Legally Official

Today we went to court and Paxton legally became ours!  We sent in for his new birth certificate and will be known as

PAXTON STEELE SORENSON!!

Some of you may not be familiar with how adoptions work and why we had to wait six months to make this legally official, so I thought I would explain it a little.  Every state has different adoption laws, so here in Utah when the birth mother signs the initial paperwork (usually in the hospital-at least 24 hours after birth) she has signed away her legal rights and if the birth father hasn't said anything by the time the birth mother signs, then his rights are relinquished.  Then LDS family services has legal rights over Paxton and during the 6 months we had him, they did 3 supervisories (2 weeks old, 3 months old and 5 months old).  This 6 month period is to make sure that Paxton is in a good place and that we are bonding with him and everything is great!  So then we go to court to finalize it all.  So this was a very exciting day for us to make it all official!

Judge Kouris and our case-worker Shantel

 

Now a little bit about today...

Going to court today I didn't know quite what to expect.  Our case-worker said that sometimes they just keep it casual and just do it in the judges office and other times your in the court room.  Well ours was in the court room and it was just like how you see it on TV.  There was the judge looking all judge-like and then our attorney who was questioning us (very easy questions to answer, things like 'Do you Mindy, think that Remington is capable of being a parent?',  'No one is influencing you or pressuring you to make this choice, you have a clear mind?',  'your at least over the age of 18 therefore 10 years older than Paxton?' and so forth) and then Shantel was sitting on one side of the room representing LDS family services and then us on the other side with  microphones to speak into.  There were also some random people there sitting in the court room.  They were people waiting to do there own cases most likely for drugs, divorce, etc.  When we were finished and walking out those people all were smiling at us, I think it was cool for them to witness that today.

I had Paxton sitting on my lap and he was being so verbal, just jabbering away and he was hitting the desk with his hands- just kept pounding it.  The Judge was actually way cool and was making jokes saying things like 'Well Paxton this is your day, so if you would like to take over go ahead'  and 'I think Paxton just might become an attorney someday' because of how talkative he was and then our attorney said 'I don't know, I'm thinking a Judge with all that hitting the desk, you just need to get him a gavel'.  Things went smoothly and after the questioning we just signed a couple of papers and that was it.  Then the Judge came down to shake our hands and we asked to get his picture, it was great!

After we left we were talking with Shantel and she said she was surprised with how cool Judge Kouris was with the jokes and letting us get a picture with him.  Just because when he first started things he seemed so formal.  It was a great experience and Paxton did awesome even though it was in the middle of his nap time.

Our attorney Dean Ellis

He is the greatest!  It was so fun for him to be our attorney since we use to live in the same ward together.  It was fun to see him and catch up.  He helped make today run smoothly and make it a great day!

GO COUGARS!!

 Well I guess things are even now between the red and the blue :)  We went to the BYU game on Saturday and had so much fun!  It was fun to dress up Paxton and we even got 'True Blue' tatoos on our cheeks.  There were alot of people pointing at the CUTE BABY and some even stopped to tell us how cute he was all decked out in his BYU gear.

 Love these 2 boys!!

 My sister, Jamie and her boyfriend Daniel both came (he used to play on the team).  And also our friends Layne and Bekah (not pictured).  I'm so glad they were able to come with us, it was fun to have them there.  I snuck that 'True Blue' tatoo on Jamie's face...she has to support her man, right? 

 It was sooo hot at the game that Paxton and I spent alot of our time in a nice grassy area in the shade.  We even took a little nap.  I loved hanging out with my little guy.

He zonked out after the game!

Movie Night

We took Paxton to go see this cute movie.  He watched just about the whole thing.  Towards the end we had to give him his binkie and give him some attention, but he stayed quiet the whole time.

I was excited that the weather was cooler on this day, but only because I got to dress Paxton in some of his new clothes.

and the stats are in...

Paxton's 6 month check-up

weight  18 pounds 9 ounces  75%

length  27 inches  75%

head   50%

So Paxton grew alot wider than he did taller these past 2 months.  He only grew 3/4 of an inch, but gained 3 pounds 2 ounces.  We will now start stage 2 foods, so he gets to try some new ones! 

I always look forward to these appointments because I love to see where his stats are at, but it's so sad when he has his vaccinations.  He just screams, but as soon as there done I pick him up and cuddle him and give him his binkie and he calms right down.  He has done really well today, I haven't even had to give him tylenol.

I know I already posted things that he's doing at 6 months, but I had to add some pictures that go along with it.

The rolling

First time in the big bathtub

 And those cute feet that I find crossed alot!

'We are the same size'

that is the name of Paxton's shirt.

One of Remi's video game buddies from Cali sent us this funny shirt for Paxton.  So I had to get some pictures of him in it.  I just love his face in this one! 

 The funny part is Lilo wanted to be apart of these pictures all on her own.  And it fit so perfectly with the name of the shirt, because they are about the same size!

Kisses from Lilo.  Sometimes I want to cut that dogs tongue off because she does too much of this!!!!  But I don't blame her, how can you resist kissing this cute baby?!!


Oh I forgot I wanted to say one more thing...

Tonight we were sitting out in the backyard playing frisbee with Lilo and all the sudden Paxton decided that it was funny and he just busted up laughing!!!!  It was so darn cute that I was laughing so hard that I was crying.  Paxton just doesn't laugh that much and he decided that something was funny all on his own, it was hilarious.  I just didn't want to forget that moment, I wish I had gotten it on video.

6 months!!

 Our baby is 6 months??  I don't believe it, time has flown by so quickly!

We are excited for the upcoming events that will be happening soon!

Like going to court to finalize the adoption

and taking him to this beautiful temple to seal him to our family for time and all eternity!

and then giving him his blessing.

We are so blessed to have this little guy in our family and we thank our Heavenly Father for him everyday.   He is such a joy in our lives!  We love our Paxton!!

A few things Paxton is doing at 6 months...

*ROLLING everywhere!!  I love getting him out of his crib to find him in a new position than from the one that I placed him in. 

*Started on fruits and loves them, but still eats his veggies.  I have home made some baby food and he does not like it!  He will only eat the store bought stuff.

*We love his chubbs!  I just love to squish this boy he is so cute!

*He crosses his feet all the time, it's so cute.  I need to get more pictures of this.

*Remember that video of him shaking his head 'no'?  He still does this quite a bit, he cracks us up!

*If he is crying all you have to do is take him outside, he loves it out there.  He also loves it when I sing to him.

*He is still such a good baby and gets more and more fun everyday!  I love his big smile and all his noises that he makes.  He especially likes to gurgle which makes us laugh.

HAPPY 6 MONTHS PAX!

GO UTES!!

Paxton's first Utah Football game.

My dad invited us to the game, I'm actually surprised Remi dressed him in red :)  But I guess we'll make up for it in a couple of weeks, we will be going to a BYU game.

 Paxton & GG Moss

Don't you just love those chubby legs?! 

 Another Ute fan... Maya

 Paxton and Maya were both watching the game in the beginning, you couldn't get their attention for anything.

Paxton & Granndpa Moss

We had a ton of fun at the game and Paxton did really good! 

one, two & three!

Guess who is the oldest/youngest??

Keaton, Paxton & Tyson

The triplet cousins

Whenever these boys are together you bet we are going to take a ton of pictures of them.  It's so fun to have them growing up together, I just wish we lived closer so we could see them more.  So have you guessed yet??  Keaton is the oldest and Tyson is the youngest and also the biggest!!  He is younger by 7 weeks, just growing up way too fast.  Such cute boys!

(couldn't get the picture to flip)

the zoo

Paxton's first visit to the Zoo

My friend Renee invited us to go to the zoo with her and her 2 kids.  It was fun to hangout with her and her kids.  As you will notice in this picture her son Jack is closing his eyes, this is how he smiles :)

 I hadn't been to the zoo in a very long time.  They have improved it alot!  I don't remember seeing very many animals before.  It was fun to see the baby elephant.  We will have to go back when Paxton gets older, I think all he really saw were the elephants.

How do you measure up?

 There's that smile again :)

Riding the choo choo train.

Thanks Renee, we had a great time!

simple pleasures

 Crazy Aunt Jamie & Paxton

*simple minds think alike*

Ha ha!  I love his face!!  It was so funny, the first few pictures just happened that they had the same face, then we were trying to do the same faces after that.  We were laughing so hard, Paxton was being so funny with all of his looks :)