Shannon's Saga

My mom left on Friday and boy was I sad to see her go. It had been an emotional week-I found out on Tuesday that the company I work for shut their doors down, so I'm out of a job. Very disheartening. Besides that horrid news, we really had a good time. I hate that she had to leave and wish she didn't live so far away. I miss my mommy and Callie misses her MiMi! PS-if you know of any job openings-let me know!

We had pics done about 2 Friday's ago and just got to se the proofs today. They are really cute and it will be hard to weed thru them. If you want to check them out go to capturetheheartphoto.com and go the slideshow area-the enter out last name with the 1st letter capitalized and you can view them. Share your favs with me if you want!

This past Sunday I got the showers of all showers! It was so unbelievable. All I can say is that I was overwhelmed with all the kindness, love, support and GIFTS I received. I have so many thank you notes to write out and I'm really looking forward to writing them! We both know that we made it thru all of our trials with the help of YOUR prayers.

Callie had her 2 wk check last Wednesday and MiMi got to go....Callie gained 12 oz's in ONE week! She's up to 7lbs 5 oz's. So, yep she's eating!!: ) Although, she hasn't been very happy these last few days. I think she has a little tummy ache...not sleeping as well as she was. Other than that she's perfect.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas-even with me losing my job I'm so thankful this Christmas. Our miracle has finally arrived and she's absolutely more than my heart ever dreamed she would be. We ARE blessed.

Love to All!

YES!!!! She will be here on December 3rd! We'll have Myra at the hospital between 5 and 5:30 Wednesday morning to start her meds. Dr Hannah thinks that it should take between 6-8 hours for our baby to make her grand entrance. WOO HOOO!

It was funny because we went in and Myra was definitely thinking she could pick Dec 1 as her date and the doc said-no..it would have to be either the 4th or the 5th. He goes to check the schedule and walks back in saying-well the 4th is totally booked, what about having a baby on Dec 3rd. She was like YES! We laughed and told him thanks for not making her go till the 5th! I know it's only 2 days, but to Myra 2 days is like an eternity.

We are so thankful that Myra was placed into our lives--she is so special to us and we really care about her. I know that when we talk about Myra to our daughter it will be wonderful to tell her what a great person her birthmom is. God was truly working to place us with Myra-and I'm so amazed at what He can do. It took Him along time, but I know it will be worth the wait.

Hopefully the next time I blog it'll be showing off our little girl! Love to all and say a special prayer for all of us for the next few wks. Happy Thanksgiving---we have SO much to be thankful for!

So Friday, we got a msg from Myra saying that she was on her way to the ER because she was having trouble breathing---we head to the hospital and find out that they think that her gall bladder is infected and the ER doctor says they are planning on removing it. I was like WHAT? Do surgery on a 36 wk pregnant woman when we plan on inducing in 10 days?? I call Rachel, my sweet friend who's a labor and delivery nurse (well for the time being she is!:)) and ask her what she thinks. She's thinks that idea is whack-a-doodle as well so I call Dr. Hannah, Myra's OB doctor. SIDENOTE-the dr in the ER said that she'd been in contact with Dr. Hannah numerous times and he was in agreement.- So, I get a return phone call from Dr. Hannah's nurse and she tells me that Dr. Hannah doesn't want the surgery to be done, because it will most likely induce labor and we need these extra days. So---Myra get's admitted still thinking we are doing the surgery and we could possibly have a baby coming. Previous to all of this I ask Myra about her little girl (she's 22 months old) she has with her at DP and who will take care of her if she does get admitted. There was a lady at church she they were going to call to ask to be on stand by. I tell her that if that doesn't work, that we would gladly take her.

I decide to run home and let our dog out, etc because we were planning on staying with her for the surgery and didn't know how long it would all take-at this point it was 3:30 in the afternoon. Right as I get home, I get a call saying that Myra was finally in a room, but they needed me to come back and pick up Myra's daughter...I'll call her A from DP. Myra was told that she was staying in the hospital till Sunday so we would have A till then....

After we picked A up we were trying to do anything we could to make her happy-she's only met us twice and last time we talked to her was probably a month ago. She didn't remember us from Adam. We headed to Chick-fil-A to let her play in the play place, and Michael said-I guess this is what the "new" Friday nights looks like! It was 5:30 and we were eating dinner at a fast food joint. Too funny! Anywhoo-it's been a crazy, crazy weekend. I'm worn out, but everytime I look at her I think our little girl is probably going to look very similar to A-and A is ABSOLUTELY adorable. Tonight we were cuddling before I put her to bed and she looked at me, made fish lips and kissed me right on the lips. It was so stinking cute. Then she got up on my lap grabbed my face and started talking in her sweet little voice-speaking gibberish but I got what the point was-she said i wuv you mama-and kissed me again. I started crying-it was just so sweet. I could take A as my very own as well She's been thru so much, yet she is so re silent and so loving.

Back to Myra and our baby...it ends up that no surgery will be done-as least not right now. It looks like Myra has an inflammation of the gall bladder and they are trying to treat it with meds. Dr. Hannah is on call this weekend, thank goodness, so he's been checking on her. He told her today that if they can't get the meds to work, they would have to take the baby before they do the surgery. Pray that the meds work and she can make it till 1st of December. We still have our scheduled dr's appt on Tues to pick the date, and with all this going on I do hope he says 12/1 is fine.

Went to the dr yesterday with Myra-really not much progress, but boy was she in a better mood! I think she is truly seeing that the end of her pregnancy is near and that makes her very happy. She was dilated to a 1.5 so not much there--but at least it was something. We go back on Tuesday the 25th and Dr. Hannah said we can then pick a day the next wk for the induction. He just wanted her to make it to the 1st of December. That being said, on the drive back to drop Myra off she said if I get to pick the date, then I want Dec 1st. The last appt he said Dec 4th, so we'll see if 3 days really matter that much. December 1st sounds great to us! That's only 13 days away and it seems so unreal! We are finally so close to getting what we have prayed so fervently for.

Later that afternoon she called and said that she'd just lost her mucus plug (sorry-disgusting I know). That's a good sign that things are progressing. It just seems so nuts that in less than 2 wks we'll be a family of 3 instead of 2. What an amazing, amazing time we have instore for us.

We continue to need all the prayers we can get for a healthy, safe delivery for them...and also for the days after. I know those 10 days are going to be difficult......we want them to pass as quickly as possible!

Friday we went to see Myra along with her counselor to sign the consent form for the adoption. It's a huge step--we've never got this far before. Surprisingly it is an extremely short document with probably only 10 bullets. All she had to do was sign it in front of a notary public. Seems a little nuts that this little document is the only thing that takes her rights as a parent away. We wanted to leave the document with her so she could go over it and not feel rushed in signing it, but she insisted on doing it right then and there. I am very thankful that she did and that part is over with.

We are convinced that this is her final decision-she is so ready to be "done" with this pregnancy. It funny because as we were chatting I got very emotional-I think it's because we both want to move on with our lives and this babies birth is monumental for both of us-just in very different ways. I'm so ready for her to get here, I can barely stand it.

Myra seems so much more relaxed than she has since we met her. I think she's realizing that she can't be in control of everything-only herself and her actions. She also has made a birth plan and I'm so glad she did. She has people in place to call-from our church-that have said they will be with her. For that, I'm so thankful. I don't want her to be alone after the baby comes-I know it will be so hard for her. I want to support her in everyway possible, but I know that I won't be able to do it myself. She probably won't even want to see me, I don't know....it makes me sad that we won't be continuing a relationship-but I know it's the best for both of us. She's an amazing women and I'm so proud of the changes she's making in her life.

We go to the doctor on Tuesday to find out what's truly going on with her due date. They are going to do an ultrasound to find out how big she really is....she measured 39 wks a wk and 1/2 ago. I'm anxious for this appt and hope that it will give us a better idea of when our baby will really be here. I truly think that she's coming in the next 2 wks. I'm sure it's wishful thinking-but maybe I'll be right!