Friday

We prepared for Travis and Kass to head home.

There social worker was able to find an address for the birthfather, so now we need to concentrate our prayers on getting him served. We have until May 8th to serve him.

We are also praying that the interstate commerce peice goes quickly.

Kass has been lavishing her baby sister with Kisses. I think she will miss her baby sister. she waited so long to get her and now she has to leave her for awhile.

New Pictures 5/1/2008

5 days old

Kassidy spent the day doing homework, (she is not very happy about it). Kennedy slept better last night. She is awake a little longer during the day. Kassidy is enjoying helping out with her. We will see how long that lasts. Travis and Kassidy fly home on Saturday. We have webcams set up so that we can stay in touch. I miss our mountains the most I think. It is beautiful here but its not home. Right now we are waiting for our birthdad to get served with the court date. We are praying that everything works out from here. Kennedy had her first bath, Kass thought she was pretty funny, she peed on me. Hopefully she won't make a habit of it.

View From Apartment

The apartment we are staying in is in the basement of a LDS member's house. It is on of one of hundreds of lakes in the area. Getting around is a pain. The streets are all named and there is no mountains. We have to use the sun the best we can to determine our directions. It is a nice quiet place and is a blessing for our short stay.

We have a court date

Our case goes to court on May 16th. The agency said that is the fastest court date they have ever gotten.

Kassidy's new toys

Kennedy and Kassidy

Kennedy had her first doctors appointment yesterday. She was 7 pounds and she shrunk to 20". (the nurses must have been a little off.) When she was born she was 6lbs 14 oz and 21". We were able to get her from the hospital on Monday and we drove to the place where we are staying. We are renting a little apartment. It is very nice, but there was no internet. we finally got hooked up today.

*We spent most of yesterday running to the agency signing papers. *
*Kassidy is adjusting well. she is being very helpful with her little sister.

*Kennedy slept 6 hours on monday night and not more than 2 at a time last night.

*Kassisy and Trav will be with me until Saturday. We are hoping that we will only be here a few weeks.

We love you all and we will see you soon.

Kennedy arrived bright and early saturday morning. She is beautiful. she is just what we thought she would be. We arrived saturday night and met her, she opened her big eyes and looked at us, apparently, it was the first time that she had been awake all day. she waited for us to get there I guess. We are so grateful to have her.

She was on oxygen for a while and her xray showed patchy infiltrates and so she was started on antibiotics. They did cultures, we will get the results tomorrow. If it is OK, we will be able to take her out of the hospital. If not, she will be in the hospital for 7 days. The doctor thinks that she will be able to leave tomorrow. Her apgars were 8 and 9, breathsounds are clear (yes I listened) and she is eating well.

Take care, Love ya, Kristin

adoption update

We talked to Lily last week. She is still holding on. Her official due date is the 25th. we are hoping that she will get induced so that we can make sure that we are there. We are nervous and excited. Thanks for all of your support and well wishes.

Kassy

Kassidy has memorized all of her times tables. We are very proud of her. She earned a Nintendo DS game- Mario Olympics for it. She is doing great in school. She has improved by leaps and bounds in the last few months. She is looking forward to summer. She's not so excited to share her room, but she is being a good sport.