Baby Tulip or Baby Turtle is due in 19 days. NINETEEN days. Less than 20. Holy jimminies!
Looking at the coming weeks, I will be busy traveling, working, and doing my best to keep my mind off of Baby. On Monday & Tuesday, my boss is in town again for one last (I hope, fingers crossed!) field visit until June. On Tues/Wed/Thurs I am out of town. Friday I have a doctor's appt and need to get the oil changed in my car, and I probably should do some work that day. The following week I am traveling again Mon/Tues (my last trip, I hope!) and I plan to stay close to home the rest of that week. I have reduced my To-Do lists to about 1 page on a legal pad, and I plan to finish all the items the end of that week and the first week of March. EM is due that first Thursday, so I will also work close to home during that week--if I can even think about work. I will use a couple of floating holidays and vacation time from the time we get the call to go to the hospital until we are certain we are bringing baby home--as in, we are in the car on our way home with Baby. Then I will submit my leave paperwork to HR and take at least 8, hopefully 10, or magically 12 weeks off. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!!!!
The dinner with the EPs on Thursday was amazing. For the first time, I felt completely comfortable and it felt like they were really comfortable too. BigTex couldn't be there, but I tried to share as many stories and whatnot about him as it applied to the conversation. We talked about everything--pets, food, religion, school, sports, books, hobbies, EM's other kids, extended family. We laughed--real laughs, not the nervous kind we had done before--and it was hard at the end to leave. We sorta didn't want it to end, I think. I know I didn't. We are planning to get together, all four of us, one more time before Baby comes. Next Saturday we will drive back down by where they live and spend time at the mall and either go out for lunch or dinner. I think we are all looking forward to more time together--our SW said that it is a good sign when we keep meeting. She said it helps us of course, but it also helps the EPs feel confident in their plan, in their choice of us as the adoptive parents, and since they have limited support outside of us, it is reassuring to them that they are not alone. I really hope that this is all true.
Tonight BigTex and I will visit our favorite martini bar one last time before we become parents. And I am trying to convince him that we can stay overnight next Saturday to enjoy one more night of grown-up fun. I have so many hotel points, it won't cost us hardly anything. We'll see if I can make it worth his while!
Congrats to Life & Adoption (she's password-protected) today as well--their son was born last night and they are spending time with him at the hospital along with the first parents. Yay for open adoption! I am realizing every single day that it is more amazing than I ever, ever could have thought.
And lastly, but certainly not least, from my devotional on Thursday morning: "Do not be afraid. Just believe." Mark 5:36 Words to live by, right?
2 comments:
Every time I read one of your posts, I'm just cheering for you. I can't believe that you are only nineteen days away from meeting baby T! That's so great to hear that you are meeting up with your EPs--what a great chance to get to know and feel comfortable with each other. Can not wait!
I have some amazing memories me and my daughters birthmom made while she was pregnant, we went togehter and picked out her coming home outfit, ofcourse we are in an open adoption, at the time we did not know that, but still I cherish the times we had toghether then, and yes get all that adult time in!!!! and remember to breathe! it can be a very hard time, prayers for you all.
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