Catching up

There are so many title I contemplated for this post: The twist we didn’t see coming, Fam visit to Florida, Fam meets birthmom, God’s plan, but settled on catching up… so here we go.

I last updated while I was in Florida waiting on our baby to be born.  Our birth mom was 40 weeks and we expected baby any day….. I was staying with Katie in Fort Myers.   

(The pic I tried to put on last post….)

I was missing my family and since we thought it was likely that baby would be born soon Tim and the girls went ahead and came to Florida.  They got there on the 19th.

I was SOOOOO happy to see them! 

We spent our time checking out all the parks in Miami and surrounding areas

The girls thought the astroturf was awesome!  And I thought the sun canopies were.

We hung out at our hotel…..

Checked out the mall

The mall had a really cool Ice Age winter wonderland to walk through on the way to see Santa.

The girls had fun making snow angels

The got to visit with Santa

We went out to eat at a Colombian restaurant (we were looking for Mexican….)  It was pretty good! A little off our normal routine

We went to a cool place in the mall that is kindof like a children’s museum/restaurant.  The girls had fun doing art, playing dress up, getting their faces painted, and playing on the playground.

She kills me with her legs crossed- growing up!

I <3 the boobs on her face…..hahaha

A few more parks….

One of the highlights was meeting our birth mom at a park.  The girls were so excited to meet her!  We love her and are so thankful for her courageous choice!

This is an awesome Bible verse I kept running across.  I definitely agree that when your hope is put off your heart is sick…..  I am holding out for part B of this verse- when I hold our baby there will be SO MUCH JOY!!!

The girls and Tim left on Christmas morning to head back to Greensboro.  I was so sad to see them go but was very thankful they had come!  Two days later on the 27th our birth mom had a doctors appointment that I went with her to.  She was 41 weeks at that point.  Her doctor told her she was 4cm and if she hadn’t gone into labor by Monday then he would induce her.  We went home a little sad that we had to wait but trying to trust in God’s plan.  For the next two days she had contractions on and off.  On Saturday I picked her up and we went to the hospital.  When we got there the nurse said she was 3cm and called the doctor.  The doctor said to go ahead and admit her and start her induction.  So we got put in a room and the ultrasound tech came in to check on baby.  That is when we found out we are having a GIRL!!!  So exciting to be able to say she/her instead of it or baby   A little while later the nurse came in and told us that the baby was measuring small and looked only about 36/37 weeks not the 41+ we were thinking.  Due to not having an early ultrasound there was nothing to compare it to so they didn’t want to take a chance and induce her and the baby not be ready and have breathing problems.  So they monitored her and did another more in-depth ultrasound.  Both of those showed that SHE was doing fine, fluid levels were good and the placenta was good.  So they decided to discharge us.  We were a little sad to not be holding our baby girl just yet- but are thankful that she is healthy! 

Later on that night in the hotel room it hit me….. 2 weeks before I had been praying so hard that her doctor would induce her.  I couldn’t understand why God was dragging this out, why our baby just couldn’t go ahead and be born.  Looking back now I see.  Had she been born she would have only been about 34 weeks gestation and would most likely had breathing problems….and have been in the NICU.  I am so thankful His ways are higher!!!! 

I flew home on Sunday and was VERY happy to be back with my family!!  I missed them so much!  We have been catching up, having our Christmas and New Years in one   Our birth mom has an appointment tomorrow so we will go from there.  Trusting in God, waiting on His timing, He is writing our story.  One day soon we will introduce our new baby GIRL!!

Thanks to everyone who prayed for us while I was gone, who texted, called and emailed.  It meant a lot to me!  I was lonely and every time I was getting a little down someone would call or text.  I really really appreciate all the support of family and friends!  Thanks so much for your love!!