Well our little guy had to have a circumcision today! He's done so well and he's slept most of the afternoon. I'm glad we were able to go ahead and get that over with.
Things are going so well here. We are head over heels in love with this little boy. He has captured our hearts for sure. It all feels so much more real now! Our church had a luncheon/shower for us yesterday and it was a lot of fun. Tommy was able to be involved and we had a great time. I'll have to post some pictures later. We have a family/friends shower on Saturday and then one at my school next week. It's funny with how little you can "get by" with. The only thing we really needed/wanted was a little bouncy seat for him. My mom picked that up this weekend for us so we can both eat dinner together and not have to take turns holding him :) He's been spoiled by lots of visits!
Tomorrow we have our first post placement visit. Our social worker is really eager to meet him. We also had some pictures taken of him this weekend. I'll have to do a picture post tomorrow! They turned out so cute, and of course we ended up with what seems like a million pictures :)
The kids at school now know why I've been out and it's been funny hearing some of the comments. From, "I didn't know she was pregnant" to "Is she coming back Monday" it's been really funny to hear them. The best so far though, is an email I received today from 2 boys in my 6th period class. I'm posting the email here but I've changed the names.
HELLO MRS E!!!!! THIS IS A CLASS EMAIL MAINLY FROM "Boy 1" AND "Boy 2"! WE WERE JUST CHECKING IN ON "Boy 1's name" JR. AND MAKING SURE HE IS OK.....THAT IS HIS NAME RIGHT? REMEMBER U PROMISED ME THAT LAST YEAR? BTW WE WERE ON THE CASE EARLY AND FIGURED IT OUT FAST! THE CLASS WOULD LIKE A PIX OF DA BABA! LATER GATOR! PS DO U LIKE THE PIC? I THINK IT IS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERYVERY VERY VERY GOOD
At the bottom they attached a picture of themselves. Too, too funny. Made my day!
Showing posts with label first days. Show all posts
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
1 week
I can't believe little Garrett is already one week old. It doesn't feel like it. He's continuing to do well and he's been a pretty good eater and sleeper. He has a little fussy period but other than that, he seems to be doing really well. He went to his first doctor's appointment on Monday and she was impressed with how much he's eating (3-4 ounces) and said he looks great. He weighed the exact same as when he was born and she said that was great since they loose 8-10 percent of their body weight after birth. We decided on just letting him sleep and not waking him up to feed. He's pretty consistent and wakes every 3-4 hours. The doctor said that was great. The only problem we've had is with diapers. He was wearing pampers and huggies pure and natural but he was having major leakage issues. We've switched to little snugglers and so far they seem to be working better.
We got an email today from our social worker and she said that his birthmom is doing well and is very happy and at peace with her decision. She wanted to know how we all were doing and can't wait to see his first pictures. Everything becomes official at midnight tomorrow night (Thursday). I've done really well with this wait but I'll be glad when it's over. We registered at Target and babies r us and everyone is excited about giving us showers :) Our church is giving us a luncheon on Sunday so that should be fun. Tommy went back to work today and so far, I think I've managed pretty well :)
Thanks again for all of your support and prayers! It has meant so much to us!
We got an email today from our social worker and she said that his birthmom is doing well and is very happy and at peace with her decision. She wanted to know how we all were doing and can't wait to see his first pictures. Everything becomes official at midnight tomorrow night (Thursday). I've done really well with this wait but I'll be glad when it's over. We registered at Target and babies r us and everyone is excited about giving us showers :) Our church is giving us a luncheon on Sunday so that should be fun. Tommy went back to work today and so far, I think I've managed pretty well :)
Thanks again for all of your support and prayers! It has meant so much to us!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Home sweet home
Thank you all for your sweet comments. We are adjusting pretty well to this new role into parenthood. I know you all want to see him but I want to wait until we get past this waiting period. I honestly think we are all set but I just want to make sure. But to hold you over, I will share his name with you :)
His name is pretty special. The birthmother wanted us to use Jeremiah (now what's funny about this part is that our friends in FL, their birthmother wanted them to use the same name-so they have the same middle name). When we met her she told us we could name him whatever we like but we told her we would be honored to use that as his middle name since it meant so much to her. His first name comes from my maiden name--Garrett. So there you have it, Garrett Jeremiah. He's such a sweet boy. We've been a bit nervous just wanting to make sure we're doing everything right. We have him on a 3 hour feeding schedule and we were waking him. We're kind of in the middle with what to do. My mom says to never wake a sleeping baby and we just want to make sure he knows his days from his nights :) I'd like to hear what some of you all did as far as this is concerned. What sort of schedule/routine did you set up? Did you wake them if they were sleeping, whether it be day or night?
He's only been getting up twice during the night and as soon as you feed him, he's ready for bed. He seems to be an easy going baby. He doesn't cry a lot except when you change him :)
Thursday went really well with signing everything. We were able to talk with the birthmom and all of us with the social worker had a little time of devotion afterwards. It was really sweet and something we'll never forget. The birthmom told us that she thinks God is mad at her and sometimes doesn't love her. Tommy and I both were able to share with her that God does love her and all of us, no matter what we've done or how we act. It's just satan's way of trying to deceive us.
The one thing I am thankful for (and this is something for all of you in this process to think about or try to get), we were given pretty extensive medical reports from both the birthmother and birthfather and I'm glad we'll have this for Garrett as he gets older.
He's already had lots of visitors. Mainly all family. And a huge explosion of presents :) Our niece and nephew brought him a huge teddy bear. I think he has enough clothes to be able to change 5-6 times a day :) I'm so glad everyone already loves him so much.
His name is pretty special. The birthmother wanted us to use Jeremiah (now what's funny about this part is that our friends in FL, their birthmother wanted them to use the same name-so they have the same middle name). When we met her she told us we could name him whatever we like but we told her we would be honored to use that as his middle name since it meant so much to her. His first name comes from my maiden name--Garrett. So there you have it, Garrett Jeremiah. He's such a sweet boy. We've been a bit nervous just wanting to make sure we're doing everything right. We have him on a 3 hour feeding schedule and we were waking him. We're kind of in the middle with what to do. My mom says to never wake a sleeping baby and we just want to make sure he knows his days from his nights :) I'd like to hear what some of you all did as far as this is concerned. What sort of schedule/routine did you set up? Did you wake them if they were sleeping, whether it be day or night?
He's only been getting up twice during the night and as soon as you feed him, he's ready for bed. He seems to be an easy going baby. He doesn't cry a lot except when you change him :)
Thursday went really well with signing everything. We were able to talk with the birthmom and all of us with the social worker had a little time of devotion afterwards. It was really sweet and something we'll never forget. The birthmom told us that she thinks God is mad at her and sometimes doesn't love her. Tommy and I both were able to share with her that God does love her and all of us, no matter what we've done or how we act. It's just satan's way of trying to deceive us.
The one thing I am thankful for (and this is something for all of you in this process to think about or try to get), we were given pretty extensive medical reports from both the birthmother and birthfather and I'm glad we'll have this for Garrett as he gets older.
He's already had lots of visitors. Mainly all family. And a huge explosion of presents :) Our niece and nephew brought him a huge teddy bear. I think he has enough clothes to be able to change 5-6 times a day :) I'm so glad everyone already loves him so much.
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