Nap Time

Naps have been so hard for Corinne since getting back from Washington. Here she is complaining about it. We bought some black out blinds for her bedroom, which have helped. Now once we put her down, turn out the lights and turn on the bathroom fan for back ground noise, it takes her less then ten minutes to go to sleep. It has been a long month getting to that point though.

It is so sad to hear her cry, but in a weird way it is also cute. She gets really desperate with death grip hugs she gives trying to avoid being set down. We call that her star fish impression. Too bad she does not realize she will be longing for naps when she gets older.

Sealed the Deal !!

Corinne's Sealing was wonderful. She was an angel and was happy and cute the whole time. It was so nice to share the experience with family and friends.

Our camera battery decided to go out during our trip to Seattle. After charging, we can take like two or three photos before the battery dies again. So Dana and Trevor took all these photos for us. My only complaint is I wish I would have slowed down and had more taken. Like some with my parents and Nathan's parents and with my grandparents. But the ones we have are still nice and better than none, which is what our camera did.

It is too bad this photo is so washed out and more than half of the people who came had already headed over to the church house for the luncheon, but I like it anyway.

Corinne was so sleepy and ready to take a nap, but she didn't cry or anything. She just laid her head on Nathan's shoulder. I think this is my favorite photo from the whole day.

At some point Corinne ended up with uncle Rick. This is such a cute photo of her with him. She got to know him pretty well while we were out visiting Grandma and Grandpa Perkins.

Nathan's Mom BJ bought this cake for us to have at the luncheon. I think the white on white is really pretty.

Swimming Lessons

Corinne and I did a mommy and me swimming class this summer. Her class was just for those little tikes that really are not going to master many of the skills during the class time, but it gave me an idea of things I could do to work with her when we are at the pool.

We worked on teaching her to close her mouth in the water, climb out of the pool, grab on to the side of the pool, splash her arms and legs and get comfortable on her back with her ears under the water. We sang a lot of silly songs and had a fun.

My friend Laura came with her camera one day and took pictures of her daugher Addison in the class with her daddy.

She was so kind as to also take and send me these. Thanks Laura!

Finally Finalized!!

This morning we were able to finalize our adoption of Corinne. We hit some snags earlier when the judge deceided not to accept the home study done by LDS Social and Family Services so we had to wait a bit while the new one was done. Sharron Middleton in the blue did the home study, Christian Landry, Corrine's court appointed attorney ad litem is standing next to Nathan in the back and Judge Marc W. Holder is sitting in the chair.

We are so happy to be finalized. Her name is officially now Corinne Rose Petersen. Our sealing is scheduled for July 31 in the the Seattle, Washington temple.

9 Months

Corinne is now 9 months old. We did some photos to celebrate. This cute purple dress is her blessing dress and the beautiful blanket behind her is the one grandma Perkins crocheted.


As you can see here, she now can pull herself up and stand on her own for short moments. She also shuffles around the edge of the couch and fireplace.


At her last dr. appointment a few days ago she was 22 lbs 12 oz and 28 1/2 inches long.

This little gray dress is Corrine's court dress for her to wear when we finalize.

She is showing off those two bottom teeth here.


We love our cutie girl!!

Leaving his 20's behind

Nathan turned 30 on Sunday. I remember last year that same weird feeling that Nathan said he had about turing 30. You just remember 30 sounding so old when you were a kid, but now that you are there you don't feel old.

On Saturday we had dinner with the Oliveros family with a nice Costco chocolate bunt cake.

And then on Monday we went out to dinner with the Oliveros family again and when we got to the restaurant he was surprised to find a few more friends came to join us. It was a lot of fun to just get a big group together. After eating at the restaurant they all came back to our house for a surprise DQ ice cream cake.

I should have gotten a pic with everyone together but didn't. We had fun anyway. Happy 30th birthday Nathan!!

a day at the zoo

Corinne loves to watch, laugh at and chase Gabby and Cali in her walker here at home, so Nathan thought we should take her to the Houston zoo. We went last Saturday. I made a bunch of videos of her laughing at different animals and really whacking the docile goats at the petting zoo, but I haven't been able to get the videos to load up on the blog. We had a lot of fun and bought a family membership that lasts for the next year. So many more zoo trips to come.