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
4 comments:
Ryan, Jamie & Norah,
We can't express how completey estatic we are for all of you!! Norah is a beautiful little girl with a beautiful name. Thank you for sharing your exciting story with all of us - we'll be praying!
Congratulations, Ryan and Jamie...and Norah! We are so happy for you! So glad this has finally happened for you! We will be praying for you.
And by the way...thank for stopping in on our blog and commenting!
Love from Kansas!
Happy Joy sent your way! I've already sent you my lengthy little email, so won't continue on, but just wanted to throw some confetti here as well!
Pam Block
Congratulations, Jamie and Ryan. I am SO excited for you and what a joy she will be! She is lovely. I feel a little behind the eight-ball, having just heard about this, but what wonderful, wonderful news. I will spread the news through my immediate family - Fred, Max, Brian. Love you, your cousin, Amy
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