Its been a little over three weeks now since Jamie and I brought Norah home from the hospital. As can be expected, there have been a few nights where either one or both of us didn't get enough sleep. Overall, though, we can't complain. Jamie and I feel absolutely blessed to be in the situation we are in. Norah is doing great though. When we brought her home from the hospital she was down to 8lbs 2oz. At her one week appointment though she was all the way up to 8lbs 15oz because definitely has no problems throwing down her formula.
At this point we are still just foster parents to Norah. We are patiently waiting for all of the paperwork to be finished with Norah's birthmother. We just met with her and her parents last week to work out our "openness" agreement which outlines how many pictures and letters we'll send to her and how many times we'll meet with her for face-to-face get togethers. Both the birthmother and her parents are super nice and we get along great with them. I am actually looking forward to keeping in contact with them over the upcoming months and years.
I made a comment to a friend who has been a pastor here in Rochester for years that we got extremely lucky with how easy and comfortable this whole adoption process has been. He quickly corrected me stating that "when you wait for as long as you have and have as many people praying for you as you have... its not luck." Of course he's right, this whole process has just been overwhelming in the sense that God has worked out perfectly every single detail and aspect of the adoption. I have a tendancy to spend more time in prayer whenever I'm hurting or seeking something, but over the past few weeks I've made it a point to spend more time giving thanks and praising God for the unmerited favor he has bestowed upon us. God truly is awe-some and we rejoice every day for his provision in our lives.
I know you are all wanting pictures as well, so I'm uploading one from my phone to hold you over. I will do my best to upload more pictures to Shutterfly tonight. But as all of you with kids know, that may not happen.
