Last Full Day with My Girl

Today has been bittersweet. I tried so hard to enjoy every minute, but I knew that it would be my last afternoon to snuggle with her, my last evening to hold her during dinner and my last everything else. Fortunately, I do have one more morning with her. That's her happiest, easiest time. So I'm looking forward to a lot of smiles and lovin' in the morning.

Gabriella is such a funny girl. In one week's time, she has come out of her shell, shown that she knows me and my voice, adjusted to her infant seat AND gotten better about her bath. The biggest victory for me is that I was the one who was able to soothe her and she responded to my voice when she was upset. I feel so blessed to have been given this time with her. I will always be able to share with her that we knew her when she was just 8 weeks old. We saw her personality and knew exactly what she was doing. We are so in love with this tiny angel. God is very, very good!!!

Poor Reagan was so sick today. She started out with a fever and we gave her some Tylenol and she was much better within a half hour. We thought it was from teething. Kristin called and was able to get into the doctor. We're so glad she did because by the time they arrived at the doctor's office, Reagan was sii..iiick. It turns out that she had a reaction to a vaccine given to her a couple of days ago. They gave her some medicine and her 103 degree fever broke withing 45 minutes. We were so worried about her pitiful little self. But all is well and Kristin can leave knowing that she's ok.

We took some pictures of the girls together today. Reagan, at 9 months, is really tall. She just dwarfs Gabriella. She took control of the situation and told Gabriella what's what. It was pretty funny.