Tuesday, January 20, 2009
We Heard Your Cries, So Here You Go
We've uploaded a bunch of pictures to a website for everyone who is interested. You can go to Shutterfly (http://norahnoelle.shutterfly.com) to see them. The first round of pictures is from the first day we had her. We had to throw a little party, which you can see in the photos. As we take more we'll keep uploading them to this website. You'll need to enter the password "blessing" in order to get to the pictures. Enjoy.
Monday, January 19, 2009
The First Noelle
Greetings from the North
Ryan and I are about a month short of celebrating our 5 year anniversary. So we thought what better way to celebrate since we don't have kids yet, let's take a cruise. Ryan has been trying to get me to take a cruise for years and finally I said ,"Let's do it"!! Only to find that a few days short of a month before our cruise that we were picked for adoption by a birth mother. Not ideal considering the cut off for refunds on the cruise is 30 days. Our birth mother was due on Jan 10th and our cruise started on Jan 11th. Well, we can't go on our cruise with a new baby coming...there goes that money. For those of you who know my husband this was not cool. Ryan says, when this baby comes and she graduates from high school we are not buying her a graduation gift but she is buying us a gift, a cruise. :-)
This baby girl was not born on the 10th or the 14th (her adjusted due date) but finally the 16th, two days before we were to return from our cruise. We had the privilege to bring her home on Sunday the 18th.
After years of waiting for our newest addition she is here...
Norah Noelle Miller
Norah was born Jan 16th around 7:45am weighing in at 8lbs 6oz 20in long
Our birth mother said Norah would like to wake up around 1 or 2am in the womb. Well she is still carrying on this pattern. Norah slept Sunday away except 1 hour in the afternoon. Then she was up from 10pm-5am before she finally decided it was time to go back to bed. It is 1:30pm now and she has only been awake for about a total of 1 1/2 hours today. We hope she wakes up here for a little while this afternoon. We made it through the night on 3 hour shifts between the two of us. I don't think she got the memo that I like sleep.
We ask you all to continue praying for us, Norah , her birth mother and family. There is still a lot of paperwork and many different emotions for us all. We truly know God has been with us thru this whole journey. We have had so many people praying for us over the years and I know Norah has had many praying for her while she was growing in her birth mothers womb. We thank you all for the special gift of love and support you have given us.
We look forward to our friends and family meeting her and showering her with love and prayer.
God Bless Love, ryan, jamie and norah
Ryan and I are about a month short of celebrating our 5 year anniversary. So we thought what better way to celebrate since we don't have kids yet, let's take a cruise. Ryan has been trying to get me to take a cruise for years and finally I said ,"Let's do it"!! Only to find that a few days short of a month before our cruise that we were picked for adoption by a birth mother. Not ideal considering the cut off for refunds on the cruise is 30 days. Our birth mother was due on Jan 10th and our cruise started on Jan 11th. Well, we can't go on our cruise with a new baby coming...there goes that money. For those of you who know my husband this was not cool. Ryan says, when this baby comes and she graduates from high school we are not buying her a graduation gift but she is buying us a gift, a cruise. :-)
This baby girl was not born on the 10th or the 14th (her adjusted due date) but finally the 16th, two days before we were to return from our cruise. We had the privilege to bring her home on Sunday the 18th.
After years of waiting for our newest addition she is here...
Norah Noelle Miller
Norah was born Jan 16th around 7:45am weighing in at 8lbs 6oz 20in long
Our birth mother said Norah would like to wake up around 1 or 2am in the womb. Well she is still carrying on this pattern. Norah slept Sunday away except 1 hour in the afternoon. Then she was up from 10pm-5am before she finally decided it was time to go back to bed. It is 1:30pm now and she has only been awake for about a total of 1 1/2 hours today. We hope she wakes up here for a little while this afternoon. We made it through the night on 3 hour shifts between the two of us. I don't think she got the memo that I like sleep.
We ask you all to continue praying for us, Norah , her birth mother and family. There is still a lot of paperwork and many different emotions for us all. We truly know God has been with us thru this whole journey. We have had so many people praying for us over the years and I know Norah has had many praying for her while she was growing in her birth mothers womb. We thank you all for the special gift of love and support you have given us.
We look forward to our friends and family meeting her and showering her with love and prayer.
God Bless Love, ryan, jamie and norah
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Double Down
Jamie and I continue to wait on news of our adoption. The birthmother was due this past Saturday, but the weekend came and went and still no news. I don't really consider myself an impatient guy, but these last fews days have been excruciating. We have had to deliberately keep ourselves busy to keep from going insane.
It didn't help that this morning when I got to work it was -18 degrees outside. Knowing that we were supposed to be on our Caribbean cruise right now makes it feel that much colder. But that's why we are ready for the baby to arrive, since that will make the cold and the missed cruise fade into oblivion.
What else exciting is going on in our lives? Thanks for asking, let me tell you. It appears that Jamie and I spent 3 days/2 nights at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL the first week of January. The weird thing though is that Jamie and I have no recollection of going. Its quite strange, you'd think we would remember a nice vacation like that. And since I'm not a raging gambler, I'm surprised we booked there. But if the Discover card says we spent $1500 on a 2-night stay there, then I'm sure it must be true.
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