Coming Home! YEAH!

Well we finally got word last Monday that John was approved his visa. This means that we will be moving back to the states! YEAH! We can't believe that this is actually happening. It has been nearly 3 years since John has been here and 2 for me.

So now we are busy sorting everything out. We have been busy booking the flights, booking a flight for the dog, finding a shipping company and getting rid of everything we don't bring back and of course finding doctors for Alexander and making appointments and etc. It has only been a week but has already been hectic.

Okay so we will be back on May 4th! Can't wait!

10.5 weeks

I am calling all my family and friends back home cause I want to tell them hello and I can't wait to meet you all!

Today was a fun day for Alexander. He met his Early Intervention teacher. We thought they weren't going to come out until Easter but they came today. We got a new toy to play with that has all sorts of mirrors and bells on it. Alexander loves touching it and listening to the bells. They will be coming out to the house once a week from now on. We all got weighed today and he is 11 pounds.

Today we went to church for Ash Wednesday and he actually stayed awake. He loves listening to all the music. He got passed around in church today. All the ladies that I sat by wanted a cuddle.

Gaining Still Yeah!

I am still gaining weight! Yeah! Today I weighed 10 pounds and 13 ounces. That's great - he is still at the 75% for Down Syndrome Babies.

Also women in charge of the Early Intervention Program over here came out to the house. The program is called Portage. It was originally started in Portage, WI. But once everything is set up they will come out to the house once a week. They will monitor Alexander's progress each week and loan us specific toys to let us play with. Once we need the speech and occupational therapies they will work along side them. So Alexander would be in this program until he is 3 then he would go to Nursery over here.

Fingers crossed we will be back in the states though. They said if we were then they will try to help us contact the right people in Illinois. :) Ahhh - a sigh of relief!

Immigration

Just a little update on our immigration. All the paper work has been sent to the Embassy and they are working on our case. In December they requested some information on Baby Brewster about his birth and medical status. We have now sent all of that paperwork to the Embassy and we think that we should find out the answer in the next couple of weeks! Please keep us in your prayers! We would love to move back to the states and then you all can see our little bundle of joy!

8 week check

Alexander had his 8 week check yesterday. The doctor was really impressed on how good he is doing. He said his strength is great. I told him we work with him everyday doing exercising to build up his muscle tone. Alexander also had his first set of immunizations. The first one he didn't even notice then the next one you saw him turn bright red and his pout lip came out. :) He cried for just a minute then he feel asleep on my shoulder. We also had him weighed and measured. He is now 10 pounds and 6 ounces and 23 inches long. He is doing excellent.

7.5 weeks

Just sitting in my bouncy seat!

Slowly gaining!

Today was our first day at the baby clinic. Here in England you can go to your local GP and they do a baby clinic every week. All they do at the baby clinic is weigh and measure your baby. It is for well babies.

So today Alexander got weigh and he was exactly 10 pounds. I was hoping he had gained more but maybe next time! We didn't measure him today but I think that he probably is longer too. He is already outgrowing some his sleepers. He is too long for them. :) He will be tall like his moms family!