SNOW!!!

Yes, today we had our first snow of the winter!  It seems to be rather early this year, but we enjoyed the light dusting nonetheless.  Megan seemed to enjoy her first look...

....though I am not sure she knew what she was looking at :-)

Snow in the fall :-)

Trip to Portland and Seattle

This last weekend we went on a trip to visit family in Portland and Seattle.  We had a wonderful time!





Apple Juice on the plane ride over....

Mom and Molly making crafts

The craft table, it was SO fun!

Aunt Bethany Lynn having some fun with Megan Lynn

Visit with Michelle

 A day with the Smiths!

See...doesn't she look disappointed :-)

October 23, 2009 - Finalization Day!!

Today we went to the courthouse and officially adopted Megan Lynn Kerrigan as our daughter!  We waited outside the courtroom for awhile, as they are amazingly busy :-) 

We were blessed to have a few friends and family come and witness this special occasion with us!  And we know that there were others who wished they could have been there!  Thanks for all your support!!

We finally made it in the courtroom and sat before a judge who had the final say as to whether or not Megan would stay with us forever.  Megan was quiet all day until the judge started talking and then she promptly pulled out her binkie and started "talking" :-)  I think she had an opinion on this one :-)

Cousin Elijah and Megan

Busy week

So Megan was really busy this week...

First she got sick :-(  A high fever from the shots..so she got to lay on the couch with her toys and watch a little bit of You Tubed Baby Einstien. 














...then she got all tangled up in her diaper bag and had no idea what to do about it :-)

...and finally.....she found her tongue!  So she looks just like this....all the time now :-)

The Theatre..

This weekend we had a family get together and went to see the play, The Pirates of Penzance.  It was very funny and entertaining!  If you ever have the chance to see it, it would be worth your time.

Here is the whole group outside the Civic theatre.

Sister-in-laws!

And of course all the little cousins got some play time too :-)

Ladybugs

Did you know that ladybugs are the Chinese symbol for adoption?  Before we knew that we had already started decorating Megan's room in ladybugs!










Last week Megan's Aunt Toni brought over an absolutely adorable Ladybug outfit for Megan.  Megan loves it!  In fact a I had a hard time taking pictures because she kept wanting to put the outfit in her mouth :-)

6 months later....

Well..here we are six months later and hopefully in a couple weeks we will go to court and finalize Megan's adoption.  It has been a long six months of fear and waiting and of Gods perfect timing for everything to happen. But we have had so many good times with family and friends and have been continually encouraged by everyone!  Megan has truly been a blessing to us and we enjoy every minutes of our time with her...especially when she started sleeping through the night :-)
Here are some pictures from the last few months since she came into our lives!

Adoption

After much pressure, I am finally attempting a blog!

Many of you have asked about our adoption story so I will start with telling about that amazing experience.
In December of 2008, Ian and I decided that God was blessing us with the opportunity to adopt.  We were excited to begin the process and finally move forward with starting a family.  We proceeded to check into many different agencies and finally decided on a private one in Spokane.
In January 2009 we started the mass amounts of paperwork that is required for adopting!
By March we had completed two individal biographys, a couples biography, fingerprinting, background checks, finacial statements, a long application, and 25 page profile of our lives.

As we turned in the last of the paperwork and attended a final seminar we settled in to waiting 6 months to a year for a baby.

But God had different plans for us, and on April 1st (ironically :-)) we got a call from the agency saying that a birthmother had picked us!  We were totally in shock but super excited too!

On April 3rd, 2009 we got a call from the BM telling us she was in labor and she would like us to be there for the birth!!  In an amazing way, God allowed us to be there for the birth of our daughter, Megan Lynn Kerrigan.  So in a matter of 2 days we became parents to a beatiful little girl!  We laughed as I looked to Ian in the hospital and said, " I guess we better go get diapers and a car seat!"

Moments after Megan was born

First family picture!