Hooray! Another big step done. We all got released yesterday at 2pm from the hospital once all the paperwork was completed. We all left in our rental car and ran around doing errands. We dropped John and Kayla off at their apartment and then everyone took naps. We met up at the hotel room and had amazing Vito's pizza and laughed a lot.
They left around 10pm and Cassidy was up for a long time. She was uncomfortable and wanted to be held which we are more than happy to provide. :D I finally got very tired at 4am and gave her a bottle and pulled her into bed with us. Bad habit, but she slept until 8am, ate again, then slept until noon. So I'm willing to negotiate with her later on where she should sleep. She is pretty adorable and very loved.
If Kayla is up for it, we are headed to the Toledo Zoo tomorrow for Father's Day. We will take them and their 4 year old with us. Hopefully the newborn elephant is out where we can see him. After so many days sitting, it will be nice to walk around.
We have been so blessed. Here are some anxiously awaited photos but please don't post them on the internet, especially Facebook. We have to wait for all the paperwork and protect privacy, blah blah blah.
Anyway, here is why you are checking the blog. Thank you so much for your patience with contacting us by phone. This adoption seems to be perfect, but as most of you know, the birth parents don't sign for 72 hours after birth, then we wait for Ohio and Washington to check our paperwork. There is a long wait ahead but thankfully we all get along very well.
I'm sure the birthmom will go home today and not sure about Cassidy. Please look here for updates. I will try to make time as you want to know. Thank you for the prayers.
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Still no sign of Cassidy coming out to see us yet. I spent the early afternoon with Kayla and John, her husband. Jake is chomping at the bit to come out because she graciously invited him to be present for the labor and delivery. Rather than risking the opportunity to watch Cassidy be born, he will fly out of Spokane tomorrow morning. Kayla told me if Jake wasn't here in time that I am the one to cut the umbilical cord. While I think I could do it without passing out, I would rather Jake cut it so I get to hold Cassidy! A huge thank you to Tim Fox for driving Jake to Spokane. It's the first time we've both been gone overnight from home for Connor. Hopefully he knows how to run the house while we are gone! Haha. I'm sure Grammie Gail will be perfectly fine without us home. Give those ponies some sugar cubes for me please.
So Jake lands in Detroit, MI at 3:30pm tomorrow and I'm not sure if Kayla will go with me or not. She has tomorrow off from work so if she doesn't want to go for the drive, I'm gonna get her up and go for a walk. She looked tired today, and says Cassidy feels like she's going to fall out, so hopefully she falls out tomorrow evening!
I've expected the 16th to be her birthday the whole time, so we'll see. I figure around 10pm tomorrow to 2am the 16th, so either I will look silly if I'm wrong, or crazy if I'm right.
I've been trying to stay busy. I've crocheted another hat and also a flower for a hat. Kayla likes to keep momentos and photos so I got a scrapbook and supplies for pictures. I got the page layouts done today and the first page is done with the ultrasound photos. The other pages just need pictures to put in and I plan to give her the book (with a charm bracelet I got for her) when we go to leave Ohio. I ran around and looked at baby clothes and came back with some little Mary Jane socks in pink and purple.
I know my way around here pretty well and the hardest part is driving the speed limit. It's 50mph on the main road, when it would be 35mph in Washington. These people don't dilly dally around!
Today I spent all morning with a list in my hand shopping. Forgot to buy any of the items on the list. I cannot think of anything besides that belly! I did manage to crochet that silly hat I insisted on learning. I think I went to 4 stores this morning and then had to go tonight and forgot the list. Duh :D
I got together with Kayla tonight at 5pm EST and we chatted up a storm. She feels like a sister to me and we get along great. We went to dinner at a mexican restaurant and her husband stayed home. We were still chatting up a storm and she just started crying. I thought I said something wrong and asked and she said she doesn't know what she's going to do when I leave. :( I told her that she's a part of our family now and she can call/text/write whenever she wants. She's been dealt a tough hand and it just sucks. Her life is on hold right now until Cassidy arrives and she wishes things could change. I hope she knows how much we adore her. She let me rub her belly and feel where Cassidy was laying. Pretty amazing to know that little foot kicking me will be going home with me soon. I can't get over how willing Kayla is to share being a mom with me. She laughed and said that both of Cassidy's mommies were poking and trying to get her to wiggle. Still no clear sign of when labor will start. I left when her husband came out holding two movies and then turned and walked away. I will get to spend tomorrow morning and early afternoon with her before work. I'm really tired but haven't been able to sleep well since I got here. Luckily I packed a ton of stuff to try to concentrate on!
Well I made it! And so far the only thing missing is the plug in for our laptop, which is still in WA. Oops. Anyway, flights were easy and no issues. Once I remembered to read the road signs I stopped getting lost. I arrived to a home cooked beef stew dinner last night in Mentor so a big thank you to Vance and Carol for bed and board. I got to Toledo just after noon and Kayla is so sweet, very pretty, and was comfortable. We went to a park for a walk then went back to her apartment and I met her mom, stepdad, two boys, and her neice Bella. Very rowdy crew, so I'm quite happy in my hotel room. So overall today was great and I feel like she's excited to have me here. She wants Jake to come in time for the delivery, but told me I have been assigned to cut the cord if he can't make it. : ( So pray he makes it! haha. Battery is almost dead, write more when I figure out a power solution!
So I finished repacking my bag for the 3rd time last night! I'm so excited about meeting Kayla and John. I know that they are thankful for us and that makes me less nervous. I checked in for my flight this morning and we are going to the Spokane airport tomorrow at 5am. Yikes ~ it's go time!!!
I can't believe how fast the last few months have gone by. I got everything off the list that needed to be done for Cassidy's arrival. Her room is ready for her and I feel ready to be up all night again.
Connor is as prepared as I know how to. He can recite the family plan for when we are out of town to get Cassidy. He is very excited and counting down the days to her due date. Pretty sure his world will be rocked when we come home, but at least Grammie Gail will have spoiled him for awhile.
