But this is really how expecting a baby is! When you're pregnant you have 9 months to fantasize and dream about your little bundle of joy! Trying to imagine what you're little love is going to look like, such sweet torturous anticipation!! You go to your prenatal visits, listen to the heartbeat, get a slight scolding that a pint of Ben and Jerry's a day really isn't the best food to grow a baby! The ultrasounds!! Modern technology at it's best! To see your child in 4D before birth is an amazing modern miracle! You obsess over the clothes, oh the clothes!! Trying to picture your little lentil in all the things you have amassed! This is the point where shopping for yourself ceases to exist because nothing can be as cute and adorable as little baby outfits....nothing compares!!
Adoption is also fraught with excitement and obsessing! I've experienced having a positive pregnancy test and getting a phone call that we have a referral for a baby! They were both so eagerly anticipated that I can't even compare the two. That moment when you KNOW another life is joining your family is a moment in time no parent ever forgets. When I got that phone call that they had a baby girl needing a family I was almost too scared to look! Has mentioned in my previous posts, it has not been an easy road to finding our daughter. It's been tough and one of the hardest emotional roller coasters we have ever been on! When I saw her picture, I literally squealed!! She was just perfect and ADORABLE!! Of course along with the picture comes the medical info, development, and daily life. Again, there is not a little history because at the time of referral she was only 9 months old. But here's what we got:
-She's a Denver Broncos fan (dressed like a boy in blue and orange). This girl needs some blue and green fast!!
-She does not like pink or is worried her sweater makes her look fat.
-She loves to roll around on the floor mat.
-She loves toys with sounds.
-Quote from her file "she is lovely and ready to smile"
-She laughs aloud.
-She has spina bifida occulta.
-And she likes to be held to sleep while she sucks on her two fingers.
This is our Hoot! Sounds pretty amazing to us!
We are eagerly anticipating another update on our Hoot so for now this is what we got about our sweet baby girl! The last tidbit is her nickname. When we started the process five years ago to bring home a daughter I started collecting owls for her. I've always loved owls and it just connected with me. So hopefully she'll like owls because she will have quite a few!!
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