Update #8

Things continue to go well here!

Last night we went out to eat at a fun restaurant and ate on the deck overlooking the bay. We even saw an alligator in the wild (I'll post the picture later)! SO cool. Then we headed out and watched the fireworks from the back of our van. The seats fold down funny so that you can sit in the seat and hang your legs out the rear door with the door up, pretty cool! Addy enjoyed the "sky sky".

Today we stopped for a quick visit with the babe, then off to drop Jareds dad off at the airport, we will miss the extra set of hands! The next week here will be a little more challenging now! Living out of a hotel room with two kids, one being a very busy toddler, will definitely keep us hopping!

I am staying at the hospital tonight and Jared is at the hotel with miss Addy. She is SO cute. She already loves her "brodder" and asks about him and gets very excited when we say we are going to see him and is sad when we have to leave. She even attempted to help feed him his bottle and after I asked if she was my little helper she kept repeating, "helping helping". So cute, just melts my heart. I think she will be a GREAT big sister!

We talked to the birthmom this morning and gave her the day with the baby. She was dismissed this afternoon. When she called and told me that they were letting her go home I felt a deep sadness for her. I can't explain it, but it made me sad to know that she wouldn't be helping caring for him anymore and that she would be starting more of the grieving process. I felt sad for our baby who is experiencing a great loss without even knowing it right now. She is an amazingly strong women and we are SO blessed to have met and spent time with her and her family. We plan to get together again with her and her family before we leave town and plan on having an open relationship as we move forward. It has been the most amazing journey so far and we can't wait to continue it.

More pics will be posted tomorrow sometime! I havent had a chance to download them.