Friday Quick Takes (18)

I'll call this the "What my last 3 days have been like" edition

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First of all, the hospital has been absolutely wonderful.  They gave us our own room and we got wristbands so that we are allowed to get the baby from the nursery and we're also allowed to have him in our room.  There have been a few especially sweet nurses.  That has made this so much easier.

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I decided I needed a break today.  I'm staying home with Anna for the morning and hanging out like usual.  I missed her so bad.  And she is just thrilled that mom's home with her.  Jeremy went to the hospital to hang out with Anthony.

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I spent the night with Anthony last night.  It was so nice to have one on one time with him.  Jeremy stayed home with Anna.  That also meant I didn't get any sleep again (I know, get used to it right :-).  So tonight we're switching and Jeremy's staying with him and I'm staying with the "sleep all night" toddler so that I can catch up a little bit.

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I am beyond happy and excited.  And at the same time, I'm worn out and overwhelmed. 

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One of the overwhelming things has been the birthmom.  She is a wonderful lady.  But she doesn't really have a need for alone time.  She basically wants us there all the time.  I'm glad she wants us to be a part of it, I really am.  But I'm on birthmom overload...  Maybe part of it is my exhaustion, but that's one of the reasons I just needed a break today.  She absolutely loves us (which is fantastic) but she also doesn't realize that we want a little alone time too.  Oh well, hopefully only one more day and we can bring him home!  I really am grateful that she's allowed us to have such a hands-on role in Anthony's birth and hospital stay.  I'm just tired and grumpy :-) and a little bit overwhelmed!

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 Jeremy just called and said they're taking Anthony's newborn pictures.  I'm happy he got to be there for that.  He sounded so excited, what a fun father/son thing to do this morning!
 

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We feel like part of J's family now...  Her mom's been there the whole time and we've met aunts, sister, friends, etc...  It's nice to know Anthony's background and get a glimpse into where he comes from.  I'm glad this is an open adoption.  It's hard not to be able to tell Anna's birthmom about how wonderful Anna is.  I wish I could tell her she's got a baby brother, I know having siblings was important to R.  I'm glad that Anthony will be able to know and see his birthmom regularly.

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