Friday, November 26, 2010

November 26, 2010

Bought your first Yankees outfit today!  Your dad was SO happy about that purchase!  I am not sure how much of a choice you will have on which baseball team you will like, but with the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres playing so badly, we may open football and hockey up to you!
Your birth mom sent over more sonogram pictures of you!  You look amazing!  Your dad got to see the "It's a Boy!" shot so he was happy!  I met a future buddy of yours today!  His parents were in our adoption group!  Everyone from our group has had or adopted a boy!  That will make for some fun get togethers soon! 

Thursday, November 25, 2010

November 25, 2010

Today is Thanksgiving and we have SO much to be thankful for this year!

A lot has happened since I last checked in!  On November 5, I met your birth parents in Indiana so I could view your sonogram.  It was an opportunity of a lifetime!  We found out that day that you are a BOY!  You are also healthy and growing right on track!  It was a great day! 

On Thursday November 11, however, your birth mom was admitted to the hospital for seizures.  She has epilepsy, which means that you could too.  She went into pre-term labor on Monday morning, November 15.  They were able to stop labor (THANK GOODNESS).  The doctors took great care of your birth mom and altered her meds and she has been OK since.  So we are VERY thankful about that! 

On November 20th, your Aunt Amy and Aunt Devonie put together a fundraiser for us to help cover some of the adoption expenses!  It was a wonderful afternoon and the outpouring of support for you was AMAZING!  We were and are truly touched by everyone who supported the event.  Adoption is really an amazing thing, little one!  I don't ever want you to feel that it anything less than the miracle that brought us all together!  We found you and you found us! 

I read a post on Facebook today that really hit home:  "Having a common bloodline or DNA doesn't make you family. A family is tied at the heart, not by blood."

Today your birth mom is 25 weeks along.  Every week we get an update and today we were informed that you weigh about as much as an average rutabaga...I think I might miss these weird correlations!  This also means that we could meet you in less than 3 months! 

We are ready to really get started on your room.  All the flooring upstairs has been replaced and now it’s time to get ready for you!  We love you little peanut!  We are still having a bit of a tough time coming up with your name because we can’t seem to agree on the perfect name for our beautiful boy!

I did the Turkey Trot today and thought about the years to come!  I think it would be such a great family tradition to do that each year!  I saw so many families this year and could help but think of how incredibly cute that would be!

Monday, November 1, 2010

November 1, 2010

Yesterday was Halloween and I couldn’t help but think how much fun next year will be with you!  I will make sure you have lots of happy memories on Halloween and always!  It will be nice to be a family.  You are loved so much.  We are more than halfway to meeting you and that will be the best day of my life!