Kitty's Adoption

I'm sure most of you already know this, but my little sister's adoption into our family is finally done!  Here are some facts about her that you may not know:

1.  Her legal name is now Brooke Ann Alder.  The reason we called her Kitty previously is because we were supposed to come up with a nickname for her until she was adopted.  This is to prevent her birth parents from finding her on Facebook or other social media sites and is actually strongly suggested by the foster agency.  Both sides of my family have a rich tradition of using several nicknames for children anyway.  The reason we chose the name Kitty was because her previous foster family had all cats and when she first came over she called Kibius (a huge St. Bernard) a kitty.

Fun fact:  Her middle name is in honor of my aunt Ruth who passed away a few years ago.

2.  This kid loves food.  I mean LOVES it!  She is fond of most foods and only has a few that she doesn't like.

3.  Her best friend is named Lylah (I believe she may have been mentioned on this blog before a few times.)

4.  She is part of the Turtle Mountain tribe from North Dakota.

5.  Phones are her obsession.  Whenever anyone is talking on the phone she will want to take the phone from them.  This is her first selfie:

Her letting Lylah listen to the phone, so cute!!

Give me your phone woman!

6.  She has a 45+ word vocabulary and loves to repeat what you say.  She is one smart cookie!

7.  Kitty has a very caring personality.  If there is a baby crying, she will walk over to it and rub their back.

I think that's it for the facts about her, but if you have any more questions, please ask!

Here are some more fun pictures of Kitty.

Here is a picture of her from the first visit:

Her first haircut:

And here are the pictures from the adoption:  

 The whole family with the commissioner. 

They all look so happy, except Kitty.

They had princesses there because it was national adoption day.

So cute!

She was completely exhausted after the whole experience (I don't think this is the exact picture of her passed out on that day, but you get the picture).

I am so excited that Kitty came into our lives.  Our whole family has changed because of her!  If there is anything else you have questions about, feel free to ask.

Love,

Courtney