption- we are nearly done with the process of putting in paperwork for the home-study part. We have one more interview on Thursday and we need to get a few more clearances before we can turn in all the paperwork. The caseworker here said that it would take 60 days to get the home-study done but I wasn't clear if she was talking about 60 days from the beginning or 60 more days from now... I sure hope its 60 from the beginning...