Discharged and more!



D was discharged into our care on Wednesday. 


At the hospital the day D was born.

We had a relatively uneventful evening back at the hotel. Nicole took the late night feeding while Chris did the next two in the morning. Chris had originally agreed to do the late night one because he thought beach volleyball was on, but then we realized it wasn't, so he decided to back out.

D has been a great little boy so far, so quiet and a good eater! Nicole has been praising the bottles we're using (Playtex VentAire) because they let so little air into D's tummy. Of course, nobody told Chris (kind of) so he thought he was a failure at burping. We also like the gDiapers we're using.

E & D were planning on signing the Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) on Thursday, but unfortunately for us, that didn't happen. They reassured us that they hadn't changed their minds about the adoption, and have rescheduled the meeting with their lawyer for Wednesday. It's definitely hard to wait for the TPR signing and the waiting period after that.




They stopped over on Thursday night for a little bit.  We had planned on staying in town with D until the TPR revocation period was over, but now that might be a lot longer than we had first hoped (if they sign on Wednesday, the revocation period would be over on Sunday, Aug. 19th), so plans might be changing as to how long we are down here. We hadn't wanted to bring D home until he was 'ours', but that's a long time to be in a hotel with limited resources with a newborn, equally hard if we have him home with us and they change their minds! Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers - they are definitely appreciated!




In the car seat with my cute hat,
waiting to go back to the hotel.

Thursday night was a little rougher than Wednesday. Nicole did not get nearly as much sleep, so a nap was in order Friday afternoon. D also had his first stroller ride today. We walked around the Northpark Mall, the first "exercise" either of us has had this week. ;-)  He slept through the whole thing, but was ready to eat when we got back to the hotel.

Sorry it's been so long since we've updated, but like we said, somebody has been keeping us busy!  Here's a few recent pics.

Sorry also about the weird formatting -- still trying to get used to how this blog site works!

After my bath - all happy again!

 



All snuggled up in the sleep sack.