Since meeting baby girl for the first time ten days ago, here’s what we’ve been up to:
Buying stuff.
Looking at her picture.
Buying more stuff.
Looking at her picture.
And buying more
stuff. While looking at her picture, of
course. :)
Just kidding.
But sometimes it sure does feel like that’s all we’ve been doing!
Luckily, we got the crib, glider, and changing
table/dresser for really cheap on craigslist.
And we’ve had lots of things given or loaned to us, which is great. We are rounding out all that with buying
other things like a stroller, carseat, crib mattress and sheets, bottles, and
all those other essentials that we figure we will need right away. For things that we won’t necessarily need
immediately, or things that aren’t true essentials, we’ve been adding those to
our Registry. Baby’s room is just about
ready, after almost a week of cleaning out closets and purging like mad to make
room in our tiny little condo. The one
shame in all this “making room” business is that I can no longer make fun of my
brother for storing most of his possessions at my parents’ house because I’m in
the same boat now…
Other than the “stuff,” we’ve been getting other
things in order, like figuring out how to add baby to our health insurance,
figuring out my (Jeannine’s) transition from working to staying home, getting
the paperwork ready to request adoption assistance funds from Jason’s employer
and from church, getting our wills updated, making a carseat inspection
appointment, finalizing our choice for pediatrician, checking out the
babysitting service at the gym, and trying to clear our schedules of anything
non-essential over the next few months.
And then, of course, there is the emotional
preparation. It’s been a bit of a
rollercoaster of feeling overwhelmed and completely ready at the same time – a
mixture of “what the heck are we getting ourselves into” and “I want to bring
her home RIGHT. NOW.” We have been
trying to remain cautiously optimistic, but no matter what anyone says, or what
we told ourselves, we are here to tell you:
once you meet that baby and have her in your arms, it’s all over. We have fear that this won’t work out and we
will lose her. Yet we love her
still. And we know that the Lord is
sovereign and good – and so we wait to watch his goodness unfold, whatever form
that takes. We have been resting in
Psalm 16: “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant
places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the
night also my heart instructs me. I have
set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be
shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and
my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or
let your holy one see corruption. You
make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Amen to that.
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Now, you have an assignment: In our next update, we’ll be answering many
of the questions we’ve been asked since finding out about baby girl. Have a question? Ask it!
Really! We promise we won’t be
offended by any of your questions (trust us, we’ve heard them all…) and we also
promise you won’t make us feel “put on the spot” – we are perfectly comfortable
saying that we can’t or won’t answer your question. :) Fire away – you can email us,
use the comments feature on the blog, comment on facebook, send a carrier
pigeon… just send them in!
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