It's Official!

On July 27, 2011 at around 2:30 pm Gabriel became Gabriel Kane Eaton.  His first name given to him by his biological parents and his second given to him by us, his parents.  He goes by Kane, the name we have chosen for him.  Both my brother and uncle also go by their middle name so it's not uncommon in our family at all to go by your middle name.  The court proceeding was fairly short, thank goodness because I was a bundle of nerves.  It was an  amazing day, I wish Jon could have been here to share the experience with us.  Luckily, my brother, Rodger, was able to come out and one of our close friends, Brooke, came with her four boys.

Kane waited so patiently outside for our turn in court.  We took that time to take pictures with his Uncle Rodger and Brooke's family.  There was a little girl that was having her adoption finalized before Kane.  Her mom and I brought them together so they could chat to each other (she kept trying to steal Kane's toy ;-) )

Earlier this month I got Kane a toy that he could play with while he sits up, he loves it!  He really enjoys the block people because they are noisy when you shake them..

Kane is doing a bit of standing now.  He really likes it because he is getting all these new views.  In the picture above he is hanging on to the toddler chair in his room, just the right size for a new "stander".

At the very beginning of this month Kane and I went to Louisiana to see my best friend, Brandi and her daughter Camille.  Camille was so good with Kane and he loved her to pieces.  She would dance all around him and he would look at her in complete awe and amazement.  We had a very nice visit and Kane is a fantastic traveler, as you can see in the picture above.  He was asleep before we got to our cruising altitude.