Things off the to-do lists...

We are checking things off our to do lists!  I've repacked the hospital bag, with a separate bag for Son (coming home outfit, blankies, boppy pillow, first pics outfit), put together the Rock N Sleep

 

My awesome aunt, Pam, picked up his quilt for me (my long arm quilter is about 1.5 hours away in her town) and gave it to my mom. I'll pick it up from my mom tomorrow when we're in Fargo for an OB appt. then I'll get it labeled and bound!  

 

Yay!  It's super spacey and I love it :)

Mat has been busy with his to-do list and really pumping out the projects. He fixed the vent tube in the crawl space that some critter had torn apart....

 

Little fix it projects that will just make life easier when Son comes home.  And now he's going to work on the tractor. 

I need to do some more laundry, write some thank yous, clean, and give Mat a haircut. But it's looking pretty good!

Today Daughter did really well in Sunday School, Church, and Bible Study (only one melt down at the end of Bible Study, which is really good for her) so we decided to go get our Sundaes on Sunday's at DQ

 

And she did really well there, too!  She stayed in the booth and ate!  So unlike her, but really great!

This was our last Sunday as a family of three 😊

OB appointment

I went to an OB appt with the birth mom yesterday. It's so great to hear soon-to-be-Son's heart beat!

She also got us a gift 😊

She's scheduled to deliver next Friday.  But if she goes early, she goes early!

I've not been sleeping well.  This happened before Daughter was born, too.  There's the extra fear of what if she changes her mind?  

Everyone involved thinks she's very set in her decision not to parent (SWs, her, Mat and I) but there's always a chance she could change her mind until she signs the papers.

Please pray!

Busy busy!

We had an amazing Christmas!  Daughter was so into it!  She bursts out in "Away in a Manger" at least 10 times a day. She was in her first Christmas Pageant at church. That didn't go so well... on her part, but it was cute to watch (for Mat and family who actually got to watch, rather than wrestle Daughter into costumes and into place).

She got some fun presents!

 

 

Also all of the cats were fixed. It was(is) a much longer and more expensive ordeal than we anticipated  the two vet trips turned into 5, and they all needed ear nite treatment and Silly had an urinary tract infection 😞

But now they're all home and only 2 need to go back again 😊

 

New year was fun!

 

We're doing a ton to get ready for Son. We've been busy and still have more to do!

Do you wanna build a snowman?

  

Of course, she named him Olaf and he likes warm hugs 😊

when we came in she was saying "buy Olaf!  We'll see you later!"

Look at the moon!

Daughter loves to look at the moon.  We find the window in the house that we can see it from, and we just stare at it and talk.  Mostly just "It's so beautiful!" kind of stuff.

I think this is her first "obsession" that we're going to take as a learning experience.  I've heard from homeschooling friends that they allow their children to follow passions and research them.  This doesn't seem like "school" to the kids then and they learn a lot because it's what they want to be studying.

So, next time at the library, we're getting moon books! :)

Pre Natal Appointment

I went with Birth Mother to another pre natal appointment.  It went great!  Everything seems to be on course for the due date.  I heard the heart beat again!

It's so surreal. 

We have so much to do!  I got done with my Christmas shopping today.  Woot!  That's one thing off the list. 

One month to go!

Hide and seek...

I love to play hide and seek with Daughter.  It's so cute!

First of all, when I hide in a new spot, she can't find me forever no matter how obvious it is.   

My interpretation of what goes on in her head...
Why is the shower curtain closed all of the sudden?  The thought doesn't bother her in the slightest.  Why is my play tent bouncing as though someone is in there stifling giggles?  Huh, that's a bit odd.  Why has the quilt on the bed suddenly grown?  No worries... I'll just start to call "Mama... where are you?"

Generally, I won't say anything until she's at least in another room; but when I do call her name she says, "Mama, I can hear you!"

Eventually I either give myself up by talking to her when she's in the room, popping out when she's near, or just wandering out and saving the hiding spot for a later game.  We laugh.  It's so much fun!

Then  it's my turn to count.  As I'm doing so, she inevitably comes and touches me.  She either taps me or just lays a hand on me, either way, I know right where she is before I open my eyes.  Then when I am done counting, I grab her and tickle her.

We laugh.

Oh, how I love hide and seek.  :)