Readoption!

Today we went before a Judge who looked over all our documents from China and decreed that our adoption of Maggie Rose Loftus is recognized and legalized in the great State of Texas.  She can now have a Texas birth certificate to use for the rest of her life whenever she needs it! Whoo Hooo!

No More Tubes

At our recent visit with the plastic surgeon we asked for the nose tubes to be taken out 1 week early.  He was ok with it and out they came.  They had rubbed her nose raw in 3 places so those are still healing but these photos do a decent job of showing the final product!

Constantly chasing the cats, they are always just out of her reach.

Max has a little more patience for Maggie.

Bath Time!

At the request of the Georgetown crowd, we have a bath time post.  Maggie loves her bath.  When we were in China and I bathed her the first night it broke my heart to see her sit right down and start washing herself.  Now bath time is play time.  We linger and play and she loves it.  Right now we are having 2 baths a day so we can clean out the dreaded nose tubes.  We won't miss them when they're out!  Until then we play all the more!

Note the fishing.  I think Shawn is training her early!

Before and After

These photos are for comparison purposes.  They help me to see just how much of a miracle we have witnessed!

 Before

After

Just a little bruising left and some bacitracin on the upper lip and nose tubes. Truely amazing!

Holy Snow!

I'm betting Maggie has never seen snow and I sure never thought she would see it here in San Antonio.

Wow what is this stuff. It sure is cold!