ugghh, the wait!

I know, I know we are so close and now the waiting is the worst. I have so many things to do before we bring baby #2 home and yet I just can't wait for the call. I am an excrutiatingly patient person and this is hard for even me. Everytime the phone rings my heart stops, that's how close we are. I can't even believe it. I think I was finally getting ready to settle in for a long wait and now here we are very near the top of the list. Yikes, I think with the holidays over I had finally realized we were waiting...actually waiting. I hope to post some news here soon keep checking.

A lovely holiday!

What a relaxing holiday! Christmas Eve Will's family came to our house and we celebrated together. It was a wonderful night. The ham took much longer than everything I read said it would. Luckily it was fully cooked so I didn't really need to worry. Eventually, we gave up and just microwaved it to heat it up. E had a ton of gifts to open. It was a "Cars" Christmas for him. It was so nice to wakeup in our own house on Christmas morning. E was so jacked up all holiday. I think he didn't stop jumping for more than 2 hours all holiday. He was so excited to be the center of attention. He was also on a high from all the gifts. I don't think he knew what to do with himself. Christmas afternoon we went to my parents and it was more excitement for E. He had a great time and he loved seeing all his aunts and uncles.

Oowee Cars!

Grandma, Grandpa & E

E @ Nana & Papa's

The day after Christmas we went sledding. E loved it. It was his first sledding adventure and he thought it was so much fun. He received a sled as a Christmas gift and we couldn't wait to use it. His Nana Rose and Uncle Will, Josh & Ben, Cousins Colin and Miles were all there. Of course we were there too as was Lucy. He had a great time. He really wanted to go to the top of the hill (it is a pretty large hill) and we didn't want to discourage him so up we went. He rode down with his dad and about 2/3 down they hit a rut in the snow and E was bounced from the sled and slid a bit on his back. Will asked if he wanted to go down the rest of the way and through his tears he said yes. He hopped on the sled with his Nana and away they went. We were happy he didn't refuse to go anymore. He had a great time. It was a wonderful holiday!

Baby's room

I so badly want to set up the baby's room but know that I shouldn't rush E into it. He will have to deal with it some time. I think sooner is better than later, right? Yikes I don't know. I need to call the Adoption Resource Center and have them send me any information to help E make the transition. I know I should have done this sooner but I didn't. There are a lot of things I should have done sooner, but oh well what can I do now. I think we will set up the crib and let E continue to play with some of his toys in there. Maybe that will help him. We'll just go with the flow.

What a night!

Oh boy, was it ever a night here. My brother, Will, moved out today and so E had a rough time this evening. He was sad and couldn't express himself and so he was pretty physical this evening. It was exhausting. He was pulling hair and hitting. I knew it would be hard for him but I guess I didn't realize just how hard. I talked with him a lot about how we miss people and it is sad. I also talked about how grown ups live in their own houses. E is very verbal and understands so much language that I know it will help to talk with him. I am always amazed at what he understands. I just hope that transition from Will's room to baby's room goes smoothly. I think we will wait a week or so before we put up the crib. We brought the crib upstairs and started to set it up and E started to act up. So, we put it in the closet and decided to wait a while. Yep, it's going to be a rough transition.

It's going to be a boy

Will and I are both pretty sure that baby #2 will be a boy. Based on the flow of referrals it is highly likely that we will have a boy. I would say that I am 90% sure it will be a boy. Now, don't go running out to buy boy clothes, but hopefully within a week or 2 we will all know the sex of baby #2.

So close I can just feel it!!!!

Today 5 families shared with us that they received referrals! That is so exciting for them and exciting for us because that means we are very close. One of the families submitted their paperwork just 8 days before we did! We are so close, I just know it. We are freaking out a little. I am feeling very unprepared and I know that E will have a very hard time with it. I hope that he takes it all-in-stride but he isn't really an all-in-stride kid so that may be unlikely. We'll just have to wait and see.

Christmas craziness!!!!

Yikes, Christmas was crazy this year. E was all hopped up on adrenaline for 4 days straight. He is only 2 and so I think that the craziness will only get worse. I don't think he stopped jumping for more than 40 minutes total. He loved the attention though. All the family was around and E was the star of the show. It will be very different next year with the Will's family when E is one of 3 grand children. That'll be an interesting holiday.

Almost Christmas already!

Is it really December? Yikes, where did the year go? I feel very far behind but oh well I will just enjoy the season. I love Christmas when there is snow and this year we already have a ton of it. Will had a snow day on Tuesday and so we baked cookies, decorated the house and Will worked on E's Christmas present. I am so amazed at what he can do! E loves to pretend play and loves the dollhouse at the library and so we really wanted him to have his own. (Yeah, yeah my son will play with a dollhouse...okay gender specific critics let's hear it.) Well, we are on a bit of a budget with only one income and so Will thought he could build one for him. Turns out he can and it will practically look like the one at the store for about half the price. Now we can even afford to get him the little people and some things for in it. I will post a picture once it is done so everyone can see Will's handy work. Will will be done with his gifts soon. On the other hand, I am nowhere near done. I still have to finish the tree skirt and the stockings. I almost have E's stocking finished and can whip the tree skirt up in no time. Looks like I had better get moving. Maybe I should do less blogging and more sewing. Yikes....I'd better go!

The croup!

Well, he has the croup. I took him to the doctor this morning after a long night of not sleeping and he has the croup. I didn't even know what the croup was. It is horrible though and our doctor informed me that we will have a couple nights of sleeplessness and then it should start to improve. They gave him a liquid steroid that will reduce the swelling in his throat and make it easier for him to breathe. I am hoping that he can sleep better but am resigned to thinking we may be sleeping in the recliner for a couple of nights. He will also be sleeping in the pack n play in our room so that we can hear him better. It worries me that croup makes it so hard to breathe. I hope it clears up soon.

Oh....it's going to be a bad night

Tonight's dinner was horrible. E was very cranky and hardly touched his food. He had a rough night and I didn't know why. Turns out he had a slight fever and then started in with a cough and a raspy voice. At first I was thinking that it was just a cough but when I put him to bed he was coughing hard (a horrible barking noise) and it was harder for him to breathe. I am so worried about him and I know it will be a sleepless night for us. I hope he can sleep okay. We have the monitor on, which we haven't used in months, and it is sitting right near my ear. I am so worried about him. I think it may be easier for him to sleep in the pack n play in our room but we'll see how he sleeps. I am hoping he does okay. I can always resort to sleeping on the recliner with him. He sounds better when he is more upright.