Good Signs v Bad Signs

We love you before we even know you, even though there is just hope for you

Yesterday was the day.  The day we have been waiting for for 5 weeks, and really waiting for the last 2 1/2 weeks!  The Ultrasound!

I heard from Sarah shortly after her ultrasound, which we take as a good sign.  Everything we/she does, we look at it as a "good sign" or a "bad sign".  So the fact that we heard from her right away....chalk that up on the good sign board.

She said baby is 4 lbs and is practicing breathing and is healthy!  Yay!!!  They said she is around 32 weeks, so the due date is around February 4, 2014 and it is definitely a BOY!  So, this was all great news! I did ask her if she had a birth plan and she said she hasn't thought about it and she thinks better under pressure....not sure what that means, but, once again, we will wait and find out!

I did meet with our social worker yesterday, also, just to lessen my anxiety about what is to come.  She told me what to expect in the hospital and the days after.  She gave me pointers on things to say and things to not say!  She also told me that 90% of adoptive couples end up experiencing a failed adoption, whether it be their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.  She just wanted us to know and to be prepared, that anything could happen.  I appreciated the reality check!  She said we will feel like "baby snatchers" when we are at the hospital, even if everything is going smoothly!  I started sweating right away...something else to think about and something else to worry about!  Great!

As many of you know, Tre' is moving to Florida this January to become an intern at Disney - and of course, I will be helping him move down there!  So, I took the risky move of buying our plane tickets leaving January 12th and me returning the 14th.  A quick trip...and I am sure a sad trip as I will be leaving him down there!  But, as with anything in my life, I am sure that is when I will get the "I'm going into labor call!".  Time will tell!

On the agenda today....finishing Christmas shopping!