4 Weeks

It is really hard to believe that we have been parents for 4 weeks. Baby Mac continues to thrive and grow. He weighs over 9 pounds and is starting to sleep more soundly through the night, and by that I mean waking up only twice during the night and sleeping for 3-5 hours at a time. To say that he is on a schedule, really, what is that? He is playing the baby card and we are loving it. It really is hard to visualize our lives without him. I know, it sounds like such a cliche, yet it is so true.

We have had a constant string of visitors which has been really wonderful, especially since our paperwork still has NOT come through yet. Due to economic cutbacks, there is only 1 person processing all the paperwork in our home state. This has lengthened the "normal" stay in the birthmother's state with which adoptive parents are required to comply. The social workers are trying to pull some strings for us to get preliminary prior approval to get us to our home. They are thinking some time this week, but that is dependent on our state's laws. So, we are playing the waiting game again. This time, the baby watch we are on is looking at our son.