8 Months

Madilyn is 8 months old today. Time is passing by so very qucikly. She is a good baby and is really on the move lately. She crawls very fast, stands up and walks along the sofa while holding on. She begs for table food and has the sweetest smile I have ever seen a baby have.

She has added so much joy to our lives. I can not believe that we have had our precious baby for 8 months already.

She has had several ear infections and colds but she is very healthy otherwise.

Random Thoughts

Life is moving on as it should. Sometimes I wonder when or if things will ever slow down for us as a family. I have not had much time for blogging so today I will post some random updates.

• Madilyn is now almost 8 months old and doing great.
• We have received her new birth certificate in the mail as well as the final adoption decree.
  
• I finished my Financial Resources class at KSU and am now 3 credits closer to graduation in May.
• Work got really busy for me. Too busy in fact.
• Now not only working at Creekview, I am also working at SHS. The lady who does my job their is on medical leave. So I have to divide my time between two schools. It has been challenging, but I am making it work. I think:)
• I decided I hate my body and how I look. So I have reactivated my Gym membership. Last week I went 4 times. I plan to continue to go on a regular basis.
  
• I got a new "Hot" and "Sexy" hair cut. Hot and sexy were the words used by my much younger college classmates. Made me feel good. The style is much easier to maintain and is more hip. Changed my haircolor, it is much lighter now.
  
• Decided that short jeans just don't work and went with average. So now i wear heels with jeans and feel like I look so much better, just by making that change.
  
• Spent my entire winter break working on KSU work and myself.
  
• Joe Sangel spoke at Rev this morning. He did a great job talking about "Being debt free is Sexy." David and I are working really working on becoming debt free for our family. We attended a class offered by him last year and learned a lot.
  
• Praying about Caleb's school situation. Tuition at his school is going to be around $8500 next year. This is getting out of our range. Looking at a situation where he may be home schooled part time and in class part time. Cost would only be $250 per month instead of the current $800 a month.
  
• David's business is going very well. He has had to hire several more contractors and work continues to come in.
  

Need to update more often, but life keeps getting in the way.

Final Adoption Decree

The final adoption decree arrived in the mail yesterday. So I guess you could say we are signed, sealed and delivered.

We should receive Madilyn's new birth certificate in about 30 days. Once we receive the BC we will be able to apply for her social security card, and get her name changed on our health insurance policy.

SHOUT OUT TO THE MANIS FAMILY::::

We hope everything goes as planned for your family on Monday with the finalization of the adoption of your 4 children.

It's Official "Madilyn Rachel Lloyd"

Madilyn is now legally our daughter. We had our finalization by telephone this morning. The entire conversation lasted no more than 10 minutes.

I am so glad that our adoption process is FINALLY over. It took us just over 3 years to come to this point. I have told David on more than one occassion, that I just don't know why nothing ever comes easy for us. The last 7 months been some of the happiest but also saddest and most stressful of our lives. We have worried and stressed over the bmom coming back into the picture at the last minute and putting another bump in the road. But today went smoothly, and quickly.

We are so blessed to have Madilyn as a member of our family. She has made such a difference in our lives in the short time that we have had her, and I can not imagine my life without her.

GLAD IT IS OVER!!!