Our God is an Awesome God....

Phew! What an AMAZING experience this has been!!!!! Kaycee is absolutely beautiful and her birth mom is so strong! It was a great delivery and we were able to be a part of it all. To make a long story short-- we arrived at the hospital at 7 pm and KBM was resting with epidural in and monitors on.... around 1 am she got ready to push-- I was able to hold her leg, cheer her on and watch the awesome birth while Chris stayed behind the curtain in her room. 1:30 am Kaycee arrived, Chris came out from around the curtain and cut her umbilical cord!! We stayed with her until she was able to be moved into a regular room at 4 am and Kaycee was taken to the nursery for her first bath and vital checks. We went home and slept for a few hours then went back Friday afternoon for a few hours. We were able to cuddle with Kaycee and feed her and visit with KBM. We will head back this afternoon for a few hours and then should be able to bring her home tomorrow morning. Our God is an awesome God He is...... that song has been playing in my head all day...

Here she comes...

So we are in labor and delivery hanging out with KBM--- epidural is in and it's just a matter of time before our baby arrives!!! Sooooo exciting!!!!!

Still Waiting...

Yep-- still waiting for Baby Kaycee to make her debut!! She makes me look at the saying "good things come to those who wait" in a new light!! One day past due date today! KBM had a MD appointment today and her blood pressure was elevated so they sent her to the hospital to be monitored.... and then sent her home!! She has a follow up appointment on Thursday and if Kaycee doesn't arrive by Sunday they will induce Sunday night. So that's the latest-- for now I'll keep cleaning my house and get things organized around here-- oh yeah and enjoy my 8 hours of sleep!!

This is not easy

OK so this waiting for Baby Kaycee to arrive is harder than waiting to be matched/chosen. The anxiety of is all is unnerving from time to time. Some days I'm fine and others well I'm not... I had a minor freak out last weekend b/c I asked KBM to e-mail us after her MD check up last Thurs. just to let us know how it went and how she was feeling. We heard nothing and on Sat. I texted our Birth mom social worker just to make sure everything was ok (did she still like us-- we thought the meeting went great but maybe she didn't-- blah blah blah!) I got a text right away easing my fears and yesterday I got the e-mail I was waiting for! Phew! KBM e-mailed a recent picture of her belly and a picture of a few of her ultrasound pics taken at 7 months. She also told us she had picked out Kaycee's middle name-- we asked her to do this-- Jaselle. Kaycee Jaselle has a beautiful ring to it and a name put together by all of us makes it so very special!! I reasearched some local photographers who specialize in newborn photos and have one set to come to our house within 10 days of Kaycee's birth for a photo shoot!! I'm excited about that too! I'm having fun picking out outfits and buying cute socks and hair bows!! This weekend I am going to Women of Faith in Tampa www.womenoffaith.com Hopefully she'll hold out until after that-- it's a perfect way to get a spiritual fill prior to our daughter's arrival!! The coolest thing about that is Steven Curtis Chapman will be there and he's the reason we started this adoption journey last year!!!!
OK so now I keep busy and wait and I keep my phone on at all times-- she's due in 12 days.... do ta do ta do....

Meeting one amazing woman

Today we met with Kaycee's birth mom (KBM)! I was nervous, excited, anxious and just ready for it by 11 am!! I made a little video of the boys saying a special message to KBM yesterday with my ipod and brought that with us. I also brought a few of my Shutterfly books of the boys to show her my hobby and tell her I'd make ones for Kaycee and I could send her copies if she'd like. I was glad I had those things because they were good icebreakers. She was quiet and teary initially (understandable) but then we just got chatting and it was great! The birth mom counselor was also there along with another social worker to help us if we needed but we really didn't need anything. It was nice to have them there for support though. KBM said she'd have someone call us when she is admitted to the hospital so we can be there when Kaycee is born! I told her I'd be happy to hold her hand during delivery or be outside-- which ever she felt more comfortable! She is such a beautiful person inside and out and we are sooooo blessed!! Now we try to get things organized around here and wait for the call that Kaycee is on her way! God is GREAT!!!