Blessings & new mommy haircut
Joshua is doing better; no more explosive spit ups. We did soy formula for a day, then switched back to regular, he seems okay. Last night was a fussy night so I didn’t get hardly any sleep, going to crash here in a minute.
We got our hospital bill for Joshua for the two days he was there…guess what our out of pocket was?
$38.00! Awesome!
The OBGYN that delivered Joshua and gave his Birthmom her prenatal care charged us only $1500 for ALL the prenatal care AND the delivery, which is just awesome! I guess that’s a pretty sizable discount, I had in my mind that it should have cost around $3000. I guess this OBGYN does a lot of adoption deliveries and we feel so blessed he gave a discount like that - some things work out!
The appraisal on our house is getting closer, they’ve worked the guy up to a more reasonable amount, so we may be able to get the ends to meet and get our loan to go through. Our realtor and the seller’s realtor have been working their tails off presenting more information to the lender to advise why his appraisal is unreasonable. What a crazy situation! I am glad I don’t buy or sell houses very often, I think it’s given me an ulcer.
I was sitting at work today and my hair was driving me nuts. All last night when Joshua was fussy he would GRAB and yank on my hair. I decided, on a whim, to get my hair cut over lunch.
It is VERY short, but I think it’s cute. Actually, it could look crappy and I really wouldn’t care, I was tired of my son yanking on my hair and trying to stick it into his mouth. I took some photos, need to have help from the hubby to get them on here so you can see.
I showed my hair off to Jennie at work and she said, “Yep, it’s a new mommy haircut, you just had to get one.” Fun!
Oh Lord, I of little faith. What good news has been coming in lately.
1 week till we move!
2 weeks till the adoption is finalized! We haven’t heard anything about a biological dad coming forward from the newspaper advertisements….please pray with me that it stays that way!
We sent the birthmom’s best friend another set of photos and a quick update, that way, she’ll have them to look at whenever she’s ready. I want to write her a letter to tell her how blessed we feel to be Joshua’s parents, but I haven’t been able to come up with the right words…hopefully, they will come to me when the time is right.
Posted by: DramaQueen | 05-14-2008 | 06:05 PM
Posted in: Moving | Life as Mom | Legal Adoption Process
Cute hair! Best of luck on the move and congratulations on the adoption.
CUTE hair Jessie!!! I think I’ve had that same haircut before - I almost thought I was looking in a mirror.
Imagine being back in college and getting the same haircut how those theatre profs would have confused us then! LOL
About soy formula, I know you said you switched back, but if you find Joshua is still having issues, I would strongly suggest doing some research on soy. Soy has a LOT of hormones in it that in particular are not good for boys (lots of estrogen) and there are lots of studies out there now linking soy to cancer later in life. Jacob’s maternal grandmother ate a lot of soy growing up and has survived 2 kinds of cancers. Her dr. believes one of them is linked to the soy she consumed so much of. So, my point is, if you think he’s lactose intolerant, look at lactose free formulas before the soy formulas and see if they help. Sorry about the book, just thought I’d pass on the info.
Give that sweet little boy a smooch and a snuggle for me.
I haven’t been on your site for awhile. I’m so sad that we weren’t able to make it to adoption day. Having witnessed them for the children I’ve worked with over the years, I know that it is such a relief/release of a burden for the forever family. I love your haircut and having sported two of them myself, can TOTALLY relate to the reason you got it. You look so calm and even self-confident. I’m so proud of the mommy you have become ;O ) I’ll try to get in touch when we’re going to be near you all….we haven’t been to KC in awhile, but we are getting better about traveling in the car these days!