Baby boy~

Our wonderful little bundle of joy arrived to us on June 29th @ 0433 weighing in at 7 lbs 10 ounces, 21 cm. We came home today from the hospital, and he has settled in quite nicely. Our four furry boys love little Michael.

I've got a million and two pics to upload from my camera, but will post them shortly. This sleepy mommy is hitting the nest right now! So sleepy~ but so worth it!

Continuing to wait~

We met TM (tummy mommy) at her doctors appointment for another cervical stripping this am. Her nurse practitioner feels that she's made great progress and feels that she could go into labor tonight. If this doesn't work we will have to wait until the induction date which is July 8th @ 0730. Fingers crossed!

Adam and I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday, Adam found my new wine glasses. God knows that I deserve a full glass once our adoption has been finalized.

Still waiting...

No news as of yet~ TM had some slight contractions last night but nothing since. She'll go back in tomorrow morning for another scrapping which should help. Fingers crossed...

The perpetual wait...

Here it is @ 9:30 pm, still no news on contractions... Our tummy mommy felt a contraction about a half hour ago, yet nothing since.

I have had a whole new set of emotions kick in today. I truly feel that I'm balancing on a tight rope between anxiety, nervousness and excitement. I am elated to meet my soon to be son, yet so scared of her changing her mind once she sets eyes on him. While there still are no red flags, this will continue to be a worry until she signs her parental rights over to us @ 72 hours after birth.

I was able to come home from work early today and have set into "final nesting mode." My house has been dusted, vacuumed, all laundry has been washed, folded, and set in it's place. I was even able to get to sweeping our front porch as the monstrous mesquite tree is dropping it's bean pods.

Please keep the thoughts and prayers our way~ God knows that we're going to need them for this unbearable 72 hours.

Will keep you updated~ fingers crossed that this will be the last blog before I become a mommy!

The waiting game~

After a heart to heart conversation between our tummy mommy broke down in the doctors office as she's having a difficult time being as large as she is and trying to take care of her three young boys. TM's (tummy mommy) doctor decided to go forward today and scrape her cervical mucous, which in turn should help to stimulate labor. If nothing happens by Friday morning, TM will go in for another scraping.

So here we go!!! Waiting to meet our precious little Michael~ oy vey, I hate waiting!

Pre-baby photos~

Those are little blue plastic pacifiers used at our baby shower~ 

Little mobile I made 

Otto is a wild boy~ it's impossible to get a photo with him!

Meaty wasn't overly excited for a photo op! 

A case of the Monday's

It never fails, here we are again on a Monday! If it were up to me everyday would be a Sunday as they are my favorite day of the week! I decided yesterday that I truly don't have enough hobbies and decided to pick up cross stitching too! I dragged poor Adam to Joann's yesterday and picked up a couple of few cross stitch patterns. I bought one to make for my mom-in-law as she lives on coffee (she adds a few cups of decaffeinated too). Though I suppose you have to drink lots of coffee keeping up with her two twin grand-daughters!  I also picked one up for me as well~

I thought I should try a new hobby that would bring some form of relaxation that I can work on while in the hospital for baby boys birth. I am afraid that the first 72 hours (until she can sign over her parental rights) are going to be pure hell. While our social worker and I don't see any red flags as to why she would change her mind, it's still in the back of my head.

I just started on my mom-in-laws coffee pattern and now don't want to go to work!!! I am enjoying my morning and want to stay home to relax. Oy vey it is a bummer that you have to work in order to pay your bills! I'm trying to scheme up an idea where I can work from home yet make the salary that I do as a nurse. My only idea is to become a drug dealer. This way I don't have to get out of my jammies if I don't feel like it, I don't have a boss, ect. Although I do worry about drive byes, so perhaps I'll have to think of another job. :(

Here's my little project~ 

This is the pattern that I'm creating for my mom-in-law~

Babies nursery prep video~

Adam took this while we were finishing David Michael's nursery~ for whatever reason when I upload it onto YouTube it only saves 1 minute of it. It doesn't help that I'm not a smart when it comes to this (though give me something medical and I've got it)! You get the gist~ 

You may ask what I mean in the end when I say, "I didn't get any booty crack pictures though." Because Adam has NO booty, when he sits I am always blessed (or cursed, whichever way you look at it) with a plumbers crack view. Adam had to sit for a majority of putting the dressed together, though he sat with his booty away from me. 

You may also wonder what's with the drinking glasses under the crib legs. We have them in place as scorpions can't crawl up glass, therefore we're hoping to keep them away from baby boys crib (as much as we can). 

My all time favorite commercial~

I was in a really bad mood the other day (thanks to our tummy mommies mood swings) and Adam showed me a hilarious commercial (& I've added a few of my faves). I can't resist but share them!

Induction day~

Our induction date is set in stone, unless little David Michael decides to visit us sooner! July 8th @ 0730!!!

Busy little cow with utters~

I'm referring to myself and my busy schedule this week. I'm trying to get as many things done as possible before our little David Michael is born! I've got a hair appointment which is uber important as the deep chocolate cherry red color makes my grow out look gray (I swear I'm not graying yet). I've got a doctors appointment, and an interview with a pediatrician, and we are having our own set of maternity photos taken too. To top this off I've got a new sewing project that I'm dying to try! I'm going to attempt to make a little bed skirt for little Michael's crib! If only there were more hours in the day, or if only I didn't have to work! A girl can dream can't she!?!?

My highlight of the weekend~

My highlight of the weekend was going to Target and purchasing new pj shorts with pockets in them! Never in a million years would I have guessed that at 32 years of age, I would be so excited over something so silly! I'm looking forward to putting little Michael's pacifiers, ect., in my new pockets!

I also sewed a bunch of new scrub hats for work~ always a fun thing to have. I've received so many compliments from my patients, they are always surprised when I tell them that I've sewed them!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

3.2.1 induction date set!

Our tummy mommy had a doctors appointment yesterday and we finally have an induction date set! If our little boy doesn't arrive earlier, tummy mommy will be induced either July 8th or 9th! My fingers are crossed that he'll be born on July 4th, though it's truly not up to me! :) Will keep you posted!

Chillin' with mama and the boys~

We weren't able to meet up for our lunch date with our tummy mommy and her boys, but I went over to her house this evening and hung out for a couple of hours. Her oldest son took a bunch of photos~ here are a few of my fave.

Jordan loves his ranch dressing!

JoJo, Adryan & me

Mama~

JoJo & I

Jordan & I

I love the hugs!!!

I'm going to become a human jungle gym! I better get use to it now!

I love little feet!

Adryan snapped a photo of himself

Brothers helping each other to slide down the stairs

Sam bought this adorable little monkey outfit for baby boy~ I brought it home & added it to his closet~

Happy Saturday~

I'm sitting down with my first cup of coffee for the day~ it's times like this that I'm truly grateful for the peace and quiet as I know my life is about to change quickly with our little man soon to be here. Today Adam & I are having a lunch date with our tummy mommy and her three boys. We're going to meet at her casa as she just moved into a new place.

I've recently had requests from my co-workers to make them scrub hats like I've made for myself. I think I'm  going to start making them and selling them for $10 or $11 per hat. :) It would be fun to see my work friends wondering the halls in my creations! I didn't realize I'd become a fashion designer at a mere 32 years of age! :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I'll post pics of our lunch date later.

Fulfillment~

I had the pleasure of speaking with another adoptive mom last night who went through a very similar situation with a difficult birth mom and I received a huge insight on what our birth mommy may be going through at the moment. I also had an appointment with our counselor yesterday and feel as though a huge weight has been shifted off my shoulders. I feel full of life again as I had let so much negativity build up inside. I was looking at the near future instead of looking at the moment I'm living right now. I'm going to take life one day at a time, and with Adam by my side I know that we can get through whatever is placed in front of us. What I'm feeling inside my heart and head is that of love, caring & my nurturing self. I LOVE feeling this way!

Here's a current photo of our tummy mommy with our baby boy "baking" inside.

Demands, request, and ice cream~

We met with our social worker Monday morning to review tummy mommies communication plan and hospital plan. The things she's demanding are absurd, outrageous, and uncalled for. She is requesting that once baby boy is born that he stays with her in her room. She's allowing us our "special" time with him, though am uncertain of what it will consist of.  Here's the part where we are putting our FEET DOWN and saying absolutely no! I hope you're sitting for this part, she is requesting to see baby boy 3 times per month!!! How on earth is that even possible!? Our social worker explained that that is asking way too much and she needs to rethink her request. One of her biggest concerns is that when she see's the baby that he'll cry as he won't remember her. Therefore she feels that seeing him 3 times a month will prevent that. Our social worker reminded her that she went from wanting a semi-open adoption which is seeing baby 2-3 times per year and supplementing with letters and photos to almost a co-parenting style adoption. She is also wanting to leave the hospital at the same time, which Adam and I are struggling with the idea as it's going to be so much harder on her. That will be a very exciting time for Adam and I, bringing home our baby and starting our family. Yet it's going to be difficult to see her in one of her most emotional moments. Our social worker is going to attempt to explain that that's not the best way to part.

Adam and I are currently thinking about the communication plan and what we are looking for. We originally decided that her seeing baby boy at a minimum of once every other month was fair. She has to understand that there are going to be times that we may call her and say, "Hey, do you want to meet at the park or somewhere fun?" I'm truly feeling like I'm being taken advantage of and I just can't handle it any longer. I am going to start setting boundaries, as I'm not here to be walked over like a door mat.

I was able to come home early Monday night from work, I asked Adam if he wanted to go out for ice cream. Something nice to settle our emotionally rough day. We have a self serve frozen yogurt shop up the road from our casa, I made a point to take a photo of us with our ice cream in Michael's room to remind us that we are going to have some bad days. Yet we will always get through them with each other being side by side, and we have to pick our battles.

Mommy to be's fun night out~

 My dear friend Jon was in town last weekend and we partied it up in Tucson! First we ate at Zona 78 (a quaint yet modern little Italian restaurant) and went for gelato at Frost. This was my first glass of pinot grigio in well over a month & let me tell you! I felt buzzed off the first couple of sips! Talk about a cheap date!

Antipasti platter, my fave! 

Second post of Michael's room~