A Week in Pictures

ok.. so it was a little over a week.. but very busy with lots of big events! (The last week of November) My mom came up from Gulf Shores (disastrous travel due to weather) and Matt's sister Kathy came over from Hawaii. These two 'beach bums' were bundled up the whole time because it was 'freezing' here. Kinda funny!

Anyway... Kathy's birthday was that week, Caelan was baptised, his court date for final adoption processes was held on National Adoption Day, we had Thanksgiving, Caelan had his first real laugh,and my two pregnant sisters had baby boys! WOW!

Sooo.... here is "The Week in Pictures"

Kathy's birthday with the Perry tradition of grasshopper pie.

Caelan's Baptism
at Redeemer Lutheran Church

Click on the picture so you can see the banners behind the baptismal; there is one made especially for Caelan!

Pastor Brand with Caelan

The Grands- Meme, Grandma and Grandpa Perry

All of the family

My mom/ Meme, me with Caelan, Kathy, Matt's mom and Dad, Lee with Keaton, Pat holding Erin, Matt with Samuel, Grace and Bailey

Meme with Caelan

This is one of my most FAVORITE pictures!!

Aunt Kathy is Caelan's godmother; here she is with Caelan and all of the cousins. Samuel, Grace, Keaton and Erin (Bailey not pictured)

Caelan's birth grandmother- Grandma Coger- made this beautiful hat and sweater for Caelan. It is sooo special! Kathy put the hat on backwards, upside down.... she doesn't know these things.

Aunt Kathy and Caelan

Caelan's baptism outfit

Matt's mom and I had found a beautiful outfit right after Caelan was born that I was going to use. Well.... Caelan grows like a little weed. Fortunately I tried it on him a the day before... it did not fit! So out my mom and I go shopping on that SATURDAY (!) to find something for him. This happened to be hanging off to the side in a consignment shop- we loved it! And it fit perfectly!

Poor little guy was WORN out by that afternoon- one of his favorite places is on Grandpa's shoulder.

Caelan's Adoption Day

Matt, Caelan and me with Judge Stowe

Tom Bonhoerst and Abbi Nelson with Caelan

Tom was our case worker- he and Abbi work for Catholic Human Services

We have gotten very close to them!

Matt and Caelan

Grandma and Meme

Caelan's first Thanksgiving- he received this outfit as a baby gift- it says on one foot "Little" and on the other foot it says "Turkey."

His two new cousins- my two new nephews! Sally had Luke (left) and Mary Margaret had Solon (right) just over a week apart. They are such cuties- I LOVE the hair on both of them. Both new mommies are doing really well- so are the dads. This picture was at Christmas time. I can't wait to add Caelan to a picture with them.

****I just edited the above paragraph cause I had them backwards..... what is quite sad tho is that it wasn't that I don't know which is which... its that I (embarassingly) get my right and left backwards sometimes! Soooo.... now it right! Ummmm... CORRECT!

Last but not least...... I LOVE this picture of Caelan!! It is on my laptop too. I LOVE HIM!!!