Happy Thanksgiving

I certainly have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! Jonah is doing fabulously well and we are getting into our routines. The hardest part is keeping up with all the "stuff" especially since I am a clutter bug to start with. Oh well!

On Monday, Jonah's incredibly loving and generous birthparents went to court and terminated their parental rights in front of a judge. Talk about being grateful!! Jonah and I are now a forever family and are only awaiting finalization 3 months from now. I had a nice long talk with his birthmom after they went to court and it was really good to speak with her about a lot of things. I think we are going to maintain a good relationship in the future.

We are off to Thanksgiving with Susan and her family and then my family arrives Tuesday night!
gobble gobble

We are home

Jonah and I received word on Wednesday that we could come home. What a great relief that was- considering that I thought it would be Friday at the earliest. So we have been home for 5 days and are getting into a routine. Jonah sleeps fairly well- up 2x each night. We are getting to know each other. Unfortunately it has been really cold out so we haven't been out of the house in two days. But we did get a visit from friend Melissa and Temple yesterday so that was really nice. As for me, I am working out the logistics of being a single mom of a newborn. The tasks for today are rearranging things in the bedroom and doing laundry!

mommyhood...is wonderful

SO, I've been a mom for a week and it is amazing. I cant believer how this all turned out. I went from having extreme doubts about whether or not someone would make an adoption plan with me TO holding a little boy in my arms in a matter of hours. Living in a hotel room with a newborn is not the easiest of tasks, but it has been well worth it. I hope to go home on Friday- I am waiting for something called the Interstate Compact to be approved basically I have to be approved both by NY and PA before I can take Jonah out of PA. So it is a lot of waiting. This takes 5 to 10 days after the 72 hour waiting period passes. So the 72 hour period was up on Friday night- the BP and I signed papers yesterday and those were filed today. So now we just need to wait until both states approve. Then the BP plan to go to court on Monday to relinquish their rights and I will become Jonah's legal and permanent parent. How amazing!! I am so grateful to Jonah's BP right now- they made the choice to go to court and relinquish their parental rights rather then wait the 30-45 days. They are really good people and I like them a lot. Meanwhile I took Jonah to the doctor's office today and he gained a good amount of weight and is doing really well. I am so happy- now if I could just get home, LOL>

Jonah is here!!

I am a mom!!! Again ,I am a MOM!!!
Tuesday night I got a call from E's boyfriend that she was going into labor. I drove to PA and he was in my arms by 4:00am. This is crazy, amazing, surreal... I am now in a hotel room in PA- I can't leave for legal reasons for at least five more days. But I have my boy with me here and he is absolutely amazing.

Life gives you lemons...

I've been experiencing extreme frustration with J since I visited her. She told me she was going to talk to her doctor about induction and would call me and she hasn't yet- I've called her three times in the 10 days since I've been back and she has not called me back. Apparently she's lost another job and the birthfather wants to get back together with her (information that my lawyer got from her lawyer) all of which makes me very nervous.

SO, when I got a call from E in PA (who I have not heard from for 2 months and thought for sure was gone) telling me that she still wants to place her baby with me, I was more than happy to tell her yes. So, now I am starting a new case while still juggling the old case, just in case. :). She is due at the end of November so we have to act fairly swiftly- of course she also never answers her phone, but she did call me back last night so that is a good sign. I'm trying to go see her and my doctor will be looking at her medical forms. She was supposed to call my attorney today but did not at 11:00 when I spoke to Suzanne. So we will see.....

The cat is out...

Now that I've met J this whole thing feels really real. I told people at work including my boss and so now I have about a month to arrange my leave and all that stuff. I am so not ready. J had told me that she wanted to ask her doctor to induce her so that I could be there for the birth. Of course I've called twice to see what the doctor said and she has not called me back. This doesn't bother me as much as it used to, but it still bothers me. But I've definitely learned that she follows her own agenda and it is useless to try to get her to follow mine. I'm learning to take things one MINUTE at a time and believing that things will all work out the way they are supposed to work out. Hopefully she will call me back soon so that I can plan my leave, etc.