Happy Forever Day, Cohen!

Today we celebrated Cohen's Forever Day -- it has been one year since he came home to be with us forever! As I think back, there are so many important dates. November 7th was the day we got the call that Cohen was born and saw his face for the very first time. March 19th was the day we held him in our arms for the very first time. June 18th was one of the best days of my life -- I arrived in Guatemala to stay with him until we could bring him home AND found out that our case was out of PGN. But what an amazing day August 15th was -- we brought Cohen home for good!

We will always celebrate this day as his Forever Day. We brought back special gifts from Guatemala so that he can receive one every year. I thought it would also be fun to fix one of our favorite foods from Guatemala -- tamales. Earlier this week I went to Luis' Market to get everything I needed to make them. I walked in with a recipe I found online, but after talking with two of the girls that worked there, decided to throw my recipe away and go by their instructions. Sounded like a great plan until I started cooking tonight...I didn't exactly read their entire recipe until tonight and realized that I don't own the steamer I needed to make the tamales. So a quick change of plans and we still had a delicious Guatemalan meal -- chicken, black beans, rice, and guacamole. Cohen's favorite part? The cake for dessert of course!

Cohen didn't get ALL the attention today. Leah made sure today was a special day for her as well. She rolled over for the first time! Although she loves sleeping on her stomach, her pediatrician told me not to let her until she could get in that position on her own. So when I put her down for her morning nap, I made sure she was safely sleeping on her back. When I checked on her after my shower I found her sleeping happily on her stomach!