Hi all! I hope that everyone enjoyed the long weekend!! We sure did! We were blessed with beautiful weather and great times with friends! We didn't get much accomplished at the new house but some. We are still not quite done gathering some of the non-necessities. We've decided we are going to finish up a few last things over this weekend since our "free time" is coming to a close ;-) Including getting my treadmill which I think has and will HAVE dust on it for a while now (hehe). I keep saying that if we don't finish up now, it won't get done after our lil one arrives. So this weekend we'll be working double time!
So we had another Dr's appt last Friday with C and she's close to 3 cm dilated. As I mentioned before, this pregnancy is getting pretty rough on her at this point. It's a combination of tougher and more exciting all at once on our end. I have to say that this is nothing like our waiting when we were amidst our attempts at International Adoption. It's a completely different feeling when you know and have a relationship with everyone involved in the process. It's also hard to believe that we will have a lil man in our home in the next few weeks!! SO exciting!! We were blessed to have one of C's girls staying with us for the last week and we all had an absolute ball! We just adore her lil ones, they are such a joy and so-so, very precious to us!! I can't even describe or put words to how thankful we've been to have had this time with the entire family. Being able to spend that kind of time with Wyatt's lil sister(s) filled us with overwhelming joy and sadness all at once. It certainly brings on conflicting emotions.
C also went back to the Dr again today because she had been feeling pretty badly and he confirmed that she had not progressed and canceled this Friday's appt and rescheduled for next Friday. We're at 37 weeks this Friday!
As always, please continue to pray for C, her 2 girls, our baby boy and this process. Many things have been revealed to us over the last 2 months and as I always say, "without sharing too much information" we're asking for prayers for every one of us involved in this process. There are so many lives affected and so much emotion involved. We're praying specifically for strength, mercy, wisdom, discernment, guidance and HIS WILL to be done. There is so much we want to do but we know that ultimately we need to follow the Lords lead and not ours. We truly want to know what that looks like and we know that in HIS time it will be revealed, not ours.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30
Hugs and love,
Rob and B
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
34 weeks and 3 days
Hello-hello! I apologize for the delay but it's been a busy 2-3 weeks. We've spent the last 1-2 weeks moving to our new home. Of course we thought it would be a piece of cake because we were staying in the same city and only a few miles down the road...HAHA; we were mistaken. I've decided it's worse when you don't do it all at once :) I'm happy to say that we are pretty well settled with maybe a trip here and there left. We have the crib set up, the baby room pretty much done and we are getting the guest rooms done for when our family gets here- HOORAY!!! We both can hardly wait!!!! We'll stop and look at each other every now and then and say..."I'm excited" :-) And we both feel fortunate and very happy that we were able to get moved in before he arrives.
So an update on the baby front...Well we are at 34+ weeks and counting (35 weeks Friday). We've had lots going on; moving, I'm training my replacement at work for the last week and the next 2-3 weeks, organizing the house, we had a baby shower here in Indy, we've been going to Dr's appts and last but not least...WE ARRIVED AT OUR LIL ONES NAME!!!! We've decided on Wyatt Michael Leese!! It's been down to Wyatt or Dalton and I'm not sure what quite swung the pendulum but B came home one day and said, "I can't wait for Wyatt to come home" and I did one of those funny looks amidst what I was doing and said, "Wyatt huh?? So that's his name??" From then on it's been a done deal :) One of our friends gave us the cutest advise. They said, stand at the back of your home and yell out the entire name and see whatcha think because you'll be doing that alot (haha).
Well C is doing pretty well. We've had a couple of trips to the emergency room down south. One was preterm labor, which they were able to stop and one trip (last week) was just her being ready to be done and moving forward, trip. She's been voicing recently that's she's ready for this to be over. We have a Dr's appt this Friday and she said she is going to talk to the Dr about how much pain she is having in her lower back. So, we shall see what that brings. We are feeling more than ever like this is real and we are so-so excited for our lil guy to arrive!!! Please keep all involved in your prayers. It's been a little bit rougher road these last couple of months, the more we get involved, the more we've been struggling with different aspects of what this process reveals. We just pray that this lil guy arrives safely, healthy and placed in our arms. We did get some amazing news that I'll share in case I forget after he is born. We had an opportunity to meet a few of the nurses on the maternity ward during one of our visits to the ER. They put us in contact with the head nurse of OB. The head nurse shared with us that as long as C signed the necessary paperwork; we (B and I) could have our own private room with Wyatt after he's born and begin feeding and caring for him. The amazing part is the hospital voluntarily does this as long as they have room for us! I thought that was so, very special if it works out that way when he's born. C did sign the paperwork at our last Dr's visit saying that we would be allowed to begin to care for him immediately after he's born; which we feel is SUCH A HUGE BLESSING!!
I'll try my best to stay on top of my posts a little better in the next couple of weeks since time is ticking and if we have any news after our appt this Friday I will let you know. We hope that everyone is doing very well!!! :)
Big hugs and kisses!!
XOXOXOXO
Robin and Brandon
So an update on the baby front...Well we are at 34+ weeks and counting (35 weeks Friday). We've had lots going on; moving, I'm training my replacement at work for the last week and the next 2-3 weeks, organizing the house, we had a baby shower here in Indy, we've been going to Dr's appts and last but not least...WE ARRIVED AT OUR LIL ONES NAME!!!! We've decided on Wyatt Michael Leese!! It's been down to Wyatt or Dalton and I'm not sure what quite swung the pendulum but B came home one day and said, "I can't wait for Wyatt to come home" and I did one of those funny looks amidst what I was doing and said, "Wyatt huh?? So that's his name??" From then on it's been a done deal :) One of our friends gave us the cutest advise. They said, stand at the back of your home and yell out the entire name and see whatcha think because you'll be doing that alot (haha).
Well C is doing pretty well. We've had a couple of trips to the emergency room down south. One was preterm labor, which they were able to stop and one trip (last week) was just her being ready to be done and moving forward, trip. She's been voicing recently that's she's ready for this to be over. We have a Dr's appt this Friday and she said she is going to talk to the Dr about how much pain she is having in her lower back. So, we shall see what that brings. We are feeling more than ever like this is real and we are so-so excited for our lil guy to arrive!!! Please keep all involved in your prayers. It's been a little bit rougher road these last couple of months, the more we get involved, the more we've been struggling with different aspects of what this process reveals. We just pray that this lil guy arrives safely, healthy and placed in our arms. We did get some amazing news that I'll share in case I forget after he is born. We had an opportunity to meet a few of the nurses on the maternity ward during one of our visits to the ER. They put us in contact with the head nurse of OB. The head nurse shared with us that as long as C signed the necessary paperwork; we (B and I) could have our own private room with Wyatt after he's born and begin feeding and caring for him. The amazing part is the hospital voluntarily does this as long as they have room for us! I thought that was so, very special if it works out that way when he's born. C did sign the paperwork at our last Dr's visit saying that we would be allowed to begin to care for him immediately after he's born; which we feel is SUCH A HUGE BLESSING!!
I'll try my best to stay on top of my posts a little better in the next couple of weeks since time is ticking and if we have any news after our appt this Friday I will let you know. We hope that everyone is doing very well!!! :)
Big hugs and kisses!!
XOXOXOXO
Robin and Brandon
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)