Brett and Debbie

Our lives have gotten even busier (if you can imagine that) while keeping up with Simone & continuing to work. Both Deb and I have changed our work schedules to 3 days a week so someone can always be taking care of Simone, and it's working well. We even get a whole night's sleep once in awhile, which the designated going-to-work parent gets the night before.

Simone is growing fast, and is over 9lbs now! She started smiling at ~5wks and is now distinguishing between day (often awake, eating & sleeping in short cycles) and night (3-4 hour sleep cycles, little awake time). She's got a mild cold right now, but it seems to be getting better. Actually, we all have a mild cold which we hope gets better before the holiday travel.

Here's a short video clip..

And some pictures

We're looking forward to our east-coast tour and some holidays with family! Merry Christmas everyone!

After a weekend of shopping, we've now got some nice furniture on the way for Simone's room and a new Bob stroller. This will be handy to store all the gifts that have been showing up at the door and in boxes!

We are so grateful for family & friends who are helping support us in this life transition! And a special thank you to Brett's Mom, who is here helping us adjust to the new schedule..

I'll post some more photos soon, I hope!

Debbie and I are incredibly pleased to announce that we adopted a baby girl yesterday. She was born at 6lbs 4oz, and brought her home Sunday, Nov 6th after a couple of whirlwind days preparing for her arrival. She is in perfect health!

The past 6 days have been an absolute whirlwind, from first getting a call about a possible adoption to driving home with a newborn 2 days later. We're all healthy and happy, and now trying to figure out work, and sleep schedules that work for everyone.

Here are some pictures:
https://picasaweb.google.com/bretthall/OurBabyGirlSFirstDayHome?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCISb9rC-hNKX7wE&feat=directlink