Adoption Month!! Also known as GOTCHA month!!

September was a lovely month indeed! Here is Joshua with Mommy on our first day together. We spent a couple of hours at the park in Salt Lake City, while Birth Mom hung out nearby to make sure all was well with Josh. He did great that day and we were able to increase the time we spent with him quickly. Joshua was comfortable with our family almost right away. It was so cool to watch him not only get used to us, but you could actually tell he felt spiritually comfortable with us right away!

 Dana came with me to Salt Lake City, and I am so glad I got to spend some quality time with her as well!! She is a special young woman and I am so happy my Andrew made such an excellent choice in a spouse!! Dana is definitely a keeper!!  Love her!!

Once we arrived home with Joshua (which took a few days longer than we thought due to Interstate Compact paperwork and requirements), Stephen was more than happy to give his new little brother some attention! He is going to be a great big brother to Joshua!!

Poor little Joshua will have to get used to mom and Dana's fascination with new baby clothes! And apparently, costumes as well!! Josh is going to be a little monkey for Trunk or Treat - which is very appropriate as he IS our little monkey. Wow, this kid's personality is really coming out now that he is home with his new family!  He was so shy at first - not anymore! He is laughing and goofing around and babbling like crazy at anyone who will listen! He is smiley and happy and just a cutie!!
We are getting his medical stuff all lined up. He starts with specialist appointments next Tuesday. First GI Surgeon to schedule his G-Button placement so we can get rid of that nasty old NJ Tube! I know he will be so happy to get rid of it, as it really bothers him when he swallows and also bothers the skin on his cheek! We have to switch sides and tape every couple of days to keep his skin soft and supple.  Next will be Orthopedics to look at his feet! We are praying he will just need serial casting and not bone surgery to straighten them out. Little dude wants to stand up and walk to badly! But we can't let him stand until the ortho gets a look at those little clubbed feet!!
After those two appointments, we will have Urology and hopefully regular GI doctor, so we can get his catheters ordered, and also a swallow study done, to see if we are safe to start feeding Joshua solids! He wants to eat so much! Hoping his swallow study shows that he can!!
He has just been a joy. We are taking him to meet big sister Katie this coming weekend in San Antonio.
Speaking of Katie, she has found out where she will be stationed first, once she is done with training. She will be at Fort Gordon, Georgia! I am excited she will only be 14 hours away from us! It is a good location, so she is okay with it too, though I think she kind of was hoping for somewhere a little more exotic! LOL
Andrew starts his Mobility officer training soon, and Dana was accepted into the CID unit in Houston! So we will have our very own Special Agent in the family (NCIS style, except Army)! I know she will enjoy that so much! Happy she was able to get the transfer!!
Happy birthday to my sister, Melanie, too! Her birthday was September 23rd and I won't tell how old she was!!  She should be happy though, cos she is younger than me!! Hoping they will come over soon to meet Joshua!!
Well, that is it for now! Will write more when we have other exciting things happen, but it will be hard to top this month! Love to all!!