Reggie is 1 month old!

Reggie has been in our arms for just under 2 weeks, but it seems like he just belongs with us. Even with a short (18 days) time of "expecting" him, he instantaneously was ours.

Reggie eats...a lot. Maybe close to 40 ounces of formula a day. Don't know his current weight. He is wearing 0-3 month clothes. He sleeps much of the day and night away - and we are happy about that! But when he is awake, he pretty much wants to be held continually. Once again, I am making good use of my baby wearing gear! He holds his head up pretty well. No social smiles yet!

We love our little boy!

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Brett is 21 months old!

He is full of energy and full of ideas. He is tenderhearted and an awesome big brother. Some of his favorite things to do are reading books, vacuuming and sweeping, swinging, sliding and climbing, playing with play doh, playing with water, swimming, and music, singing and dancing!

He doesn't talk much, but is doing well at learning his family's names, animal sounds, and body parts, and has a very strong receptive language vocabulary.

He is a tough kid who will bust a lip up and skin a knee and not shed a tear, but cries when I leave him in kid's church. : ( Last week when he was staying at Grandma's, he brought her a surprise - a live snake!

Our oldest son is so amusing and such a delight to us. What a blessing it is to be his Momma.

I may have misspoke

I should say that many people have been very congratulatory and supportive of our decision to adopt Reggie. A few are not supportive, and that's okay. And people who are close to us - our close family and friends - have expressed some legitimate concerns and yet support our decision.

Maybe I am alone in this, or maybe other adoptive mothers can relate to me. But I feel a very strong sense of loyalty to Ms. April. After all, she created two of my three most wonderful treasures. And when anything even slightly derogatory is said about her, I get very defensive.

the most common reaction...

... to the news of our latest adoption and how it came about is in some format this:

"What about the next one she has?"

Can't say we didn't think about that. And it's interesting what kind of emotions that stirs up in me. Maybe I will post about it on a day when I'm feeling like being more vulnerable on the world wide web. But for now, I will just say this:

We're not doing this for her.